Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Welhaf, who successfully defended his dissertation, “Evaluating the construct validity of sustained attention measures: Performance indicators, self-report indicators, and their covariation,” on Thursday, September 2. Committee members: Michael Kane (chair), Jasmine DeJesus, Paul Silvia, and Dayna Touron.
Please see the complete schedule for the Fall 2022 Hard Data Cafe talk series. All are welcome to attend, and all talks will be held in Sullivan Science Rm 201.
Please join us for our next Hard Data Cafe meeting, on September 9 at 3:30 pm in SULL 201, for a social psychology oriented talk by Dr. Julian Rucker (UNC: Chapel Hill).
Please join us for Dr. Livas Stein’s Diversity Award Presentation, “Joy, Purpose, and Connection,” on September 12, from 4:00-6:00 pm in the Alumni House.
Please join us for the annual Graduate Research Colloquium (program TBD), in which our rising 2nd year graduate students will present talks on their first year projects or their MA thesis work/proposals. Given our large second-year class, GRC will likely span much of the day (9:00-4:00), so be sure to… Continue reading…
The International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS) has awarded our late colleague and Department Head, Dr. Anthony DeCasper, with a Posthumous Contribution Award. The purpose of this award is to “recognize luminaries in the field who made the science of infancy and developmental psychology what it is today.” Dr. DeCasper… Continue reading…
We are proud to learn that Dr. Beatrice Kuhlmann, who earned her Ph.D. from UNCG in 2013 under the direction of Dr. Dayna Touron, has won a 2022 Early Career Award from the Psychonomics Society, the preeminent society for the experimental study of cognition. Dr. Kuhlmann is a Professor of… Continue reading…
Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray was selected to receive the university’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. Nelson-Gray has been at UNCG since 1971 and she has chaired numerous MA and Dissertation Committees over the years. Her students have gone on to a variety of successful careers as clinical psychologists, distinguished faculty members, the… Continue reading…
Dr. Gaby Livas-Stein has been selected to receive the Dean’s Award for the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusiveness in the College of Arts and Science. Gaby’s dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) spans the entire length of her career and encompasses contributions at all levels, from within the… Continue reading…
