The Winter 2024 Schedule of Classes is available for you to review so you can plan your Winter quarter schedule. Enrollment appointments are based on class standing and are scheduled by the UCLA Registrar. Please make sure to check your enrollment appointments through MyUCLA, and set a reminder for when your enrollment passes open. If…
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Emerita Shelley Taylor for receiving the National Medal of Science at the White House on October 24, 2023. Established in 1959 by the U.S. Congress, the National Medal of Science is the highest recognition the nation can bestow on scientists and engineers. Dr. Taylor is the 12th UCLA faculty member to…
Psychological processes do not occur in a vacuum. I am interested in understanding how social and situational contexts influence psychological factors and shape individual- and community-level health behaviors and outcomes. I am a community psychologist who is interested in (a) understanding social and psychological factors contributing to poor health outcomes and (b) developing and testing…
Daniel Rosenfeld (Health & Social Areas) was quoted in a Daily Beast article titled “Inside the Tasty Mission to Get You to Eat Lab Grown Meat.” The article is available at https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-tasty-mission-to-get-you-to-eat-lab-made-meat
The F31 fellowship grant is titled “Frontocortical representations of amygdala-mediated learning under uncertainty,” with Professor Alicia Izquierdo as sponsor and Professor Tad Blair as co-sponsor.
Congratulations to Professor Keith Nuechterlein for receiving the John Neale Sustained Mentorship Award at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. The award recognizes an exceptional scholar in the field of psychopathology who has demonstrated continuous dedication to mentoring students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty in the field.
We are happy to announce that Veronica Solis, our Financial Specialist, has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award for this quarter. Veronica joined the Psychology department in October 2021. Before joining the Psychology Financial Services team, Veronica worked as a Financial Administrator in a dermatology office for 5+ years and earned her…
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Vickie Mays for receiving the 2024 Association for Psychological Science (APS) James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship. The award honors APS members for their lifetime of outstanding psychological research that advances understanding of historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups and/or understanding of the psychological and societal benefits of…
Congratulations to Professor Efrén Pérez for being awarded the American Political Science Association’s 2023 Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in the past year for his book titled “Voicing Politics: How Language Shapes Public Opinion.”