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2023-04-21 - Professor Caroline Tancredy has received the Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring, recognizing her work as Director of the Department of Psychology's Masters of Science in Psychological Science program. The Master of Science in Psychological Science (MSPS) degree prepares emerging scholars for doctoral-level work or jobs in the industry through engagement in advanced...

2023-04-21 - In the wake of anti-Black racism on the University of Illinois campus and the United States broadly, the Psychology Department Diversity Committee will be hosting a solidarity circle on Wednesday, April 26th at 5 PM in room 32 of the Psychology building. We recognize that our community is hurting, and we hope that by coming together, we can build community and trust in this time of need. This...

2021-05-26 - In Summer 2020, the Psychology Department released its Anti-Racism Action Plan. The Diversity and Inclusion Committee is sharing a report of activities since that time, through May 2021....

2023-03-03 - Dr. Maria Carillo (BS,' 91) is currently the chief science officer for the Alzheimer's Association. She is recognized internationally as an expert on the disease. Carillo oversees the Association's research initiatives, including the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, The Research Roundtable, and the World Wide Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Under Dr. Carrillo's...

2023-02-28 - The Hastings Center fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals with outstanding accomplishments whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology. The new fellows focus on a broad range of topics, including disability and justice, legal history of the American eugenics movement, gender and reproductive...

2022-04-22 - Psychology professor Eva Pomerantz and graduate student Jiawen Wu found that parents’ reactions while working on math activities and homework with their children shape children’s liking for the subject and their achievement in it. Click here to read more.

2022-06-13 - U. of I. psychology doctoral candidate Talia Ariss and her colleagues found that people who stared at themselves during an online chat tended to experience a lower mood after the conversation, an effect worsened by alcohol consumption. Click here to read more.

2022-08-29 - A team of psychologists, led by scholars at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, proposes a new training model that would prepare all practitioners in their discipline to respond to the social ills of racial discrimination and other forms of repression. Click here to read more.

2022-10-10 - Professor Karen D. Rudolph and graduate student Haley Skymba found that girls with a history of bullying and other peer adversity may be especially sensitive to situations that threaten their self-worth. Click here to read more.

2022-10-12 - Professor Yihao Liu found that adding new employees to an established work team can have a multitude of consequences for long-standing employees. Click here to read more.

2022-11-15 - Professor Brent Roberts has been listed among Claviate's 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List. Click here to read more.

2022-11-29 - Professor Bo Zhang found that neuroticism is a key risk factor for stress perception. Click here to read more.

2022-12-20 - Professor Aron Barbey and co-author Evan Anderson found that network neuroscience theory allows the most accurate predictions of intelligence. Click here to read more.

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2023-02-15 - Gary Wszalek has played a significant role in advising the students in our department for over the last twenty-two years. He strives to ensure each student is comfortable with their decision to become a psychology major. "Our office tries to create a fall semester of classes that allows them to do as much exploration as possible. The goal is we want you to get a degree. I don't get a commission...