The Department of Psychology will hold its annual Graduate Research Colloquium on Friday, September 7 at 1:30 pm. This is a signature event in which rising 2nd year graduate students present their research to department faculty and students, as well as to other guests from around the university. Research presented… Continue reading…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Michaeline Jensen has joined the department! Dr. Jensen is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program and the Director of the Interactions and Relationships Lab (IRL). She earned her BA in Psychology at the University of Arizona and her PhD in Clinical… Continue reading…
The Experimental area program is proud to present this semester’s Hard Data Cafe! Please click here for the full schedule. All are welcome and encouraged to attend these talks.
Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray was interviewed by the UNCG Special Collections and University Archives Division as part of an extensive recognition of UNCG’s 125th anniversary. Nelson-Gray joined the faculty in 1971 and has had an illustrious and fascinating career. The video interview covers the Fulbright Scholarship that got her involved in… Continue reading…
Dr. Sabrina Thurman (BA, 2011) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Elon University, where she directs the Infant Development Lab. Research in the lab is aimed at understanding how postural-locomotor development in infancy influences children’s spontaneous discovery, exploration, object manipulation skills, and mother-infant interactions. Sabrina’s research has been published… Continue reading…
Dr. Gabriela Stein has co-authored a scientific evidence brief that addresses the detrimental effects of child separation from families. The brief was written my members of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), which is a leading professional organization that advances developmental science and promotes the use of scientific… Continue reading…
Dr. Dayna Touron, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured on NPR (Minnesota Station in May, 2018. Touron discussed her research on aging and memory, citing evidence from her research lab that a lack of confidence, rather than skills, impacts older adults’ memory. Access… Continue reading…
Dr. Levi Baker has been named Associate Editor of the academic journal Personal Relationships. Baker is an Assistant Professor in the social psychology program. His research interests center on close relationships, including relationship maintenance and problem solving.
Dr. Janet Boseovski has published an article summarizing over a decade of research on children’s positivity bias in social judgments. The article is featured on “The Conversation,” which is an independent source of news from the academic and research community delivered directly to the public. The article was reprinted in… Continue reading…
The department is very pleased to announce that our latest cohort of clinical psychology PhD students has secured a 100% match at American Psychological Association-approved internship placements! This is a testament to the exceptional training that these students have received in our department and at UNCG; their ambassadorship reflects our… Continue reading…
