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Wisco wins APA Division 56 Award
Dr. Blair Wisco is the recipient of an Award for Outstanding Contributions to Trauma Psychology from Division 56 of the American Psychological Association! This award recognizes Psychologists in the early stages of their careers who have shown outstanding achievement or who have made outstanding contributions to the study of psychological trauma. Wisco is the Director
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Garlitch and Wahlheim receive Best of 2020 Article Award
The Psychonomic Society has selected graduate student Sydney Garlitch and co-author Dr. Chris Wahlheim as recipients of a 2020 Best Article Award. The paper is titled “The role of attentional fluctuation during study in recollecting episodic changes at test” and it was published in February, 2020, in the journal Memory & Cognition. Awards are determined by
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Strong Minds, Strong Communities study targets mental health disparities
“Strong Minds, Strong Communities” is a five-year, $4 million National Institutes of Health-funded study that targets disparities in mental health care access for underserved populations, and in particular, racial/ethnic and linguistic minority populations. Led by Clinical Faculty members Drs. Gaby Stein and Kari Eddington, the goal is to provide is to provide access to empirically
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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
