News from Psychology

Graduation 2013

2013-05-13T15:33:31Z

15 received either a B.A. or B.S. in Psychology on May 12, 2013

Psychology at Scholarship Sewanee

2013-04-29T18:17:35Z

Seven of the posters at the April 26, 2013, Scholarship Sewanee involved psychological research conducted by 15 students. Lauren Joca's poster received the Speaker's Choice Award.

Psychology Major and Minor luncheon

2013-04-25T15:00:57Z

Psychology students and faculty gathered for a luncheon on Thursday, April 25, to celebrate a wide variety of accomplishments during 2012-13.

New Members of Psi Chi

2013-04-25T21:30:54Z

Students earning membership in Psi Chi will be inducted at the end-of-the-year departmental luncheon on April 25.

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty member, week of April 22

2013-04-19T17:12:16Z

Jonathan Robinson will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about New Dreams: the stories, leadership, and business models for re-imagining and re-making communities.

Blogging for Psychology Today: The Web of Violence

2013-04-15T19:23:09Z

Sherry L. Hamby, research professor of psychology at Sewanee, is writing a blog, The Web of Violence: Exploring violence and victimization, for PsychologyToday.com.

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty member, April 15 & 17

2013-04-12T13:21:26Z

Nat Kendall-Taylor, Ph.D., will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about The Science of Communication: Framing Science for Social Change.

Neuroscience added as a Minor Field of Study

2013-04-05T18:09:38Z

Neuroscience, an interdisciplinary area that is one of the most compelling scientific frontiers in understanding ourselves and our actions, was added to the Minor Fields of Study by the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences on April 3.

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty member, April 8 & 10

2013-04-04T14:00:44Z

Pia Britto, Ph.D., will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about early childhood development.

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty members, April 3

2013-04-01T16:49:33Z

Steven Southwick, M.D., will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about the medical challenges of childhood.

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty members, April 1

2013-04-01T16:49:10Z

George Lister, M.D., will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about the medical challenges of childhood.

What does a Research Professor of Psychology do?

2013-03-26T17:10:33Z

A profile of the myriad of professional activities of Research Professor of Psychology Sherry L. Hamby.

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty member, March 27

2013-03-25T15:19:05Z

Pádraig Barry will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about how community promotes and fosters resilience. He will give a public presentation “Resilience: Children, life-threatening circumstances, and how community promotes and fosters resilience—Local and global implications for Grundy County, Tennessee, Gaborone, Botswana, and points in between” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 in Blackman Auditorium (Woods Laboratories).

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty members, March 25

2013-03-25T14:27:54Z

Windy Lopez will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about “Family Resilience: Literacy to promote social competence and foster resilience. Local and national implications of a case study in Grundy County, TN.” She will be joined by Karen Proctor. They will give a public presentation on the same topic at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 25 in Blackman Auditorium (Woods Laboratories).

Rural Appalachia seminar visiting faculty members, March 18 & 20

2013-03-18T14:43:22Z

Raffaella Zanuttini, Ph.D. – joined on Monday by Christina Tortora, Ph.D. - will speak with the Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia seminar about The Study of Language as a Window on the Mind: the importance of “dialects.” Zanuttini will give a public presentation “Variation in English: Language science vs. language prejudice” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Blackman Auditorium (Woods Laboratories).