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Booth Defends Thesis
Congratulations to Rachel Booth, who successfully defended her thesis, “Does mind wandering create a mental context change that facilitates memory retrieval?” on Monday, November 21. Committee members: Michael Kane (Chair), Peter Delaney, and Dayna Touron.
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Suresky Defends Thesis
Congratulations to Rachel Suresky, who successfully defended her thesis, “Objective Negative Evaluation Level, Perceived Stress, and Autonomic Reactivity in a Lab-Based Stress Induction: A Test of Moderated Mediation in a Three-Variable System,” on Wednesday November 9. Committee Members: Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn (Chair), Paul Silvia, and Kari Eddington.
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Dr. Livas Stein featured in APA Monitor
In the November/December issue of the APA Monitor, Psychology faculty member and Department Head, Gaby Livas Stein, is interviewed about building mental-health resilience in Latinx teens. You can read the “Conversations” piece here: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/11/building-latinx-resilience#
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Key defends thesis
Congratulations to Kristin Key, who successfully defended her MA thesis, “Sublexical representations in adult skilled spellers,” on Wednesday, October 5. Committee members: Robert Wiley (chair), Peter Delaney, and Michael Kane.
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Dr. Mendez Smith co-authors brief
With members of the UNCG Human Development and Family Studies Dept, the Psychology Department’s Dr. Mendez Smith co-authored a Brief published by the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families. The report assesses some of the challenges that Hispanic families have in navigating the system when seeking to apply for the child care subsidy
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Graduate Research Colloquium (GRC), Sept 30
The annual Graduate Research Colloquium (GRC) takes place this Friday, 9/30. GRC is a premier event for the Psychology Department, in which rising second-year graduate students present on their first-year or MA thesis projects. The program begins at 10:00 am in the EUC auditorium. After lunch, the second session will begin at 1:15 pm in
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Dr. Robert Wiley on NPR “Forum”
In response to recent news stories about children no longer learning to write or read cursive handwriting, Dr. Robert Wiley recently appeared as a guest on National Public Radio’s “Forum” (on KQED), where he joined a discussion of the science of handwriting. Listen here
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Dr. Paul Silvia and “Lost In Citations”
Dr. Paul Silvia was a recent featured guest on the “Lost In Citations” podcast, which regularly discusses issues of interest to academics. To listen to Paul’s segment, please visit the podcast here.
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Welhaf defends dissertation
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Welhaf, who successfully defended his dissertation, “Evaluating the construct validity of sustained attention measures: Performance indicators, self-report indicators, and their covariation,” on Thursday, September 2. Committee members: Michael Kane (chair), Jasmine DeJesus, Paul Silvia, and Dayna Touron.
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Posthumous recognition for Anthony DeCasper
The International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS) has awarded our late colleague and Department Head, Dr. Anthony DeCasper, with a Posthumous Contribution Award. The purpose of this award is to “recognize luminaries in the field who made the science of infancy and developmental psychology what it is today.” Dr. DeCasper will be honored at the
