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Events
*ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL TIME
BBQ (1:00PM)
19-Jan Dr. John Colombo (KU) / Research Talk (Joined by BBQ Applicants and members of the Clinical Program)
This is offered ONLINE ONLY - ZOOM Passcode: 2024
26-Jan Program Discussions (Topic 1: Comprehensive Exam) (Topic 2: Curriculum Planning)
This is offered in a Hybrid Format: Fraser Hall Room 547 - OR - ZOOM Passcode: 2024
09-Feb Dr. Amber Watts (KU) / Training (Research Expectations vs. Realities)
This is offered in a Hybrid Format: Fraser Hall Room 547 - OR - ZOOM Passcode: 2024
23-Feb Drs. Girard & Allen (KU) / Training (Preprinting and Preregistration)
This is offered in a Hybrid Format: Fraser Hall Room 547 - OR - ZOOM Passcode: 2024
08-Mar Dr. Joaquin Goni (Purdue) / Research Talk
This is offered in a Hybrid Format: Fraser Hall Room 547 - OR - ZOOM Passcode: 2024
15-Mar Spring Break
22-Mar Dr. Adam Pines (Stanford) / Research Talk
This is offered in a Hybrid Format: Fraser Hall Room 547 - OR - ZOOM Passcode: 2024
04-Apr Mind Lecture / Invited Research Talk - TBA
19-Apr Student Research Update
This is offered IN PERSON ONLY - Fraser Hall Room 547
CLINICAL (1:00PM)
19-Jan Dr. John Colombo (KU) / Research Talk (Joined by BBQ Applicants and members of the Clinical Program)
This is offered ONLINE ONLY - ZOOM Passcode: 2024
02-Feb Admissions interview day - Interview day activities TBD
16-Feb Dr. Steve Ilardi - Our Treatment Paradigm Is Flawed: Moving Beyond Monotherapy
01-Mar Admissions visit day - Visit day activities TBD
15-Mar Spring Break
29-Mar Dr. Melisa Rempfer - Understanding APA accreditation and training issues (upcoming site visit)
12-Apr Dr. Sarah Kirk and recent intern applicants - Internship panel and discussion
26-Apr Dr. Alex Williams - Financial Literacy & Wellness (APA Guidelines on Equitable and Respectful Treatment of Students in Graduate Psychology Programs)
03-May Stop Day - Activities TBD
SOCIAL (11:45AM) Fraser Room 547 & ZOOM (Password: 884251)
19-Jan Organizational meeting HH (Bird Dog)
26-Jan Dr. Marisa Franco: The Science of Making and Keeping Friends
02-Feb Dr. Cory Cobb (in person) HH (Sam): Rethinking psychological health among Latino populations: The other side of the coin
09-Feb SPSP
16-Feb Jordan Cortesi & Syed Muhammad Omar + posters - HH
23-Feb Dr. Rami Zeedan: Palestinians and Israelis: More Than Two Narratives
01-Mar Dr. Geoff MacDonald (in person): Thinking About Well-Being in Singlehood from an Individual Differences Perspective HH
08-Mar Dr. Matt Weeks: The Ensemble Perception of Social Status (in person) HH
15-Mar Spring Break
22-Mar
29-Mar Dr. Ben Allen: Extracting Meaning From Machine Learning Models
05-Apr Niva Manchanda and Dan
12-Apr Dr. Judith Gere (in person) HH
19-Apr
26-Apr Nyla Branscombe Festschrift
03-May Stop Day
2023-2024
8/25/2023 - Jeffrey Girard - Introductions - Fraser Rm 537 & ZOOM (Passcode: 458893)
9/1/2023 - Dr. Melisa Rempfer - Meet the New DCT - Fraser Rm 537
9/8/2023 - Hong Vu (KU-School of Journalism and Mass Communication): Climate change and the media - Climate change and the media: What can we do to better communicate environmental challenges - Fraser Rm 547 - ZOOM
9/8/2023 - Jeffrey Girard - BBQ Training Contract - Fraser Rm 537 & ZOOM (Passcode: 613294)
9/12/2023 - Nu Rho Psi - Public Speaker of the Month - Jennifer Reed, FNP-BC PMHNP-BC presents Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics: using genetics to improve psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, the greatest development in medicine in 50 years
9/15/2023 - Dr. Nancy Hamilton - Dreams are important...Freud wasn't wrong about everything- Fraser Rm 547
9/15/2023 - Betsy Levy Paluck (Princeton University) - The Social and Psychological Effects of Publicly Violating a Social Norm: A Field Experiment in the Satmar Jewish Community
9/22/2023 - Jeffrey Girard - Research Software - Fraser Rm 537 & Zoom
9/22/2023 - Diversity Committee sponsored Instructor Workshop - 2:00-3:30 Fraser Hall Room 327 - *Please email hdclark@ku.edu to RSVP.*
