Congratulations to Taylor Wood, who successfully defended her Masters thesis. Taylor’s research examined children’s social judgments about others based on their trait and wealth status. Overall, children take into account whether a person is nice or mean to a greater extent than whether a person is wealthy or not wealthy… Continue reading…
Graduate school is a challenging journey filled with rigorous coursework and demanding research. But it doesn’t have to be all work and no play; many students form some of their most cherished friendships during this transformative time. To kick off the semester on a lighthearted note, the Association for Graduate… Continue reading…
UNCG Psychology graduate student Crystal Thinzar has won the 2024 Outstanding Thesis Prize for her research entitled, “Keeping it R.E.A.L.: Understanding Everyday Emotion Socialization and Communication Processes in Parents of Toddlers.” This prize of $1000 is awarded annually to the best UNCG master’s thesis or production (from any discipline anywhere in… Continue reading…
UNCG Psychology doctoral student Shruthi Venkatesh has won the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Prize for her research on “Cultural Influences on Food Acceptance and Rejection Across Development.” This prize of $1500 is awarded annually to the best UNCG dissertation (from any discipline anywhere in the university). Shruthi is a soon-to-be Ph.D… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Anjali Pradeep, who successfully defended her Masters thesis, “The development of vitalist biology in relation to cognitive flexibility in children,” on July 16. Committee members were Stuart Marcovitch (chair), Janet Boseovski, and Peter Delaney.
Congratulations to Sabine Huber, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “An Investigation of bidirectional and longitudinal associations between executive functioning and learning related social competence in the context of parent responsiveness,” on June 25. Committee members were Susan Keane (Chair), Jessica Dollar, Megan Fields-Olivieri, and Stuart Marcovitch. (Sabine will become… Continue reading…
Congratulations to first-year graduate student Meriel Burnett, who won first prize in the Student Showcase at last weekend’s annual conference of APA Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts) for her talk, “Profanity Use in Humor Production.”
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Stockus, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Experiences and forecasts of the big-fish-little-pond effect,” on March 1. Committee members were Ethan Zell (Chair), Brittany Cassidy, Doug Levine, and Paul Silvia.
Congratulations to Lindsay Jarvis, who won second place in the UNCG Graduate School competition, “Webinars Worth Watching.” Lindsay’s presentation was entitled, “Differences In Nature Conversations Across Rural And Urban Children”. Webinars from all finalists can be viewed here.
Congratulations to Greg Chase, who successfully defended his MA thesis, “Dyadic Perspectives around Alcohol-Facilitative Communication,” on November 17 (Chair: Michaeline Jensen).
