Lecturer (assistant prof) at the University of Edinburgh. Social cog, gender, androcentrism. Formerly at Yale, NYU, UNH, and Colgate. Dancer. Wanabee cyclisthttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3mhxtd4bxx22hPeople represent men and women as balanced, mirror images of each other... right? e.g., women as communal but men as agentic We argue that people actually often see women as one thing but men as MANY New open-access piece out in TiCS, with @rachelesh.bsky.social https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(26)00033-126 Mar 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxtd4bxx22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3ma2ajogibs2fpostdoc opportunity! would be a good fit for an intergroup person with NLP chops interested in the role of historical narratives bonus, Edinburgh is a phenomenal city to live in with wonderful, walkable quality of life https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/1352115 Dec 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2ajogibs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3m6h7bedkds2lAh!! So thrilled for this. The past winner list is chock-full of folks I've looked up to for years and been personally inspired by including Melissa Ferguson, Larisa Heiphetz @drlarisa.bsky.social, and gendered cognition giants Kristina Olson, Ashley Martin [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6h7bedkds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3m3ukfgv2is2xGoing through your post-conference notes is a true exercise in self-reflection. In the middle of my notes from SESP I see the intriguing word: "Kaarbo" No idea what it means.23 Oct 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ukfgv2is2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3m3n2m2kdf224Submit your blitz talk or poster abstract for consideration by Oct 23rd! All are welcome [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3n2m2kdf224https://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3lyn2ieak722jThe SPSP Gender Precon is accepting abstracts for blitz talks and posters! Our invited lineup this year is 🔥 including Janet Hyde, Adriene Beltz, Will Beischel, Sa-kiera Hudson, Ashley Martin, and Gandalf Nicolas. tinyurl.com/Gender26 @sakierahudson.bsky.social @gandalfnicolas.bsky.social https://tinyurl.com/Gender2612 Sep 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyn2ieak722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3lyn2ieak722jThe SPSP Gender Precon is accepting abstracts for blitz talks and posters! Our invited lineup this year is 🔥 including Janet Hyde, Adriene Beltz, Will Beischel, Sa-kiera Hudson, Ashley Martin, and Gandalf Nicolas. tinyurl.com/Gender26 @sakierahudson.bsky.social @gandalfnicolas.bsky.social https://tinyurl.com/Gender2612 Sep 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyn2ieak722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3ljncd5nmfk2xGrowing up is finding yourself doing stuff your advisor did and finally understanding why they did it.05 Mar 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljncd5nmfk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3lieyoh2ijs2fI'll be in Denver ya'll! @spspnews.bsky.social Still deciding what to attend? Come check out my talk. It's our first time presenting this work! It's part of the symposium chaired by Sara Hendrick, "Equality Struggles: Men’s Home Roles, Women’s Professional Access" ✨17 Feb 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lieyoh2ijs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3lhljfeyfqc2ksame. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Feb 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhljfeyfqc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3lfn32h62e22kAnother semester, another kladdkaka mud cake!! After an infamous stretch last semester where I had one of these babies a day for 7 days straight I created a "weekend only" rule for myself. I had a paper rejected today though so am making an exception13 Jan 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn32h62e22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3lerciy622k2sI made my first 3D plot! I was extremely proud of myself. I think it visualizes the clustering differences between red and blue better than the 2D plot. My (non-psych) partner shrugs and says they look the same 🥲 3D's better right? ps. Can you see which one is (sig) more clustered, red or blue?02 Jan 2025 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerciy622k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3lbd2i32lic22Congratulations David!!! Well-deserved. This'll be an excellent talk. If you were on the fence about the SocCog precon, let this push you over the edge (then hop on over to Gender in the afternoon 😘) [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbd2i32lic22https://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3laejue3lq625I'm hiring two part-time, paid research assistants! Must be fluent in Spanish and able to work in the UK. Please share with your networks. Ideal for UK post-baccs looking for more research experience to supplement MSc work, other RA work etc. https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/1159707 Nov 2024 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3laejue3lq625https://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3kubxbynn4c2gNew chapter ahead! I'll be moving to the University of Edinburgh this Fall. I am immensely grateful for my time at UNH and the incredible colleagues and students I've gotten to work with. Excited for the new adventure in Scotland06 Jun 2024 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kubxbynn4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ahbailey.bsky.social/post/3kk55thr3dr2lNew work in press at PSPB! With Aashna Poddar, Adina Williams, and Andrei Cimpian We found intersectional male-centric and White-centric biases based on a list of 4,000+ first names in large-scale (English) text using word embeddings Results overview ⬇️ https://osf.io/preprints/osf/72pg529 Jan 2024 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:n7gvmdpfx3atwtokxraitqvj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kk55thr3dr2l