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 …
News
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 …
FACULTY POSITION IN PSYCHOLOGY/ GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES – CLUSTER HIRE
The Departments of Psychology and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek to hire a tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor with research and teaching interests in the psychological aspects of sexual violence. Job duties for faculty positions …
Fall 2018 Undergraduate Depth and Capstone Courses
Descriptions of all Fall 2018 Depth and Capstone courses can be found here.
Fall 2020 Undergraduate Student Award recipients announced
The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2020 undergraduate student awards. The Arlene R. Davenport Award recognizes psychology students who have demonstrated a career interest in psychological research. This …
Finola Kane-Grade Receives L&S Dean’s Prize
Finola Kane-Grade, B.A. (‘16) in Psychology and Music Performance, has been named one of this year’s recipients of the L&S Dean’s Prize. The L&S Dean’s Prize is awarded to students who represent the best of …
First Cohort of Data Science in Human Behavior Master’s Program Graduates
On December 17, the first graduates of the Department of Psychology’s Data Science in Human Behavior program received their master’s degrees during UW-Madison’s Winter Commencement at the Kohl Center. Two days earlier, in a more …
First-Year Students Explore Language Learning Through Small Seminar in Psychology
A cohort of 20 first-year UW–Madison students across majors learned about language and the human experience through a first-year interest group anchored by a small-enrollment seminar taught by Rubinstein Professor of Psychology Jenny Saffran last …