Good luck to Sarah Smeltz (supervisor Dr Chris Sturdy) who will be defending their MSc thesis 'Who am I, and who have I become? Convergence, divergence, and sex-dependent plasticity in a captive colony of black-capped chickadees' on Tuesday June 9th

Good luck to Kathryn Kincaid (supervisor Dr David Rast) who will be defending their PhD thesis 'Social Identity Complexity, Uncertainty, and Support for Non-Democratic Strong Leaders' on Monday June 8th 10am BS P226

Congratulations to our own Dr Carolina (Kina) Montenegro on her Provost's Award for Early Achievement in Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching! Congratulations to all 2026 Teaching Excellence Award recipients. Read about them here: www.ualberta.ca/en/the-quad/...

Congratulations to Evan Shillabeer (supervisor Dr Cor Baerveldt), who successfully defended his thesis "Emotion, Discourse, and Cultural Practice: An Analysis of the ManKind Project" this afternoon! Thanks to the committee Drs. Nicoladis, Westbury, Gluzman & Unger, and, to Dr Nash for chairing.

Join us for the Festival of Teaching and Learning- a packed schedule over 3 days! Today, our own Dr Ben Dyson @benjdyson.bsky.social will be presenting 2:00pm in the Aurora Room 'Shape: A Strategic Game' www.ualberta.ca/en/centre-fo...

Please join us in congratulating Zijian Zhang (supervisor Dr Weimin Mou), who successfully passed their candidacy exam yesterday. Thanks to the examination committee Drs Anthony Singhal, Ben Dyson, and Norman Brown, and to Dr Yao Zheng for chairing.

Please join us in wishing good luck to Evan Shillabeer who will be defending their PhD 'Emotion, Discourse, and Cultural Practice: An Analysis of the ManKind Project' (supervisor Dr Cor Baerveldt) Tuesday April 28th 1:30pm BS B226. All are welcome for the public presentation!

Congratulations to Bilan Abdulkadir who just successfully defended her Master's thesis "The Stressors and Coping Strategies of Black Canadian Students: The Development of a Culturally-Specific Measurement" (supervisor Dr Kim Noels)

Join us for our #PsychSeminarSeries with Dr Peggy St Jacques 'Immersive memory: From perspective to depth' Friday 24th April 3-4pm MST BS P226. All are welcome!

Good luck to Tamari Shalamberidze, who will be presenting her PhD defense seminar today (Monday April 20th) 12pm - 1pm BS P226 or via Zoom. 'Neural relationship between trait anxiety and associative memory' (supervisors: Dr Jeremy Caplan and Dr. Kyle Nash) You got this Tamari!

Join us for the 2nd Annual ASPS April 30 - May 1! ASPS brings together researchers and students from across Alberta to showcase diverse, innovative research in social psychology. It’s the perfect opportunity to learn, connect, and get inspired! sites.psych.ualberta.ca/ASPS/

Winter 2026 #CogSem this Friday 10th April 3-4pm MST BS P319N [also on Zoom] 🐦Sofia Garrido Villegas 'Influence of bias in nest-building decisions' 🐤Dr. Ben Whittaker 'Birds of a feather build together: individual preferences influence collective decisions' All are welcome!

Weiyu (Edith) Chen just passed her master thesis exam! (supervisor Dr Yao Zheng), discussing how positive risk taking moderates the relationship between impulsivity and pro-social behavior. Thanks to the examiner committee Drs Nash and Dr Liu, and to Dr Mou for chairing.

Graduate student Prateek Sahu (supervisor Dr Chris Sturdy) describes the qualities that birds look for in a “sexy” birdsong on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Congratulations to Jaron Xe Yung Tan (supervisor Dr Pan Liu). Jaron passed his candidacy exam today, with a thorough discussion of emotional regulation and psychopathology in children and youth. 🌟Hope you take the time to celebrate Jaron!🌟

📽️Reel Change📷 happening next Wednesday 8th April 4pm - 6pm MST BS M145. This month we will be featuring 'Disclosure'. All are welcome!

