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Hyde Honored
Janet Hyde has been awarded the Evjue Bascom Professorship.
Hyde recognized for distinguished service to the Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality
On November 20, 2021, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality presented its Distinguished Service to SSSS Award to Professor Janet Shibley Hyde. Hyde is the Helen Thompson Woolley Professor of Psychology and Gender …
In Her Own Words: Carolyn Zahn-Waxler ’62 Reflects on 50 Years in Emotion Research
Psychology alumna Carolyn Zahn-Waxler ’62 has spent more than 50 years researching children’s emotional lives, focusing largely on the origins and development of empathy and caring behaviors. Her questions – from how young humans respond …
In Memoriam: Professor Len Berkowitz
Our friend and colleague, Professor Len Berkowitz passed away on January 3rd, 2016. Professor Berkowitz was a faculty member in the Psychology Department from 1955 to 1989, and is considered one of the founding members …
Innovating Care for Sexual Violence Survivors
I study ways to improve the mental, physical, social, and general well-being of sexual violence survivors. Decades of research have revealed that about one in five women in the United States will experience a rape …
Innovating for Online Learning
When Jonathan Gallimore joined the Department of Psychology in the fall of 2019, he had never taught a 350-person class and relished the opportunity to adapt his active learning techniques to large classes. Less than …
Interview with William Cox on the Psychology Behind Foreign Election Interference
Prejudice and bias researcher William Cox spoke with Channel 3000’s Amy Reid for the March 26 evening news about the psychology behind foreign election interference. Research scientist William Cox, an expert on bias and prejudice, …
Is bilingualism related to creativity?
Are bilinguals more creative than monolinguals? A recent study from the Austerweil Lab published today examined the relationship between an individual’s knowledge representation and their creativity. It supports the null hypothesis that bilingualism offers no …
Is it possible to rid police officers of bias?
BBC Future recently highlighted bias research from Patricia Devine, William Cox, Xizhou Xie and colleagues, detailing strategies for reducing bias: “I don’t know if we could ever get rid of those underlying associations, but we …