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…
Congratulations to cognitive area student Bayley Wellons on a successful MA thesis defense! Title: “Examining whether prediction errors increase attentional arousal to facilitate memory updating with pupillometry” Committee members: Dr. Chris Wahlheim, Dr. Mike Kane, Dr. Peter Delaney
Dr. Jasmine DeJesus, who directs the Development, Culture, and Health Lab, recently published an article in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology looking at how children think about people who carry diseases. With department graduate program alum co-authors Dr. Shruthi Venkatesh and Cherish Elmore-Li, Dr. DeJesus expanded the literature by… Continue reading…
Dr. Janet Boseovski, an expert on body image development, was recently featured in Allure magazine. In an article about how the manifestation trend has entered the beauty space, Dr. Boseovski discusses how young women can be especially susceptible to this trend. Further, Dr. Boseovski notes that this trend is not… Continue reading…
Congratulations to clinical area graduate student Karina Seebaluck on a successful MA thesis defense! Pictured left to right are committee member Dr. Jasmine DeJesus, Karina Seebaluck, faculty mentor Dr. Michaeline Jensen, and committee member Dr. Julie Mendez Smith.
Congratulations to Chelsea Crayton, who successfully defended her MA thesis today! Title: Does sleep moderate the relationship of social exclusion markers to diurnal cortisol slope? Committee: Dr. Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn (faculty mentor), Dr. Julia Mendez Smith, and Dr. Brittany Cassidy
Congratulations to Shyawn Manshoory, who successfully defended his MA thesis today! Title: Multiple Levels of Consonant/Vowel Status Representation are Stored in Orthographic Long-Term Memory Committee: Dr. Bob Wiley (faculty mentor), Dr. Peter Delaney, and Dr. Brittany Cassidy
Congratulations to Mariani Weinstein Bhoi on the successful defense of her dissertation! Title: The Impact of Technology Use on Family Relationships through Dual Processes of Cultural Adaptation among Hispanic/Latine Youth and Parents in the ABCD Dataset Committee: Michaeline Jensen, PhD (chair), Andrew Supple, PhD, Margaret Fields-Olivieri, PhD Rosemery Nelson-Gray, PhD
Congratulations to Jahnna Brown on a successful MA thesis defense! Pictured from left to right are Jahnna Brown, committee member Dr. Paul Silvia, faculty mentor Dr. Bob Wiley, and Dr. Peter Delaney.
Social area graduate student Tyler Robinson (faculty mentor: Dr. Ethan Zell) is proud to report a new publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This paper reflects a second-order meta-analysis of over 3000 studies and 1 million participants. This work shows a strong positive relation between emotional… Continue reading…
