News

2022-08-19 - We are proud to announce the following grants have been awarded to faculty in the Psychology Department during the Summer 2022 semester.

2022-07-27 -   Dr. Higginbotham will give a live presentation via Zoom on Tuesday, August 16th, at 3:30 pm.  The talk is titled "American Histories of Racism: A Critical Social Context and Perceptual Object." Understanding history is essential to understanding how we have arrived at the present moment. Therefore, from a...

2022-07-14 - Dr. Tamara Brown, who earned her doctorate and master’s degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois will serve as the next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. “As the University’s chief academic officer, Tamara will take responsibility for realizing our central mission of promoting and achieving academic...

2022-07-01 - 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 mood degrades over the course of the conversation. Alcohol use appears to worsen the problem, the researchers found. Reported in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, the findings point to a...

2022-06-16 - Dr. Zhang has been awarded the 2022 Alicia Cascallar Award for an Outstanding Paper by an Early Career Scholar.

2022-06-15 - Dr. Sadaghiani has received the distinction of becoming a Helen Corley Petit Scholar for her outstanding contributions to both education and research. In addition, she has been selected by the Provost to receive the Campus Distinguished Promotion Award.

2022-06-01 - Dr. Alejandro Lleras will work to promote the development, representation, and advancement of psychology as a basic and applied science at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

2022-05-25 - The Amy Rappaport-Lo Graduate Student award was established in memory of Amy Rappaport-Lo who had life-long interests in fairness, justice, and the education of children. Throughout her life, Amy managed to bring together a keen idealism and positive practicality with an intuitive grasp of the humanity we all share. She earned degrees in Education, minoring in Music, as well as an MSW with a...

2022-05-25 - Faculty members Chadly Stern, Lisa Travis, Carla Hunter, Nicole Allen, and Mark Aber’s proposal for the LAS Student Success Initiative project has been approved. The Bridging Online Coursework and Research Experience (BOCARE) Program is an innovative, sustainable, and empirically informed program focused on increasing access to and engagement with the research enterprise among...

2022-05-24 - The basement is filling back up with talented new hires to guide our student body. Enter, Laura Walsh.   What is your official job title? Academic Advisor   What does your typical day look like? Not sure if there are "typical" days, but I generally spend my days working with students during appointment times to discuss classes, registration,...

2022-05-24 - We have bolstered our Advising Department with some exciting new hires this past semester.  Welcome, Laura Van Buer!   What is your official job title? My official job title is Academic Advisor. I work with undergraduate students in Psychology and Brain & Cognitive Science.   Where are you from originally? I just moved to Champaign from...

2022-05-24 - It is an exhilarating time in the department as we welcome the following new faculty with full or part-time psychology appointments. Leo Alexander III recently earned his doctoral degree from Rice University. Dr. Alexander will be contributing as an Assistant Professor in our Industrial/Organizational program and share time with the School of Labor and Employee Relations. His...

2022-05-24 - On May 14th, we gathered at the Campus Instructional Facility to award our outstanding Faculty, Staff, Undergrads, and Graduate Students. Congratulations to all of our well-deserved recipients. We are proud to work, learn, and collaborate with each and every one of you.       

2022-04-17 - We resumed our popular Alumni Career Panel series this past spring. Our guests engaged with students of varying stages within their major. They shared stories from their undergrad days through their current career path. In addition, they used their real-world experiences to give valuable insight to those with similar interests.  The panel was focused on careers in "philanthropy...

2022-05-10 - 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 examining the relationship between female teenagers’ well-being and a type of cyberbullying called online exclusion. She is interested in how the biological processes that occur in the brain during...