- News
Clinical program has 100% internship match rate
We are proud to announce that all of the students in this year’s cohort matched successfully to their preferred American Psychological Association-accredited predoctoral internships. Our clinical program has a consistent record of success in these placements, which is a testament to the skills of the students and the mentorship and training provided by our faculty.
- Events
Kendon Smith Lecture Series: April 9 and 10, 2015
The Department of Psychology is proud to announce this year’s Kendon Smith Lecture Series: Self in a Social World: Social Psychological Perspectives on Self and Identity Featuring: Dr. Geoffrey Cohen (Stanford University), Dr. Jennifer Crocker (Ohio State University), Dr. David Dunning (Cornell University), and Dr. Daphna Oyserman (University of Southern California) Organizer: Dr. Ethan Zell
- Student Stories
Accolades and new paper for graduate student Roger Beaty
Roger Beaty, a graduate student in the social psychology program (faculty advisor: Dr. Paul Silvia), has published a review paper on “The neuroscience of musical improvisation” in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. The paper synthesizes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of improvisation, with the aim of identifying the complex brain regions that subserve this skill
- News
Zell’s work featured in American Psychologist
Dr. Ethan Zell has published a new paper, “Evaluating Gender Similarities and Differences Using Metasynthesis” in American Psychologist (Jan. 2015), which is the official journal of the American Psychological Association. The paper examines the magnitude of psychological gender differences across numerous domains, such as math ability, self-esteem, and aggression. In this effort, data were aggregated
- News
Kwapil and Barrantes-Vidal featured in special section of Schizophrenia Bulletin
Drs. Thomas Kwapil and Neus Barrantes-Vidal are featured in a special section on schizotypy in Schizophrenia Bulletin, which is an official journal of the Schizophrenia International Research Society. The special section was based on invited addresses presented in December 2013 at the International Lemanic Workshop on Schizotypy in Geneva, Switzerland. Kwapil is Professor of Psychology
- News
Happy Holidays & Congratulations to our Graduates
The Psychology Department would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday! We’d also like to congratulate all of our students, undergraduate and graduate, who were awarded their hard-earned degrees at the December convocation. Our newly minted PhD holders, all from our clinical psychology program, are shown in this photo. From left to right:
- News
Vrshek-Schallhorn wins Career Development Award
Dr. Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn is the recipient of a 2014 Career Development Travel Award from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. This award was also honored at the annual meeting of the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, held November 20-23, 2014 in Philadelphia. Vrshek-Schallhorn earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of
- Alumni
Alumna Miller now a faculty member at Ole Miss
Dr. Stephanie Miller is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and the Director of the CUB Lab (Cognition Underlying Behavior) at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Miller earned her PhD in developmental psychology at UNCG in 2012, under the direction of Dr. Stuart Marcovitch in the DUCK Lab (Development and Understanding of Children’s Knowledge). Her research
- News
Kane and other researchers offer clarification on “brain training” effects
Dr. Michael Kane is part of a prestigious group of memory and neuroscience researchers who signed a consensus statement concerning the effects of brain training of cognitive abilities. The statement addresses questionable claims made by some brain-game manufacturers that their products enhance alertness, intelligence, and memory, and that they stave off cognitive slowing and forgetfulness.
- Events
Psychology faculty featured at upcoming conference
Two psychology faculty, Dr. Julie Mendez and Dr. Jeni Pathman, will speak at a day-long conference on Developmental Perspectives on Learning from Birth to College, which will be held on Friday, November 21 in the Elliott University center at UNCG from 8am-5pm. The conference is hosted by the Child and Family Research (CFRN) Network and