Congratulations to Delaram Bagheri Rad (supervisor Dr Sandra Wiebe), who passed her candidacy exam on Monday! The committee had a very interesting discussion of executive functioning in children, including pointers for fostering self-regulation in toddlers. 🤩Way to go Delaram 🤩

Today (Friday March 27th 3pm - 4pm MST) our #PsychSeminarSeries continues with Dr Yao Zheng 'Daily and long-term psychosocial adjustment during the university years' All are welcome!

We will host the second annual Alberta Social Psychology Symposium (ASPS) at the University of Alberta April 30 - May 1. See below for details, including registration and poster submission sites.psych.ualberta.ca/ASPS/

Hear about how children as young as seven begin to internalize stereotypes about who is more or less likely to pursue STEM careers, from Kate Luken Raz from the PEERS Lab (director Dr Wendy Hoglund) @whoglund.bsky.social @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

A crop of media appearances from the ACRG lab! Lab Direction Dr Lauren Guilette @laurenguillette.bsky.social was interviewed on NPR's Science Friday (segment starts 9 min 14 sec) @npr.org www.sciencefriday.com/segments/far...

We will host the second annual Alberta Social Psychology Symposium (ASPS) at the University of Alberta April 30 - May 1. See below for details, including registration and poster submission sites.psych.ualberta.ca/ASPS/

Join us for the Joseph R. Royce Research Conference today! 9 am - 5 pm BS P-116 and PCL Lounge www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...

Moriah Deimeke graduated with their M.Sc. in Psychology from @psychualberta.bsky.social yesterday!

New @plosone.org publication from Sahu et al 'Re-examining hidden fitness: Female preferences for long-path songs in zebra finches' @prateeksahu.com @ualberta.bsky.social Read all about it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Please join us in wishing good luck to Fan Peng for their Final PhD Defense 'From adaptation to dysregulation: Hemispheric asymmetry in emotion-cognition interactions' (supervisor Dr Anthony Singhal) Thursday 12th BS P226 1-2pm MST. All are welcome to the public presentation.

Each month we will highlight the contributions of members of underrepresented groups to the field of Psychology. For March we spotlight Queer/LGBTQIA+ Voices in Psychology featuring Dr Karen Blair @trentuniversity.bsky.social Website link below: www.drkarenblair.com

Our Winter 2026 #CogSem continues this Friday 13th March 3-4pm MST BS P319N [also on Zoom] with Aditi Roy (supervisor Dr Jeremy Caplan) 'Enhanced Item but not Source Memory for Inverted Text' All are welcome!

Join Dr Ben Dyson (@benjdyson.bsky.social) this Friday 13th March 12 noon for a playful Teaching Seminar session BS P226 "Can we teach concepts via game actions? Collaborators vs. innovators in the novel card game Shape" @ualberta.bsky.social

Please save the dates April 30th - May 1st for our Second Alberta Social Symposium! For more information, check in here sites.psych.ualberta.ca/IClab/sympos...

Did you know that Pride Week is March 9-14th? Pride is a time to celebrate the 2SLGBTQ+ community, as well as to recognize the past and continuing struggles for rights and acceptance. To see a full list of Price Week events, please visit the link below! www.ualberta.ca/en/fyrefly-i...

Accepting nominations for the 2026 Nicoladis Undergraduate Teaching Awards (NUTAs)! Form via the QR code, deadline deadline nomination is June 30th.

Kids as young as seven form beliefs about who is more likely to pursue related occupations @ualberta.bsky.social Read all about this amazing study led by postdoctoral scholar Dr Kate Luken Raz, from the PEERS Lab (director Dr @whoglund.bsky.social) www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...

Special Winter 2026 Psychology Seminar with Kathryn Kincaid Feb 27th 3:00 - 4:00 pm MST BS P226 'The appeal of the strongman: How shared identity, uncertainty, and identity complexity shape leadership preferences' All are welcome!

