We welcomed Dr. Christina Starmans from the University of Toronto on November 9th to give a talk at our weekly Social-Personality Brownbag series. She gave a talk entitled: How Temptation Makes Us Moral. Please see her website for more details about her research program! Abstract: People often know the right thing to do, but also feel tempted to do the wrong […]
Our beloved Dr. Joshua Guilfoyle and Daniel Chiacchia have graduated from the SP program with their Ph.D. and MA, respectively. They have both been a warm and welcoming presence for new and ongoing students in the SP program. We are happy (yet sad) to see them go on to bigger and better things! We'll miss you, […]
As we all know, 2020 is a little crazy. The SP area gathered for our annual orientation party a little differently this year, but not any less fun! We typically gather for our colloquium brownbag series every Monday from 12:00-1:30, but this year we will be meeting on Zoom. Thank you to Esther Greenglass, Chantelle, and Stephanie […]
Newly minted Ph.D. Dr. Alex West did another interview on CTV about her recent publication in the journal, "The Cost of Being “True to Yourself” for Mixed Selves: Frame Switching Leads to Perceived Inauthenticity and Downstream Social Consequences for Biculturals". This time she talks with CTV Angie Seth again and Danielle Ayow, director of "But […]
Over the weekend, our newly defended Ph.D. candidate, Dr. Alex West, did an interview on CTV about her recent publication in the journal, Social Psychology and Personality Science, "The Cost of Being “True to Yourself” for Mixed Selves: Frame Switching Leads to Perceived Inauthenticity and Downstream Social Consequences for Biculturals". In her paper, she demonstrates […]
The York SP area is very proud to announce that Caroline Erentzen, Meghan George, and Alex West have all secured SSHRC post-doctoral fellowships!! These post-doctoral fellowships are very competitive, and it is an honour to have 3 of those fellowships awarded to our amazing students at York SP. We are super proud of them! See below for a […]
Chanel Meyers has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Whitman College, starting August 2020! She is a post-doc working with Kerry Kawakami, and received her Ph.D. at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Awesome job Chanel!!
The SP area has been busy-busy at New Orleans for both the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference on February 27-29 and the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS) conference on March 5-7! Besides Mardi Gras, alligators, drag tours, jazz bars, and beignets, we also presented a ton of research! See below for the list of students who attended […]
Three of our own Social-Personality Psychology faculty members were named as 2020 York Research Leaders, who are recognized as leaders and pioneers in their field! Raymond Mar was awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. His research focuses on how engaging with fiction can influence social cognition, empathy, and theory […]
We welcomed Dr. Jason Deska from Ryerson University on Feb 3rd to give a talk at our weekly Social-Personality Colloquium Series (Brownbag). The name of his talk was "Reading Minds from Faces: Forming and Updating Impressions of Minds". Please see his website for more details about his research program! Abstract: Perceiving others' minds is a fundamental cognitive skill that is essential for […]