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Welcome to UIC Psychology News! Here you’ll find news on faculty and students, information on upcoming department colloquia "Current Topics", The Black Scholar Series, and conferences, as well as notifications of important dates and deadlines. You’ll also find an archive of our month department newsletters.

Stay updated by checking this page often! If you're interested in having something added to the website or events, email Tikia Travis (ttravi3@uic.edu).

Temiloluwa Sodipe takes First Place for her Honors College Capstone at the 2023 UIC Undergraduate Research Forum

Posted on April 19, 2023

Congratulations to our Undergrad, Temi who won first place on her excellent Honors College Capstone where she interviewed experts from two countries on female genital cutting to integrate new best practices and identify…

UIC Psychology Professors Receive Grant from William T. Grant Foundation

Posted on March 27, 2023

Ryne Estabrook, Jess Shaw, and Kate Zinsser for receiving a grant from the William T Grant Foundation on “Interrogating Successive School Discipline Reforms as Levers for Promoting Racial Equity.” Learn more about the…

Kate Zinsser Highlighted in The Hechinger Report

Posted on March 27, 2023

A story from The Hechinger Report on early learning programs building or expanding their social and emotional learning components includes comments from Kate Zinsser, UIC Associate Professor of Psychology and Principal Investigator at the Social-Emotional…

Dan Cervone Edits Albert Bandura's final (posthumous) publication, Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature

Posted on March 13, 2023

Congratulations to Dan Cervone who edited and authored the forward for the late Albert Bandura’s final (posthumous) publication, Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature. Bandura was Cervone’s Graduate Advisor during his…

Alex Kenaith, PhD

Posted on March 13, 2023

This month we are spotlighting one of our newest faculty members, Dr. Alex Kenaith!

Professor Emerita, Bette Bottoms recognized with career research award

Posted on March 01, 2023

Jasmin Searcy-Pate, PhD

Posted on February 15, 2023

As we kick off the semester, we are honored to have sat down with Dr. Jasmin Searcy-Pate to learn more about her background, career, and some of the amazing work she is doing in the community and here at UIC.

Rebecca Littman, PhD

Posted on February 10, 2023

In an ABC News online story about the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Dr. Rebecca Littman, UIC Assistant Professor of Psychology, discusses people’s participation in group violence.

2nd Year CPR Student, Josh Lovett

Posted on December 20, 2022

We caught up with 2nd year Community and Prevention PhD Student, Josh Lovett!

2nd Year CPR Student, Felicia Gutierrez

Posted on December 19, 2022

We caught up with 2nd year Community and Prevention PhD Student, Felicia Gutierrez whose blazing trails in the department!

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