Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Psychology majors investigate emotion, cognition, interpersonal relationships and a range of other phenomena that affect who we are and how we interact with the world.
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Faculty Highlights
- Lambert Co-Author of New Article
On "Maternal-Induced Shifts," Reproductive Experience Alters Emotional and Cognitive Biobehavioral Responses in Rats.
- Health & Culture
As a counseling psychologist, Camilla Nonterah’s clinical interests focus on behavioral medicine. She researches physical and mental health in underserved groups and minority populations. Her areas of interest include psychosocial aspects of chronic illness, the impact of culture and race on mental and physical, and positive health behaviors.
- Crawford, Corbin Award
Psychology professor Beth Crawford and post-doc Jonathan Corbin were recgonized with a $1,000 prize from Open Science Framework’s Preregistration Challenge for their paper, "Biased by the Group: Memory for an Emotional Expression Biases Towards the Ensemble."
- Crawford, Corbin Article
Psychology professor Beth Crawford and post-doctoral fellow Jonathan Corbin published "Biased by the Group: Memory for an Emotional Expression Biases Towards the Ensemble," in Collabra.
- Lundberg Paper Award
Psychology professor Kristjen Lundberg and her collaborators received the award for Best Social Cognition Paper from the International Social Cogntition Network for their paper, “The Bias of Crowds: How Implicit Bias Bridges Personal and Systemic Prejudice.”
- Lambert Book
Psychology professor Kelly Lambert authored Well-Grounded: The Neurobiology of Rational Decisions.
- Lowder Presentation
Psychology professor Matthew Lowder was invited by the University of Maryland Linguistics department to give a colloquium talk on his recent research, "Prediction in the Processing of Repair Disfluencies."
- Bukach Grant
Psychology professor Cindy Bukach has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to supplement her original grant for "Collaborative Proposal: Preparing Undergraduates for Research in STEM-related fields Using Electrophysiology (PURSUE)."
- Lowder Article
Psychology professor Matthew Lowder published, “Lexical predictability during natural reading: Effects of surprisal and entropy reduction,” in the journal Cognitive Science.
- Berry in Chronicle Herald
Psychology professor Jane Berry was quote in Nova Scotia's Chronicle Herald, discussing her research on longevity with Lunenberg County residents.
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Mailing address:
Department of Psychology
Richmond Hall
114 UR Drive
University of Richmond, Virginia 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8123
Fax: (804) 287-1905
Chair: Cindy Bukach
Administrative Coordinator: Karyn Kuhn