Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UMass Amherst
Fall 2022 Newsletter
Research highlights, awards, and faculty, student, and alumni profiles!
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Student Spotlight
Kuan-Jung Huang receives 2022 Keith Rayner Memorial Graduate Student Research Award
Kuan-Jung Huang, a fourth-year student in the Cognitive Psychology program working with Dr. Adrian Staub, has received the seventh annual Keith Rayner Memorial Graduate Student Research Award. His project, titled "Morphosyntactic processing of compound words in Chinese reading."
Department News
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Spotlight Scholar: Kirby Deater-Deckard
For his whole life, Kirby Deater-Deckard has been an avid people watcher. Thus, he said, it was no surprise to his friends and family that he chose to study psychology. “I’ve always been fascinated by the variety of people you see no matter where you are in the world.” -
Educators can help make STEM fields diverse – over 25 years, I’ve identified nudges that can encourage students to stay
Connecting studies to the real world, mentoring and building community make all the difference. -
Is it a normal childhood tantrum or an early sign of mental illness?
Adam Grabell awarded NIH grant to develop at-home tracking of young kids’ outbursts
Participate in Research
PBS in need of human subjects to take part in studies
Our department has a reputation for excellence in research which is further strengthened by our participants from the student body and the general public.
This valuable service also elicits benefits to our students. Students can experience first hand what it's like to be a human subject and learn about how psychological data is gathered. Students also have opportunities to work inside labs as research assistants as well as pursue their own research projects as part of a lab or special course.
Your help makes all of this possible—enriching our student experience and boosting our research capabilities.
Alumni News
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Alumni Profile: Heather Kirkorian ‘07PhD
Laura M. Secord Chair in Early Childhood Development and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin—Madison -
Bill Knecht '65, LCSW, BACS
Private Practice Therapist, Social Work Supervisor -
Maheen Chaudhry '12
Clinical Pharmacist and Preceptor at Cooley Dickinson Hospital
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