Graduate Alum Dr. Roger Beaty (now a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University) and colleagues Dr. Paul Silvia, Dr. Michael Kane, and current graduate student Alex Christensen, together with collaborators at other institutions, have published landmark research that establishes unique brain connectivity in people who are creative. Specifically, the paper reports… Continue reading…
Dr. George Michel has written an article about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) that is featured on the website of the American Psychological Association. In the article, Michel discusses why DACA matters to Psychologists, academia and science in general, stating that “DACA participants are essential to the fabric of… Continue reading…
The Department of Psychology is proud to announce the Kendon Smith Lecture Series: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: From the Lab to the Clinic Featuring Drs. J. Gayle Beck, Terence Keane, Paula Schnurr, and Patricia Resick Organizer: Dr. Blair Wisco Details here. Attendance is free and open to the public. Specific directions… Continue reading…
We are delighted to welcome a new Social Psychologist to the department this year! Dr. Michelle Russell is a Lecturer whose research expertise centers on close relationships, including the way in which contextual factors buffer romantic partners against relational vulnerabilities and how modern cultural factors interact with evolved processes to… Continue reading…
Happy New Year, Everyone! 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. Gabriela Stein, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the CAMINOs Lab, has been appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Dr. Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology program, will serve as Consulting Editor for the academic journal Abnormal Psychology. Her term begins in January, 2018.
Dr. Kari Eddington and her colleagues have published a Therapist Guide and Client Workbook for Self-System Therapy for Depression. These books represent the culmination of many years of work by this research team. The books are published by Oxford University Press as part of their “Treatments That Work” series; inclusion… Continue reading…
Dr. Stuart Marcovitch will serve as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the academic Journal Cognitive Development, which is the flagship journal of the Jean Piaget Society. He will begin a three-year term in this position in November.
Dr. Gabriela Livas Stein has been recognized as a Minority Access National Role Model. This award honors her “exemplary achievements in fields underrepresented by minorities and in advancing underrepresented population groups.” She will receive this award at the upcoming National Role Models Conference in Washington, DC, in October, 2017.
