Isabelle Lanser receives the Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award
Date published: 03/25/21
Congratulations to Isabelle Lanser (Clinical Area) for receiving the Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award. The Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award provides funds for dissertation research on the reduction of human aggression or on positive social behavior.
Julia Yarrington receives the inaugural Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award
Date published: 03/25/21
Congratulations to Julia Yarrington (Clinical Area) for being selected by the Pritzker Committee for Excellence to receive the inaugural Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award! Julia’s research focuses on predicting risk for psychopathology and identifying factors to promote more specialized treatment of mood disorders. Her primary mentor is Distinguished Professor Michelle Craske. The award is a result of the extraordinary generosity of the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation to the Department of Psychology
Blanche Wright receives the Taylor M. Brown Award
Date published: 03/25/21
Congratulations to Blanche Wright (Clinical Area) for being named a recipient of the 2020 Taylor M. Brown Award! The award, established in honor of biosciences graduate student Taylor M. Brown, recognizes exceptional Ph.D. students in the biosciences who reflect the characteristics that made Taylor such a special member of the UCLA community. The awardees are well-rounded, with strong interpersonal skills and broad interests, and are passionate about mentorship, leadership, teaching, and science.
Gerald Higginbotham and Stassja Sichko receive the APF COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarship
Date published: 03/25/21
Congratulations to Gerald Higginbotham (Social Area) and Stassja Sichko (Clinical Area) for receiving the American Psychological Foundation’s (APF) 2020-2021 COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarship. APF awards 21 annual general scholarships for graduate student research.
BRUIN BOUND – Congratulations, Prospective Students!
Date published: 03/18/21
Prospective Student Information
Notable Undergraduate Student Awards
Congratulations to Jiani Li on being selected as one of only three recipients in the nation of the FABBS Undergraduate Research Excellence Award!
Psychology Presents: Shifting Values, Behaviors and Thoughts in the Time of COVID-19
Date published: 03/17/21
This event occurred on March 17 with illuminating conversation featuring:
Patricia Greenfield, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology
Bridget Callaghan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Keith Holyoak, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology
With Q&A moderated by
Annette Stanton, Ph.D.
Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology
Research by Prof. Vickie Mays Receives Media Attention
Date published: 03/11/21
Research by Dr. Vickie Mays and colleagues, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, is being prominently featured on the UCLA Newsroom and is generating substantial news coverage. The researchers who analyzed a national sample of the views of Black men and white men found that Black men of all income levels reported experiencing higher levels of discrimination than their white counterparts. The results indicate that many Black men face discriminatory indignities on a nearly daily basis.
Prof. Dave Clewett Named APS Rising Star
Date published: 03/09/21
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dave Clewett for being named a 2021 Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The APS Rising Star designation recognizes outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their post-PhD research careers “whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.”
Congratulations to Prof. Bernard Weiner
Date published: 03/04/21
Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor Bernard Weiner, who is a 2021 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology. Conferred by the American Psychological Association (American Psychological Foundation arm), the Gold Medal Award recognizes “a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing psychological science.”
Spring 2021 Enrollment Information
Date published: 02/02/21
Please click this news item for important dates and enrollment information for Spring 2021 enrollment in Psychology courses. This has information about accessing the Schedule of Classes, course restrictions, and requesting additional units.
Research by Professor Martin Monti Receives Media Attention
Date published: 01/28/21
Research by Professor Martin Monti, first-authored by Psychology graduate student Joshua Cain, published in the journal Brain Stimulation, is being prominently featured on the UCLA Newsroom.
Psychology Staff Spotlight Award – Eileen Santos
Date published: 01/22/21
We are happy to announce that Eileen Santos has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight Award for this quarter. Eileen has been a teacher at the Megan E. Daly Infant Development Program (IDP) for 12 years! She is a strong and dedicated teacher who has always worn many hats in the classroom. She has a passion not only for infants and toddlers but also for the program as a whole. She looks out for everyone that she comes into contact with, from colleagues and student interns to parents and the children who she cares for each day.
Important Winter 2021 Dates and Deadlines
Date published: 01/07/21
Please click this news item to see a list of important dates and deadlines for students in Winter 2021.
Highlighting Faculty Member Patricia Greenfield
Date published: 01/04/21
Culture and human development is my passion. My contributions have included comparative studies across species, ages, cultures, and historical time. Most exciting now: a study of over a half billion social media posts shows a cultural shift during COVID-19 towards concerns, behaviors, and values adaptive in the subsistence ecologies of human evolution.
Two Psychology Professors on 2020 Highly Cited Researchers List
Date published: 11/24/20
Congratulations to Professors Michelle Craske and Steven Reise for making the list of the world’s most influential scientific researchers of 2020! The article is available at the UCLA Newsroom.
Research by Professor Martie Haselton Receives Media Attention
Date published: 11/03/20
A study by Professor Martie Haselton, Graduate Student Benjamin Seitz, and 10 additional scientists, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is being prominently featured on the UCLA Newsroom and is generating substantial news coverage.
Announcing the David O. Sears Graduate Student Lounge
Date published: 10/13/20
Many thanks to Distinguished Professor David Sears for his very important gift to the Department of Psychology. In recognition of David’s extraordinary donation, the graduate student lounge in the renovated Pritzker Hall will be named the David O. Sears Graduate Student Lounge.
Psychology Staff Spotlight Award – Christian Herr
Date published: 10/06/20
We are happy to announce that Christian Herr has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight Award for this quarter. Christian works as the Purchasing Specialist in the Financial Services Unit of the Department. Christian started with the Department in February 2020, about a month before the campus transitioned to remote work. That transition brought on many changes to campus purchasing practices and policies, which Christian has had to navigate while at the same time learning his new job.
Important Fall 2020 Dates and Deadlines
Date published: 10/02/20
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Highlighting Faculty Member Kate Wassum
Date published: 09/24/20
Dr. Wassum’s research is focused on understanding the neural correlates underlying motivation and decision making and how this information can be harnessed to understand and treat mental illness and substance use disorder.