News, announcements, and events:

PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR IS ACTING PRESIDENTIAL
Dr. Barbara Rogoff has recently been appointed to UC Presidential Chair and chosen for the Academic Senate’s highest honor. Hear her speak in February about her work with children.
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AWARD-WINNING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST ELLIOT ARONSON
will deliver a free public lecture entitled "The Elephant in the Parlor: How the Columbine High School Massacre Could Have Been Prevented," on Wednesday, February 11, at 8:15 p.m. in the Media Theater at UCSC.
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PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY NAMED TO HIGH RANKING POSTS
Social psychologists Martin Chemers and John Simpson have just been selected to be Executive Vice Chancellors at UC Santa Cruz and President of the University of Buffalo.
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NEW FACULTY PROFILE
Su-hua Wang
Professor Wang studies how infants learn in the earliest stages of life and the influences that parents and community play in the learning process.
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UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE
Praveena Gadiraju is using her time at UCSC to learn, teach, and study abroad. She is helping her fellow students “think out of the box.” Find out how…
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ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS TALK NATURALLY
by Jean Fox Tree.
What is it that makes spontaneous talk spontaneous? Find out how research at UC Santa Cruz is contributing to the development of speech recognizers, helping second language learners increase fluency, and helping us learn something about ourselves and our styles of talking.
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EXPLORING THE IDENTITY BUMP
Avril Thorne studies identity development and autobiographical memory. Find out how she connects identity and memory and places it within larger trends in developmental and cognitive psychology.
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BRIDGEMAN PROBES “THE ORGINS OF MIND”
Bruce Bridgeman uses evolutionary theory to help elucidate the foundations of human perceptions, experiences, and behaviors.
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HOW PARENTS THINK AFFECTS THEIR CHILD’S EDUCATION.
Former graduate student Harriet Tenenbaum and Prof. Cam Leaper have shown that if parents think that their daughters won’t be interested in science, the girls will not do as well.
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FACULTY INSIGHTS ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR.
Anthony Pratkanis has been sought after by news organization around the world to discuss war propaganda and psychological operations.
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SUPPORT THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
As a graduate of UCSC, you recognize the value of your UCSC education. Please consider supporting today’s Psychology students. Gifts from alumni and others enable us to continue our tradition of excellence while developing exciting new programs for our students. Donations support student internships, scholarships, fellowships, research, conferences, events, and guest speakers. To make a tax-deductible gift to the Psychology Department, please contact John Leopold at jleopold@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-3689.