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Welcome New Assistant Professor Caroline Kelsey and The SEED Lab

We are excited for our new Assistant Professor, Caroline Kelsey to start after the new year, but in the meantime she is currently looking for students to join her team! The Study of Early Experiences on Development (SEED) Lab's research focuses on understanding how infants and young children...

Professor Mike Regenwetter Receives Award for Most Outstanding Paper

Professor Michel (Mike) Regenwetter (UIUC Psychology, Political Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering) and his co-author, Assistant Professor Daniel Cavagnaro of California State University, Fullerton, received the 2025 annual award for the most outstanding paper...

Dr. Yu wearing her doctoral graduation robe and holding an orange cat

New Faculty Profile: Visiting Assistant Professor Yukun Yu

The Department of Psychology is thrilled to welcome Dr. Yukun Yu as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Developmental area.Can you briefly share your academic and professional background that led you to the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?...

Dr. Bo Zhang Receives Early Career Award

Dr. Bo Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and the School of Labor and Employment Relations, has received the Academy of Management Research Methods Division’s Lawrence R. James Early Career Award. This award recognizes a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to...

New Faculty Profile: Assistant Professor Dean Pospisil

Join us in welcoming our new Assistant Professor of computational neuroscience, Dean Pospisil. You can peruse his research projects via the Pospisil Lab homepage.1 - Can you briefly share your...

Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Rogers Returns to Sixth & Daniel

Sitting down with Brittany reminded me that a job doesn't have to be work. She is an accomplished keynote speaker, panelist, and frequent podcast guest. She could've steered the ship on her own.I loved hearing about how she sculpted her path out of the gate. Collaborating with our amazing advising staff, Brittany knew exactly what she wanted to do and checked all the boxes to get them done. Using that same determination, she started her own LLC that offers the services that feature her greatest strengths.All while self-publishing her book on the side, "The Things I Wish I Knew: A...

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Recent Award Winner: Simona Buetti

Research Associate Professor, Simona Buetti has swept the undergraduate teaching awards at the University of Illinois! She picked up the "Mabel Kirkpatrik Hohenboken Award" at the departmental level, revamping PSYC 230 & 355 to make them more accessible and adaptable for her students. Next, she was honored with the "Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Instructional Staff Award" from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. “(Research associate professor) Buetti is not only responsible and caring, but also deeply committed to helping her students succeed. She always...