Cognitive Science & Social Psychology Seminar ~ Laurie Santos, Yale University

Date and Time

September 24, 2026
12:00PM - 01:15PM EDT

Location

William James Hall ~ Lobby level, Seminar Room 105
33 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Laurie Santos (’97, PhD ’02) ~ 
Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology, Yale University, and host of The Happiness Lab podcast
Title:  Professional Development Fireside Chat: Best Practices for Communicating Psychological Insights at Scale
 
Description: Instead of the usual CSSP Brownbag talk, I’ll host a fireside chat about communicating psychological insights at scale. In this (hopefully very conversational) brownbag, we’ll discuss what I’ve learned to date about communicating the science of well-being with an audience of millions of learners. We’ll discuss why psychological communication at scale is more critical now than ever. We’ll also chat about best practices for sharing evidence-based psychological insights across a number of different platforms: from massive-open online courses to podcasts to children’s television to short-form reels/TikTok videos. Come prepared with your questions about teaching psychology and science communication at scale.