We are saddened to post the news that Jessica Rivers passed away on July 2nd. Jessica was a member of our psychology family for two years and graduated with her MA in psychology in May. Professor Christian Waugh served as Jessica’s advisor while she was a graduate student at…
December 4, 2018 REPRINT OF ARTICLE AT: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2018/12/shilling-chief-officer.aspx APA Names Shilling as New Chief Scientific Officer Brings broad experience as researcher, administrator WASHINGTON — Russell D. Shilling, PhD, has been named the first chief scientific officer of the American Psychological Association, responsible for leading and implementing the association’s transformational science…
Poster # / Oral Pres. Room # Type of Presentation First Name Last Name Major Research Advisor – First Name Research Advisor – Last Name 7 Poster Titilola Babatunde Health & Exercise Science Christy Buchanan 23 Poster Allison Clark Psychology Terry Blumenthal 26 Poster Melissa Cuellar Psychology Lisa Kiang 28…
An Announcement From the Dean of the College Dear Wake Forest faculty and staff, Christy Buchanan will step down as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Advising and return to her position as Professor of Psychology, effective July 1, 2019. Please join me in congratulating Christy on her remarkable six years…
Congratulations to Professor Dagenbach for his recent NIH research grant: “Analytical Tools for Complex Brain Networks: Fusing Novel Statistical Methods and Network Science to Understand Brain Function. “ (PI subcontract, Co-I grant).” The research involves developing multivariate analyses that take full advantage of the rich data available in…
Professor’s Petrocelli’s research on the personality and situational antecedents of “bullshitting” was recently discussed in a psychologytoday.com article . His scientific work on this topic was published recently published: Petrocelli, J. V. (2018). Antecedents of bullshitting. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 249-258, What a bunch of bull: The art and science…
Do moral beacons enable people to work across differences that exist across different communities (as moral beacons such as Martin Luther King Jr. did), or does the current climate mean that our silo-ed communities are doomed to have their own moral beacons? Can “moral beacons” foster positive societal change?…
Professor Furr was on research leave this spring, but he has been VERY busy, indeed! The semester began with the release of the 3rd edition of his book: PSYCHOMETRICS. In this text, he takes a “meaning approach” to concepts, rather than a “how to” handbook. He describes…
The Beacon Project announces an upcoming colloquium at Hanesbrand Theater in Winston-Salem, NC on Tuesday April 17th and Wednesday 18th, 2018. Registration is required (see link below). If you would like a copy of either of the author’s books, please stop by the Beacon Project Lab Room 419. Speakers are: Larissa…
We are saddened to announce that James A. Schirillo, former professor of psychology, died March 31. The memorial will be at St.Annes Episcopal Church on Friday April 20 @1:00pm. Donations can be made to St Anne’s Episcopal Church or K B Reynolds Hospice Home.” Professor Schirillo joined Wake Forest’s psychology…
