Leigh McLean
Associate Research Professor & mom of 2 | PI, Teacher Emotions, Characteristics & Health (TECH) Lab at University of Delaware | she/her | opinions my own
- I’ll be at SREE in Chicago this week if anyone wants to connect!!
- I made some cookies for my colleagues…the theme was “mildly triggering”
- You might be wondering “how exactly has Leigh been dissociating from reality lately?”. Whelp…
- psycnet.apa.org/buy/2026-417... I’m thrilled to share a new paper where we find that instructional quality mediates associations between teachers’ and students math emotions!
- I’m very excited to be part of two great symposia at #SREE in Chicago this September!!
- I guess chat gpt is good for some things
- New paper coming out soon! Do you think instructional quality mediates the associations between teacher math anxiety and student outcomes? I bet you’ll never guess the answer!!
- “She won’t even know I’m here”
- So very happy to learn my recent paper on teachers’ content area enjoyment was selected as an Editor’s Choice paper at School Psychology! psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...
- “But mom…why are these guys so worried about who let their dogs out?? And if they’re so worried why are they spending so much time singing about it instead of looking for the dogs?” Love morning car tunes and conversations with my 4yo
- When times get tough just remember, you can do hard things. Like wrangling snapping turtles. Turns out that’s pretty hard.
- Just got off a call with an NPR radio host and our final words to each other were “ok thanks so much, hope you still have your job next week!” 🫠
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- Reposted by Leigh McLean📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵
- Reposted by Leigh McLeanMy dear health equity peers, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is doubling down on their DEI efforts. 💪🏽 Here’s a grant opportunity tinyurl.com/3pnxhy2d with a rapid response option those whose “health equity research projects have lost federal funding.” ⭐️ Please share ⭐️
- On repeat for infinity
- Working on this slide for my NSF funded PD project for elementary math teachers as this all hits the fan. Kind of poetic I guess.
- If you’re at #aera2025 come check out “exploring well-being in teachers from an international perspective” at 3:35pm today in the Bluebird Ballroom! I’ll be talking about U.S. teacher burnout and instructional decisions!
- Switched from Google Drive to OneDrive in the fall and gave it an honest 6 months. I can now very confidently say “f@$! that”. Switching back.
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- I’m love love loving our new lab logo!!!
- Has anyone gotten updates on an in-review NSF DRK-12? Decline or questions or portal date change?
- I’m serving as VP of my neighborhood’s community board this year and BOY ARE MY SKILLS AS AN ACADEMIC TRANSFERRABLE.
- Just got a message from my 4yo’s preschool teacher asking parents to discourage the use of the phrase “man boobs” among kids, because apparently they’ve started saying it regularly 🤣
- Oh yep this week can go f$&@ itself.
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- Hey! Come talk to me about teacher burnout!! @aefpweb.bsky.social poster session going until 1:30pm
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- Check out this quick feature on my recent work with @natejones.bsky.social on teachers’ emotional expressions! www.cehd.udel.edu/research-spo...
- Weekend writing sponsored by cozy socks and GBBO
- Watched a student walk face-first into a stop sign on campus today. He shook it off, straightened up, flipped off the sign, and kept walking. He wasn’t with anyone, he did that just for himself 😆 🖕
- I was on an IES 305A review panel this year and got this today following up on the cancellation of panels last week. I’m taking this to mean panels will not be rescheduled at all and that 305A awards likely won’t be made. I reviewed some critically important proposals. This is truly awful.
- Thanks for the swag @edutopia.org !! I hope to write for you again soon!!
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- Reposted by Leigh McLeanGet in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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- 🚨New pub alert!!! @natejones.bsky.social and I found that when teachers express more negative emotions, students are less engaged in math and ELA, and enjoy ELA less. And we offer a new measure for observing teacher affect!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Me too
- So very happy to share this paper with the world soon 👏 👏
- I’m on here full time now after leaving The Bad Place and looking forward to contributing to the community!!
- A bill has officially been introduced to eliminate the Department of Education www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
- This is terrifying.
