Sarah Rose Cavanagh
@sarosecav
Psychologist. Sr Assoc Director Teaching & Learning @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social. Author of SPARK OF LEARNING, HIVEMIND, & MIND OVER MONSTERS Writes about emotions, teaching, brains. Enjoys speculative fiction, Halloween, and the sea. sarahrosecav.com
Sometimes I fantasize about moving closer to the city, but then someone posts on the town's book of faces about spotting someone's missing sheep and
How like @thomasjtobin.bsky.social to swoop in with just the book we need as we all scramble to make our courses more accessible (should always have been a goal; but the scramble is real). Get yours: www.oupress.com/978080619705...
A cognitive scientist and an affective scientist walk into a bar… stay tuned to find out what we are thinking & feeling. Collab with @retrievelearn.bsky.social coming soon! #EduSky #AcademicSky #SciComm
So many early red flags in Belle Burden’s Strangers, but this one… smh bookshop.org/p/books/stra...
This makes me feel much better about my own writing. From an interview with the brilliant Ann Patchett bookgossip.substack.com/p/ann-patche...
Unexpected benefit of teaching a course on the psychology of happiness: this recurring block in my fall calendar:
The @aacu.org CLASS conference launched with a panel on leading in higher education through love.
So long @affectscience.bsky.social and thanks for all the new science! Loved connecting with the great @heatherurry.bsky.social and @brethelhaurwitz.bsky.social (we forgot to take a pic! I blame Matt), and arrived home to new books already
It is early days in the book writing process but I'm already calling it: this is my favorite footnote in the book.
Meta AI thinks human beings engage with Heated Rivalry content for its…. competitive dynamics
Love mine... Hello book-ish speculative friends and UK health researchers and also queer Taylor Swift fans!
Some fun personal news! Announcing my next book: Where Are All the Happy People? Gratitude to @beaconpress.bsky.social @jkpapin.bsky.social Read more: newsletter.sarahrosecav.com/announcing-m...
Double, double toil and trouble… what’s brewing here? Fun evening with @retrievelearn.bsky.social
oh also Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
2025 had some challenges both personal and certainly global, but it also had graduations, college launches, lots of time near water, and so many warm moments with beloved people. Grateful, and energized for 2026.
Ah, he’s just owning it now. Good for him. We are what we are in this life.
Without citing Kenneth Branagh, name a Shakespeare adaptation. (I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
Thanks #POD25 for all the great teaching and learning conversations, and reaffirmation of the beauty and importance of all we do.
hey hey #POD25 - if you're still around Saturday afternoon, attend our workshop-in-a-box on improving pedagogical feedback! You'll experience the workshop but also receive materials to modify it into lunch-n-learns, faculty learning communities etc. - slidedecks, icebreakers, worksheets...