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  • Research Groups
    • Intergroup Relations Lab (Pratto)
    • Language and Behavior Cultural Lab (LAB-C-Lab) (Ramírez-Esparza)
    • Stigma Lab for research on stigma (Quinn)
    • SHARP Lab (Johnson)
    • Social Processes of AIDS Training Program
    • Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)
    • Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action (CESPA)
  • Faculty
    • Meg Gerrard
    • Frederick X. Gibbons
    • Blair T. Johnson
    • Seth C. Kalichman
    • Kerry L. Marsh
    • Felicia Pratto
    • Diane M. Quinn
    • Nairan Ramirez-Esparza
    • Affiliated Faculty
      • V. Bede Agocha
      • Bert H. Hodges
    • Emeritus Faculty
      • Rueben M. Baron
      • Mary Crawford
      • Jeffrey D. Fisher
      • David A. Kenny
    • All Faculty
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  • Students
    • Aerielle (“Elle”) Allen
    • Cassidy J. Burt
    • Gabriel Camacho
    • Andrew Cortopassi
    • Ladectric (“Redd”) Driver
    • Shu Jiang
    • Natasza Marrouch
    • Kiran McCloskey
    • Leah Pound
    • Mora Reinka
    • All Current Students
  • Alumni
    • List of Recent Alumni
    • Christopher Burrows, Ph.D. 2015
    • Yiyen “Star” Chen, Ph.D., 2018
    • Atilla Cidam, Ph.D., 2016
    • Talea Cornelius, Ph.D., 2017
    • Valerie Earnshaw, Ph.D., 2011
    • Lisa A. Eaton, Ph.D., 2009
    • Rebecca Ferrer, Ph.D., 2009
    • Stephanie Finneran, Ph.D., 2018
    • Randi Garcia, Ph.D., 2012
    • Michelle Kaufman, Ph.D., 2009
    • Susan Kiene, Ph.D., 2007
    • Josephine D. Korchmaros, Ph.D. 2003
    • Elizabeth Lawner, Ph.D., 2018
    • Jessica M. LaCroix, Ph.D. 2015
    • I-Ching Lee, Ph.D., 2006
    • Carter A. Lennon, Ph.D, 2013
    • Robert E. Low, Ph.D. 2016
    • Wynne Norton, Ph.D., 2009
    • Chandra Y. Osborn, Ph.D. 2006
    • Jennifer Pellowski, Ph.D., 2014
    • Eileen Pitpitan, Ph.D. 2011
    • David B. Portnoy, PhD 2008
    • Devon Price, Ph.D., 2018
    • Gloriana Rodriguez Arauz, Ph.D. 2018
    • Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon, Ph.D., 2006
    • Andrew Stewart, Ph.D. 2014
    • Judy Y. Tan, Ph.D., 2011
    • Bradley M. Weisz, Ph.D. 2017
    • Fouad Bou Zeineddine, Ph.D. 2015
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  • Social psychology program faculty and students (27 September 2017).
  • Storrs Centre
    The newly developed Storrs Centre features gathering places, eateries, and shops. One can even live in Storrs Centre without a car!
  • Professors David Kenny (left) and Seth Kalichman (right), with then-student Lisa Eaton (center). Photo from 2010.
    Professors David Kenny (left) and Seth Kalichman (right), with then-student Lisa Eaton (center). Photo from 2010.
  • Doctoral Commencement participants (May 2018), including (L-R) Devon Price, Stephanie Finneran, Diane Quinn, Elizabeth Lawner, Elif Ikizer, and Nairan Ramirez-Esparza.

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This program offers graduate degrees in the field of social psychology. The University of Connecticut is a top-20 public university in the U.S.Top 20 The Department of Psychology is routinely ranked in top 10 in U.S. grant funding and its doctoral program is ranked in top 30 public research universities by The National Research Council. A recent comparison ranked UConn's social psychology program 11th in citation impact among universities in the U.S. (Nosek et al., 2010). (See more accolades and honors.)

Our program emphasizes important social issues (e.g., health, prejudice, and discrimination) using multiple theoretical perspectives, multiple methods, and multiple levels of analysis (individual, dyad, group, intergroup, culture, network, society, international, ecology).

Research Groups

  • Intergroup Relations Lab (Pratto)
  • Stigma Lab for research on stigma (Quinn)
  • Language and Behavior Cultural Lab (LAB-C-Lab) (Ramírez-Esparza)
  • SHARP Lab for research on health (Johnson)
  • Social Processes of AIDS Training Program (Kalichman)
  • Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)
  • Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action (CESPA)

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  • August 2019 (1)
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  • March 2019 (1)
  • September 2017 (3)
  • August 2017 (1)
  • August 2016 (2)
  • May 2016 (1)
  • August 2015 (1)
  • November 2014 (1)
  • August 2014 (10)
  • September 2013 (1)

News

  • PhD student Gabriel Camacho wins multiple awards!
    Congratulations to Gabe for winning: + An APS RISE Award for his poster titled, “The Adverse Effect of Stereotype Threat on the Speech Performance of Latinx Students,” presented at the 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. (co-authored by Diane M. Quinn) + A Grant-in-Aid from the Society for the Psychological Study of […]
    Posted on September 16, 2019
  • American Psychological Association recognizes David A. Kenny
    Distinguished Emeritus Professor Dave Kenny received the American Psychological Association’s award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution at the APA’s annual conference in August, 2019. https://www.apa.org/about/awards/scientific-contributions?tab=3 Specifically, the citation reads: For his outstanding contributions to both theory and methods for studying social perception and behavior. Kenny’s work on person perception, under the general rubric of the “social relations […]
    Posted on September 5, 2019
  • ISPP recognizes Felicia Pratto with the Jeanne Knutson Award
    At its July, 2019 annual meeting in Lisbon, the International Society for Political Psychology (https://www.ispp.org/ ) gave the Jeanne Knutsen award to Prof. Felicia Pratto for her long-standing service to the scientific society. The award is named in honor of the late Dr. Jeanne Knutsen, ISPP’s founder.
    Posted on August 18, 2019
  • Prof. Felicia Pratto elected again to serve ISPP
    Felicia Pratto will become the president-elect of the International Society of Political Psychology at the end of its annual meeting in July 12-15 in Lisbon. She will serve in that capacity til July, 2020, when she becomes president and will host the annual meeting in Berlin in July 2021, whereupon she becomes past-president (each of […]
    Posted on May 25, 2019
  • Kudos to Dr. Mary Crawford!
    UConn emerita professor Mary Crawford was awarded the Carolyn Wood Sherif award from Div. 35 of APA in 2018. “The award is given to a senior individual based on sustained and substantial contributions to the field of the psychology of women as a scholar, teacher, mentor and leader.” How well deserved! You do us proud, […]
    Posted on March 3, 2019
  • Alumna Dr. Jessa LaCroix’s work on suicide prevention in the military
    An article in the September 2017 Military Medical Research News describes how Jessica LaCroix’s program is training military chaplains to prevent suicide. Begins on front page. 9 – DRP SEPTEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER – VOLUME 4 ISSUE 9
    Posted on September 18, 2017

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Program News

  • PhD student Gabriel Camacho wins multiple awards!
  • American Psychological Association recognizes David A. Kenny
  • ISPP recognizes Felicia Pratto with the Jeanne Knutson Award
  • Prof. Felicia Pratto elected again to serve ISPP
  • Kudos to Dr. Mary Crawford!
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