Dr. Janet Boseovski was featured on the WFMY News Morning Show (August 21, 2015) to discuss various aspects of child bullying, including the warning signs that children are being bullied, how to help victims, dealing with children who are bullies, and cyberbullying. The video footage and article can be accessed… Continue reading…
Dr. Ethan Zell was recently named a Fellow of The Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), which is a scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of the discipline of social psychology. Zell was chosen in recognition of his substantial contributions to social psychology as an empirical science; he joins a… Continue reading…
Dr. Jeni Pathman has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA). APA is the major scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the United States. The aim of Division 7 is to promote research in developmental psychology,… Continue reading…
Dr. Michael Kane delivered the G. Stanley Hall Lecture, “Where’s the ‘work’ in working memory?” at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) in Toronto, Canada. The G. Stanley Hall Lecture Series began in 1980 to advance the teaching of introductory psychology. The Lecture Series was originally conceived… Continue reading…
Dr. Peter Delaney was featured on the WFMY News morning show, where he offered study tips for school-age children. Delaney is a cognitive psychologist who has expertise in memory, problem-solving, and strategy use. A brief write-up of the interview can be accessed here.
Drs. Paul Silvia, Roger Beaty, Thomas Kwapil, and Michael Kane have received competitive funding from the Imagination Institute. Their project will examine the neuroscience of individual differences in creative thought, using neuroimaging, cognitive tasks, personality factors, and intensive daily experience sampling in a community sample varying in creative accomplishment. Paul… Continue reading…
Dr. Julie Mendez, Associate Professor of Psychology, commented on the emotional consequences of the massacre in Charleston in the Winston Salem Journal. The article can be accessed here. Mendez is a licensed psychologist and a core member of the APA-accredited graduate training program in Clinical Psychology in the department. She… Continue reading…
The UNCG Psychology Clinic is hosting DREAM Camp 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 enhance… Continue reading…
The DUCK Lab (Development and Understanding of Children’s Knowledge), led by Drs. Janet Boseovski and Stuart Marcovitch invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship. We seek excellent candidates who have earned a PhD in developmental psychology with an emphasis on cognitive or social aspects of development. Funds for this position are… Continue reading…
Dr. Peter Delaney traveled to Spain this spring to give an invited address titled, “Personality, Inner Strength, and Memory: How Different People Remember and Forget“, based on work completed with graduate students Yoojin Chang and Jake King, undergraduates Alyssa Mielock and Juan Ventura, and colleagues Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray and Dr. Kari… Continue reading…
