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.Posted:
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.Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
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 &...Posted:
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...Posted:- 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. ...Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
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:
2022-04-28 - Dr. LaTasha R. Holden, an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Psychology from Memphis University, was our second featured...Posted:
2022-04-27 - Graduate student Mahogany Monette has received a highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.Posted:
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:
2022-04-11 - 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: