2018-2019 Psychological Sciences News Archive

This year the department diploma ceremony took place on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Due to renovation in PBK Hall, the ceremony was conducted at the Rec Center.

Fulbright is the flagship educational exchange program that is sponsored by the U.S. government, and once again William & Mary students are among the prestigious award's recipients.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 11, 2019. The ceremony begins at 1:00pm in the Sunken Garden. See you there!

The 19th Annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS), held from March 20-21, 2019 in the Sadler Center. In total, 14 of our M.A. students presented talks or posters sharing the results of their research, covering a wide range of areas, such as clinical, neurophysiological, developmental, and social/personality psychology.

Florence “Flo” Glynn '19 will receive the 2019 James Monroe Prize in Civic Leadership.

Marcus Holmes, associate professor of Government at William & Mary, has authored a new book, “Face to Face Diplomacy: Social Neuroscience and International Relations,” in which he credits social neuroscience for restoring face-to-face interaction as an effective diplomatic measure.

As any parent will tell you, there is an art to getting kids to eat vegetables. For Catherine Forestell, it is also a science.

A W&M professor spent two years researching people who have managed to significantly reduce their spending and consumption.

A marketing person might call it “rebranding,” but the name change to the graduate program in the university’s Department of Psychological Sciences is better understood as recognition of a change in emphasis that was complete years ago.

Tom Chamberlain, a volunteer police officer with the W&M Police Department, and Danny McNeil ’19 have been selected as the recipients of this year’s President’s Award for Service to the Community.

To explain the complexities of nearly every society in human history, Joanna Schug points to an unlikely place: the American middle school.

Maicoll Gomez '18 was appointed to the Williamsburg Social Services Board on June 27. He is the first W&M student in that capacity and believed to be the first Latino.

Graduation photos from the 2018 Psychological Sciences Department Diploma Ceremony.

Brian Anyakoha '18 will serve as the student speaker at this year's Commencement ceremony.

As William & Mary celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Plumeri Awards for Faculty Excellence, these are just a few of the distinguished professors to receive that honor.

Photos of the Psychological Sciences students that participated in this year's Undergraduate Science Research Symposium.