Psychology
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Exclusive: ICE put detained immigrants in solitary confinement for hunger sriking
Psychology Professor Craig Haney, an expert on the psychological effects of solitary confinement, was quoted in a story that appeared in Long Island Tech News.
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Gender reveals: Insanely popular–and also outdated?
Campbell Leaper, a developmental and social psychologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was quoted in a story about gender reveal parties that ran in USA Today and other media outlets.
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Parenting advice for the Trump era
An article in the online magazine Slate on how to talk with children about the president-elect quoted psychology professor and chair Campbell Leaper who has published research showing girls who learn about sexism at a young age are better able to respond proactively when they encounter it later.
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What women who condemned Trump’s sexism do now
Psychology professor and chair Campbell Leaper was quoted extensively in a Buzzfeed post on women and sexism in light of the presidential election results.
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There’s magic in mess: why you should embrace a disorderly desk
Psychology professor Stephen Whittaker discusses “pilers and filers” in a Financial Times article that is taken from a new book on messiness and productivity.
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Craig Haney: Floridians prefer life without parole over capital punishment for murderers
The Tampa Bay Times published an op-ed by Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, on his research on Florida public opinion regarding the death penalty. Haney is also co-director of the University of California Criminal Justice & Health Consortium.
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Suit seeks to free man from solitary confinement
Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about a man held in solitary confinement for 36 years. Haney was hired by the inmate’s attorney to interview him in depth.
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Facebook grapples with heartache as it jogs memories
The Star online, the web version of the Toronto Star quoted psychology professor Steve Whittaker in an article on Facebook memories.
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Anders Breivik: Can Norway be too humane to a terrorist?
A Christian Science Monitor article on a Norwegian mass murderer and his prison sentence, contrasting it with U.S. prison practices, featured extensive comments from Craig Haney, University Professor of psychology and legal studies.
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In animated, Oscar-nominated doc, a man turns his brother in for murder
Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in an NPR report on the documentary short by arts professor Dee Hibbert-Jones that was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Phillip Hammack: Going the distance: contact vs. motivation
The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by Andrew Pilecki, a UCSC Ph.D. in psychology, and Phillip Hammack, associate professor of psychology, arguing that well-intentioned programs that promote contact to reduce prejudice are, at best, inconsequential, and at worst, harmful. Pilecki is a Fulbright post-doctoral researcher in Herzliya, Israel.
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More than a decade after release, they all come back
Distinguished psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in a USA Today article that followed nine Texas inmates who were released from prison in 2002. The Crime Report published its own article about the USA Today article.