02/06/2023 - Congratulations to Clinical-Community doctoral student Katie Kemp, advised by Professor of Psychology Thomas Kwapil, who has received a grant from the American Psychological Foundation to support her...
Graduate Program News
01/26/2023 - The Psychology Department Diversity and Inclusion Committee are pleased to announce our Anti-racism Grant Fund, designed to support members of the psychology department in seeking financial support...
01/13/2023 - Jas Jacobson is our inaugural recipient of the “Advanced Research Opportunity Honors Fellowship.” This fellowship provides support over three semesters of undergraduate research conducted toward the...
01/04/2023 - Congratulations to Auburn Jimenez on being one of five students to receive the Dissertation and Research Grant from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Auburn is currently pursuing...
12/07/2022 - Congratulations to Industrial-Organizational doctoral student Chu Chu, advised by Assistant Professor of Psychology and Labor and Employment Relations Bo Zhang, who has received a grant from the...
11/07/2022 - Markera Jones received this year’s Graduate Student Leadership Award from The Graduate College.
07/01/2022 - Written by Diana Yates Illinois News Bureau Photo Credit: Michelle Hassel A new study finds that the more a person stares at themself while talking with a partner in an online chat, the more their...
05/10/2022 - Congratulations to Megan Finnegan on being named to the 2022 class of Backman Institute Graduate Fellows! Megan is currently pursuing two Ph.D.s in psychology and neuroscience. Finnegan is...
05/04/2022 - New work from graduate student Jiawen Wu, Dajung (Diana) Oh, and Professor Eva Pomerantz demonstrate the connection between the way parents support their young children with math homework and their...
04/27/2022 - Graduate student Mahogany Monette has received a highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
04/11/2022 - Professor Alejandro Lleras and graduate student Julia Spielmann are among the invited editors for a special issue on the impact of race on psychological process.
03/22/2022 - By Diana Yates Life Sciences Editor, UIUC News Bureau CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study finds that some people routinely monitor the behavior of others and are eager to punish those who...
02/23/2022 - Julia Spielmann has received awards for excellence in teaching from both the Department of Psychology and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
10/28/2021 - Julia Spielmann has earned Special Recognition in Graduate Leadership by the UIUC Graduate College, celebrating her outstanding service and positive impact on campus and in broader communities.
10/27/2021 - New work by professor Yihao Liu and graduate student Fan Xuan demonstrate that how employees ask for help is associated with differences in how competent their coworkers’ perceive them to be and how...