Psych News
2024
Warm Welcome Donation Project to Support Local Refugee Families
Warm Welcome Donation Project sponsored by the USF Psychology Student Diversity Committee and the USF Psychology Department Diversity Committee.
December 20, 2024Accomplishments
Kim Badanich receives a 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dr. Kim Badanich has received a 2024 USF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching award. Kim is a Professor of Instruction on the Sarasota-Manatee campus and an alumna of the CNS program.
December 19, 2024Accomplishments, Faculty News
Seven Psychology majors named King O'Neal Scholars at Fall Commencement
Seven Psychology undergraduates were honored as King O’Neal Scholars at USF’s Friday, December 13, 2024, commencement ceremony.
December 16, 2024Accomplishments
CAS sweeps Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor and Outstanding Thesis & Dissertation awards
Psychology Ph.D. graduate student, Alexandria Choate, received an Outstanding Thesis & Dissertation Award. Her dissertation aims to advance the understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD) by leveraging mathematical, formal models to better understand its development across the lifespan.
November 20, 2024Accomplishments
42 Undergraduate StudentPosters Presented at the 2024 Psychology Expo
Undergraduates from all three campuses presented their research at the annual Psychology Expo on November 8.
November 11, 2024Accomplishments, Events
THE CONVERSATION: Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial
Jamie Goldenberg and Emily Courtney have recently published a piece in The Conversation, where they delve into the psychology of climate change denial, particularly in the face of hurricanes. This piece communicates the complexities of climate change denial and the psychological mechanisms that come into play as people process threats to their existence and deeply held beliefs.
October 30, 2024Faculty News
Psychology professor receives prestigious Executive Branch Fellowship with the National Science Foundation
USF St. Petersburg Psychology Professor Tiffany Chenneville has been working with the National Science Foundation's scientific integrity team in Washington, D.C.
October 22, 2024Faculty News, Research
Taking stock of the damage after Hurricane Milton
Dr. Judith Bryant, chair of the Department of Psychology, joined other USF colleagues on WUSF’s Florida Matters for a discussion of the life-changing impacts of Hurricane Milton.
October 11, 2024Faculty News
23 CAS alumni shine at this year’s Fast 56 Awards Ceremony
USF’s Fast 56 celebrates the entrepreneurial success of alumni and creates a platform to share insights with the next generation of leaders. This year, 3 of the 56 honorees were alumni from the Psychology Department, College of Arts and Sciences.
September 20, 2024Alumni News
Dr. Elizabeth Schotter Sabbatical Award is featured in the APS Observer
The APS Observer featured Dr. Elizabeth Schotter and her research team's prestigious Sabbatical Award.
September 19, 2024Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
Twenty-seven faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards
For distinguished contributions to the field of coparenting theory, research, and clinical intervention, and leadership of a multi-national International Coparenting Collaborative revisioning global approaches to infant-family mental health diagnostic case conceptualizations, Dr. James McHale, Professor of Psychology, is being recognized next month with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards.
September 16, 2024Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
BAY NEWS 9: USF Alzheimer’s study aims to show if brain exercises can prevent cognitive decline
The article highlights groundbreaking research at the University of South Florida (USF) called the PACT Research Study (Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training), aimed at preventing cognitive decline through brain exercises. Dr. Jennifer O’Brien, an Associate Professor, is leading the research at USF.
September 10, 2024Faculty News, Research