We are pleased to welcome our first-ever Career Development Manager, Stephanie Scholze, M.S., to the Department of Psychology. In this new role, Stephanie will advise undergraduate students on internship and job search strategies that complement …
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Distinguished Lecturer Jeff Henriques advances student learning across psychology courses, university-wide during 27-year-long teaching career
If you walk past Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Jeff Henriques’s office hours, you might see multiple students in his office and a line out the door. In his sections of Introduction to Psychology, which he taught …
Diversity Science Podcast: Antiracism Resources and Activities in Academia
Psychology PhD students Kendall Holley, Ben Douglas, and Michelle Marji discuss the work they have been doing to build resources and communities around antiracism here at UW-Madison and beyond. They talk with Institute of Diversity Chair and …
Do partisanship and misunderstanding of exponential growth affect COVID-19 risk perception?
The guidance from scientific experts is clear: preventative measures such as social distancing and self-quarantine can help mitigate the risk of COVID-19 to oneself and to others. However, individual responses to the pandemic have been …
Does music affect animals? Professor Emeritus Snowdon shares his research with WPR.
Professor Emeritus Charles Snowdon spoke with WPR’s Al Ross in early February about the relationship between animals and music. His research shows that music can influence the emotional state of an animal. In a study …
Easy access, pressure on students contributes to increase in non-prescribed Adderall use
About two-thirds of young adults using Adderall illegally get it from their friends or roommates, according to a 2016 National Drug Use and Health survey. This research coincides with a rise in students’ illegal Adderall use on many …
Emotion-Detection Applications Built on Outdated Science, Report Warns
Facial Movements Are Unreliable Signals of Emotion, Researchers Say Software that purportedly reads emotions in faces is being deployed or tested for a variety of purposes, including surveillance, hiring, clinical diagnosis, and market research. But …
Empowering People to Break the Bias Habit
Bias in individuals and social systems is a key contributor to inequalities in nearly every social domain. With the recent attention and energy in social movements in gender, racial, and ethnic justice, there is a clear …
Excellence in Data Science Scholarship puts Psychology “front and center”
Psychology alumnus John Dolan ‘92 is challenging the misconception that psychology is merely a “soft science” by showcasing its integral role in data science. Through the Excellence in Data Science Scholarship, he supports initiatives that …
Expert on hearing and former department chair Willard Thurlow dies at 103
Former psychology professor Willard Thurlow passed away peacefully at home on April 1, 2022. A faculty member of the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1952-87, he also served as department chair …