Dr. Anita DeLongis receives 2024 Dean of Arts Mentorship Award
This award celebrates the generativity of exceptional mentors within the Faculty of Arts.
Psychology faculty receive SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Congratulations to the UBC Psychology researchers who received SSHRC Insight Development Grants.
Dr. Jiaying Zhao receives Grant for Catalyzing Research Clusters
The Decision Insights for Business & Society (DIBS) research excellence cluster – led by UBC Psychology associate professor Dr. Jiaying Zhao- received renewed funding.
Dr. Janet Werker’s Franklin Institute win spotlights lifelong passion for infancy language research
Join us in congratulating Dr. Janet Werker on receiving the 2024 Benjamin Franklin Institute Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science.
EDI Committee statement on conflict in Israel, Palestine, and surrounding regions
We wish to acknowledge that violence and conflict in Israel, Palestine, and surrounding regions are affecting our community. Some department members have personal ties to these regions or to people experiencing violence or hardship.
Alumni spotlight: Dr. Michael Muthukrishna’s book launch and research on cultural evolution
Dr. Michael Muthukrishna’s (Ph. D ‘15) recent book A Theory of Everyone speaks volumes about his experience in the field of cultual evolution and public policy.
Using science to inform policy: Q&A with Dr. Jiaying Zhao
We spoke with Dr. Zhao to learn more about her work on Bill S-233, and using her research and science to inform policy in Canada.
We gave $7,500 to people experiencing homelessness — here’s what happened next
Homelessness is a deeply misunderstood and complex issue. When people hear the term, they tend to associate it with mental illness or problematic substance use. Individuals experiencing homelessness are heavily stigmatized, dehumanized, and perceived to be less competent and trustworthy. But the reality is far more complicated than these perceptions.
Q&A with Dr. David King
Meet Dr. David King: a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at UBC. He currently leads undergraduate courses in personality, health psychology, the psychology of death and dying, and sex and gender. We decided to ask him some questions!
New study debunks stereotypes associated with unhoused people’s spending habits
The public has the wrong idea about what homeless people would do after coming into a large amount of money.