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Dr. Mike Chmielewski was recently promoted to Associate Professor with tenure and Dr. Alicia Meuret  was promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations to both faculty members on their achievements!

Graduate student, Chelsey Werchan has received a Dissertation Fellowship for 2018-2019 from SMU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Congratulations Chelsey!

Division 50 of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Addiction Psychology, featured Dr. Priscilla Lui as an Early Career Psychologist in their Spring 2018 newsletter. Click Here to see the spotlight on Dr. Lui.        

Psychology graduate students Chelsea Carson and Margaret Sala both won Poster Awards at SMU Research Day 2018. Chelsea Carson presented on Correlates of Empathic Accuracy Among Couples in which a Partner has a Severe Mental Illness, and her co-authors were … Continue reading →

The Society for Health Psychology (APA Div. 38) recently awarded Margaret Sala an award for her dissertation research testing a mindfulness-based exercise intervention. Congratulations, Margaret!

Minor in Neuroscience- Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system, incorporating the perspectives of several fields of study. Students will explore the relationship between the brain, the rest of the body, and the environment with respect to affect, behavior, … Continue reading →

Dr. Alicia Meuret was awarded a Rotunda Outstanding Teaching (ROPA) Award by the 2018 Rotunda Yearbook staff. Congratulations Dr. Meuret!

Effective as of March 22, 2018, the SMU Psychology Department has adopted an open science practices policy. The faculty voted unanimously in favor of it. The policy reads: The faculty in the psychology department subscribe to the core values of … Continue reading →

March 8 is the Mustangs Give Back fund raising day. Please help our students! Research 101: Mini-grants for undergraduates

Congratulations to our three clinical graduate students, Rose Ashraf, Grace Boyers, and Nicole Vu, who all were matched with their first choice of internships!  Great going!