📽️Reel Change📽️ happening Wednesday 11th Match 4pm - 6pm MST BS M145. This month we will be featuring 'In Search of Memory'. All are welcome!

Join us with the Psychology EDI Committee in honouring Black History Month. Black History Month is a time to celebrate the invaluable contributions of Black individuals in shaping our communities, institutions, and fields of knowledge.

New paper by first-author Julia Self in PLOS ONE shows that strong opinions reduce social learning in zebra finches. Birds with stronger preferences less likely to use social information, revealing that bias strength shapes how ideas spread within groups @laurenguillette.bsky.social bit.ly/460cQpT

Unfortunately this month's Psychology Departmental Seminar is cancelled. We hope to host Dr Wesley at a later date.

Winter 2026 Psychology Seminar with Dr Jared Wesley, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), and Professor of Political Science at @UAlberta 'Polarization in Alberta: How Partisanship is Reshaping the Province’s Politics' NEW ROOM: BS M137 and also via Zoom Feb 27th 3pm- 4pm MST.

Congratulations to Dr Jenn Passey for winning the 2026 Graduate Student Association Academic Staff Award!

If you are on campus tomorrow (Friday 20th) at 8:40 am MST, Team Canada will play against Team Finland in the Olympic Hockey semi-final. The game will be shown on the big screen in BS P226 and we'll bring the popcorn! Go Team Canada!

Congratulations to Min Hye Kang (supervisor Dr Masuda), who successfully passed their candidacy exam yesterday! Thanks to Drs Wiebe and Noels (supervisory committee), Dr Fujiwara (arm-length examiner) and Dr Zheng for chairing.

A date for your diary! Dr Yao Zheng will present at our Psych Seminar Series 2026 on 'Daily and long-term psychosocial adjustment during the university years' Friday March 27th 3-4pm MST BS P-226. As always- all are welcome!

The 2026 Canada Research Chair Appreciation Event was attended by our two Tier 2 CRC's Faculty of Science Drs Peggy St Jacques (middle) and Lauren Guillette (right), and, Department Chair Professor Wendy Hoglund. @ualberta.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social

New paper by first-author Julia Self in PLOS ONE shows that strong opinions reduce social learning in zebra finches. Birds with stronger preferences less likely to use social information, revealing that bias strength shapes how ideas spread within groups @laurenguillette.bsky.social bit.ly/460cQpT

Our Winter 2026 #CogSem continues this Friday 13th February 3-4pm MST BS P319N [also on Zoom] with Devon Yanitski (supervisor Dr. Chris Westbury) 'Semantic Factor Analysis: Creating and Analyzing Psychometric Scales Using LLMs Instead of Humans' All are welcome!

Each month we highlight the contributions of underrepresented groups in Psychology. This month we feature our first Spotlight on Indigenous Voices in Psychology featuring Dr Marigold Linton. To read more about Dr Linton's work www.apa.org/pi/oema/reso... www.science.org/content/arti...

Belated 🎓Congratulations 🎓to Dr Tiffany Kung, @tiffkung.bsky.social who successfully defended their PhD thesis "Anti-Edema Therapies and Sex Hormones after Experimental Stroke." Tiffany is co-supervised by Fred Colbourne and Ana Klahr. Way to go Dr Kung!

New publication feat Dr Roger Dixon The Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging and Dementia Collaboratory (2026). A roadmap for conducting more inclusive research on brain resilience in ageing and dementia. Nature Reviews Neuroscience doi.org/10.1038/s415...

So excited to announce my most recent project is now in press! Our meta-analysis looks at the effects of exogenous #estrogen, #progesterone, and #testosterone in pre-clinical models for 3 subtypes of #stroke: AIS, ICH, and SAH. Catch it at Biology of Sex Differences here: doi.org/10.1186/s132...