Congratulations to recipients of the 2025 Psychology Department Alumni Awards! These awards recognize alumni at different career stages who have made a profound impact on their community–whether that community is local or global. Dr. Susan Keane sought to establish these awards as a way to reflect on the quality, scope,… Continue reading…
The Psychology Department is pleased to present our fourth annual list of extraordinary alumni who have made noteworthy contributions to the field! The 2025 Distinguished Alum Robin B. Jarrett, PhD, ABPP Professor of Psychiatry | Elizabeth H. Penn Professorship in Clinical Psychology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dr. Robin… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dr. Mike Kane, who directs the I.D.E.A. Lab, and his collaborators on receiving one million dollars from the Institute of Education Sciences for a multi-site grant to conduct a classroom intervention study focusing on academic procrastination. Academic procrastination is prevalent and associated with worse academic performance and higher… Continue reading…
Dr. Blair Wisco, who directs the CoPE Lab, has recently been awarded funding to create meaningful undergraduate research experiences. This funding is part of the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Scholars: Advancing Knowledge through Research and Creative Collaboration Program. Dr. Wisco is one of ten College of Arts… Continue reading…
They scurry around the department to classes, labs, and seminars. We see them present and read their reaction papers. Let’s take some time to learn about the people behind the PowerPoints. Graduate students are essential to the research enterprise and valued members of any department with a graduate program. The… Continue reading…
This year, the department is proud to announce that two of our graduate students have won recognition awards from the UNCG Graduate School. Taylor Wood, a developmental student in our experimental program, has earned the Outstanding Thesis Award for her thesis titled, “Nice or Rich? An Examination of Children’s Preferences… Continue reading…
Congratulations to our second year graduate student cohort on an amazing 2025 Graduate Research Colloquium! This year’s GRC featured fascinating research. But it also celebrated the hard work and progress from our talented and determined clinical and experimental area graduate students. We look forward to hearing more about your research… Continue reading…
Faculty in the Department of Psychology are dedicated to providing high quality educational experiences to undergraduate students. Meeting this goal, however, goes beyond what is presented in the classroom. To get to the classroom, students must navigate course sequences, prerequisites, and specializations. Our department recognizes that providing assistance to students… Continue reading…
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…
They scurry around the department to classes, labs, and seminars. We see them present and read their reaction papers. Let’s take some time to learn about the people behind the PowerPoints. Graduate students are essential to the research enterprise and valued members of any department with a graduate program. The… Continue reading…
