Laura Kurtz, a graduate student in Social Psychology, is the recipient of a 2013 research grant from UNC Chapel Hill’s Positive Psychology Science Fund. The Positive Psychology Science Fund seeks to support leading-edge basic and translational science to meet the … Read more

Jennifer MacCormack, a graduate student in Social psychology, is the recipient of an American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) and Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship. Junior Scientist Fellowships are awarded to provided funding for first-year and second-year graduate level … Read more

Dr. Kurt Gray, an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, was awarded a grant from the University of California Riverside, sponsored in part of the John Templeton Foundation. The Immortality Project at the University of California Riverside awarded grants totaling $2.4 … Read more

Dr. Kristen Lindquist and Dr. Kurt Gray, Assistant Professors in the Social Psychology program, were named 2013 Rising Stars in Psychological Science by the Association for Psychological Science. Rising Stars in Psychological Science is a multi-part series published by APS … Read more

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, a professor in the Social Psychology Program at UNC Chapel Hill, released her second book, Love 2.0 in 2013. Her new book offers a fresh and practical perspective on positive emotions. Using research from her lab, Dr. … Read more

Carrie Adair, a graduate student in Social Psychology, is the recipient of a 2013 Mind and Life 1440 Award. The Mind and Life Institute, through a partnership with the 1440 Foundation, awards the 1440 Awards to young investigators who promote … Read more

Elise Rice, a graduate student in Social Psychology, recently received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. NSF fellows receive three years … Read more

Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk, a graduate student in Social Psychology, is the recipient of a prestigious National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. She won her NSF fellowship funding to investigate team … Read more

Dr. Sara Algoe received a Gratitude Research Grant from the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California Berkeley. The Greater Good Science Center, in collaboration with the University of California Davis and with support from the John Templeton … Read more

The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce that Dr. Paschal Sheeran will join the Social Psychology program and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center on July 1, 2013 as a Full Professor. Dr. Sheeran is currently a professor of Psychology … Read more