- Student Stories
A day in the life: Graduate student Faith Nomamiukor
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 of our own that capture
- Events
Graduate Research Colloquium: Virtual Edition
This year’s Graduate Research Colloquium (GRC) will be held virtually on Friday September 11, 2020. GRC is a signature event of the department in which rising second year graduate students present their research to department faculty, students, and university administrators and guests. Numerous awards and honors also take place at this event, which is hosted
- News
Wiley featured on Dope Labs Podcast
Dr. Robert Wiley was the featured Expert speaker on the science podcast The Dope Labs. Wiley is a cognitive psychologist who directs the Cognitive and Neural Science of Learning (CNSL) Lab, which focuses on neural plasticity and recovery from aphasia, the role of motor-experience in acquiring written language, and the effects of expertise on visual
- News
Wisco wins APA Division 56 Award
Dr. Blair Wisco is the recipient of an Award for Outstanding Contributions to Trauma Psychology from Division 56 of the American Psychological Association! This award recognizes Psychologists in the early stages of their careers who have shown outstanding achievement or who have made outstanding contributions to the study of psychological trauma. Wisco is the Director
- Events
Hard Data Cafe: Virtual Edition, Fall 2020
The Experimental area program is proud to present this semester’s VIRTUAL Hard Data Cafe! Please click here for the full schedule. All are welcome to attend!
- News
Garlitch and Wahlheim receive Best of 2020 Article Award
The Psychonomic Society has selected graduate student Sydney Garlitch and co-author Dr. Chris Wahlheim as recipients of a 2020 Best Article Award. The paper is titled “The role of attentional fluctuation during study in recollecting episodic changes at test” and it was published in February, 2020, in the journal Memory & Cognition. Awards are determined by
- News
Strong Minds, Strong Communities study targets mental health disparities
“Strong Minds, Strong Communities” is a five-year, $4 million National Institutes of Health-funded study that targets disparities in mental health care access for underserved populations, and in particular, racial/ethnic and linguistic minority populations. Led by Clinical Faculty members Drs. Gaby Stein and Kari Eddington, the goal is to provide is to provide access to empirically
- News
Clinical Psychology Program Awarded $2 Million Grant
Dr. Susan Keane (Lead PI) and Co-Investigators Drs. Rosemery Nelson-Gray, Jason Henderson, Julie Mendez Smith, and Gabriela Stein have been awarded a $2,151,377 grant from the Department of Health and Human Resources and Services Administration for the project “Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting the Training of Clinical Psychologists from Disadvantaged Backgrounds to Enter Primary Care Settings
- News
Kendon Smith Lectures and Hard Data Cafe Postponed due to COVID-19
The department has postponed the Spring, 2020 Kendon Smith Lecture Series; the series will be re-scheduled at a later date. The Hard Data Cafe Series will also be postponed through March; we will make determinations about the April lineup as the situation unfolds and consistent with state policies for university operations.
- Student Stories
Q&A with Graduate Student Alexander Christensen
Alex Christensen is a doctoral student who works with Dr. Paul Silvia in the social psychology graduate program. Broadly, Alex’s primary research program centers on network science as it applies to numerous domains in psychology, including personality and neuroscience. Alex has completed his dissertation and is currently awaiting his defense; next, he will begin a
