In their diversity statements, most universities either frame the benefits of diversity from a moral perspective (e.g., increasing fairness and justice) or from an instrumental perspective (e.g., broadening horizons). In her research, APS Fellow and …
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Walsh awarded funding through the Increasing Social and Economic Inclusion Initiative
The UW-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) has awarded almost $250,000 for a new research project to Associate Professor Kate Walsh (principal investigator) and colleagues. The project aims to …
Walsh awarded Wisconsin Idea Collaboration Grant
Associate Professor Kate Walsh of the Department of Psychology, along with Assistant Professor Mariel Barnes of the La Follette School, received a Wisconsin Idea Collaboration Grant to evaluate the effectiveness of flexible financial assistance in helping …
Walsh receives Department of Justice grant to expand sexual assault services on UW-Madison campus
Kate Walsh, Professor of Psychology and Gender and Women’s Studies, and head of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crimes, to expand …
Watch John Curtin’s TEDxOshkosh talk, “Mental Healthcare at Our Fingertips”
Professor of Psychology John Curtin spoke at TEDxOshkosh in November 2021. Watch his talk below on how two emerging technological innovations, Digital Therapeutics and Personal Sensing, can address the mental health crisis by delivering highly scalable …
Welcome New Faculty
This fall, the Department of Psychology welcomed five new outstanding scholars to our faculty, representing a wide range of expertise in cognitive, developmental, and social psychology. We are thrilled they are here and look forward …
What we lose when we hide our smiles behind a mask
Trying to interact with other humans without being able to smile is the facial equivalent of communicating via text message; it’s easy to be misunderstood. Your expression and words lack context. People wonder: Are you …
What’s in a name? Power of labels in disability identity, societal perception
After obtaining a law degree from UW-Madison, Nicki Vander Meulen attempted to find work as a lawyer, but received rejection after rejection. “The minute any law firm found out I was disabled or autistic no …
When Personal Experience Meets Psychology: Mark Koranda
While lectures and classroom discussions certainly affect our understanding of a given topic, applying classroom insights to life experience takes that knowledge to another level. Such is the case for two of our own – …
When Personal Experience Meets Psychology: Samantha Michaels
While lectures and classroom discussions certainly affect our understanding of a given topic, applying classroom insights to life experience takes that knowledge to another level. Such is the case for two of our own – …