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Touron’s work featured on National Public Radio
Dr. Dayna Touron, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured on NPR (Minnesota Station in May, 2018. Touron discussed her research on aging and memory, citing evidence from her research lab that a lack of confidence, rather than skills, impacts older adults’ memory. Access the full interview here.
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Baker named Associate Editor
Dr. Levi Baker has been named Associate Editor of the academic journal Personal Relationships. Baker is an Assistant Professor in the social psychology program. His research interests center on close relationships, including relationship maintenance and problem solving.
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Boseovski’s research featured on “The Conversation”
Dr. Janet Boseovski has published an article summarizing over a decade of research on children’s positivity bias in social judgments. The article is featured on “The Conversation,” which is an independent source of news from the academic and research community delivered directly to the public. The article was reprinted in Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times,
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100% Match for Clinical Psychology Internship Placements
The department is very pleased to announce that our latest cohort of clinical psychology PhD students has secured a 100% match at American Psychological Association-approved internship placements! This is a testament to the exceptional training that these students have received in our department and at UNCG; their ambassadorship reflects our reputation of an excellent Scientist-Practitioner
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New PNAS article by Beaty and colleagues gains media attention
Graduate Alum Dr. Roger Beaty (now a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University) and colleagues Dr. Paul Silvia, Dr. Michael Kane, and current graduate student Alex Christensen, together with collaborators at other institutions, have published landmark research that establishes unique brain connectivity in people who are creative. Specifically, the paper reports on three neural networks that
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Michel’s piece on DACA featured on the APA website
Dr. George Michel has written an article about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) that is featured on the website of the American Psychological Association. In the article, Michel discusses why DACA matters to Psychologists, academia and science in general, stating that “DACA participants are essential to the fabric of our community and the character
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Department welcomes Dr. Michelle Russell
We are delighted to welcome a new Social Psychologist to the department this year! Dr. Michelle Russell is a Lecturer whose research expertise centers on close relationships, including the way in which contextual factors buffer romantic partners against relational vulnerabilities and how modern cultural factors interact with evolved processes to impact relationship outcomes. Russell earned
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Stein is Associate Editor
Dr. Gabriela Stein, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the CAMINOs Lab, has been appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence.
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Vrshek-Schallhorn selected as Consulting Editor
Dr. Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology program, will serve as Consulting Editor for the academic journal Abnormal Psychology. Her term begins in January, 2018.
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Eddington publishes Therapist Guide in Oxford University Press Series
Dr. Kari Eddington and her colleagues have published a Therapist Guide and Client Workbook for Self-System Therapy for Depression. These books represent the culmination of many years of work by this research team. The books are published by Oxford University Press as part of their “Treatments That Work” series; inclusion reflects adherence to empirically-based treatments
