Corey Richier has been honored with the LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Assistance from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.Richier has taught a number of introductory and laboratory courses over the years and has been named “Instructor Rated as Outstanding”...

Robert “Bob” S. Wyer, Jr. passed away on February 3 at the age of 90. An intellectual giant in the fields of social psychology and consumer behavior, Bob Wyer spent most of his career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in the Department of Psychology and later in the Gies College of...

In this presentation, Professor Kara Federmeier describes how non-invasive recordings of brain electrical activity can be used to study how the brain figures out what words and sentences mean. This approach makes it possible to trace how the human brain understands language as it unfolds, moment by...

The way demographic forms frame questions about race, ethnicity and citizenship can have profound psychological effects on Latino Americans’ sense of belonging in the United States.Phil Ciciora from the Illinois News Bureau recently...

For 25 years, Gary Wszalek has taken special care to make sure our undergraduate population is set up for success while pursuing their degree in psychology. He has received the LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising three times, so it was no surprise to us to learn of his recent...

You would be hard pressed to find a human in the building that has not benefitted from Victoria Huart's expertise, candor, and friendly nature. In her role as Associate Director of Finance and Business operations for the Department of Psychology, Victoria Huart is responsible for fiscal...

We have another addition to our staff who will be wearing many hats. Our new Office Support Specialist, Andrew Walker will be helping our our HR department and providing Advising Support to our Undergraduate students.Per tradition, we asked him a handful of questions to get to know him better....

For over 20 years, the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation’s mission has remained consistent. Fostering the next generation of Latino leadership while advocating for the needs and wants of the community.Their growth and leadership have evolved the Foundation from a board-led organization...

Professor and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Wendy Heller was recently honored in Montreal with the most prestigious award from the Society for Psychophysiology.The Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology Award is the highest honor given from the SPR, which...