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University Libraries student and psychology major Kayla Jones explores emerging technology and finds a path for her future while doing so. Read more now.

Scott Geller and his CABS team have just collaborated at completing two interdisciplinary seed grant proposals for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), which could lead to significant GRA support if the preliminary research findings are promising. One project is entitled, “The Cats in the Bag: An exploration of the benefits associated with taking a cat for a walk in a backpack.” As the title reveals, this

How many online surveys have you taken in your lifetime? Was there ever a time where the questions weren’t quite applicable and you wished there was an option to just speak to someone or leave an audio message to reflect what your answer would be? Well, you may have that option in the near future. Graduate research assistant and Ph.D. student Teresa Ristow and Dr. Ivan Hernandez, assistant professor and director of the

Rosanna Breaux, PhD, assistant professor of the department of psychology and director of the Child Study Center and CALMER Lab, was selected as the recipient of the 2023 Abidin Early Career Award and Grant. The award is intended to recognize an early career psychologist who has established a program of empirical research that has had a major impact on the field’s understanding of psychopathology, prevention, assessment

Dr. E. Scott Geller, Psychology faculty member and director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems (CABS), is set to be one of the keynote speakers at this years National Conference on Preventing Community Violence. The conference will be held from May 30 - June 1 in Florida. To learn more or to register to attend, scan the QR code below. Congratulations, Dr. Geller!

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Dr. Louis Hickman, Assistant Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, recently published an article in the International Journal of Selection and Assessment. The article, Automatic scoring of speeded interpersonal assessment center exercises via machine learning: Initial psychometric evidence and practical guidelines, can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijsa.12418. Well done, Dr

Dr. Vanessa Diaz, Developmental Science faculty in the Department of Psychology and co-director of the iLEAP Lab, has been named the College of Science Diversity Fellow. This award comes on the heels of Diaz’s extensive work on her latest research project, Girls Launch! 

The goal of Girls Launch is to increase female inclusivity in the sciences, by studying and combating the emergence of gender-based intelligence and

It has come to our attention that there are continued fake solicitations, supposedly from Dr. Jones. Many students are receiving these through emails, like the one below. Often the emails end up in spam (where they should be), but sometimes students find them in their Inbox. Please IGNORE and delete these emails. Do not send money via Zelle or cash the fake check or send your bank/credit card information. You should

The Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce the 2023 call for applications for the
Norma M. Holmes Education Award, sponsored by Círculo de Puerto Rico, Inc. (CPRI), in support of Virginia Tech
graduate students who are pursuing their doctoral degree in Psychology. Read more now! 

Congratulations to third year biological psychology student Jasmine Lewis who was selected as a 2023 Diversity Scholar and who will take part in the 2023 Advocacy Certificate for Human Genetics and Genomics Trainees (ACGT) program! Way to go, Jasmine! To find out more information about Jasmine and her work, visit the CALMER Lab site now.