March 2016

DATA

Department of Psychology

March 2016

Awards & Accomplishments

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Professor Mark Snyder served as organizer and convener of the conference on “Ethical Choosers” (a multi-disciplinary workshop on ethical choice, decision making, and action by individuals, groups, and organizations), held January 22-23 2016 at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

Professor Traci Mann's book, “Secrets from the Eating Lab”, has been named one of four finalists for the Minnesota Book Award in the General Non-Fiction category. Winners will be announced April 16. Congratulations Traci!

Assistant Professor Moin Syed is featured on the Campus Climate Website for his interview titled “Living Our Own Story: An Interview with Moin Syed”. The interview can be found here.

Graduated

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 Congratulations to our recent Department of Psychology Ph. D graduates!

Lindsey Matteson    

Area: PIB

Advisor: Matt McGue

Dissertation: The Search is On for Missing Heritability -- and Missing "Environmentality" – of Personality: A Developmental Approach

Upcoming Events

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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.

Friday, May 6th, 2016

4:00pm - 6:00pm at the Campus Club,

Coffman Memorial Union

Those recognized will include:

Spring 2016 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

2015-16 UROP recipients

Donor Awards for Psychology Undergraduate Engagement recipients

2015-16 Psi Chi Inductees

Please forward any questions to Mike Houlahan, mhoulaha@umn.edu.

Faculty and Staff, please RSVP via our web form here:

Thank you for your support of our undergraduate students!