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 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.”
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. Dear students, Spring Enrollment will be underway shortly! Did you know that you can check out the Schedule of Classes and look up your enrollment…
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. In 2016, a team led by Professor Monti reported that a 25-year-old man recovering from a coma had made remarkable progress following a treatment to jump-start his brain using ultrasound. Now, Professor Monti and…
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…
Please click this news item to see a list of important dates and deadlines for students in Winter 2021. Monday, Jan. 4th: Instruction begins Friday, Jan. 8th: All Psych 195, 196, and 199 contracts due by 4:00pm (No exceptions!) Friday, Jan. 15th: Last day To DROP impacted courses To change Study List (add, drop courses) without fee through…
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. This new online…
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.
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. The researchers found that COVID-19 and America’s response to it are likely to profoundly affect our families, work lives, relationships, and gender roles for years….
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. David has dedicated six decades to teaching and mentoring UCLA students; it is…