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Professor Mike Regenwetter Receives Award for Most Outstanding Paper
Professor Michel (Mike) Regenwetter (UIUC Psychology, Political Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering) and his co-author, Assistant Professor Daniel Cavagnaro of California State University, Fullerton, received the 2025 annual award for the most outstanding paper...
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New Faculty Profile: Visiting Assistant Professor Yukun Yu
The Department of Psychology is thrilled to welcome Dr. Yukun Yu as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Developmental area.Can you briefly share your academic and professional background that led you to the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?...
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Dr. Bo Zhang Receives Early Career Award
Dr. Bo Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and the School of Labor and Employment Relations, has received the Academy of Management Research Methods Division’s Lawrence R. James Early Career Award. This award recognizes a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to...
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New Faculty Profile: Assistant Professor Dean Pospisil
Join us in welcoming our new Assistant Professor of computational neuroscience, Dean Pospisil. You can peruse his research projects via the Pospisil Lab homepage.1 - Can you briefly share your...
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Bona M. Kim
Hello! My name is Bona Kim. I am a second-year master’s student in the Master of Science in Psychological Science (MSPS) program. I work closely with my advisor, Dr. Brent Roberts,...
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Simona Buetti
Research Associate Professor, Simona Buetti has swept the undergraduate teaching awards at the University of Illinois! She picked up the "Mabel Kirkpatrik Hohenboken Award" at the departmental level, revamping PSYC 230 & 355 to make them more accessible and adaptable for her students. Next, she was honored with the "Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Instructional Staff Award" from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. “(Research associate professor) Buetti is not only responsible and caring, but also deeply committed to helping her students succeed. She always...
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Our Staff is Now One Alex Reyes Stronger
Alex is the newest addition to our Graduate Student Coordination Office. Jumping in right before the crazy season of graduation is no easy task, but he was ready for the challenge. Now that the dust has settled a bit, we felt it was time for you all to get to know him better....
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Sunbeom Kwon & Trung Le are heading to the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society
Two Ph.D. candidates in our Quantitative program have scored a 2025 Psychometric Society Travel Award! Sunbeom Kwon and Trung Le have their fees waived and receive funds to support their travel to the conference. Kwon's work, which will be presented at the conference, is titled “A copula-based...
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The Psychology Alumni Internship Program
As a graduate of our department, you understand firsthand the foundation that this institution provides. You are also keenly aware that there is much to learn beyond the walls of academia. To help our students gain the skills and experiences they will need in their chosen professions, we are...
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Looking Back on the Year with Psychology Leaders President Hafsa Faruqi
The Psychology Leaders have evolved this year. They've branched out deeper into the community, scheduled more interactive events, and finally got some new threads! We asked the Leaders President, Hafsa Fauqi, to recap the year and give some credit to the group that does so much without enough...