01/26/2023 - The Psychology Department Diversity and Inclusion Committee are pleased to announce our Anti-racism Grant Fund, designed to support members of the psychology department in seeking financial support...
Research News
01/13/2023 - Jas Jacobson is our inaugural recipient of the “Advanced Research Opportunity Honors Fellowship.” This fellowship provides support over three semesters of undergraduate research conducted toward the...
01/04/2023 - Congratulations to Auburn Jimenez on being one of five students to receive the Dissertation and Research Grant from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Auburn is currently pursuing...
12/20/2022 - Professor Aron Barbey and co-author Evan Anderson found that network neuroscience theory allows the most accurate predictions of intelligence. Click...
12/07/2022 - Congratulations to Industrial-Organizational doctoral student Chu Chu, advised by Assistant Professor of Psychology and Labor and Employment Relations Bo Zhang, who has received a grant from the...
11/29/2022 - Professor Bo Zhang found that neuroticism is a key risk factor for stress perception. Click here to read more.
11/10/2022 - We are proud to announce the following grants have been awarded to faculty in the Psychology Department during the Fall 2022 semester.
11/07/2022 - Markera Jones received this year’s Graduate Student Leadership Award from The Graduate College.
10/10/2022 - Professor Karen D. Rudolph and graduate student Haley Skymba found that girls with a history of bullying and other peer adversity may be especially sensitive to situations that threaten their self-...
10/08/2022 - This fall, the Psychology Department created two new Fellowships designed to support underrepresented and first-generation college students. The goal is to lessen financial burdens that would...
08/29/2022 - A team of psychologists, led by scholars at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, proposes a new training model that would prepare all practitioners in their discipline to respond to the...
08/19/2022 - We are proud to announce the following grants have been awarded to faculty in the Psychology Department during the Summer 2022 semester.
07/01/2022 - Written by Diana Yates Illinois News Bureau Photo Credit: Michelle Hassel A new study finds that the more a person stares at themself while talking with a partner in an online chat, the more their...
06/13/2022 - U. of I. psychology doctoral candidate Talia Ariss and her colleagues found that people who stared at themselves during an online chat tended to experience a lower mood after the conversation, an...
05/10/2022 - Congratulations to Megan Finnegan on being named to the 2022 class of Backman Institute Graduate Fellows! Megan is currently pursuing two Ph.D.s in psychology and neuroscience. Finnegan is...
