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No Mystery is so Profound as the Mystery of the Human Mind

We live in an age of space travel and artificial hearts, virtual reality and cloned sheep. Yet for all our technical advancement, our world is still a troubled one. We have school shootings and gang violence, broken families and teenage parents, racial conflict and cultural unrest, drug addiction and alcohol abuse, low school achievement and high dropout rates. We have greater material wealth than any society in the history of humanity, yet depression is common.

These problems will not be solved by a new drug, a new computer chip, or any other new technology. They will only be solved through an understanding of human thought, feeling, and action. This is the domain of the psychological sciences

Spring Information:

News

  • 2012 Summer Research Stipends were awarded to two Psychology Majors:
    • Erin Morgan
      Title: Marijuana and its effects on college students Psychology
      Faculty sponsor: Michael Phillips
    • Jacob Rutledge
      Title: Effects of One-day Binge Ethanol Exposure on Mice Psychology
      Faculty Sponsor: David Gilliam
  • Congratulations to the following Psychology Major McNair Scholars who were accepted to graduate school:
    • Kara Yamasaki
      • University of Colorado, Denver- Master’s in Clinical Counseling
      • University of Denver- Master’s in Counseling Psychology
    • Christina Rascon
      • University of Denver – Psy.D. in Clinical Psych with emphasis in Forensics
    • Janet Sanchez
      • University of Northern Colorado – Master’s in Clinical Counseling
    • Brianne Posey
      • Arizona State University- MS program in Criminology and Criminal Justice
    • Stautcia Singletary
      • University of Georgia – Master's in Social Work
      • Georgia State University – Master's in Mental Health Counseling
  • Dean’s Citation for Excellence Awards Fall 2011
    • Lori Reinsvold, Doctor of Philosophy
      Educational Psychology
      Advisor: Dr. Kathy Cochran
    • Sarah Wilson, Doctor of Philosophy
      Educational Psychology
      Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Welsh
  • In May 2011, twelve students enrolled in a community psychology class travelled abroad with Professor Nancy Karlin. Following a week of intensive class meetings at UNC, the students enjoyed multiple educational and cultural opportunities in Italy where Dr. Karlin also pursued her research studying resiliency among earthquake survivors in L’Aquila. Dr. Karlin is presently planning to take a class to Thailand in summer 2012. It is anticipated that the students will engage in a service learning project, attend lectures, visit the homes of local residents, and much, much more. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Karlin: nancy.karlin@unco.edu.
  • The Office of Undergraduate Research Awards provided summer 2011 awards to support the research of two psychology majors:
    • Nicholas Broeker: "The Effect of Non-Linguistic Vocalizations on Emotion Perception."
    • Sara Pena: "Picture Me as Writer: Using Photoelicitation to Explore Writing Self-Efficacy of Struggling Writers."

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