REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

AUSTIN (RPT) - Despite recent criticisms of the peer review process, a new study has found that the act of reviewing papers provides significant psychological benefits for professors. “Many people think it’s a drag to be a reviewer for a journal, but it turns out that it’s actually...

NEW YORK (RPT) - After several confusing weeks, schools around the country are now decisively opening for in-person online remote instruction. “This has been a chaotic and confusing time for all of us, and it is important now for students, parents and teachers to have clarity about the way...

BOSTON (RPT) - With the launch of the new federal agency, the National Institute of Magical Solutions (NIMS), scholars at universities around the country are being encouraged to alter their research programs to be consistent with the mission of the newly funded NIMS. This new federal body was...

NEW YORK (RPT) - Yesterday, a group of university students published an open letter canceling a group of public intellectuals who wrote a letter earlier this week proposing to cancel ‘cancel culture.’ “We simply object to people not liking unpopular ideas,” says the earlier letter - signed by a...

ATLANTA (RPT) - Grappling with challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several universities have informed professors that they are no longer allowed to have children while being professors. “It’s become clear to us that it’s just not viable for professors to have children,” one...

PALO ALTO (RPT) - As major disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic - including decreased enrollments, challenges to university infrastructure and shrinking endowments - shake universities across the country, some universities have sought new leadership. This week, a prestigious US University...

CHICAGO (RPT) – A group of the world’s leading psychologists are planning an in-person conference to discuss strategies for promoting social distancing during the COVID19 pandemic. “Everybody knows that all of the world’s biggest problems are solved at academic conferences,” the chair of the...

CAMBRIDGE, MA (RPT) - In response to the growing peer review crisis, editors of academic journals have begun returning to what is called the ‘carrier pigeon model’ for peer review. “Peer review worked back when carrier pigeons were the main way we got manuscripts from authors and then sent them...

SALT LAKE CITY (RPT) - An Anthropology professor who studies the phenomenon of sympathetic pregnancy has reported that he has symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of COUVADE-19, including weight gain, food cravings, mood swings and reduced libido. “Ever since my wife got pregnant in late 2019, I...

LOS ANGELES (RPT) – With the majority population in self-isolation because of new social distancing policies during the growing COVID19 pandemic, professors are rejoicing that people are finally leaving them alone. “This is the best excuse ever to just hole up in my office and tell everyone to...

BOISE (RPT) – Forced to work from home in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, many professors are exposing their families to incessant dad jokes that are threatening the sanity of their spouses and children. Both male and female professors have been subjecting their partners and children to these...

NEW YORK (RPT) – Universities have been forced to cancel on-campus interviews with prospective graduate students, leading admission committees to adopt new criteria for deciding which students should be accepted to prominent graduate programs. High-profile institutions have begun adopting the ABC...

RHODE ISLAND (RPT) - Professors around the country have been lamenting the constant flow of emails that has continued unmitigated, even as the apocalypse is going on around them. “It’s the goddamn apocalypse! Can’t I get a break from email for just one day?” one professor at a prominent...

LOS ANGELES (RPT) - As universities around the country use an abundance of caution in their strategies for dealing with the growing COVID19 pandemic, they are leaving businesses and members of the general public facing a severe shortage of caution. “They’re hoarding all the caution for themselves...

CAMBRIDGE, MA (RPT) – Yesterday, a reviewer requested that he should be listed as first author on a manuscript he was reviewing for a mid-tier scientific journal. This request came after three rounds of review and revision during which the reviewer demanded that the original authors cite his...

COLUMBUS (RPT) – Campuses across the world have closed due to concern about COVID19, forcing professors to work from home and spend time with their families. Many professors are finding that a lot has changed since the last time they were home, some even discovering that their families had either...

CINCINNATI (RPT) - Several cohorts of first generation academics, including undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and professors, have been regretting their life choices with the apocalypse underway. One first generation graduate student told RPT that she wishes she had never...

BOSTON (RPT) – Professors at universities around the world are showing up to health centers reporting that they have symptoms of COVID19 infection, but upon repeated testing are found to be negative. Representatives from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) told RPT reporters that the symptoms...

PRINCETON (RPT) - The already fragile peer review system is showing signs of collapse this week as professors have more important things to do than review mediocre papers that are only tangentially related to their research areas. “Usually I’m excited to have the chance to review papers from my...

BREAKING (RPT) – Reverse Psychology Today has assembled a list of 5 crazy tricks based on decades of research in psychology that are guaranteed to help you survive and thrive during the COVID19 outbreak. This list of superficial and mostly meaningless advice was compiled to give you a false sense...