Psychology Guest Speakers
Students in our undergraduate psychology program are exposed to a variety of professionals who work in various areas related to psychology across multiple domains. Topics range from social relationships to cyber security, thus presenting a wide range of knowledge in various career pathways in psychology.
Upcoming Guests
TBA
Past Guests
Spring 2021
- May 4: "Why do Innocent People go to Prison? The Psychology of Wrongful Conviction" presented by Jeff Kukucka, PhD, associate professor at Towson University, Psychology of Law
- April 12: "Can Covid Catch Love?" by Helen Fisher, PhD, biological anthropologist, The Kinsey Institute
Fall 2019
- November 14: "The New Look of Nonverbal Research: Automated Coding Methods for Photo and Video Analysis" presented by Ken Fujiwara, PhD, lecturer at UC Santa Barbara, Department of Communication
Spring 2019
- March 6: Amy Olzmann, PsyD & Jessica Stillman, PsyD, postdoctoral fellows in neuropsychology at the VA Maryland Health Care System
Spring 2018
- May 2: "The Psychology of Cooperative Competition" presented by Márta Fülöp, PhD, Head of the Social and Cultural Psychology Department at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, and Secretary General of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- February 27: Janet Yun, PhD, Maryland State Highway Administration, and Adjunct Faculty for UBalt graduate-level courses
Fall 2017
- Glenn Geher , PhD, professor of Evolution and Behavior at SUNY New Paltz
Spring 2017
- March 15: Joseph Danks, research professor and technical director for Strategic Intelligence Analysis at the University of Maryland, Center for Advanced Study of Language
Fall 2016
- December 1: "Helper vs. Recipient Accounts of Altruism" and "Seeking Friends vs. Strangers in Response to Social Exclusion," Michael Ent, social psychologist at Towson University, Department of Psychology
Spring 2016
- March 24: "Sleep and Sleep Disorders," Ira Albert, professor at Community College of Baltimore County, Psychology Department