Seth Pollak has been named as a Vaughan Bascom Professor. The coveted professorship honors the distinguished fifth president of the University of Wisconsin, John Bascom, and provides an annual allocation that supports the recipient’s scholarly …
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Prof. Diane Gooding selected as APS Fellow
Congratulations to Professor Diane Gooding, who has been selected as a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Professor Gooding’s research focuses on schizophrenia and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Her research program encompasses the following: biological and psychological …
Prof. Karl Rosengren chosen for Vilas Associates award
Congratulations to Professor Karl Rosengren, who has been chosen for the Vilas Associates award at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Professor Rosengren studies cognitive and motor development. In the cognitive area, he examines how …
Prof. Seth Pollak received the 2018 Kellet Mid-Career Award
Congratulations to Professor Seth Pollak, who is a recipient of the 2018 Kellett Mid-Career Award. This award is provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with …
Prof. Seth Pollak awarded James McKeen Cattell Fellowship
Pofessor Seth Pollak has been awarded this year’s James McKeen Cattell Fellowship. These awards provide an extended sabbatical period that allows the recipient to pursue new research. For over half a century, the James McKeen Cattell Fund …
Professor Craig Berridge Receives UW Award
Professor Craig Berridge has received a UW WARF Named Professorship, honoring his exceptional research program. He chose Patricia Goldman-Rakic as the titular “name” of his professorship, for her pioneering work in neuroscience, studying the frontal …
Professor Demis Glasford advancing research on race, class, politics joins Psychology Department faculty
If you claim to support an idea, and then have the opportunity to implement it, would you? According to research led by Dr. Demis Glasford, the answer depends on how much the idea-in-action affects you. …
Professor Emeritus Bob Bowman dies at 94
Robert Edward “Bob” Bowman, 94, professor emeritus and former department chair in the Department of Psychology, died peacefully Nov. 21, 2022, at his home in Cross Plains, Wisconsin. In 1954, Bob graduated Phi Beta Kappa …
Professor Emeritus Leonard Ross dies at 92
Leonard Ellis Ross, 92, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology, died March 15, 2023, at Oakwood Village West in Madison, Wisconsin. Ross served as a sergeant in the United States Army in Germany during …
Professor honored with university award
Carol Ryff has been selected for a Hilldale Professorship.