Psychology

  • November 03, 2011

    Tom Pettigrew wins social psychology career award

    Thomas F. Pettigrew, research professor of social psychology at UC Santa Cruz, is one of two recipients of a new Career Achievement Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

  • October 18, 2011

    Social Sciences honors teachers, staff members, students

    Three teachers in the social sciences were honored for teaching and research as the division held its annual staff and faculty fall breakfast Oct. 12.

  • October 13, 2011

    Elliot Aronson to deliver fall Emeriti Lecture Oct. 27

    Elliot Aronson, emeritus professor of psychology, will deliver the fall 2011 Emeriti Lecture, "The Psychology of Self-Persuasion: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts," at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, October 27.

  • September 30, 2011

    Psychology professor wins early career award

    Phillip Hammack, an assistant professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded the Louise Kidder Early Career Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), a division of the American Psychological Association.

  • May 20, 2011

    Sociological association awards Tom Pettigrew distinguished career award

    Thomas F. Pettigrew, research professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named winner of the William Foote Whyte Distinguished Career Award of the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

  • May 18, 2011

    Psychology professor awarded prestigious Spencer fellowship

    Phillip L. Hammack, assistant professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named a 2011-2012 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.

  • May 18, 2011

    New book questions effectiveness of peace-building workshops

    In his new book, UCSC psychology professor Phillip L. Hammack questions the effectiveness of peace-building workshops involving Israeli and Palestinian teenagers in the United States.

  • April 28, 2011

    Analysis shows personal contact reduces tension and prejudice

    In a new book, "When Groups Meet: the Dynamics of Intergroup Contact," Thomas F. Pettigrew, an international expert on racism, and Linda R. Tropp, associate professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, analyze research that shows how bringing groups together can mitigate prejudice.

  • April 21, 2011

    Psychology professor links cultural identities, educational success

    In her new book, UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Catherine R. Cooper examines how culturally diverse youth can develop pathways to college without losing ties to their families, peers, and cultural communities.

  • April 07, 2011

    Elliot Aronson wins UC distinguished emeriti award

    Elliot Aronson, emeritus professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named winner of the 2010 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award given to outstanding University of California professors in the humanities or social sciences for research and activities since retirement.

  • March 30, 2011

    Elliot Aronson nominated for book, emeriti awards

    Elliot Aronson, emeritus professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been nominated for the 2010 Northern California Book Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award of the University of California.

  • February 09, 2011

    Psychology professor's book explores everyday feminism

    In a new book, Aaronette M. White, an associate professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, collects the personal reflections of 18 African Americans who are practicing feminism in their everyday lives.