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Five Dedman College faculty members receive 2021 Sam Taylor Fellowship awards

Dedman College News Originally Posted: Feb. 12, 2021 Each year, the United Methodist Church’s Division of Higher Education and Ministry grants Sam Taylor Fellowship Awards to support faculty research that advances the intellectual and social life of our global society. Following a highly competitive selection process, the Sam Taylor Fellowship review committee is pleased to […]

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Autistic kids may have a harder time recognizing healthy vs. toxic arguments

Eureka Alert Originally Posted: January 27, 2021 DALLAS (SMU) – A new study suggests children on the autism spectrum may be more likely to misinterpret healthy arguments between their parents as being negative, compared to children who aren’t on the autism spectrum. That means they may be missing out on an opportunity to learn from […]

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When We Understand Microaggressions in the Broader Context of Systemic Racism, We’ll Make Some Progress

Diverse Education December 20, 2020 by Priscilla Lui  Many people have heard the word “microaggression,” but how many understand what it really means, or looks like? Wrongfully assuming that an African American student must have been admitted to a prestigious university because of an athletic scholarship, rather than academic merits. Asking a Latina business executive […]

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Convincing people to get COVID vaccine is vital — here’s how to do it

FOX 4 Originally Posted: December 12, 2020 Austin Baldwin, psychology professor at SMU Dallas, and Jasmin Tiro, associate professor of Population and Data Sciences at UT Southwestern, for a piece mapping out public health strategies to overcome “vaccine hesitancy” among the public. Published at FoxNews.com: https://fxn.ws/2Kgmn5h

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Wielding the psychology of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

SMU News Originally Posted: November 17, 2020 DALLAS (SMU) – Understanding the psychology of vaccine acceptance is key to convincing the majority of Americans to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, says SMU health behavior researcher Austin Baldwin. Pfizer and BioNTech’s Nov. 9 announcement of a promising COVID vaccine candidate, followed by Moderna’s Nov. […]

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Parents Should Not Be Spanking Their Kids, and Here’s Why

Parents Magazine Originally Posted: September 2020 While most parents spank their children at some point, experts advise against the disciplinary practice. Learn more about the negative psychological, behavioral, and emotional effects of spanking, and figure out better alternatives for discipline. Few topics spark more debate among parents than spanking. But even though a majority of […]

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The Key to Happiness: Family or Friends?

SMU News Originally Posted: September 24, 2020 DALLAS (SMU) – Think spending time with your kids and spouse is the key to your happiness? You may actually be happier getting together with your friends, said SMU psychology professor Nathan Hudson. Hudson’s research finds that people report higher levels of well-being while hanging with their friends […]

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Opinion: Convictions based on the pseudoscience of hypnosis allow for the miscarriage of justice

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: September 19, 2020 Holly Bowen, assistant psychology professor at SMU Dallas who specializes in memory issues, for a piece challenging the legitimacy of testimony from interviews conducted while the subject is under hypnosis. Since the inception of criminal investigations, the techniques and procedures used in these inquests have been plagued […]

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What white parents get wrong about raising antiracist kids — and how to get it right

Washington Post Originally Posted: June 25, 2020 The world feels broken right now — not just cracked in a few places but shattered in a million pieces. It’s been this way for centuries, of course, but many Americans — white Americans — are just starting to wake up and grapple with the depth of this […]