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Clinical Psychology Program Awarded $2 Million Grant
Dr. Susan Keane (Lead PI) and Co-Investigators Drs. Rosemery Nelson-Gray, Jason Henderson, Julie Mendez Smith, and Gabriela Stein have been awarded a $2,151,377 grant from the Department of Health and Human Resources and Services Administration for the project “Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting the Training of Clinical Psychologists from Disadvantaged Backgrounds to Enter Primary Care Settings
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Kendon Smith Lectures and Hard Data Cafe Postponed due to COVID-19
The department has postponed the Spring, 2020 Kendon Smith Lecture Series; the series will be re-scheduled at a later date. The Hard Data Cafe Series will also be postponed through March; we will make determinations about the April lineup as the situation unfolds and consistent with state policies for university operations.
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Psychology Clinic Announces 2020 Dream Camp Dates
The UNCG Psychology Clinic is hosting DREAM Camp again this summer! DREAM Camp is a therapeutic and recreational summer day camp for children/adolescents ages 8-18 years with social skills and friendship challenges, including but not limited to those with High Functioning Autism. The main focus of the camp is to enhance social and friendship skills.
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DeJesus quoted in The Atlantic
Dr. Jasmine DeJesus was recently quoted in The Atlantic; the article discussed issues related to a lack of diversity in psychological research and the pressure to make broad, sweeping claims about research findings. Access the article here.
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Meet Dr. Shaylene Nancekivell
Dr. Nancekivell is an Assistant Professor in the Developmental Psychology Program and the Director of the Young Minds Research Lab. She earned her BA in Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario and her MASc. in Developmental Communication Science at the University of Waterloo, where she also completed her PhD in Developmental Psychology. Shaylene has
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Research by Baker, Kane, & Russell featured in Scientific American
Recent research by Drs. Levi Baker, Michael Kane, and Michelle Russell was featured in Scientific American. The findings of this collaborative project revealed that working memory plays an important role in navigating conflict in personal relationships. In particular, partners with high working memory capacity were better able to remember each other’s statements when asked to
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Stein develops “One talk at a Time” to support conversations about race and ethnicity
Together with Drs. Stephanie Coard and Laura Gonzalez at UNCG, and Dr. Lisa Kiang of Wake Forest University, Dr. Gabriela Stein has developed “One Talk at a Time,” which is an online resource that helps families of color talk to their children about racism and discrimination. The program offers specialized content for Latinx American, Asian
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Mendez-Smith is Co-Investigator in Spartans ADVANCE NSF Grant
UNCG has been awarded a $1 million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This award will support organizational and structural change strategies to promote gender equity, including the intersection of gender with social identities such as race and ethnicity. Dr. Julie Mendez Smith, inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow for Campus Climate and Professor of Psychology,
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Get to know Dr. Robert Wiley!
Dr. Bob Wiley is an Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Psychology Program and the Director of the Cognitive & Neural Science of Learning Lab. Bob earned his BA in French and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Virginia and his MA degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago, along with a
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Position Announcement: Assistant Professor, Child Clinical Psychology (Fall, 2020)
The department will be hiring a Child Clinical Psychologist; see the position announcement below. — Child Clinical Psychology (Assistant Professor) position #002276 The Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track position in Child Clinical Psychology (Assistant Professor level), to begin August 1, 2020. The Department of Psychology consists of 29 full-time
