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Congratulations to Grace Boyers and Michael Ovalle who were accepted to APA’s competitive Advanced Training Institute on Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research. Grace and Michael were two of 35 participants selected nationally to attend. SMU will be well represented! … Continue reading →

Dr. Austin Baldwin was interviewed by KERA about his research study concerning HPV vaccinations for teens and income disparity. To hear the interview go to:  http://keranews.org/post/teens-low-income-families-get-hpv-vaccine-if-parents-persuade-themselves-benefits   

As of August 1, Ernie Jouriles will become the first holder of the Dale McKissick Endowed Professor of Psychology. Ernie is a highly distinguished member of the SMU faculty. He is internationally known as a leading researcher into children’s exposure … Continue reading →

A study to appear in Psychology of Violence has been picked up multiple news outlets. The study, by psychology faculty members Alan Brown and George Holden and graduate student Rose Ashraf, assessed the impact of terminology on perceptions about physically … Continue reading →

A study by psychology faculty members Drs. Meuret, Rosenfield, Ritz and their colleagues, published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, was recently featured in the WSJ. The study found that patients with anxiety disorders who had therapy appointments earlier in the day benefited from … Continue reading →

Dr. Alytia Levendosky from Michigan State University will be giving a research presentation on “Intimate Partner Violence as a Prenatal Stressor: Unique and Common Effects on Women, Children, and the Mother-Child Relationship” on Monday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. in … Continue reading →

Dr. Alicia Meuret and three other prominent anxiety research psychologists will be discussing the role of fear and anxiety in mental disorders on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 1:00 pm. This webinar is free, but space is limited. Register at: https://zoom.us/j/994273102.

Katie Price, a psychology major, won the Psychology Academic Excellence Award for Fall, 2015 from the DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia program. This award recognizes academic achievement, as well as the positive contributions and enthusiasm the students bring to their courses. … Continue reading →

It’s a small Everest, after all July 13, 2016 In front of Ama Dablam mountain DALLAS (SMU) – Psychology Professor Susan Hornstein has taught more than 7,000 students over the course of her 14 years at SMU, so she’s used … Continue reading →

Juliet, under the direction of Dr. Ritz, was awarded a National Institute of Aging grant for a pilot project titled: Stress Activation of Neurocircuits, Hippocampal Metabolites, and Cognitive Function: A Combined fMRI, MRS, and HPA-Axis Function Study. Congratulations Juliet!