2022-04-11 - 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.

2022-03-29 - Dr. Diana Sanchez, a professor and social psychologist from Rutgers University, hosted a talk to kick off our Distinguished Speaker Series on Racial Equity in Room 23 of the Psychology Building. This presentation was our first hybrid event of the year! The talk was titled "Generalized prejudice lay theory:...

2022-03-25 - Given the increasing divisions within society, intercultural competence is essential to understand and bridge these divides. It is also indispensable in all career fields, including, but not limited to, health professions, business, science, technology, social work, and education. Join in this talk featuring Dr. Darla Deardorff to explore intercultural competence: the perspectives,...

2022-02-23 - Julia Spielmann has received awards for excellence in teaching from both the Department of Psychology and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

2022-02-15 - Since 2014, the Psychology Leaders have represented the department through outreach, philanthropy, and teamwork.  Like most organizations, the past couple of years has caused the "Leaders" to reorganize virtually and tap their creative juices to find ways to continue that mission under unusual circumstances.  We spoke with the current President of the Psychology Leaders, Anooha Dasari...

2022-03-23 - We are proud to announce the following grants have been recently awarded to faculty in the Psychology Department.

2022-02-07 - Dr. Heller has been named a University of Illinois Presidential Fellow. She will focus on increasing the representation of women at the highest levels of leadership in academia.

2021-10-30 - We continued our popular Alumni Career Panel Series this fall with jobs focused on "Management." This forum is a casual atmosphere open for positive discourse. Our audience was compiled of inquisitive students who came prepared with pertinent questions on advancing their careers. Our gracious alumni returned in kind by taking time out of their busy schedules to put in perspective what it...

2021-11-30 - While it will be tough to see them go, we celebrate Jim Clark and Dana Loschen moving on to a life without schedules, deadlines, and endless requests. Jim is our Building Operations Manager and joined the department a little over a decade ago and hit the ground running. If you have spent an extended amount of time in the building, you have likely encountered Jim during one of his numerous laps....

2021-10-09 - Sometimes it is just easier to consume media when you are walking to class, doing the laundry, or cooking a meal... Therefore, our department will be introducing a new podcast in the spring semester titled, "Sixth and Daniel." Primarily the podcast will be alumni-focused. It will highlight our many accomplished grads that once called the psych building "home." It will also cover pertinent...

2021-11-23 - This annual award honors a scholar whose work bridges educational measurement and some other significant area of research (e.g., assessment policy, learning theory, curriculum and instruction) and has resulted in a widespread positive impact on the field of educational measurement. These contributions may include theoretical or technical developments, conceptualizations of educational measurement...

2021-11-13 - Clinical-Community Program Community Seminar hosted a talk given by Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi on Nov. 12th titled, “Reflection on Increasing Access to Safe Housing for Unhoused Black Women Who Survived Intimate Partner Violence.”  Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Affiliate Faculty at Yale School of Public Health. She earned...

2021-10-28 - 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.

2021-10-27 - 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 their supervisors evaluate their job performance.

2021-10-20 - The Society for Psychophysiological research has named Professors Kara Federmeier, Monica Fabiani, and Gabriele Gratton as Fellows of the society. This honor recognizes them as experts and leaders in the field of psychophysiology and highlights the contributions each has made in shaping current knowledge about the interconnections between physiology and psychology.