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USF Students Recognized in National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Four of our Psychology students are among the 11 students at USF to be recognized by National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which is a highly competitive program designed to identify and support high-quality research and scholarship. The following people received Honorable Mentions for their proposals: Alexander Denison (I-O), Roxanne Felig (CNS), Rachael Pyram (I-O), and Aashna Waiwood (I-O)
July 1, 2020Accomplishments
Psychology Professor Receives Fulbright Award to Collaborate on Pediatric HIV Prevention and Treatment Research
Psychology Professor Tiffany Chenneville has been awarded the Fulbright Canada Research Chair position to conduct research and enhance international collaborations at York University in Toronto, Canada during the spring 2021 semester.
June 30, 2020Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
Professor Judith Bryant Receives Teaching Mentorship Award
In March 2020, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) named Department of Psychology Professor Judith Bryant the recipient of the inaugural STP Mentorship of Teachers Award.
June 19, 2020Accomplishments
Fear and Stress about COVID-19 is Related to More Drinking, Survey Finds
People drank more during the COVID-19 quarantine than they did before the lockdown, as they grappled with stress and fear caused by the pandemic.
June 18, 2020Research
TBBJ: USF professor wins national grant to study coronavirus effect on telecommuting
Dr. Tammy Allen on Tampa Bay Business Journal.
April 30, 2020Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
APS Backgrounder Series: Psychological Science and COVID-19: Working Remotely
Tammy Allen provides APS backgrounder on working remotely during COVID-19.
April 13, 2020Faculty News
Early Career Award
Dr. Fallon Goodman just won an early career award fromthe Anxiety and Depression Association of America,specifically an award from the 2020 Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program.
March 24, 2020Accomplishments, Faculty News
NEW YORK TIMES: How to Read Faster
Dr. Liz Schotter's work on speed reading was featured in the New York Times magazine.
March 17, 2020Faculty News, Research
Alumna Dr. Maria Brea-Spahn Wins Prestigious Faculty Award at NYU
In February, Dr. Maria Brea-Spahn received a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award at NYU. Dr. Brea-Spahn is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Bilingual Extension Program in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at NYU. The award recognizes outstanding faculty who exemplify the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through teaching excellence, leadership, social justice activism, and community building. Dr. Brea-Spahn received her PhD from USF in 2009.
March 1, 2020Alumni News
How 'They' Became The Word Of The Year
Jane is featured on University Beat today discussing her two decades of research on the use of “they” as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun.
January 8, 2020Faculty News, Research
WASHINGTON POST: I spent half my life on antidepressants. Today, I’m off themedication and feel all right.
Jon Rottenberg is quoted in this WaPo article.
January 5, 2020Faculty News, Research
Why do people wind up back in jail? In Pasco, USF researchers try to find out
A recently-published study co-authored by Edelyn Verona and doctoral student Lauren Fournier (along with criminology professor Bryanna Fox) is described in today’s Tampa Bay Times. The research explored risk factors for incarceration in inmates in Pasco County jails.
January 4, 2020Research