BA Psychology + Experiences = Possibilities! Come to a special information session for Psychology majors and learn about how these programs will help you build your skills, cultivate networks and discover your interests: Arts Co-op Program: deadline – Sept. 24 Arts Internship Program: deadline – Oct. 15 Arts Tri-Mentoring Program: deadline – Sept. 23 Go […]
FEATURING Bert Uchino, University of Utah TITLE Social Ties and Health: Insights from a Broad Perspective on Relationship Positivity and Negativity BIO Bert Uchino’s program of research has been aimed at examining how social relationships influence health at multiple levels of analysis. They have been examining the social (e.g., types of social interactions), cognitive (e.g., […]
FEATURING Wendy Berry Mendes, University of California San Francisco TITLE Affect contagion: How stress and emotions are caught by strangers and close others BIO Wendy Berry Mendes is the Sarlo/Ekman Associate Professor of Emotion at UC San Francisco. She obtained a Ph.D. in social psychology from UC Santa Barbara in 2003 and then completed a […]
FEATURING Dr. Kate Keenan, University of Chicago TITLE Testing the hypothesis that prenatal stress confers risk for psychopathology in the offspring via the randomized controlled trial BIO Dr. Kate Keenan is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. Dr. Keenan’s program of research in developmental psychopathology spans several developmental periods and phenotypes. The integrative […]
FEATURING Dr. Kenneth Craig, UBC and recent appointee to the Order of Canada TITLE Putting the social in the biopsychosocial model of pain BIO UBC Psychology Emeritus Professor Kenneth Craig is a world-renowned pain expert whose pioneering work has revolutionized pain research among highly vulnerable populations who cannot verbally communicate for themselves. On July […]
FEATURING Dr. Naomi Eisenberger, UCLA TITLE Social pain and pleasure: The social neuroscience of rejection and connection ABSTRACT Some of the best and worst experiences of life involve the making and breaking of social bonds. In order to better understand the profound experiences associated with social connection and rejection, we have looked to the brain to […]
Colloquium with Dr. Athena Aktipis
Psychfest 2022