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Five CAS faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards
Five USF College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty members are being recognized next month with Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Awards. 鈥淭he faculty being recognized with these awards have demonstrated extraordinary success in their research and scholarly endeavors," said USF Research & Innovation Interim Vice President Sylvia Thomas.
August 17, 2023Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
USF psychology students deliver Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to Pasco County Jail inmates
The Center for Justice Research and Policy (CJRP)'s ongoing reentry project at the Pasco County Jail aims to positively influence post-release outcomes for incarcerated individuals once they are released to the community through various treatment services.
June 23, 2023Research
USF St. Petersburg Psychology Professor Tiffany Chenneville has been awarded the American Psychological Association鈥檚 (APA) Springfield Policy Congressional Fellowship, which will allow her to work with a member of Congress on policies to advance the health and well-being of LGBTQIA+ populations.
May 11, 2023Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
USF researchers asked to evaluate a new police program
The 91社区鈥檚 Center for Justice Research and Policy (CJRP) has been funded to evaluate a new community police program in St. Petersburg, Fla. where case workers are sent to respond to emergency, non-crime 911 calls instead of law enforcement.
March 10, 2023Faculty News
How to Best Communicate with Remote Workers
The drastic shift to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees and managers to adapt their communication strategies. Communication is often cited as critical to remote worker success but has rarely been examined within a remote work context. New research, featured in Journal of Applied Psychology, examines how communication quality, communication frequency, and communication expectations relate to employee performance and wellbeing.
May 2, 2022Research
Undergraduate Psychology Internships Prove Valuable For Students, Community
In the Spring of 2016, the Department of Psychology at the 91社区 (USF) began offering formal coursework tied to undergraduate internships, in an effort to enhance undergraduate psychology student success and to help serve the community in a meaningful way.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
Dr. Fallon Goodman Delivers Talk On Social Anxiety In The Modern World
Recently, USF Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Fallon Goodman delivered a TEDx talk discussing what social anxiety is, why it鈥檚 increasing across the globe, and the costs to our health.
January 21, 2022Accomplishments, Faculty News
Family Study Center Receives $3.7 Million Federal Grant To Support Vulnerable Families
A collaborative team led by psychology professor James McHale, director of the鈥疐amily Study Center鈥痮n the USF St. Petersburg campus, has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to research and strengthen relationships between family members to create safe and supportive households.
April 16, 2021Accomplishments
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 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 91社区鈥檚 (USF) Sarasota-Manatee campus, undergraduate research assistants apply what they know about these topics to contribute to cutting-edge research.
December 9, 2020Research
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