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6/5Build Quantitative Research & Evaluation Skills Online!
Build Quantitative Research & Evaluation Skills Online!
Monday, June 5th, 202312:00 AM - 11:59 PMStorrs CampusOnline
Looking to be more competitive on the job market? Graduating and don't know what to do next? Want skills you can use at school, at work, AND in your everyday life? Check out UConn's Research Methods, Measurement, & Evaluation (RMME) Programs! Now accepting applications to the 100% Online RMME Master's degree program and the 100% Online Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation program! The application deadline for Fall 2023 enrollment is June 16th. For more information, visit: https://rmme.education.uconn.edu/Contact Information: Dr. Sarah D. Newton, methods@uconn.edu More
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6/13Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Shu Jiang
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Shu Jiang
Tuesday, June 13th, 202309:00 AM - 12:00 PMStorrs CampusBousfield A101AThe Ph.D. oral defense for Shu Jiang, a Ph.D. candidate in the social psychology program, will be held on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023, at 9 am in BOUS A101A and * Virtual Conference Room. A working copy of the dissertation entitled "Resilience, Social Connection, and Well-being across Cultures: A Mixed-Method Approach" is available from the Psychology Graduate Program Office (psychgrad@uconn.edu).
*Virtual Meeting Details:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=md89086406bd05b8062959342ca6fc56f
Meeting password: 20230613Contact Information: Dr. Nairán Ramírez-Esparza, nairan.ramirez@uconn.edu More
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6/16RMME Fall 2023 Application Deadline!
RMME Fall 2023 Application Deadline!
Friday, June 16th, 202312:00 AM - 11:59 PMStorrs CampusGentry
Today is the last day to apply for Fall 2023 admission to the 100% Online Research Methods, Measurement, & Evaluation Master's degree program and the 100% Online Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation program. For more information, visit: https://rmme.education.uconn.edu/Contact Information: Dr. Sarah D. Newton, methods@uconn.edu More
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6/19Build Quantitative Research & Evaluation Skills Online!
Build Quantitative Research & Evaluation Skills Online!
Monday, June 19th, 202312:00 AM - 11:59 PMStorrs CampusOnline
Looking to be more competitive on the job market? Graduating and don't know what to do next? Want skills you can use at school, at work, AND in your everyday life? Check out UConn's Research Methods, Measurement, & Evaluation (RMME) Programs! Now accepting applications to the 100% Online RMME Master's degree program and the 100% Online Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation program! The application deadline for Spring 2024 enrollment is November 3rd. For more information, visit: https://rmme.education.uconn.edu/Contact Information: Dr. Sarah D. Newton, methods@uconn.edu More
Seminars and Event Series
Department Research Programs
Behavioral Neuroscience Seminars
Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
Bousfield Psychology Building, Room 160
If you have speaker suggestions, questions, or would like to receive email announcements, please contact john.salamone@uconn.edu.
Spring 2022
Feb 3
Jun Zhuang (Allen Institute)
Laminar distribution and arbor density of two functional classes of thalamic inputs to primary visual cortex
Feb 10
Natale Sciolino (UConn Department of Physiology and Neurobiology)
Locus Coeruleus Neurons Encode Hunger-Regulated Motivational States Related to Feeding
Feb 24
Student Talk: Matt Jane
The Covariation between Cognitive Ability and Sensory Discrimination: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mar 3
Student Talk: Alev Ecevitoglu
Effects of the Atypical Antipsychotic and D3/D2 Antagonist Cariprazine on Effort-based Choice
Mar 10
Evan Hart (NIH/NIDA)
Information content in single-photon calcium signal recordings is impoverished compared to traditional single unit recordings
Mar 24
Student Talk: Matt Reck
Cannabinoid approaches to reducing histamine-induced pruritus
Student Talk: Carl Rodriguez
MAGL inhibition attenuates Post-surgical pain in mice
Mar 31
Student Talk: Gayle Edelstein
Detailed Characterization of the Effects of the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter-2 Inhibitor Tetrabenazine
Student Talk: Sonya Srynath
Exploring Possible Sex Differences in the Effort-related Actions of Drugs Affecting Dopamine Transmission
Apr 7
Rosangela Platt (UConn)
Directional selective neurons in LGN: Searching for rules of thalamocortical connectivity
Apr 14
Student Talk: Niki Meka
Assessment of the effort-related motivational effects of modafinil analogs from NIDA laboratories
Student Talk: Amy Zeigelmeier
Phosphodiesterase and nicotine self-administration in animal models: A review of Ciccocioppo et al. 2021
Apr 28
Student Talk: Noah Raffone
The Role of Adenosine Receptors in Mediating Effects of Low Concentrations of Ethanol
May 5
Student Talk: Chris Babigian
PSYC 5200 and Student Presentations
The seminars are open to any interested faculty, staff, and students. However, behavioral neuroscience (BNS) graduate students are required to take four semesters of seminar (PSYC 5200) for credit. The major goal of the course is to give students a chance to practice presenting and get feedback on their research. Senior graduate students and advanced/honors undergraduates working in BNS/PNB labs may also register.
