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At Colby we believe that the best way to learn about the science of psychology is by doing it, by engaging our faculty and students in a collaborative search for new knowledge.
Breaking News
Summer Research Students, 2008 |
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| From left: Jenn Corriveau, Kelly Brooks, Duy Lyford, Aneth Laban, Michele Chu, Vero Romero; Not pictured: Jessie Frick, Michael Schwartz |
New Faculty Research Awards |
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| Professor Michael Richardson has been awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant in support of his research on Perceptual Pickup Processes in Social Interaction. | |
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| Profesor Melissa Glenn has received a SOMAS Award. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the award will support a summer research project on Capacity for Dietary Choline to Ameliorate Symptoms of Depression in a Rat Model on which Melissa and a Colby student will collaborate. The award will also support travel for Melissa and her student to national scientific conferences. | |
New Faculty Members Arriving for 2008-09 |
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We are happy to welcome new faculty member Jennifer Coane. Jen is currently finishing her PhD at the Washington University in St. Louis, and will be joining us in the fall. To learn more about Jen, go to her Memory and Language Laboratory page. |
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We are also happy to welcome new faculty member Christopher Soto. Chris is currently finishing his PhD at the University of California Berkeley, and will be joining us in the spring. To learn more about Chris, go to his Personality Laboratory page. |
Senior Psychology Major Stacey Dubois Wins National Research Award |
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Psi Chi, the National Honor Society for Psychology, has named Stacey Dubois, senior Psychology Major from Caribou, Maine, winner of this year's national competition for the J. P. Guilford Undergraduate Research Award, for her research completed in her Junior year, "Stereotype Threat Affects False Memory Susceptibility in Younger and Older Adults." Congratulations Stacey! |
| Colby to Host SESP in Portland in 2009 |
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| The Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) is a scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of social psychology. In 2009, the annual meeting will be sponsored by Colby College in Portland, Maine. |