What’s brown and sticky? A STICK! But why do people find this joke funny? Why does it evoke a likely universal eye roll response? A recent preprint from Dr. Paul Silvia endeavored to answer these questions by analyzing over 32,000 jokes from the Reddit community dadjokes. You can read the… Continue reading…
How do I learn? What is printing and how can I do it? What’s a form? Where is room 284? You mean there are signs? These are just a few examples of questions our fearless department staff hear and answer every day. Each day, they work behind the scenes to… Continue reading…
Congratulations to clinical psychology student Emily Heinlein (faculty mentor: Dr. Blair Wisco), who successfully defended her thesis on Wednesday, 11/19. Her thesis focused on guilt and shame as potential drivers of social isolation in a trauma-exposed sample. Looking forward to learning where this research takes you, Emily! Congratulations!
They scurry around the department to classes, labs, and seminars. We see them present and read their reaction papers. Let’s take some time to learn about the people behind the PowerPoints. Graduate students are essential to the research enterprise and valued members of any department with a graduate program. The… Continue reading…
Congratulations to clinical psychology student Aly Lopez (faculty mentor: Dr. Blair Wisco), who successfully defended her thesis on Friday, 11/21. Her thesis, entitled “Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Suicide-Related Behavior Among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans,” found that similar risk factors for suicide attempts emerged for male and… Continue reading…
On Tuesday, the Southern Conference named its All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team. For each of the ten member schools, one faculty member and one staff member is recognized by the league. We are proud to announce that Dr. Janet Boseovski, one of our developmental faculty, has been named as UNCG’s faculty representative… Continue reading…
Who are the people behind the lectern? Did they appear one day to discuss t-tests and theories, and then disappear into the ether? It turns out that faculty are people too! The Department of Psychology strives to create a culture replete with high quality research and teaching. To foster that… Continue reading…
To many undergraduates, graduate school seems mysterious. What’s it all about? How do you know what you want to study? Is it even fun? Psychology graduate students recently held an event in collaboration with NC A&T’s Association of Black Psychologists to answer these and other questions. This “Day in the… Continue reading…
They scurry around the department to classes, labs, and seminars. We see them present and read their reaction papers. Let’s take some time to learn about the people behind the PowerPoints. Graduate students are essential to the research enterprise and valued members of any department with a graduate program. The… Continue reading…
UNCG Psychology faculty and students have had a very busy and productive 2025! Check out work from the entire department here. Below, you can find links to publications highlighting recent work from our community. Clinical Psychology Cole, E., Ponder, D., Grillo, A. R., Suresky, R., Stroud, C. B., & Vrshek-Schallhorn,… Continue reading…