Resources:
Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Communicating Science: Giving Talks
Ten Simple Rules for Making Good Oral Presentations – PLoS Computational Biology
Developmental Psychology Brown Bag
Fridays at 12:20-1:10 p.m.
Bousfield Psychology Building, Room A106 or virtual.
Announcements will be made at the beginning of each event. To share an announcement with the group, please fill out this form.
For questions or to request a link for virtual events, please contact kimberly.cuevas@uconn.edu.
Spring 2023
Jan. 20
Dr. Rose Schneider, Sr. Researcher, Blink UX
Finding your way from academia to industry
Virtual only
Jan 27
Developmental Psychology Alumni Panel for Grads and RAs
Virtual only
Feb. 3
Dr. Rhiannon Smith and Dr. Marie Coppola, University of Connecticut
Study Recruitment Info Session
Feb. 19
Katelyn Pitcher, DEV grad student
Age of identity realization among asexual and non-asexual LGB youth and associations with wellbeing
Feb. 24
Jonas Miller, assistant professor of psychological sciences, University of Connecticut
March 3
Dr. Micheal Sandbank, assistant professor, UNC Chapel Hill
Virtual only
March 10
No meeting
March 17
No meeting
March 24
Graduate student check-in and social
March 31
Na Zhang, assistant professor of human development and family studies, University of Connecticut
Virtual only
April 7
Maddie Quam, DEV grad student
April 14
Nina Schoener, DEV Lab Manager, and Bethany Stoddard, DEV Lab Manager, University of Connecticut
April 21
Dr. Carrie Larson, postdoctoral fellow, University of Connecticut
April 28
End of semester gathering
Fall 2022
Sept. 30
Dr. Rick Ahl, Post doc, Boston College
Having less and wanting more: Children’s intuitive theories of resource acquisition and distribution.
Oct. 7
Student and RA social hour and check-in
Oct. 4
Dr. Meghan George, Post doc, Northwestern University
Implicit bias and racial socialization in childhood
Oct. 21
Augusto Buchweitz, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Stamford
Brain imaging of underrepresented children: Developmental dyslexia, early literacy and adverse environment effects on brain function
Oct. 28
Kelsey Davinson, DEV grad student
Nov. 4
Student and RA social hour
Nov. 11
Cynthia Boo, DEV grad student
Nov. 8
No meeting
Nov. 15
No meeting
Dec. 2
Amanda Fording, DEV grad student
Sign language interpreting will be provided for these talks. To request this service, please contact katelyn.pitcher@uconn.edu or madeline.quam@uconn.edu at least 72 hours before the event.
Social Psychology Speaker Series
All events take place:
Wednesdays
2:00-3:15 p.m.
Bousfield Psychology Building, Room 162 (unless otherwise noted)
Organizers: Emma Wedell and Professor Felicia Pratto.
Spring 2023
Jan. 18
Welcome back social!
Jan. 25
Online Prof. Keith Watts, University of Kentucky, LGBTQ+ mental health & well-being: The intersections of identity and belongingness
Feb. 1
Faculty (only) meeting: Graduate student evaluations
Feb. 8
Prof. Eugene Borgida, University of Minnesota, Perceiving the gendered status quo: The (surprising) influence of Separate Spheres Ideology
Feb. 15
Online Jack Bobo, Director of Global Food and Water Policy, The Nature Conservancy, Title TBA
Feb. 22
No meeting because of SPSP conference
March 1
Noon Online Prof. Gregg Sparkman, Boston College, Perceiving and Misperceiving Social Reality
March 8
Online Prof. India R. Johnson, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis, Exploring the efficacy of (in)congruent cues among singularly and multiply minoritized persons
March 15
No Meeting: Enjoy spring break!
