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Psychology undergraduate student is UT "Outstanding Student of the Year"
 Sonya Çrocker has been chosen as UT's female Outstanding Student of the Year. She was one of three semifinalists chosen to interview, and (not surprisingly), was given the feedback that she'd "hit a home run" with her responses, as well as with her humor and genuineness. Sonya will be introduced as the recipient of the award at the UT home football game on Oct. 25.
Sonya was a participant in the SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) program, an internship program for undergraduates from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who are interested in research in psychology. The program provides hands-on training to make students more competitive for top doctoral training programs.
SURE Program
Review of Peter MacNeilage's "The Origin of Speech" in London Times Literary Supplement
 Peter MacNeilage's recently published book, "The Origin of Speech" was reviewed by N. J. Enfield in the September 12 issue of the London Times Literary Supplement. Enfield describes the book as "a sustained argument for the importance of bodily action in the development and evolution of psychological processes -- in this case, those processes that control the production of speech. He despairs of the lack of attention that action in this sense has received in the psychology of language. Not only does MacNeilage deliver a relentless attack on Chomskyan rationalism and its disembodied Cartesian assumptions, he points out that even the empiricists, who put bodily experience centre-stage, 'didn't ascribe an important role to action'."
-N. J. Enfield, "It's a Leopard!", Times Literary Supplement, September 12, 2008, pg. 12
Peter MacNeilage Web page | The Origin of Speech
Psychology students participate in the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Grad School Internship program
Psychology students Xuan Le, Rachel Roos, Jennifer Krug, Ana Lucia Hurtado, Jesus Correa, Julie Milligan Hughes, David Lewis, Simine Vazire, Nairn Ramirez-Esparza, and John Dennis have written about their experiences in the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Grad School Internship program (see links below). The program is sponsored by the Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE). IE's mission is to educate "citizen-scholars"--individuals who creatively utilize their intellectual capital as a lever for social good.
Xuan Le | Rachel Roos | Jennifer Krug | Jesus Correa | Julie Milligan Hughes | David Lewis | Simine Vazire | Nairan Ramirez-Esparza | John Dennis | Ana Lucia Hurtado
New Psychology Faculty, Fall 2008
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 ZENZI M. GRIFFIN
Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: cognition, psycholinguistics, language production.
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Teaching Psy 394U
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 HONGJOO (JOANNE) LEE
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Research Interests: Roles of amygdala-dopamine systems in learning and memory.
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 JUAN M. DOMINGUEZ
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Buffalo
Research Interests: Neural regulation of motivated behaviors, esp. mating; sexual behavior as a prototypic model for understanding motivation and its associated disorders; neuroendocrinological factors of depression and addiction.
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 CRISTINE LEGARE
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Research Interests: Cognitive development, conceptual development and causal reasoning, knowledge acquisition and learning, culture and cognition.
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 MARLONE HENDERSON
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., New York University
Research Interests: Attitudes, social judgments, negotiation.
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Hanjoo Lee receives APA award
 Hanjoo Lee has received the Distinguished Student Research in Clinical Psychology Award granted by American Psychological Association, Division 12, Clinical Psychology. Only one recipient is determined each year by the APA Division 12 Education & Training Committee. This year the committee has recognized Hanjoo's research work in anxiety disorders. The Distinguished Student Research Award honors a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made exemplary theoretical or empirical contributions to research in clinical psychology. Clinical research contributions include quantity, quality, and innovations in research.
The award was presented at the annual convention of American Psychological Association in Boston, August 16, 2008.
Hanjoo is a student in the Lab for the Study of Anxiety Disorders. He is currently on internship in Jackson, Mississippi.
Web Page | APA Division 12 Students
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 Children Aware of White Male Monopoly on White House
Rebecca Bigler and a team of researchers at the university and the University of Kansas have published their findings in the October issue of the journal, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.
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 Researchers examine the science of mental health
October is National Depression Education and Awareness Month and researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss topics ranging from preventing suicidal behavior to diagnosing and treating clinical depression.
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 The International Society on Infant Studies (ISIS) has honored Leslie Cohen with a Festschrift, a publication highlighting the contributions he has made to the field of infant cognition. Dr. Cohen has focused on perception, memory and cognition in infants, specifically how infants absorb audio and visual stimuli, process it and then integrate it into their understanding of the world.
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We believe that our department should reflect the society that it serves, and thus we are committed to increasing racial and ethnic diversity among its students and faculty. The Department is also committed to enhancing research on multi-cultural issues, and to training students to work with, teach, and serve individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We endeavor to create a climate of tolerance and understanding for students, staff, and faculty that respects differences in background and life experiences, including differences in ethnic and racial heritage, gender, sexual orientation, age, social-economic standing, and physical abilities.
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