UVA Department of Psychology

10/15/2021

Check out UVA Department of Psychology grad student, Kyshia Henderson, and her team's featured research that builds on the powerful legacy of scholars and activists to empirically examine the relationship between confederate monuments and lynchings: https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/confederate-memorials-are-associated-with-hate-new-uva-study-shows-significant-correlation-between-lynchings-and-the-presence-of-confederate-monuments-in

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/survey-identifies-correlation-between-confederate-monuments-and-lynchings-180978873/

John Henry James sold ice cream. That’s all that’s known about him, except for how he died on July 12, 1898, just a few years after moving to Charlottesville. J

10/13/2021

Check out this incredible Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) interview with UVA Clinical psychology PhD student, Ariana Rivens, to discuss her new article,"Understanding Factors Associated with Intimate Disclosure Between Black Youth and Non-Parental Familial Adults":

This , we are excited to highlight a recent paper by Ariana Rivens: Understanding Factors Associated with Intimate Disclosure Between Black Youth and Non-Parental Familial Adults. This article examines youth intimate disclosure to non-parental adult relatives among Black youth and out...

10/04/2021

The UVA Psychology department is looking to hire an assistant professor to join our Community Psych area! If interested, please review the job announcement:

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Race, Justice, and Equity Department of Psychology, University of Virginia The College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia has launched a multiyear faculty hiring initiative devoted to Race, Justice and Equity, building on a broa...

07/06/2021

Mark your calendars for June 13-17, 2022 for : “Ethical Challenges of AI in Biomedicine” at Boar's Head Resort in historic Charlottesville, VA! 🙌💡 If you are at the late-stage post-doctoral or early-stage junior faculty level in the US, APPLY TODAY - July 30 ➡️ http://innovation.lab.virginia.edu Learn more below:
BDSIL 2022 will create multidisciplinary teams that tackle the challenges of ethically working with data types in support of AI systems and how AI might be made ethical against best practices recommendations. The collaborations formed during the BDSIL will result in new peer-reviewed publications or NIH/NSF grant proposals. There will be 4 mandatory virtual microlabs in addition to the in-person workshop in June:
💡October 1
💡April 8
💡May 13
💡June 3

05/22/2021

Watch now (6pm) - Join us in celebrating our BA Class of 2021!

The Department of Psychology proudly celebrates the successes of the Undergradute Class of 2021. Our ceremony has been constructed virtually in asynchronous...

05/22/2021

Join us in celebrating the Psychology BA Class of 2021 (virtual-prerecorded). Available 6pm Saturday, May 22 (after Final Exercises)

The Department of Psychology proudly celebrates the successes of the Undergradute Class of 2021. Our ceremony has been constructed virtually in asynchronous...

04/19/2021

College was stressful even without a global pandemic! Join this discussion group tomorrow (Tues, Apr 20, at 5) to talk about strategies for prioritizing self-care as a student.

https://www.signupgenius.com/tabs/3377ed700a6cfebc17-virtual

SELF-CARE AS A COLLEGE STUDENT
Group leaders: Dr. Seanna Leath & Ilana Ladis

Date: 04/20/2021 (Tue.)
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Location: Zoom

04/16/2021

Interested in Clinical Psychology? Join us (virtually) this upcoming Monday for the Spring 2021 Clinical Psychology Panel - Monday April, 19, 6-7pm.
Panelists who studied clinical psychology at the undergraduate, masters, and postdoctoral levels will join us on zoom to answer student questions about studying psychology and moving into the professional sphere. We are so excited to hear about their experiences! See you on Monday night!

Zoom link:

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04/15/2021

Join us (virtually) on Friday, April 23, for the annual L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference. Presentation and schedule details here: https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/reid-conference

04/05/2021

Still a few spots left for today's mentor discussion. What can you do with a BA in Psychology. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/tabs/3377ed700a6cfebc17-virtual
View the full schedule of meetings here: https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/virtual-mentoring-discussion-series

03/31/2021

Want to know what it's like to be a grad student? We'll give you the scoop. Join us tomorrow (Thur 4/1 at 5pm) to learn more about Life in Grad School.

Register here: https://www.signupgenius.com/tabs/3377ed700a6cfebc17-virtual

View more upcoming meetings here: https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/virtual-mentoring-discussion-series