04/02/2020 - Join the Illinois Interfaith Committee as they host guest speakers in an interfaith dialogue about the ways we are making sense of and taking care of our communities in this time of social distancing...
Diversity Events
04/01/2020 - The Department of Psychology denounces the rise of anti-Asian (especially anti-Chinese) xenophobic profiling and racist attacks that are affecting many Asian Americans (particularly those who appear...
02/07/2020 - The Department has finished renovating Room 638 on the 6th floor (The "Privacy Lounge") that will be made available to students, faculty, and staff needing some private space in the department. This...
01/14/2020 - The LGS-SOAR (Laney Graduate School - Summer Opportunity for Academic Research)...
12/16/2019 - In March 2018, a Steering Committee meeting for the Illinois Summit on Diversity in Psychological Science began a series of discussions about the future of diversity science. The 3-day event brought...
12/07/2019 - Professor Diane Beck, along with a team of researchers from around the world, received a grant from the NSF to fund the activities of the Females of Vision et al. (FoVea). FoVea's mission is to...
10/01/2019 - On Thursday 09/26, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosted the Inclusive Psych Party, a party to promote inclusiveness among students, faculty, and staff within the department. Representatives...
09/27/2019 - Professor Alejandro Lleras, along with a team of researchers from around the country, receives a grant from the NSF to fund the activities of the SPARK society. The SPARK Society’s mission is to...
08/27/2019 - In an article featured in Psychology Today, Dr. Gaither discusses the tension between the desire for large sample sizes and the difficulty in recruiting minority populations. Dr. Gaither uses the...
04/17/2019 - Clinical-Community Program Diversity Seminar. When: 10:50am-12:00pm, every Friday during the Fall and Spring semester (except for the first two Fridays of each...
10/13/2018 - Who:Graduate and undergraduate students When: October 13, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Where: Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI Conference...
01/15/2018 - March 26-28, 2018 The Illinois Summit on Diversity in Psychological Science is intended to bring together nationally recognized and emergent psychological scientists whose work focuses on issues...
11/01/2017 - Mikhail Lyubansky has been selected to receive the 2017 Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award for Teaching & Mentoring in Diversity as a recognition of his tireless efforts in...
01/01/2017 - These lectures are designed to engage the campus in healthy dialogues surrounding the issues of equity and diversity on and off campus. For more information:...
05/16/2016 - The Diversity Committee with the support from Department leadership and administration hosted this event. There have been multiple incidents of intolerance on campus recently: swastikas, the noose,...
