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Dr. Jolynn Pek Receives Affordable Learning Exchange High Support Grant
Dr. Jolynn Pek, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology, has been awarded the Affordable Learning Exchange High Support Grant from Ohio State for her project titled "Learning from Data:…
Addictive properties of soda, according to Dr. Gary Wenk
In an article recently published by CNN, Dr. Gary Wenk, a professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department and author of Your Brain on Food, was interviewed to explain why soda is often hard…

Russell Fazio receives Distinguished Scientist Award
The Society of Experimental Social Psychology held its annual conference in Toronto last week. The SESP is an internationally recognized scientific organization that is dedicated to the…

Alisa Paulsen receives NACADA Outstanding Advising Administrator Award
At the 2019 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Global Awards Ceremony in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Alisa Paulsen, Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of…

APA grants 3-year initiative to strengthen Intro Psych courses
The American Psychological Association recently launched a three-year initiative to take a focused look at the way Introductory Psychology courses are taught and will make recommendations to…

New study reveals reading to your children on a tablet can be distracting
ABC 6 News posted an article discussing the well-known importance of reading to your child. However, in the digital age we live in, many parents utilize tablets or other online reading devices,…

The Coutellier Lab receives NIH grant
The Coutellier Lab has recently been awarded a 2-year NIH (National Institutes of Health) grant towards "Prefrontal modulation of vulnerability to stress-induced emotional dysregulation." The goal…

Voices of Excellence from Arts & Sciences: Jennifer Cheavens
The podcast, Voices of Excellence, focuses on the innovative work being done by faculty and staff in the College of Arts & Sciences at The Ohio State University.
On Wednesday, September…

Welcome to the Department of Psychology!
Welcome to the Department of Psychology! We are 110 years in the making and going strong, with the most recent 2019 Shanghai rating placing our department in the top echelon of psychology…