2020-11-28
- If you have spent any considerable time in the psych building, you have likely encountered Operations Manager James "Jim" Clark. He either helped you with a problem or smiled and said hello during one of his countless walkthroughs around the halls.
A Building Safety Committee was formed over the summer tasked with preparing the building for faculty, staff...
Posted: 2020-11-28
2020-11-28 - Courtney is currently a Junior studying clinical psychology (with a preference for personality), Spanish, and Classics. She is interning at Cunningham Children's Home in Urbana. Working alongside a professionally trained staff, she has gained a lot of experience, including administrative case reviews, permanency hearings, and other mandated child welfare activities. In addition, Courtney tutors...Posted: 2020-11-28- 2020-10-19 - In March of 2020, our students left campus for spring break with the ominous possibility that they may not be coming back to their labs in the near future. In a department that enjoys a hearty research momentum, the idea of suspending research seemed absurd. Our master’s students went home and began to plan for the unimaginable scenario of changing their research agendas. As the realities of...Posted: 2020-11-27
2020-11-15 - On Tuesday, November 16 from 5PM - 6PM CST, Jhilika Kumar, the founder and CEO of Mentra, will come speak at the NeuroBytes Talk Series. Mentra is a startup focused on enabling neurodiverse individuals to find meaningful careers by centering their talents. Mentra has sought to reimagine how hiring is conducted in the private sector...Posted: 2020-11-15- 2020-10-30 - Dear Psychology Graduate Students, Usually, our department celebrates Grad Student Appreciation week with a number of fun activities and programming, orchestrated by our dedicated grad studies team Ashley Ramm, June Eubanks and Nicole Allen. Although we are foregoing these in-person gatherings and events this fall (but hoping to host them in the spring) I hope that you know that we...Posted: 2020-10-30
2020-10-23 - Dr. Deanna Barch, who has produced pioneering work on the neural mechanisms of psychosis has been appointed as one of the newest members of the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Barch received her PhD from the University of Illinois Clinical Psychology program in 1993 and has become a leader in the field of psychosis and related mental illnesses.Posted: 2020-10-23
2020-10-19 - Dani Kang has been awarded a NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for her work investigating alcohol's effects on threat sensitivity in a social context. She is sponsored by Professors Catharine Fairbairn and Kara Federmeier. Her research uses event-related potentials (ERPs) to assess stress responses in a social context either after drinking a...Posted: 2020-10-19
2023-01-26 - 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 for anti-racism events and initiatives. All psychology affiliated staff, undergraduate majors, graduate students, and faculty are eligible. Thank you to all of the donors of the...Posted: 2020-10-13
2020-11-02 - The Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology, awarded by the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, is designed to recognize a mid-career scholar whose work has added substantially to the body of knowledge to the social psychology field and/or brings together personality psychology and social psychology. Carol and Ed Diener spent much of their careers here in the...Posted: 2020-10-12
2020-10-01 - When planning activities for courses, committee meetings, or other events, you may want to consult the Interfaith Religious Calendar to make sure you have maximum participation and to avoid unintentionally excluding members of religious groups from your events. The University has also provided ...Posted: 2020-09-30
2020-09-29 - October 2 Seminar in Sociology Policed: Criminalization and the Policing of Public Housing Philip V. McHarris, Yale University 9 am, October 2, 2020Posted: 2020-09-29- 2020-09-23 - The Building Pathways for Emerging Leaders at Illinois program is patterned after leadership programs developed by the Big Ten Academic Alliance and peer universities. The goal of the program is to increase the pool of potential academic leaders at Illinois and to expand the university's capacity for leadership development. Professor Hunter will participate in the 2020...Posted: 2020-09-22
2020-09-22 - This year's theme for the C-U Pride Festival is "Staying Apart, Rising United." To celebrate that feat, the organizers have assembled an amazing schedule of Virtual Events for you to enjoy this weekend. Including... A virtual workshop for clinicians about providing culturally competent care for trans patients. It's being held on Saturday, 9/26 from 2:00-4:00pm. Representatives...Posted: 2020-09-22
2020-09-22 - Cognitive Neuroscience Graduate Student Paul Bogdan is the inaugural winner of the Thomas and Margaret Huang Graduate Fellowship. He was chosen for his work using statistics and machine learning to gain insight into the processes underlying trust and productive social relationships. The fellowship honors the legacy of Thomas and Margaret Huang. Dr. Thomas Huang was an...Posted: 2020-09-21
2020-09-14 - In America, poor people are punished more frequently and more severely for offenses than are the wealthy. One potential explanation for this divide could be that people in society think that poor people have more guilt for their actions and thus deserve harsher punishments. New research by graduate student Drew Weiner and Psychology professor Dr. Sean Laurent aimed to assess this prediction.Posted: 2020-09-13