Awards & Accomplishments
Professor Bob Krueger was just named a Distinguished
McKnight University Professor! Bob was one of six candidates selected
for this prestigious award from across the entire University. The award
honors the University's highest-achieving mid-career faculty who have
relatively recently attained full professor status and whose work brings
renown and prestige to Minnesota. Recipients are honored with the
title Distinguished McKnight University Professor, which they hold for
as long as they remain at the University of Minnesota. The grant
associated with the Professorship consists of $100,000 over five years.
We are very proud of Bob and his accomplishments. This is a
well-deserved honor.
Assistant Professor Chun Wang has received the 2014
Jason Millman Promising Measurement Scholar Award in recognition of her
contributions to the field as an early career scholar, exemplified by
innovative and mathematically sophisticated research in multidimensional
item response theory, computerized adaptive testing, cognitive
diagnosis, and longitudinal measurement. A description of the award can
be found here. Chun was presented with the award at a meeting in the Phillipines. Congratulations to her on this well-deserved honor!
Past Events
The Multi-Sensory Perception Laboratory Open House on April 18 was a success!
Thank you to Professor Andrew Oxenham and lab members Dorea Ruggles and Andrew Byrne for their tours of this state-of-the-art research facility in Elliott Hall!
Upcoming Events
Dr. Oliver P. John, University of California, Berkeley
"Personality, The Number Five, and Everyday Life"
Friday, May 9, 2014
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
N639 Elliott Hall
Abstract:
Personality matters! Over the past twenty years, we have learned that our personality traits influence our lives: whether we get good grades in school, what kind of work we choose and how successful we are at it, whether we are happy and satisfied with our lives, and whether we remain healthy in old age. At the core of this exciting research is the emergence of the Big Five as a consensual taxonomy for personality traits, and the field of personality research has changed remarkably. I will review research findings that have challenged and changed my views on five fundamental issues: (1) the origin of personality traits in nurture and nature, (2) the continuity between human and animal personality, (3) the development of personality in terms of stability and change, (4) the consequences of personality traits for adaptation and life outcomes, and (5) the importance of the socio-cultural context in which personality traits are expressed. Click here to view all Department of Psychology spring 2014 colloquiums.
Personality matters! Over the past twenty years, we have learned that our personality traits influence our lives: whether we get good grades in school, what kind of work we choose and how successful we are at it, whether we are happy and satisfied with our lives, and whether we remain healthy in old age. At the core of this exciting research is the emergence of the Big Five as a consensual taxonomy for personality traits, and the field of personality research has changed remarkably. I will review research findings that have challenged and changed my views on five fundamental issues: (1) the origin of personality traits in nurture and nature, (2) the continuity between human and animal personality, (3) the development of personality in terms of stability and change, (4) the consequences of personality traits for adaptation and life outcomes, and (5) the importance of the socio-cultural context in which personality traits are expressed. Click here to view all Department of Psychology spring 2014 colloquiums.
2014 Psychology Undergraduate Celebration
Friday, May 9, 2014
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the
annual recognition celebration for psychology undergraduate students.
This annual event recognizes our outstanding undergraduate achievements
and graduating seniors. Those recognized will include:
Spring 2014 Degree Applicants
Mortensen Scholarship & Award recipients
Donald G. Paterson Scholarship Award
Select CLA, University and National Scholarship recipients
Outstanding achievement in the Major Project: The Sharon Borine Award
Sharon Borine Thesis Award
2013-14 UROP recipients
Donor Awards for Psychology Undergraduate Engagement recipients
2013-14 Psi Chi Inductees
Mortensen Scholarship & Award recipients
Donald G. Paterson Scholarship Award
Select CLA, University and National Scholarship recipients
Outstanding achievement in the Major Project: The Sharon Borine Award
Sharon Borine Thesis Award
2013-14 UROP recipients
Donor Awards for Psychology Undergraduate Engagement recipients
2013-14 Psi Chi Inductees
Please forward any questions to Holly Hatch-Surisook hhatch@umn.edu. RSVP instructions will be distributed via email. Thank you for your support of our undergraduate students!
