Psychology News & Events

News and events related to the UCLA Psychology Department

Kathryn Humphreys wins Young Award!

Kate is a recipient of the 2013 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Award.

Call for Applications-APA MFP Psychology Summer Institute

 

2013 Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference

Save the date! PURC is just around the corner on Friday, May 10th! The Conference will be held in Kerckhoff Grand Salon and Franz Hall.

APAGS Grants and Awards

Upcoming Grants & Awards that might be of interest

Highlighting New Faculty Member Jesse Rissman

My research uses behavioral and neuroimaging techniques to study the mechanisms of human memory. A core focus is on understanding how the brain flexibly regulates the formation, maintenance, and retrieval of memories depending on our present circumstances and behavioral goals.

Cari Gillen-O'Neel wins Teaching Assistant Award!

We are proud to announce that Cari Gillen-O'Neel, a developmental area graduate student, is one of the winners of the 2012-13 UCLA Academic Senate's Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award! Congratulations Cari!

Two Graduate Student Alums named Rising Stars!

Two recent graduates of our Social Psychology PhD program were recently named 2013 Rising Stars by The Observer. Congratulations Emily Falk and Dave Frederick!

IT Support for Emeriti Faculty

Emeriti are eligible for computer support through the ERRC

Animals In Research

This week, the Department of Psychology received a number of post cards, phone calls and emails from individuals opposed to research being conducted by Professor David Jentsch and his students. They expressed their objection to the use of animals in this research, which is on the biological bases of various forms of mental illness. They claim that the work is bad science and does not need to be done on animals. We believe that both assertions are incorrect.

2013 Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference

Call for submissions! The 22nd Annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) will be held on Friday, May 10th in Kerckhoff Grand Salon and Franz Hall. Online applications are due by Thursday, February 28, 2013 by 4:00pm.

IACCP LA 2013 Conference

Graduate students in Psychology are encouraged to submit presentations as well as to volunteer at the IACCP Conference to be held at UCLA June 20-22, 2013.

Stereotype threat: how it affects us and what we can do about it (Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Ballroom, from Jan 24, 2013 04:00 PM to Jan 24, 2013 05:15 PM)

Claude M. Steele, Stanford University, I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education

Aversive Racism and Racial Biases Among Healthcare Providers (Public Affairs 2214, from Nov 15, 2012 05:15 PM to Nov 15, 2012 06:30 PM)

John F. Dovidio, Yale University, Professor of Psychology

Immigration: A Lens on Perceived and Experienced Diversity (Haines Hall A2, from Dec 06, 2012 04:00 PM to Dec 06, 2012 05:00 PM)

Kay Deaux, CUNY Graduate Center, Distinguished Professor Emerita

Highlighting New Cognitive Area Faculty Member Martin M. Monti

What makes us distinctly human? The answer lies within the 100 billion neurons that make one of the most mysterious and complex objects in nature: the human brain. My research focuses on two questions addressing the most characterizing aspects of being human: (a) What is the relationship (if any) tying language and thought? and (b)What is consciousness and how is it lost and recovered after severe brain injury?

Happy Holidays

The Psychology Undergraduate Advising Office would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year! See you in 2013! Remember, January 7th is the first day of classes for Winter quarter!

Mac Lab closed for Winter 2013

A258 will be closed due to a facility upgrade

Psych IT Annual Report 2011/2012

A summary of some projects and key performance measures of the previous year, along with messages for the upcoming year

Summer 2012 Quarterly Report

Summer 2012 Quarterly Report

Winter Enrollment Time is Around the Corner!

The schedule of classes for Winter Quarter will be available online on October 29th. Check URSA beginning on October 31st to view your assigned enrollment appointment times.