The Psychonomic Society has selected graduate student Sydney Garlitch and co-author Dr. Chris Wahlheim as recipients of a 2020 Best Article Award. The paper is titled “The role of attentional fluctuation during study in recollecting episodic changes at test” and it was published in February, 2020, in the journal Memory &… Continue reading…
“Strong Minds, Strong Communities” is a five-year, $4 million National Institutes of Health-funded study that targets disparities in mental health care access for underserved populations, and in particular, racial/ethnic and linguistic minority populations. Led by Clinical Faculty members Drs. Gaby Stein and Kari Eddington, the goal is to provide is… Continue reading…
Dr. Susan Keane (Lead PI) and Co-Investigators Drs. Rosemery Nelson-Gray, Jason Henderson, Julie Mendez Smith, and Gabriela Stein have been awarded a $2,151,377 grant from the Department of Health and Human Resources and Services Administration for the project “Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting the Training of Clinical Psychologists from Disadvantaged Backgrounds… Continue reading…
The department has postponed the Spring, 2020 Kendon Smith Lecture Series; the series will be re-scheduled at a later date. The Hard Data Cafe Series will also be postponed through March; we will make determinations about the April lineup as the situation unfolds and consistent with state policies for university… Continue reading…
Alex Christensen is a doctoral student who works with Dr. Paul Silvia in the social psychology graduate program. Broadly, Alex’s primary research program centers on network science as it applies to numerous domains in psychology, including personality and neuroscience. Alex has completed his dissertation and is currently awaiting his defense;… Continue reading…
Maura Bourne (BA, 2019), undergraduate alumna and psychology major, was featured in the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Office Research Blog. Maura was awarded an Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award to support her research under the direction of Dr. Susan Keane. Her project investigated the relation between sensation seeking, risk-taking behavior,… Continue reading…
The UNCG Psychology Clinic is hosting DREAM Camp again this summer! DREAM Camp is a therapeutic and recreational summer day camp for children/adolescents ages 8-18 years with social skills and friendship challenges, including but not limited to those with High Functioning Autism. The main focus of the camp is to… Continue reading…
Dr. Jasmine DeJesus was recently quoted in The Atlantic; the article discussed issues related to a lack of diversity in psychological research and the pressure to make broad, sweeping claims about research findings. Access the article here.
Dr. Nancekivell is an Assistant Professor in the Developmental Psychology Program and the Director of the Young Minds Research Lab. She earned her BA in Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario and her MASc. in Developmental Communication Science at the University of Waterloo, where she also completed her PhD… Continue reading…
NOTE: Due to COVID-19, this series has been postponed until further notice. The Experimental area program is proud to present this semester’s Hard Data Cafe! Please click here for the full schedule. All are welcome to attend!
