- News
Delaney & Sahakyan research discussed in Scientific American
Research by Drs. Peter Delaney and Lili Sahakyan was part of a recent Scientific American feature on mind wandering, which refers generally to the tendency to shift one’s attention away from a primary task. In the 2010 paper that is discussed by Scientific American, Delaney and colleagues demonstrated that daydreams can cause forgetting of encoded
- Alumni
Alumna Dr. Micah Mazurek will visit UNCG
Graduate alumna Dr. Micah Mazurek will return to the Department of Psychology in November, 2014 to discuss her research on understanding and improving outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Mazurek earned her PhD in clinical psychology at UNCG in 2004 under the direction of Dr. Susan Keane. She is currently an Assistant Professor in
- Events
Graduate Research Colloquium: Friday, September 12
The Department of Psychology will hold its annual Graduate Research Colloquium on Friday, September 12 at 1pm. This is a signature event in which rising 2nd year graduate students present their research to department faculty and students, as well as other guests from around the university. Research presented at this event marks a key milestone
- Student Stories
Graduate student Mendelson presented with 2014 ABCT Award
We are delighted to announce that Jenna Mendelson, a graduate student in the clinical psychology program, has received the 2014 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Autism Spectrum and Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Group Student Award. Her faculty advisor is Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray. Mendelson’s research program is aimed at understanding peer relations and friendship
- Alumni
Alumna’s research skills are key to success
Daniella DeGeorge, a UNCG psychology alumna who graduated in 2013, is currently the project manager of a National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded research study at the University of Maryland. The study examines the efficacy of behavioral activation therapy that is aimed at improving depression and substance use among low income minority drug users
- News
Hot off the press: Silvia’s latest book
Dr. Paul Silvia’s new book, “Write It Up” (APA Books, 2015) will be released in the coming weeks. Suitable for early career and seasoned scholars, the book offers strategies for producing compelling, high-impact journal articles, as well as a host of tips for navigating the publication process. Silvia is also the author of “How To
- News
DeCasper paper voted one of “most important” in child psychology
In a recent survey, members of the Society for Research in Child Development, the International Society on Infant Studies, and the Cognitive Development Society voted Dr. Anthony DeCasper’s landmark paper, “Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer their Mothers’ Voices” (1980) as the 15th most important paper in the study of child psychology since 1960. Dr. DeCasper
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Silvia is President-Elect of APA Division 10
Dr. Paul Silvia has been named the President-Elect of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. This society promotes interdisciplinary scholarship that falls into three primary topics: creativity, the arts, and subjective impressions of the arts. Silvia has conducted extensive work in these areas,
- News
Wisco named “Rising Star” in Clinical Science
Dr. Blair Wisco has been named a “Rising Star” in Clinical Science by the Association for Psychological Science. Wisco earned a PhD in clinical psychology at Yale University in 2011, after which she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for PTSD in Boston, MA. She joined the Department of Psychology as an Assistant
- Student Stories
Graduate student Chatley wins prestigious Pufall Award
Graduate student Naomi Chatley (Advisor: Dr. Stuart Marcovitch) was selected to receive the Pete Pufall Emerging Scholar’s Travel Award of the Jean Piaget Society in May, 2014. Awards are given to promising scholars to support the dissemination of their research at the society’s annual meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Rethinking Language and
