The Society for Judgment and Decision Making has announced that Jon Baron has been awarded the 2011 John Castellan Service Award
The John Castellan SJDM Service Award is named after the first Newsletter Editor of the society. It is given following special recommendation of the Executive Board and it honors individuals who have given significant service to the society. Click here for past awardees.
Psychology Department and Law School to offer joint JD/PhD beginning Fall 2012
JD/PhD Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in basic psychological processes
The Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor appointment in basic psychological processes to begin July 1, 2012 at the earliest. We are particularly interested in scientists who study one or more of the areas of perception, attention, learning, and memory in humans or other animals.
Marc Coutanche awarded an International Student Research Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Marc Coutanche has been awarded an inaugural International Student Research Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. For more information about this award, please click here.
John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman describe their research in the June 2011 edition of SAS Frontiers
In the June 2011 edition of SAS Frontiers, John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman describe their research using adults to mimic the language-learning process in infants in "Lending an Ear" by Blake Cole:
Christian Webb to receive the Leonard Krasner Dissertation Award
Christian Webb will receive the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy's Leonard Krasner Dissertation Award at the ABCT'S annual convention this year in Toronto.
Dr. Dianne Chambless to receive the Klaus-Grawe Award
The Klaus-Grawe-Award for the Advancement of Innovative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for 2011 will be awarded to Dr. Dianne Chambless on June 2, 2011. At the ceremony she will give a lecture on the topic of "Evidence Based Psychotherapy – boon or bane?".
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Dr. Angela Duckworth Named "Rising Star"
Dr. Angela Duckworth was named a "Rising Star" by the Association of Psychological Science.
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Eli Tsukayama named a 2011 Dean's Scholar
Fourth year graduate student Eli Tsukayama named a 2011 Dean's Scholar.
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Drs. Cheney and Seyfarth Awarded the 2010 Cozzarelli Prize
Drs. Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth’s recent PNAS paper - Contingent cooperation between wild female baboons - was awarded the 2010 Cozzarelli prize for the best article in the area of Behavioral and Social Sciences.