Department ofPsychology
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111 Moore Building
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: 814-865-9514
FAX: 814-863-7002
The Department of Psychology at Penn State's University Park campus is part of the College of the Liberal Arts. The Department includes more than 40 full-time faculty members and more than 100 graduate students. Facilities include the Psychological Clinic, the Child Study Center, and numerous research laboratories. We conduct research and offer courses in many areas of psychology. This web site provides an overview of the University Park Department of Psychology, our people, and our programs. Psychology courses and programs are also offered at other Penn State campuses; here is a list of links to Psychology throughout the Penn State system.
ResearchPennState recently featured studies of bilingualism at the Center for Language Science. Read the complete story here.
Hersch Leibowitz, Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Psychology and longtime member of the Psychology Department, died on February 13, 2011 at the age of 85. Professor Leibowitz joined the Psychology Department in 1962 and retired in 1995. Details of his distinguished career can be found at Penn State Live, The New York Times, and The Centre Daily Times
Distinguished Professor Karen Bierman discussed her research as part of the Centennial Faculty Interest Sessions presented by The College of the Liberal Arts. The video may be viewed here.
Professor Stephanie Shields has been elected President-Elect of APA's Division 35, The Society for the Psychology of Women.
Professor Janet Swim has been elected president-elect of APA’s Division 34, Population & Environmental Psychology
On Friday, June 4, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the expansion and renovation of the Moore Building. For more details, click here.
Jose Soto, Assistant Professor of Psychology, has received the Multicultural Resource Center's Faculty/Staff Diversity Recognition Award
Jeff Love, Lecturer in Psychology, received the 2010 Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure Line Faculty.
The following Psychology undergraduates received 2010 Evan Pugh Scholar Awards: Juniors Edward Kimble, Katherine Robinett,
Gena Robinson, Elaina Sabatine,
Amy Thomas, and
Michael Yacovelli; and Seniors Melanie Angle, Max Freeman,
Zachary Infantolino, and
Nicole Zinsser
Several members of the Psychology faculty recently received honors.
Karen Bierman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, has been selected as
recipient of the 2010 Faculty Outreach Award. Among other things,
the award recognizes Karen's work with "collaborative, long-term mutually beneficial partnerships that have significantly impacted and improved the lives of children and families as well as the quality of schools and communities across Pennsylvania."
Reg Adams, Assistant Professor of Psychology, received this year's Sage Young Scholars Award from The Society for Personality and Social Psychology. This award honors junior faculty who "have demonstrated exceptional individual achievements in social and/or personality psychology (broadly defined), conducting research that places them at the forefront of their peers."
Terri Vescio received the Early Career Citation for Service to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. The citation highlighted Terri's outstanding contributions to the Training Committee of SPSP.
Research by Assistant Professor of Psychology Ken Levy and Staff Psychologist Kristen Kelly was recently featured in Newsweek and is the subject of a Scientific American podcast. Their study, "Sex Differences in Jealousy: A Contribution from Attachment Theory," was published in Psychological Science. An interview with Dr. Levy concerning this research is reported here.
A study by recent Ph.D. student Jared Linck with Professor Judith Kroll and Gretchen Sunderman, "Losing Access to the Native Language While Immersed in a Second Language: Evidence for the Role of Inhibition in Second-Language Learning," published in Psychological Science, is the subject of a featured story and podcast on the website of Scientific American.
Professor Stephanie Shields has received the 2009 Distinguished Publication Award from The Association of Women in Psychology for the edited special issue of the journal Sex Roles titled “Intersectionality of Social Identities: A Gender Perspective.”
Professor Janet Swim has received a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association (APA) in recognition of her contributions in chairing an APA task force on the “Interface between Psychology and Climate Change.” See the news page for more detail.
Andrea Nuschke, graduating with Honors in Psychology on Saturday, August 15, has been selected to represent the College of Liberal Arts as College Marshal at commencement.
The Psychology Department teams, the Psych-a-delics and the PsychClones, received the Grand Champion trophy for raising the most money in the 2nd Annual Liberal Arts United Way Office Olympics on August 6.
Dr. Henry Tomes, the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Penn State University (in 1963), visited the Psychology Department on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009. An overview and videos of his visit are now available.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Child Study Center, 101M University Support Building I,
4:15 p.m.
Dr. Mark Chaffin
Psychologist, Professor of Pediatrics, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
For abstracts and more information about the CSC Speaker Series, please visit: http://csc.psych.psu.edu/speaker-series
Professor Ellen Bialystok, York University,Canada: Reshaping the Mind: The Benefits of Bilingualism
Thursday, November 17, 2011
4-5:30 p.m.
Berg Auditorium, Life Sciences Building, University Park
For additional information, see the flyer, visit the CLS upcoming colloquia page, or contact Judith Kroll (jfk7@psu.edu)
Mark Seidenberg: Language Learning, Plasticity, and the "Achivement Gap"
Friday, December 2
9 a.m.
102 Thomas Building
For additional information,visit the CLS upcoming colloquia page or contact Judith Kroll (jfk7@psu.edu)