The department will hold this year’s graduation ceremony on Friday May 8 at 2:30pm in the Cone Ballroom of the Elliott University Center. Dr. Stuart Marcovitch, Head of Psychology, will preside over the event. We are proud to announce that this year’s class speaker is Ms. Markeela Lipscomb (shown on… Continue reading…
Jason Strickhouser, a graduate student in the social psychology program (Advisor: Dr. Ethan Zell) has been selected to attend the 2015 Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology, which is a two-week intensive experience for pre-doctoral students in the discipline. The workshop is taught by key figures in the field… Continue reading…
We are proud to announce that all of the students in this year’s cohort matched successfully to their preferred American Psychological Association-accredited predoctoral internships. Our clinical program has a consistent record of success in these placements, which is a testament to the skills of the students and the mentorship and… Continue reading…
The Department of Psychology is proud to announce this year’s Kendon Smith Lecture Series: Self in a Social World: Social Psychological Perspectives on Self and Identity Featuring: Dr. Geoffrey Cohen (Stanford University), Dr. Jennifer Crocker (Ohio State University), Dr. David Dunning (Cornell University), and Dr. Daphna Oyserman (University of Southern… Continue reading…
Roger Beaty, a graduate student in the social psychology program (faculty advisor: Dr. Paul Silvia), has published a review paper on “The neuroscience of musical improvisation” in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. The paper synthesizes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of improvisation, with the aim of identifying the complex brain… Continue reading…
Dr. Ethan Zell has published a new paper, “Evaluating Gender Similarities and Differences Using Metasynthesis” in American Psychologist (Jan. 2015), which is the official journal of the American Psychological Association. The paper examines the magnitude of psychological gender differences across numerous domains, such as math ability, self-esteem, and aggression. In… Continue reading…
Drs. Thomas Kwapil and Neus Barrantes-Vidal are featured in a special section on schizotypy in Schizophrenia Bulletin, which is an official journal of the Schizophrenia International Research Society. The special section was based on invited addresses presented in December 2013 at the International Lemanic Workshop on Schizotypy in Geneva, Switzerland…. Continue reading…
The Psychology Department would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday! We’d also like to congratulate all of our students, undergraduate and graduate, who were awarded their hard-earned degrees at the December convocation. Our newly minted PhD holders, all from our clinical psychology program, are shown in this… Continue reading…
Dr. Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn is the recipient of a 2014 Career Development Travel Award from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. This award was also honored at the annual meeting of the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, held November 20-23, 2014 in Philadelphia. Vrshek-Schallhorn earned her Ph.D. in Clinical… Continue reading…
Dr. Stephanie Miller is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and the Director of the CUB Lab (Cognition Underlying Behavior) at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Miller earned her PhD in developmental psychology at UNCG in 2012, under the direction of Dr. Stuart Marcovitch in the DUCK Lab (Development and Understanding… Continue reading…
