"Psych PhD student at the University of Melbourne studying metascience"
Melbourne
Hi, I'm Beth đź‘‹
I am a psychology PhD student at the University of Melbourne in the MetaMelb Lab. I study research norms and practices in social and personality psychology, and how these have changed over the course of the recent replication crisis. I am particularly interested in understanding how science generates and disseminates knowledge.
Interests
⚡️ Metaresearch, research methods, statistics
⚡️ Social and personality psychology
⚡️ Science communication
Research
The Prevalence of Direct Replication Articles in Top-Ranking Psychology Journals
Clarke, B., Lee, P. Y., Schiavone, S. R., Rhemtulla, M. & Vazire, S. (2024)
American Psychologist(Advance online publication.). https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001385
Looking Our Limitations in the Eye: A Tutorial for Writing About Research Limitations in Psychology
Clarke, B., Alley, L. J., Ghai, S., Flake, J. K., Rohrer, J. M., Simmons, J. P., Schiavone, S. R., & Vazire, S. (2024)
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(7), e12979.. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12979h
What limitations are reported in short articles in social and personality psychology?
Clarke, B., Schiavone, S. R., & Vazire, S. (2023)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(4), 874–901. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000458
Prevalence of transparent research practices in empirical psychology articles published in 2022: A cross sectional study.
Hardwicke, T. E., Thibault, R. T., Clarke, B., Moodie, N., CrĂĽwell, S., Schiavone, S. R., Handcock, S., An Nghiem, K., Mody, F. Eerola, T. & Vazire, S. (2024)
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(4), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241283477
An empirical appraisal of eLife’s assessment vocabulary.
Hardwicke, T. E., Schiavone, S. R., Clarke, B., & Vazire, S. (2024)
PLOS Biology, 22(8), e3002645. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002645
How do psychology journals handle post-publication critique? A cross-sectional study of policy and practice..
Whamond, A., Vazire, S., Clarke, B., Moodie, N., Schiavone, S. R., Thibault, R. T., & Hardwicke, T. E.
(Preprint). PsyArXiv, https://osf.io/eadhb/
Dynamics of Social Experiences in the Context of Extended Lockdown.
Tran, A., Bianchi, V., Moeck, E. K., Clarke, B., Moore, I., Burney, S. J. H., Koval, P., Kalokerinos, E. K., & Greenaway, K. H. (2023)
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(4), 395–406. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231176603
The prejudices of expert evidence.
Chin, J., Cullen, H. J., & Clarke, B. (2022)
Monash Law Review, 48(2), 59–96. https://doi.org/10.26180/21899295.v2
Education
The University of Melbourne
PhD in Psychology
Jan 2022 - present
Studying the state of social and personality psychology from three perspectives:
- Analyzing and describing common practices in statistical reporting in experimental social psychology
- Exploring the relationship between the research limitations reported in published articles and actual research limitations
- Describing the types of claims authors make about how their findings can be applied to real world contexts
The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
Completed with First Class Honours, majoring in Psychology and Philosophy
- Honours thesis: What limitations are reported in short reports in social and personality psychology?
Work Experience
The RepliCATS Project
Research Assistant
Mar 2021 – Dec 2022
PI: Prof. Fiona Fidler
- Evaluated social scientific research claims
- Assisted in organizing the final repliCATs workshop
- Assisted on the organizing committee for the AIMOS2021 and 2022 conferences
FEEL Lab
Research Intern
Nov 2021 – Feb 2022
PIs: A/Prof. Peter Koval, A/Prof. Katie Greenaway, & Dr. Elise Kalokerinos
- Collaborated on a project investigating the role of social interactions on emotions in the COVID-19 lockdowns in Melbourne, Australia
MetaMelb Lab
Research Assistant
Dec 2020 – Feb 2021
PI: Prof. Simine Vazire
- Coded features of published journal articles for a large-scale project assessing the state of social and personality psychology
Teaching Experience
Casual Lecturer
Semester 2 2022, Semester 2 2023
Class: Graduate Research Methods PSYC90029
- I deliver lectures on the replicability crisis and statistical inference
- I assess students' assignments involving critical discussion of their research proposals for their Master’s thesis
Teaching Experience
Academic Tutor
Jul 2022 - present
Class: Personality and Social Psychology PSYC20009
- Teach classes that focus on key topics in social and personality psychology
- Mark student lab reports
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