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NEWS
Psychology Department welcomes new students to the "Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)"
Front row (left to right): Virgina Pinto (UT), Victoria Rodriguez (St. Edwards), Kelly Banneyer (Rice U), Melissa Flores (UT)
Back row (left to right): Fabian Aguirre (SURE Coordinator), Patricia Moreno (UT), Estelle Anuwe (Baylor U), Sally Rocel (UTEP), Carlos Vargas (UTEP)
SURE is a summer internship program for undergraduates from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who are interested in research in psychology. It provides stipends for students to conduct 2 months of full-time (40 hours/week) summer research under the supervision of a UT-Austin Department of Psychology faculty member. This is the fourth group of students enrolled in the program, which launched in the summer of 2006.
Fabian is a graduate student researcher in Dr. Manuel Ramirez' Multicultural Psychology Lab, which, among its other goals, seeks to encourage undergraduate students from underrepresented ethnic/racial groups to pursue careers in social science research and mental health service.
Read more about the SURE program....
Peter MacNeilage' "Origins of the Left & Right Brain" published in Scientific American
 Peter MacNeilage, professor of psychology in the areas of Cognition and Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology, is the author of an article published in the July 2009 issue of Scientific American. "Origins of the Left & Right Brain" proposes that, "The division of labor by the two cerebral hemispheres--once thought to be uniquely human--predates us by half a billion years. Speech, right-handedness, facial recognition and the processing of spatial relations can be traced to brain asymmetries in early vertebrates." Dr. MacNeilage is the author of The Origin of Speech, which was published last year. His main research interest is in the evolution of complex action systems, which has led him to develop theories of the evolution of handedness and the evolution of speech. (posted June 2009)
Read "Origins of the Left & Right Brain" (PDF)
MacNeilage Web Page
Andreana Haley to receive grant from American Heart Association
 Andreana Haley, assistant professor of clinical psychology, has been awarded a $140,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study the neurocognitive effects of treated hypertension in a multiethnic sample. The grant is for a two year period.
Dr. Haley received her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia in 2005. She has been teaching at the University since 2007, after two years as a Dementia Research Fellow at Brown University, and as a visiting research fellow at the Center for Neurological Imaging at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Her research examines the biological underpinnings of cognitive impairment associated with aging and dementia. (posted June 2009)
Haley Web Page
Caryn Carlson receives the 2009 Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship
 Caryn Carlson, professor of clinical psychology, has received the 2009 Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship. This award recognizes teaching excellence in the College of Liberal Arts.
Dr. Carlson received her Ph.D. in psychology in 1984 from the University of Georgia. She joined the Psychology Department in 1989. For most of her career, her research program focused on children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and over the years, she has taught undergraduate "Abnormal Psychology", "Behavior Therapy", and "Behavior Problems of Children". She has also taught an unusually large variety of graduate-level courses. In recent years she has changed her focus to the field of Positive Psychology and well-being. A course for which she's developed a particular passion, "Positive Psychology and the Good Life", has received rave reviews from students, many of whom are emerging from Carlson’s courses with a different outlook on life. One of her students, Sonya Crocker, was chosen for the 2008 U.T. Outstanding Student Award.
Dr. Carlson has served as Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Program until recently, when she was selected as the new Associate Chair of Psychology. (posted June 2009)
Carlson Web Page
Ann Repp receives the 2009 Harry Ransom Award for Teaching Excellence
 Ann Repp, senior lecturer with the department since 1995, has been chosen to receive the Harry Ransom Award for Teaching Excellence from the University of Texas. The award is given annually to one faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts.
Since receiving her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University in 1994, Dr. Repp has taught both lower and upper division courses, including "Statistics & Research Design", "Introduction to Developmental Psychology", "Controversial Issues in Development", and "Adolescent Development", among others. Her research has included conceptual development and language acquisition, but in recent years she has focused on undergraduate course development--identifying developmental issues that resonate with undergraduates, and devising course formats that maximize student engagement.
Repp is the recipient of the Silver Spurs Teaching Award in 2001, Outstanding Service Learning Faculty Award in 2005, and the Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed teaching Fellowship in 2006. (posted June 2009)
Art Markman receives the 2009 Raymond Dickson SWC Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship
 Art Markman, Annabel Iron Worsham Centennial professor of psychology and marketing, has been selected to receive the 2009 Raymond Dickson SWC Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship. The award recognizes College of Liberal Arts faculty for excellence in teaching substantial writing component courses.
Dr. Markman received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1992, and has taught courses in cognitive psychology at the University for eleven years. His research is on motivation and high-level cognition (thinking, reasoning, and decision making). He is one of the department's top mentors of graduate students, and his work with the undergraduate Honors students has been highly regarded.
Markman is the executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science, and is currently the Interim Director of the Imaging Research Center. He also writes a Personality blog, "Ulterior Motives", for Psychology Today online. (posted June 2009)
Markman Web Page | Similarity & Cognition Lab
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 A Scholar's Call to Service; The Spring 2009 issue of Life & Letters shines a light on Judith Langlois, UT Vice Provost and Charles and Sarah Seay Regents’ Professor in Developmental Psychology. Read article...
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Judith Langlois Web Page
 Attraction May Lead People to Appear Funnier, Research Shows; According to new research by Norm Li and Kristina Durante, both sexes are more likely to initiate humor and consider the other person to be funnier if they are attracted to them. Read more...
Their findings will be published in the upcoming issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Read paper online...
Researchers  find that well-timed timeout is more effective in wiping out memory response to fear stimulus; Marie Monfils, an assistant professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, has taken advantage of a key time when memories are ripe for change to substantially modify memories of fear into benign memories and to keep them that way. Read more...
Dr. Monfils paper has been published this week in Science Express, an online publication of Science. Read "Extinction-Reconsolidation Boundaries: Key to Persistent Attenuation of Fear Memories
Spotlights Archive...
THE SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (SURE)
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.
INFORMATION AND APPLICATION TO THE SURE PROGRAM...
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