Psychology Department Colloquium

~ Harvest Day 2026 ~ Presentations 1:00 - 3:30 PM; Reception 3:30 - 5:00 PM Join the Psychology Department for our annual series of brief, fun and informative presentations from the faculty describing their current research. ~ Presenters ~ Jesse Snedeker...

The Department of Psychology presents: Guest speaker: Katherine McAuliffe, Ph.D. and Associate Professor of Psychology, Boston College: Jerome Kagan Memorial Lecture Topic: "Playground Economics" When we think of economics, what first pops into mind might...

The Department of Psychology and the Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging presents: Darrin M. McMahon, Ph.D . David W. Little Class of 1944 Professor of History & Chair, Department of History, Dartmouth College, speaking at the: 5th Memorial...

The Department of Psychology and the Department’s Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging presents: Cailin O'Connor, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine speaking at the 4th...

Yejin Choi, Wissner-Slivka Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington and Senior Research Director at the nonprofit Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. from Time's 100 Most Influential...

This Colloquium is postponed to the fall 2024 series ~ Specifics announced soon. Paul Bloom, Ph.D., Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Yale University and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Topic: "PERVERSE...

Roy F. Baumeister, PhD Professor of Psychology, University of Queensland (Australia), President, International Positive Psychology Association Topic - Thinking about the Future: Whether, When, Why, How, Who, What … and So What? Abstract: A planful, future...

The Department of Psychology and the Department’s Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging presents: Nour Kteily, Ph.D., Professor of Management & Organizations, Northwestern University who will speak at the James Sidanius Lecture on Social...

Lila Davachi, Professor of Psychology, Columbia University, New York TOPIC: " The wisdom of the unconscious mind: Offline reactivation consolidates, integrates and updates knowledge" Davachi Memory Lab Encoding How are memories formed? We have focused on...

Dr. Vikram Patel Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Blavatnik Institute's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Co-leads the Department’s Mental Health for All lab and the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard initiative...