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Alcohol Use and Death Increase During The Pandemic

Dr. Lindsey Rodriguez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, was recently quoted in an NBC News article about the pandemic and the relation to increase in alcohol related deaths among women.

December 9, 2020Faculty News, Research

USF Sarasota-Manatee campus undergraduates and professors at the annual Southeastern Society of Social Psychologists Conference

USF Undergraduates Publish Breakthrough Research On Psychology Of Reilgion

Psychology students typically learn about research methods and statistics through their coursework, but in Dr. Jay Michaels鈥 Social Dynamics Lab at the OB体育官网鈥檚 (USF) Sarasota-Manatee campus, undergraduate research assistants apply what they know about these topics to contribute to cutting-edge research.

December 9, 2020Research

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Professor Judith Bryant Receives Teaching Mentorship Award

In March 2020, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) named Department of Psychology Professor Judith Bryant the recipient of the inaugural STP Mentorship of Teachers Award.

June 19, 2020Accomplishments

People drank more during the COVID-19 quarantine than they did before the lockdown, as they grappled with stress and fear caused by the pandemic.

June 18, 2020Research

Tammy Allen provides APS backgrounder on working remotely during COVID-19.

April 13, 2020Faculty News

In February, Dr. Maria Brea-Spahn received a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award at NYU. Dr. Brea-Spahn is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Bilingual Extension Program in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at NYU. The award recognizes outstanding faculty who exemplify the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through teaching excellence, leadership, social justice activism, and community building. Dr. Brea-Spahn received her PhD from USF in 2009.

March 1, 2020Alumni News

Jane is featured on University Beat today discussing her two decades of research on the use of 鈥渢hey鈥 as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun.

January 8, 2020Faculty News, Research

A recently-published study co-authored by Edelyn Verona and doctoral student Lauren Fournier (along with criminology professor Bryanna Fox) is described in today鈥檚 Tampa Bay Times. The research explored risk factors for incarceration in inmates in Pasco County jails.

January 4, 2020Research

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