Health funding to support decision-making research at UBC
Stan Floresco and Catharine Winstanley, professors in UBC’s department of psychology, received funding for their research—thanks to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and their Project Grant competition.
Honouring early career and sustained contributions to psychology
Daniela Palombo named Rising Star and Jeremy Biesanz named Fellow of Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Dr. Eric Eich named Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
UBC Psychology Professor Eric Eich has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Celebrating a life of research: Dr. Janet Werker’s Killam Prize
Dr. Janet Werker, a professor in the Department of Psychology, was awarded the 2018 Killam Prize in Social Sciences, one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for academic-career achievement. Dr. Werker attended a special presentation of 2018 Killam Prizes with Arthur Joseph LeBlanc, Lieutenant Governor, Nova Scotia, on November 18, 2018 and a UBC Killam celebration […]
Michael Barrus receives 2018 Demetri Papageorgis Teaching Assistant Award
This award recognizes teaching assistants who make outstanding contributions to student education in the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Peter Suedfeld awarded the Royal Canadian Geographical Society Burpee Medal
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Peter Suedfeld, who was awarded the Lawrence J. Burpee Medal by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS).
2019 Times Higher Education: UBC Psychology is 12 in the world, 1st in Canada
The 2019 psychology rankings includes 463 universities, up from 101 in 2018.
UBC Psychology alumna wins the 2018 CAGS Distinguished Dissertation Award
Dr. Ashley Whillans (PhD ’17) has been selected as the winner of the prestigious 2018 Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award for her dissertation Exchanging Cents for Seconds: The Happiness Benefits of Choosing Time Over Money.
Dr. Janet Werker honoured with the APS 2019 William James Fellow Award
In recognition of a lifetime of significant contributions to field of psychology, Dr. Janet Werker was named a 2019 William James Fellow by the Association for Psychological Science (APS).
Congratulations to the 2018 Knox Teaching Award winners
We are pleased to announce Dr. Simon Lolliot and Dr. David Worling are the recipients of the 2018 Robert E. Knox Master Teaching Awards.