Department News
Psychology Department and Law School to offer joint JD/PhD beginning Fall 2012
JD/PhD Department of Psychology
The JD/PhD Program is designed to expose lawyers and psychologists to the growing number of issues that involve both fields, such as competence, mental illness and incapacity, and the field of behavioral law and economics.
Marc Coutanche awarded an International Student Research Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Marc Coutanche has been awarded an inaugural International Student Research Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. For more information about this award, please click here.
John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman describe their research in the June 2011 edition of SAS Frontiers
In the June 2011 edition of SAS Frontiers, John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman describe their research using adults to mimic the language-learning process in infants in "Lending an Ear" by Blake Cole
Christian Webb to receive the Leonard Krasner Dissertation Award
Christian Webb will receive the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy's Leonard Krasner Dissertation Award at the ABCT'S annual convention this year in Toronto.
Dr. Dianne Chambless to receive the Klaus-Grawe Award
The Klaus-Grawe-Award for the Advancement of Innovative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for 2011 will be awarded to Dr. Dianne Chambless on June 2, 2011. At the ceremony she will give a lecture on the topic of "Evidence Based Psychotherapy – boon or bane?".
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Dr. Angela Duckworth Named "Rising Star"
Dr. Angela Duckworth was named a "Rising Star" by the Association of Psychological Science.
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Eli Tsukayama named a 2011 Dean's Scholar
Fourth year graduate student Eli Tsukayama named a 2011 Dean's Scholar.
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Drs. Cheney and Seyfarth Awarded the 2010 Cozzarelli Prize
Drs. Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth’s recent PNAS paper - Contingent cooperation between wild female baboons - was awarded the 2010 Cozzarelli prize for the best article in the area of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Barbara Mellers and Philip Tetlock Named Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors
Barbara Mellers and Philip Tetlock have been named the newest Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors. Barbara Mellers, a globally influential scholar of decision making, will have a shared appointment with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Marketing in the Wharton School. Philip Tetlock, a scholar of political psychology and organizational behavior, will have a shared appointment with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Management in Wharton.