We are pleased to announce that the Psychology Department’s annual Graduate Research Colloquium, in which all rising 2nd year graduate students present talks on their research, will take place on Friday, 9/22 from 1:00-4:00pm in the EUC Auditorium. We hope to see you there! The program may be viewed here.
Congratulations to Psychology professor Dr. Paul Silvia, and Psychology graduate student Rebekah Rodriguez-Boerwinkle (pictured here), who were both recently honored by APA Division 10, the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. Paul received the Arnheim Award for career research achievements in psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Yuly-Youngblood, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Children’s Emergent Beliefs about Social Rank and Gender,” on Friday, May 26. Committee members: Janet Boseovski (Chair), Jasmine DeJesus, Stuart Marcovitch, and Ethan Zell.
Lindsay Jarvis, a graduate student in the MA program in General Experimental Psychology, represented UNCG at Graduate Education Day in Raleigh on May 23; the UNCG Graduate School invited Lindsay to participate based on her winning performance in the recent UNCG Graduate Showcase. At Graduate Education Day, Lindsay (at far… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Michele Chan, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “The Coalescing Contribution of Caregiver and Diverse Peer Ethnic-Racial Socialization Messages in Informing Ethnic-Racial Identity Among College Students,” on Friday, May 19. Committee members: Gabriela Livas Stein (Chair), Levi Baker, Janet Boseovski, and Michaeline Jensen.
Winner of the Norman Anderson Travel Award (“NATA”), Casandra Gomez Alvarado presented her poster, “Critical consciousness among Latinx adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic” (Gomez Alvarado, Patel, Salcido, & Stein) at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence in San Diego, CA. Congratulations, Casandra!
The Matthew Russ & Ann Fitzmaurice-Russ Scholarship, established by the owners of Tate Street Coffee House, rotates annually among four departments at UNCG, including Psychology. This year the scholarship was awarded to Chloe Wilson. Congratulations!
The Mildred Millner Alvarez Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Psychology recognizes excellence inside & outside the classroom, with emphasis on commitment to providing mental health services. This year’s awardees are Tiffany Tan (pictured above) & Lizbeth Jaimes Lopez (pictured below). Honorable mentions went to Breanna Ferebee and Gianna DeSopo. Congratulations to… Continue reading…
We are proud to announce that Lindsay Jarvis has been selected as one of the 2023 Graduate Research Research & Creativity Showcase winners for Social Sciences, Education, & Business. Her presentation, mentored by Dr. Stuart Marcovitch, was titled, “The underrepresentation of the Appalachian people in empirical research.” For the full… Continue reading…
This month, we bring you an interview with Faith Nomamiukor, a graduate student in our clinical psychology program supervised by Dr. Blair Wisco. Recently, Faith was interviewed in a newsletter by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). See here for this interview. We decided to follow up with questions… Continue reading…
