Congratulations to all of the students who graduated last week!

Below is a photo with BBS faculty and their newly minted PhDs (right to left: Dr. Thitapa Shinaprayoon, Dr. Amanda Rodrigue, Dr. Sarah Saint Hamilton, Dr. Julie Delose).  In addition, Dr. Saint Hamilton and Dr. Shinaprayoon, and Mary Selden from BBS were recognized with outstanding teaching awards.

Great work, everyone!

The psychology department would like to recognize Dr. Josh Miller for being named the incoming editor of the Journal of Research in Personality. This is an impressive accomplishment. Congratulations, Dr. Miller!

Congratulations to Bridget Lynch, a psychology doctoral candidate under the direction of Dr. Michelle vanDellen, for having her research featured on the UGA main website. Her research focuses on how people can feel good about themselves. Click here to read the full article that was featured on the UGA Graduate School Research Spotlight page. Keep up the great work, Bridget and Michelle!

The psychology department was fortunate to have New York Times best-selling author Luke Dittrich visit our department on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 to present his talk: Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets. Over 80 people attended the facinating talk. We would like to thank the Franklin Foundation for their generosity in providing funding his visit.  

Congratulations to Dr. Anne Shaffer, who was awarded a $2,500 Innovation in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Multicultural Curriculum Grant, one of two awards given for the 2017-2018 academic year. The goal of the award is to support and encourage faculty to develop new courses that would be appropriate for the college’s multicultural curriculum or to significantly revise existing courses in order to be included in the multicultural curriculum. This award can also be used to engage in diversity innovation in the graduate curriculum as well. Great work, Dr. Shaffer!

The BBS Program gathered for its annual First Year Project Talks on Wednesday, October 4th.  Brooke Jackson gave her talk on "Cognitive Control in Psychosis," and Elizabeth Edge spoke on "Cognitive Control in Schizophrenia: an MEG study". Both are members of the Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab and they were both outstanding. Great work Brook and Elizabeth!

Psychology professor Adam Goodie and Computer Science Professor Prashant Doshi have been awarded a $107,717 one-year grant by the National Science Foundation under its Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program for their research titled "Evacuate or not? Modeling the decision making of individuals in impending disaster areas." Great work, Adam and Prashant! Continue reading below for an abstract of their research. 

For graduate students to learn more about career paths and other opportunities in basic, applied social science research at the Army Research Institute. 

Dr. Leann L. Birch, William P. Flatt Professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Dr. Justin A. Lavner, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, were awarded a four-year, $2.7 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, an Institute within the National Institutes of Health.

The UGA Psychology Department would like to congratulate this year's graduates from the Professional Industrial-Organizational Psychology Master's Program. This program is designed for working professionals with classes delivered at our Gwinnett Campus. Great work, everyone!