If you want to start a fight with parents, mention screen time. Everyone has an opinion about whether TV is ruining the next generation by creating “iPad kids.” Recently, UNC Greensboro Psychology’s own Dr. Jessica Caporaso — a developmental psychologist — was interviewed by the Campus Weekly about the data... Continue reading...| Department of Psychology
Congratulations to Brandi McDonald, who successfully defended her master’s thesis, “The development of children’s understanding of God’s omniscience and rituals” on July 16, 2025. The members of her committee were Stuart Marcovitch (co-chair), Peter Delaney (co-chair), and Janet Boseovski.| Department of Psychology
UNC Greensboro Psychology doctoral student Shae Nester is the winner of the 2025 Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant. The award will provide $3,750 to fund their dissertation project entitled, “A laboratory and ambulatory investigation of trauma-related dissociation, interoceptive accuracy, and interoceptive attention.” The project is conducted under the direction of... Continue reading...| Department of Psychology
We all know that online classes can be dreadful. Many students have sat with their laptops looking at a wall of bored faces on Teams, or the dreaded “wall of black screens” when students all turn their cameras off. A new paper by former UNC Greensboro Psychology graduate student Michael... Continue reading... The post Is Mind-Wandering Contagious? New Study on Attention in Online Classrooms appeared first on Department of Psychology.| Department of Psychology
On May 9th, the Psychology Department gathered to offer their congratulations to our graduating class. Messages of thanks and well-wishes from laboratory teams, mentors, and advisors were projected on the walls all around, and the department head Dr. Janet Boseovski offered some remarks about all the students accomplished during their... Continue reading... The post 2025 Departmental Graduate Recognition Ceremony appeared first on Department of Psychology.| Department of Psychology
The more things change at UNC Greensboro, the more they stay the same. Or, at least the good things stay the same. Read an interview and retrospective with UNC Greensboro Psychology major Truly Morgan who just graduated in 2025, and her grandmother, Sarah Lewis Morgan who graduated from the Women’s... Continue reading...| Department of Psychology
Congratulations to Liz T. Gilbert, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “The role of retrieval in intentional forgetting: Retrieve to rehearse and retrieve to forget” on May 8th, 2025. The members of her committee were Peter Delaney (chair), Michael Kane, Christopher Wahlheim, and Julie Mendez-Smith. Papers from her dissertation have been... Continue reading... The post Gilbert Defends Dissertation appeared first on Department of Psychology.| Department of Psychology
Congratulations to Valerie Salcido, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Investigating sources of resilience: Ethnic-racial socialization and adolescent coping responses in the context of ethnic-racial discrimination.” on May 6th, 2025. The members of her committee were Michaeline Jensen (chair), Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, Janet Boseovski, and Gabriela Livas-Stein.| Department of Psychology
The Mildred Millner Alvarez Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Psychology honors excellence both in and out of the classroom, supporting students who aspire to careers in mental health care. We are pleased to announce that the 2025 awardees were Serenity Womack and Zion Raczenski. Keep reading to learn more about them … Continued The post Meet The 2025 Mildred M. Alvarez Scholarship Winners appeared first on Department of Psychology.| Department of Psychology