March 22
Prof. Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University, Remembering with Others: How Social Remembering Changes individual and Collective Memories
March 29
Online Prof. Courtney Bonam, University of California at Santa Cruz, Title TBA
April 5
Research presentation by Duc Pham, followed by faculty meeting
April 12
Prof. April Bailey, University of New Hampshire, Language reflects and reinforces gender bias and other group-based biases
April 19
Research presentations by first-year PhD students
April 26
Research presentations by first-year PhD students
May 3
Faculty Meeting: Spring evaluations of PhD students
Fall 2022
Organizers: Christine Curley and Professor Felicia Pratto.
Aug. 31
Orientation for new Ph.D. students (only) with area head
Sept. 7
Faculty (and student representative) meeting
Sept. 14
Hilary Kraus, UConn Library, "Designing Effective Systematic Searches: Tips and Strategies for Faculty and Students"
Sept. 21
Dr. Chen Li, UConn social, "Cultural Relativism of Inequality"
Sept. 28
Professor Blair T. Johnson and Professor Seth Kalichman, UConn social, "Submitting Manuscripts: A View from the Editor’s Desk"
Oct. 5
Faculty (and student representative) meeting
Oct. 12
Kay Gruder, Center for Career Development, "What is new in professional job searches"
Oct. 19 ** 12:15 p.m. in Oak Hall, Room 408**
Professor Alex Theodoritis, U Mass Amherst, "Moral Reasoning and the Microfoundation of Partisan Violence"
Oct. 26
Christine M. Curley, UConn social
Nov. 2
Faculty (and student representative) meeting
Nov. 9
Daphne Castro Lingl, UConn social
Nov. 16
Shu Jiang, UConn social
Nov. 23
Thanksgiving Break - No Meeting
Nov. 30
Professor Kenneth Perez, UConn Avery Point, "A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Elicitations of Awe"
Dec. 7
Faculty (and student representative) meeting
Spring 2022
Jan. 19
No meeting (except new student with Professor Nairan Ramirez-Esparza)
Jan. 26
Social faculty meeting without student representative
Feb. 2
Social faculty meeting with student representative
Feb. 9
Baris Sevi, UConn social program
*Virtual via Zoom
Feb. 16
No brown bag because of SPSP conference
Feb. 23
André L.L.F. Sales, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
*Virtual via Zoom
March 2
Social faculty meeting with student representative
March 9
Cassidy Burt, UConn social program,
TBD
March 16
No brown bag SPRING BREAK!
March 23
Shu Jiang (UConn social program) Format TBD
March 30
Jolaade Kalinowski (UConn, HDFS) Format TBD
April 6
Social faculty meeting with student representative
April 13
Leigh Wilton (Skidmore College) Virtual via Zoom
April 20
Alexa Ott, Merrisa Lin, & Lisset Martinez-Berman (UConn social program) Format TBD
April 27
Emma Wedell & Duc Pham (UConn social program) Format TBD
Fall 2021
Sept. 1
New student welcome with Dr. Nairan Ramirez-Esparza
Sept. 15
Welcome/Welcome back social area gathering — outside
Sept. 22
Ryan Lei, Haverford via zoom
Sept. 29
Talbot Andrews, UConn Political Science In Person BOUS 162
Oct. 6
Social faculty + grad. rep. meeting
Oct. 13
Katie Thorson, Barnard College In Person BOUS 162
Oct. 20
Morgan Jerald, Macalester College via zoom
Oct. 27
Christine Curley, UConn social In Person BOUS 162
Nov. 3
Social faculty + grad. rep. meeting
Nov. 10
Thekla Morgenroth, University of Exeter via zoom
Nov. 17
Nicholas Alt, CSU Long Beach via zoom
Nov. 24
HOLIDAY — no meeting
Dec. 1
Social faculty + grad. rep. meeting
Dec. 8
Julian Rucker, UNC Chapel Hill via zoom