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John Dovidio, professor of psychology and public health at Yale University, will present a lecture titled “Why Can't We Get Along? The Challenges of Race Relations in America” on Thursday, April 18, at 4:10 p.m. in the Chapel.
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By the time he completes his study abroad at Trinity College in Dublin, Julian Perricone ’20 hopes he can say that he learned something every day. He’s taking a range of courses there, including in his major — psychology.
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Andrea Dickmeyer ’19, recipient of a 2019 Watson Fellowship, will explore “Nature Based Therapeutic Programs and Mental Well-Being.” Watson Fellows receive a $30,000 stipend to pursue a “year of independent, purposeful exploration” abroad. Dickmeyer will travel to Australia, Norway, Hungary, and Japan.
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Amanda Kim ’21 recently presented a poster at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in Portland, Ore.
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As the organizer of the Mohawk Valley Correctional Facility community college program in 2014, it only seems appropriate that Doran Larson, the Walcott-Bartlett Chair of Ethics and Christian Evidences and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, delivered the address at the program’s first commencement ceremony on Dec. 19.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Tara McKee recently presented a poster at the 2018 International Conference on ADHD in St. Louis.
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Scientific American published an essay titled How Capital Influences Attitudes toward Capital Punishment by Assistant Professor of Psychology Keelah Williams in which she explained, “When people think the economy is poor, support for the death penalty rise.”
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Princeton University Professor and 2017 MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Dr. Betsy Levy Paluck presented innovative research on the effects of social norms and community behavior in a lecture at Hamilton on Nov. 5. Paluck’s presentation, Reducing Prejudice and Bullying in Our World Today: The Role of Social Norms, was this year’s James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture. Paluck dedicated her presentation to Devah Pager, a dear friend and fellow social psychologist whose research on race, crime and mass incarceration broke new ground in understanding racial discrimination in America.
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Betsy Levy Paluck, a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” fellow , will present the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture on Monday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m., in the Chapel.
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Assistant Professor of Psychology Rachel White recently published a paper on a method for adaptively coping with anxiety in the American Psychological Association journal Emotion.
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