Professor Steven Barger and three graduates of the Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences program, Timothy Broom, Michael Esposito, and Taylor Lane, had their manuscript” Is subjective well-being independently associated with mortality? A 14-year prospective cohort study in a representative sample of 25 139 US men and women published in BMJ Open,” a peer-reviewed, online open access journal. The primary study goal and analysis plan for this original research were preregistered at the Center for Open Science in December… Read more
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Dr. Ann Huffman Elected Chair of APA Board of Convention and Affairs
Ann Huffman, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychological Sciences, began her term as Chair of the Board of Convention Affairs of the American Psychological Association (APA) on January 1, 2020. Dr. Huffman has been a member of the Board since 2017 and was elected Chair in 2019. The Board is responsible for planning and executing the organization’s annual convention, which last year welcomed over 10,000 attendees from more than fifty countries. At the 2019 convention, the Board initiated “Psych-Sciences in 3”… Read more
Carlee Gilbert Travels to Netherlands Under PsychSTEP Program
Carlee Gilbert, a first-year student in the Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences program, departs this month for the Netherlands, where she will spend 20 weeks serving as a research assistant with the Psychology Scholarship and Teaching Exchange Program (PsychSTEP) program. 
PsychSTEP facilitates faculty and graduate student relationships between psychological… Read more
Professor Michelle Miller Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Professor Michelle Miller, a national expert on teaching with technology, was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education this month. Her article, How to Make Smart Choices About Tech for Your Course, guides faculty through the process of matching instructional goals with available technology. 
In addition to… Read more
Dr. Schrack Walters Receives Teaching Award
The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) recognized Dr. Andy Schrack Walters with AASECT’s Sexuality Educator Award at the organization’s 51st Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AASECT was founded in 1967 and is an interdisciplinary organization centrally devoted to the promotion of sexual health and advancements in sexuality counseling, therapy, and education. Three distinguished awards were presented: the Humanitarian Award, the Integrative Approaches to Sex Therapy Award, and the Sexuality Educator Award. Drs. James Huggins… Read more
Michele Lee selected by the HHS Office of Minority Health to serve as a Health Equity Fellow in Summer 2019
Michele Lee was selected by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to serve as a 2019 Health Equity Fellow for OMH’s health equity fellowship program, the Youth Health Equity Model of Practice (YHEMOP). By participating in this Model of Practice, Michele Lee will be supporting The University of Chicago/The Center for Asian Health Equity to complete several short-term projects. Michele will work on 1) the Cook County CARES project funded by… Read more