Archive: Psychology

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New College Faculty for 2019-2020

Georgetown College is excited to welcome 34 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 19 College departments and. …

August 25, 2019

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Psychology Research Team Identifies Creative Anxiety

A new study by a research team at Georgetown provides the first evidence of a form of anxiety that is specific to thinking creatively and points to ways that this kind of anxiety…

June 11, 2019

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Withy, Hipwell, Woolard Receive 2018 Dean’s Awards

Georgetown College Dean Chris Celenza presented three faculty members with the Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the Faculty Convocation ceremony on.…

January 29, 2019

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New Faculty 2018-2019

Georgetown College is thrilled to welcome 37 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in College departments this year. Get to know them.…

September 5, 2018

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Green Receives Grant to Study Neurological Image of God

Psychology professor Adam Green has received a three-year, $925,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to study the neural activity associated with thoughts on.…

June 22, 2018

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2018 Graduates Share Their Research

One of Georgetown College’s biggest strengths is the opportunity to conduct meaningful and original research as an undergraduate. Meet nine members of the Class of 2018…

May 18, 2018

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Four Graduate Students Win NSF Fellowships

Rob Cortes (C’18) and Shawn Rhoads of the Department of Psychology have been awarded prestigious graduate fellowships from the National Science.…

May 4, 2018

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Sabat Flips the Script on Alzheimer's, Dementia

Steven Sabat, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, has published Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know, the latest in an Oxford…

February 2, 2018

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Vaidya's Teenage Obesity Study Named Editor's Choice

A team led by Georgetown College Psychology Chair Chandan Vaidya has conducted the first study on the effects of weight-loss surgery on the brains of adolescents with.…

November 3, 2017

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Marsh Honored for Altruism Research

Last month, Prof. Abigail Marsh received a grant from the NSF to continue her research into the neurological basis of altruistic behavior. Earlier this month, she published a,…

October 26, 2017