- News
Silvia to deliver Torrance Lecture
Dr. Paul Silvia will deliver the 2021 Torrance Lecture on Thursday, November 11. The title of his lecture is Ordinary Creativity in Everyday Life: What Our Quirky Hobbies, Projects, and Passions Reveal About Human Creativity. The E. Paul Torrance Lecture is sponsored by the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development at the University of
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Cameron Pugach awarded Predoctoral NRSA award
Cameron Pugach, a clinical psychology graduate student in the COPE Lab, has been awarded a predoctoral National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. The award will provide 2.5 years of funding to support his project titled “The Interplay Between Negative Emotion Differentiation and Emotion Regulation Problems in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.”
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Chance Camp UNCG featured on news
Chance Camp UNCG is a program designed to introduce Latinx high school students to university life and assist them in navigating the pathway to higher education. The camp was recently featured on FOX local news. Several of our faculty, including Drs. Julie Mendez-Smith (featured in the clip and shown in the photo here), Gaby
- Events
Upcoming Panel on Women in Academia
The first of three department events in the “She Can We Can” series (in recognition of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial) will be held on September 10, 2021. The event will be co-hosted by Drs. Jasmine DeJesus and Mikey Jensen.
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Dream Camp: 13 years and counting
Dream Camp is in its 13th year and it is the focus of a College of Arts and Sciences feature story. Led by our Director of Clinical Training, Dr. Susan Keane and staffed by clinical psychology faculty and graduate students, the camp provides typical daily activities, such as games, along with therapeutic programming for children
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Wiley’s latest research featured in multiple media outlets
Dr. Robert Wiley‘s latest research, published in Psychological Science, indicates that the practice of handwriting positively impacts our language learning for both letter and word comprehension and production. More information and video here. The research has been featured in numerous media outlets, including Science Daily and Neuroscience News.
- Events
Hard Data Cafe: Fall, 2021 Schedule
The Experimental Area is pleased to present the Fall 2021 Hard Data Cafe Series. All are welcome to attend.
- Alumni
Interview with Alumna Sophia Cross
This month, we feature UNCG Psychology Alumna Sophia Cross, who graduated in December, 2020. Sophia’s Honors thesis, Borderline Personality Disorder and Perception of Friendship Quality (supervised by Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray) was awarded first place in UNCG’s Sciences and Professional Fields category. Her research has also been presented at a major conference in the field, the
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Women’s History Month: Honoring Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray as Trailblazer
Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray has served the Department of Psychology and university for 49 years and counting. She was recently interviewed about her path in the field, her contributions to research, teaching, and mentorship, and her current passions. A trailblazer in many respects, Dr. Nelson-Gray pursued a career as a psychologist at a time when women
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Women’s History Month: Honoring Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray as Trailblazer
As part of Women’s History Month, UNCG interviewed Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray, who has served the department and university for 49 years. Nelson-Gray pursued psychological training during a time when women were grossly underrepresented in the field. A trailblazer in many respects, she developed our accredited doctoral program in clinical psychology, served as the first woman
