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2023-01-31 - Congratulations to Psychology Professor Kara Federmeier, who has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science! Federmeier is an expert in cognitive neuroscience, particularly language comprehension and its association with cognitive change and literacy. Her research group combines electrophysiological techniques with behavioral, eye movement, and other brain-...

2023-02-06 - 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 dissertation!   Schizophrenia is the most extreme manifestation of a continuum of symptoms and impairment known as schizotypy. Schizotypy is multidimensional with positive, negative, and...

2022-12-07 - 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 Society for Organizational and Industrial Psychology to support her dissertation! In this proposed project, we aim to develop and validate a career guidance chatbot—an interactive tool that collects and...

2023-01-27 - Congratulations to Susu Zhang, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Statistics, who has been awarded an AERA-NSF grant! Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Georgia propose to analyze the 2017 NAEP Grade 8 Mathematics process, outcome, and survey data to understand students' revision and review behavior in large-scale computer-based assessments....

2023-01-13 - 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 completion of an honors thesis in psychology.  Jas is a third-year student currently working as a research assistant in the BEAST lab under the advisement of Professor Berenbaum. She previously...

2023-01-04 - 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 his Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology. His project is titled “A General Ordinal Diagnostic Model for Item- and Category-Level Inferences Using a Polya-Gamma Data Augmentation Strategy.” Recipients...

2022-10-08 - This fall, the Psychology Department created two new Fellowships designed to support underrepresented and first-generation college students. The goal is to lessen financial burdens that would preclude talented psychology students from gaining valuable research experience. Each year, one student will be selected for the Advanced Research Opportunity Honors Fellowship. This...

2022-12-06 - Mindy started with the Office of Advancement in LAS about six months ago and has made an enthusiastic debut. We are excited to welcome her to the UIUC psychology family with a bit of Q & A.   1 –  What is your current role in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences? As Assistant Director of Development, my role is to support the College by inviting...

2022-12-06 - Two of our invaluable members of the psychology department were recently recognized for their contributions by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.  Firmino Pinto receives the Academic Professional Award. Firmino has worked as a research engineer with us since 1997. He provides a wide range of technology support to the department—everything from troubleshooting...

2022-11-01 - This fall, we had another successful installment of our virtual "Alumni Career Panel" series. Our guests were constructive in giving their perspectives about graduate school experiences for those looking to get into the clinical field.  We received a lot of positive feedback about the relaxed tone, easy access, and informal interpersonal opportunities to ask questions to experts in their...

2022-11-07 - Markera Jones received this year’s Graduate Student Leadership Award from The Graduate College.

2022-10-07 - New research by Dr. Susu Zhang and a team of researchers provides insights into when bifactor models—a popular statistical method used to explain psychological phenomena—will and will not generate unique results.

2022-10-07 - After a few months of renovation, the Psychology Building atrium reveal is finally here! The 45-foot-long planter at the center of the atrium has been refreshed with new plant varieties. The atrium serves as an open area filled with natural light and is a perfect place for studying. Read more about it here.

2022-09-29 - Michaela Justus is a second-year student majoring in psychology with a minor in criminology, law, and society. She has an interdisciplinary focus “so she can explore the many different psychology topics that UIUC has.” In particular, the intersection of psychology and criminology. Michaela is also on the consulting committee of the American Marketing Association and a member of the “RIP Chords,”...

2022-09-06 - The Psychology Department's Diversity Committee held its first anti-racism event of the 2022-2023 school year. It was a significant first step to seeing real change in the field of psychology. The discussion featured the article "Upending Racism in Psychological Science," written by Buchanan et al. (2020) (article linked below). On Wednesday, September 28th, two reading groups...