9/22/2023 - Susan Fiske (Princeton University): Psychology of Systemic Racism
9/28/2023 - 4:00pm Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (KCART) - Stephanie Stancil, PhD, APRN, Clinician Scientist Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - Applying Precision Therapeutics to Adolescent Mental Health - This event is VIRTUAL ONLY, please join us on ZOOM (Passcode: 142498)
9/29/2023 - 4:00pm - KU Quantitative Methods Reading Group - Advances in Differences-in-Differences Methods - Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium. To receive information on future KU Quantitative Methods Reading Group Events please CLICK HERE
9/29/2023 - Young Ju Ryu - Intellectual Humility and Receptivity to Failure
10/6/2023 - Jim Coan (Virginia University) Why We Hold Hands: The Fundamentals of Social Baseline Theory
10/6/2023 - **THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED** Dr. Liane Gabora, Professor (University of British Columbia) - Toward a Formal Framework for Creative Cultural Evolution - ZOOM (Passcode: 450953) *This event is VIRTUAL ONLY*
Friday, October 13th at 11:45-1:00pm - The KU Dept of Psychology Diversity Committee is excited to present Politickin' through Twin-Pandemics: When Racism Collides with COVID and White People Wanna Be Moderate by Matthew L. Kane, PhD. Please join us in Fraser Hall Room 547 or virtually via ZOOM (Meeting ID 935 1834 3395 Passcode: 436989).
10/13/2023 - Diversity Committee/Invited Speaker Matthew Kane - Author of the book Walk with Me. Received APA award for outstanding research in the men and masculinities division. Walk me tells stories black men's resilience face twin pandemics - Fraser Rm 547
10/19/2023 - Nu Rho Psi - Public Speaker of the Month - 5:30-6:30pm - Fraser Hall Room 547
10/20/2023 - Doug Bornemann - Grant Proposals - Fraser Rm 537 & ZOOM (Passcode: 835924)
10/20/2023 - Kylie Hershey - Employee-level outcomes of female representation in top management
10/27/2023 - First Year Project Presentations - First Year Project Presentations (Valerie, Yumiko) - Fraser Rm 547
10/27/2023 - David P. Schmitt - Why Do Psychological Gender/Sex Differences Vary in Size across Cultures? On the Need for Theoretical Pluralism.
11/3/2023 - Julian Rucker - Lay Beliefs about Structural Racism and Responses to Racial Inequality
11/10/2023 - Trevor Lies and Jordan Cortesi - Double Header
11/10/2023 - First Year Project Presentations - First Year Project Presentations (Matt, Kassy, Rebecca) - Fraser Rm 547
11/17/2023 - Takakuni Suzuki - Research - ZOOM (Passcode: 693009)
11/17/2023 - DOUBLE HEADER - Jenniffer Wong Chavez and Sam Arnold
12/1/2023 - BBQ Students - Updates - Fraser Rm 537 & ZOOM (Passcode: 693117)
12/01/2023 - DOUBLE HEADER - Social Psychology PhD Students Qi Zhang and Sol Isela Corral
12/8/2023 - STOP DAY - Potluck & Skits - Fraser Rm 547
1/26/2024 - KS Quantitative Methods Reading Group | January is for Time Series Statistics Time: 4:00 PM Location: Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium For more information, please visit: KDSC Social Science Quantitative Methods Reading Group
CRIG Talk presented by Geoff MacDonald
Principles of Communication & Design for Scientists & Researchers
2022-2023
1/27/23 - 11:45AM Social Psychology prosem & Will Duncan present Kansas Data Science Consortium (KDSC): Enhancing the Data Science Capacity of the State of Kansas in Fraser Hall room 547. Virtual viewing available via ZOOM (Meeting ID: 925 9696 4469 Passcode: 123456)
2/3/23 - 11:45AM Social Psyshology prosem & Cydney Dupree, PhD present Crossing Status Divides: Stereotypes, Strategies, and Solutions. Please join us virtually via ZOOM (Meeting ID: 925 9696 4469 Passcode: 123456)
2/3/23 - 1:00PM Clinical Psychology prosem & Kelly Wilson, PhD present Attempting a Science of What Matters Most. Please join us virtually via ZOOM (Meeting ID: 956 8599 9962 Passcode: 816741)
2/6/2023 - 4:30PM - Nu Rho Psi Meeting - This will be an introductory meeting with some important administrative announcements. Please join us in Fraser Hall room 537.
