The William K. and Katherine W. Estes Fund, which was created to honor the legacy of influential psychological scientist Bill Estes, has awarded three grants for programs focused on increasing awareness of how computational tools, models, and data collection can improve all areas of psychological science. Overseen jointly by APS More
Clinical psychological scientist and APS Fellow James Herbert of Drexel University has been named the next president of The University of New England, the largest private university in Maine. Herbert is replacing Danielle Ripich, who in 2016 announced her intention to step down this year. Herbert’s research focuses on cognitive More
Barnard College has named APS Fellow Sian L. Beilock as its new president. Beilock, an expert on how people learn and perform at their best, particularly under stress, leaves her post as the Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology and an Executive Vice Provost at the University of Chicago. Beilock More
Everyone has at least one story. -Maya Angelou More
The Observer talked with APS Fellow John C. Cavanaugh about his insights into bridging academic and industry careers in psychological science. The magazine also profiled three alumni of the Consortium Research Fellows Program. APS: Your career has featured an impressive trajectory from research to academic administration to education policy. What More
It’s a little hard to tell what’s a failure and what’s just something that is shifting your life in a whole new direction. -Pema Chodron “I can’t do this.” Almost every graduate student experiences that moment — or hour or week or month or year — when she questions her More
