Psychology
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UC Santa Cruz honors alumni: bestselling author Hector Tobar and historian Virginia Espino
Award-winning journalist and author Héctor Tobar and filmmaker Virginia Espino are the 2018 recipients of the Social Sciences Division’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
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Campus environment led alumna to pursue architecture
Urban designer and planner Barbara Maloney (Stevenson, ’71, psychology) said working in higher education is “endlessly interesting,” involving not only issues like sustainability and town-gown relations but also transportation and new ways of learning.
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Judge relies heavily on Haney’s testimony in case banning solitary confinement
In a landmark court ruling that prohibits solitary confinement in Canada, a Canadian judge relied heavily on expert testimony by Psychology Professor Craig Haney.
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Social Sciences Dean Katharyne Mitchell steps in to leadership, asks others to step up, too
Two months into her new job, Social Sciences Dean Katharyne Mitchell has brought energy, focus, and vision to the division.
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Migration, climate, housing among the topics featured during fifth annual UC Santa Cruz Research Frontiers Evening Oct. 26
Six UC Santa Cruz researchers who are tackling “key issues of the 21st century” will be featured during the fifth annual Division of Social Sciences Research Frontiers Evening on October 26.
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Social Sciences honors outstanding staff, teaching, research
The Division of Social Sciences at UC Santa Cruz presented four major awards today (Wednesday, October 11), recognizing outstanding accomplishments by faculty, staff, researchers, and emeriti faculty.
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New neurocognitive theory of dreaming links dreams to mind-wandering
In his new book, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology Bill Domhoff presents an integrated neurocognitive theory of dreams that is grounded in the similarities between dreaming and drifting waking thought.
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Checking in or checking out? Millennials go online to build their offline lives
As the most tech-savvy and connected generation begins college this year, Assistant Professor of Psychology Adriana Manago says they are technological trailblazers rather than passive consumers.
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Love ’em or hate ’em, robots are here to stay so let’s make them better, says psychology prof
Leila Takayama’s work focuses on improving the design and function of personal robots to make them more appealing to humans, expanding what they can do for us.
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Social psychology sheds light on Trump’s appeal
The surprising election of Donald Trump prompted a widespread desire to understand the factors at play in his unexpected victory. A recent analysis suggests that five social-psychological phenomena helped power Trump to victory: authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, prejudice, relative deprivation, and intergroup contact.
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Pettigrew receives Centennial Medal from Harvard University
Tom Pettigrew, research professor of social psychology, received the Centennial Medal from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for his work in racial relations.
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Psychology research featured in NSF video showcase
A new video about Barbara Rogoff’s research is featured this week in the National Science Foundation 2017 “STEM for All” Video Showcase.