Psychology department establishes three Alumni Awards

Nominations for the 2022 Alumni Awards are now open! See details and award descriptions below. Alumni from our undergraduate and graduate programs are invited to apply. Deadline for receipt of applications is April 1, 2022.   Background: The Alumni Awards were conceptualized by Dr. Susan Keane, Professor and Director of Clinical… Continue reading…

Final “She Can We Can” Event: February 18

The department will hold its final event of the “She Can We Can” series on February 18, 3 – 5 pm, on Zoom. Dr. Cecilia Ayón, Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside, will give a talk titled “Ella Puede, Nosotros Podemos: Towards Equity and Hope in… Continue reading…

Congratulations, December Docs!

The department would like to congratulate our new PhD holders and their graduate advisors! Front row, L to R: Drs. Yesenia Mejia Gallardo, Gaby Livas-Stein, Jessica Caporaso, Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, Allison Campbell. Back row, L to R: Drs. Stuart Marcovitch, Vaibhav Sapuram, Blair Wisco

Paul Silvia

Silvia to deliver Torrance Lecture

Dr. Paul Silvia will deliver the 2021 Torrance Lecture on Thursday, November 11. The title of his lecture is Ordinary Creativity in Everyday Life: What Our Quirky Hobbies, Projects, and Passions Reveal About Human Creativity. The E. Paul Torrance Lecture is sponsored by the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent… Continue reading…

Cameron Pugach awarded Predoctoral NRSA award

Cameron Pugach, a clinical psychology graduate student in the COPE Lab, has been awarded a predoctoral National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. The award will provide 2.5 years of funding to support his project titled “The Interplay Between Negative Emotion Differentiation and Emotion Regulation Problems… Continue reading…

Julia Mendez Smith

Chance Camp UNCG featured on news

Chance Camp UNCG is a program designed to introduce Latinx high school students to university life and assist them in navigating the pathway to higher education. The camp was recently featured on FOX local news.    Several of our faculty, including Drs. Julie Mendez-Smith (featured in the clip and shown… Continue reading…

Upcoming Panel on Women in Academia

The first of three department events in the “She Can We Can” series (in recognition of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial) will be held on September 10, 2021. The event will be co-hosted by Drs. Jasmine DeJesus and Mikey Jensen.

Susan Phillips Keane

Dream Camp: 13 years and counting

Dream Camp is in its 13th year and it is the focus of a College of Arts and Sciences feature story.  Led by our Director of Clinical Training, Dr. Susan Keane and staffed by clinical psychology faculty and graduate students, the camp provides typical daily activities, such as games, along… Continue reading…