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...
Posted: 2022-05-24
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...Posted: 2022-05-10
2022-05-04 - New work from graduate student Jiawen Wu, Dajung (Diana) Oh, and Professor Eva Pomerantz demonstrate the connection between the way parents support their young children with math homework and their child’s later mathematics motivation and achievement.Posted: 2022-05-04
2022-04-28 - Dr. LaTasha R. Holden, an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Psychology from Memphis University, was our second featured speaker to visit the department this semester. The talk was titled "Learning in...Posted: 2022-04-28
2022-04-27 - Graduate student Mahogany Monette has received a highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.Posted: 2022-04-27
2022-04-19 - Psychology undergraduates Maria Becerra, Gabrielle (Gabby) Calderon, and Rachel Sun are among the 2022 awardees for an initiative to support community-embedded science.Posted: 2022-04-19
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.Posted: 2022-04-11
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:...Posted: 2022-03-29
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,...Posted: 2022-03-25
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.Posted: 2022-02-23
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...Posted: 2022-02-15
2022-03-23 - We are proud to announce the following grants have been recently awarded to faculty in the Psychology Department.Posted: 2022-02-08
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.Posted: 2022-02-07
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...Posted: 2021-11-30
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....Posted: 2021-11-30