Department of Psychology : University of Vermont

Spotlight on Research

Jom Hammack, Ph.D.

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Fall Institute - Keynote Address

Dr. Thomas Pruzinsky, Ph.d.

Professor, Department of Psychology

Quinnipiac University

Multiple Perspectives on Living with Facial Distinctions: Body Image, Posititve Psychology, and Buddhist World Views

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 6:00 pm

Billings Lecture Hall

Fall Institute - Film and Panel Discussion

Dorothea Brauer, M.A

Director LGBTQA Services

University of Vermont

The Bible Tells Me So

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 7:30 pm

Billings Lecture Hall

Visible and Invisible Stigma: Living in a Culture with Expectations of Perfection October 21 - 23, 2009	Mission Statement
	The mission of the University of Vermont Psychology Department is the creation, evaluation, dissemination, and application of psychological knowledge and skills to understand and improve the lives of individuals, organizations, and communities.
	Our Vision
	The members of the UVM Psychology Department aspire to achieve national and international distinction built upon excellent teaching, research and clinical experiences, a student-scholar focused mentoring program, and a faculty actively engaged in research and scholarship across the domains of clinical, developmental, social, and biobehavioral psychology.

	Research on 'Mean Girls' Probes Middle School Manipulation
	When Dianna Murray-Close, assistant professor in psychology, shows the movie Mean Girls in her developmental psychology course her students tend to identify with the main character who learns the hard way that manipulation, rumor spreading and backstabbing are common tools for moving up the teenage social ladder. <more...>
	Anxiety, Smoking, and Smoking Cessation: An Interview with Michael Zvolensky, Ph.D.
	An expert on anxiety disorders, Michael Zvolensky has focused much of his time untangling the interrelated relationship between anxiety and addiction. Zvolensky will give a talk on "Anxiety, Smoking, and Smoking Cessation." <more...>
	Stresses anew for refugees resettled in Vermont
	The complexion of this overwhelmingly white city is undergoing a dramatic change from a continuing surge of refugees, many of whom are now encountering severe stress that officials and volunteers are scrambling to assess and address. <more...>
	Best Wishes to Justin Joffe on his Retirement
	Says Department Chair William Falls, "Justin, for the last 40 years you have been an extraordinary leader, faculty advocate, scholar, teacher, and mentor in the Department of Psychology..." <more...>
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