2/10/23 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology prosem with Dr. Chris Crandall - Please join us in Fraser Hall room 547
2/10/23 - 1:00PM - Brain, Behavior, and Quantitative Science Prosem - Please join us in Fraser Hall room 547
2/17/23 - 1:00PM - Clinical Psychology Prosem - Hot Topics in Clinical Practice with Dr. Alex Williams & Dr. Sarah Kirk - Please join us in Fraser Hall room 547
2/20/23 - 11:00AM - THE KU CCPP DIVERSITY & EQUITY COMMITTEE PRESENTS Dr. Anne DePrince and RECOGNIZING INTERCONNECTED PROBLEMS AFTER INTIMATE VIOLENCE: Implications for Multidisciplinary Responses and Social Change - Please join us at the KU Burge Union Forum B **Registration is Required** For More Info...
2/24/23 - 1:00PM - Brain, Behavior, and Quantitative Science Prosem - Please join us virtually via ZOOM
2/27/2023 - 10:00AM - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion meeting - Fraser Hall room 341
2/27/2023 - 4:30PM - Nu Rho Psi meeting - Please join us in Fraser Hall room 537
3/3/2023 - 1:00PM - Clinical Psychology Prosem - In Praise of the Bio-Psycho-Social Model with Dr. Allen Frances - Please join us virtually via ZOOM
3/3/2023 - 1:00PM - Social Psychology Prosem - The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories with Dr. Karen Douglas - Please join us virtually via ZOOM
3/10/2023 - 1:00PM - Brain, Behavior, and Quantitative Science Prosem - Doug Bornemann will be presenting - Please join us virtually via Zoom
3/10/2023 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology Prosem - Ekin Birdir, M.A. - Please join us in Fraser Hall room 547
3/20/2023 - 4:30PM - Nu Rho Psi Meeting - Fraser Hall room 537
3/24/2023 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology Prosem - Syed Muhammad Omar will be presenting - Please join us in Fraser Hall room 547
3/24/2023 - 1:00PM - Brain, Behavior, and Quantitative Science Prosem - Michel Regenwetter will be presenting - Please join us in Fraser Hall room 547
3/31/2023 - 1:00PM - Clinical Psychology Program Prosem
3/31/2023 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology Program Prosem - Francesca Righetti, PhD, Associate Professor, VU Amsterdam - Join us over ZOOM
4/7/2023 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology Program Prosem - Thomas Talhelm, PhD.,-The University of Chicago - Fraser Hall Room 547 or join us via ZOOM.
4/7/2023 - 1:00PM - Brain, Behavior, & Quantitative Science Program Prosem
4/7/2023 - 4:00PM - Close Relationships Interest Group - Fraser Hall Room 547
4/14/2023 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology Program Prosem - Syed Muhammad Omar - Fraser Hall Room 547
4/21/2023 - 1:00PM - Brain, Behavior, & Quantitative Science Program Prosem
4/21/2023 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology Program Prosem - Emily Watkins & Sam Arnold - Fraser Hall Room 547 or Virtually via ZOOM
4/28/2023 - 1:00PM - Clinical Psychology Program Prosem - Kristy Allen, PhD – new faculty in Clinical Child Psychology Program
4/28/2023 - 11:45AM - Social Psychology Program Prosem - Dr. Demis Glasford (University of Wisconsin–Madison) - Pleaese join us virtually via ZOOM
FEATURED NEWS
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RESEARCH SHOWS EFFECTS OF 'HYPER-PALATABLE' FOODS ACROSS FOUR DIETS
There is a reason "once you pop you can't stop". Recent research from the University of Kansas and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may provide explanations as to why it is difficult to stop eating foods that we feel are so gratifying, but may not be the healthiest. While hyper-palatable foods may be the perfect storm of component combinations, they definitely "play a role in the food choices that people make and in their weight". So what does this mean for your food intake considerations?
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GRANT TO EXPAND RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS KANSANS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
Congratulations to the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities (KUCDD) on receiving a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the Administration for Community Living, Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The KUCDD focuses on fostering and building an inclusive community for individuals living with developmental disabilities using research, education, and community service opportunities. They aim to "improving outcomes for Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD, and identify the most pressing needs in the disability community."
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STUDY SUGGESTS COVID FACE MASKS DON'T IMPAIR MOST SOCIAL INTERACTION
A study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology by KU's very own Dr. Chris Crandall and Dr. Omri Gillath, along with Wellesley College's (and KU Aluma) Dr. Angela Bahns, indicates...
Read the full article in Journal of Applied Psychology