A popular phrase you might have heard is “we all know too much about each other.” One thing we might know too much about is each other’s locations. UNCG researchers are looking into this exact phenomenon by asking how many parents are checking Life360 on their college-aged kids. A new… Continue reading…
Congratulations to cognitive area student Samuel Cox, who successfully defended his master’s thesis, “Older adults’ recognition deficit arises despite intact sustained attention,” on November 5, 2026. The members of his committee were Chris Wahlheim (chair), Michael Kane, and Peter Delaney. Pictured left to right: Michael Kane, Peter Delaney, Samuel Cox, and… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dr. Janet Boseovski and Dr. Kari Eddington, who were both selected for funding through the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Scholars: Advancing Knowledge Through Research and Creative Collaboration Program. Each award supports an undergraduate research assistant working on the faculty member’s project. Dr. Boseovski’s project will… Continue reading…
Dr. Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, director of the SCENE Lab, has a new article in the journal Assessment. Her UNCG co-authors are clinical psychology graduate student Elli Cole, former clinical psychology graduate student Dr. Gail Corneau, and former undergraduate and postbaccalaureate researcher Christopher Meneses. Collaborators at the University of Rochester and Temple University also… Continue reading…
Dr. Margaret Fields‐Olivieri, director of the Toddler Affect, Language & Communication (TALK) Lab, has a new article in the journal Infancy. Her co-authors are clinical psychology graduate students Kristin Jennings, Caitlin Stone, and Crystal Thinzar. Toddlers get upset a lot, but scientists know little about how these moments affect the way… Continue reading…
From how babies learn to love new foods to why we get passive-aggressive with the people we love, faculty and graduate students within our department have been busy. Check out four recent papers from our department and quick recaps of this work. Led by: Dr. Jasmine DeJesus, developmental faculty Does seeing… 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…
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 Valerie Salcido! Valerie has been awarded the UNCG Outstanding Dissertation Award for her dissertation “Investigating Sources of Resilience: Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Adolescent Coping Responses in the Context of Ethnic-Racial Discrimination.” Many kudos for this huge honor, Valerie!
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…
