Events
Regularly Scheduled Research Talks
Positive Psychology Research Group
Mondays 4:00-5:00
810 W Franklin St., rm 106 (dissertation room)
Speakers are psychology faculty, counseling psychology graduate students, or outside speakers. Contact Dr. Ev Worthington for the latest information about speakers.
- Jan. 30: Dr. Heather Jones, Ethnic differences in parenting children with ADHD
- Feb. 6: Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren, Meaning
- Feb. 13: Dr. Michael Southam-Gerow
- Feb. 20: Dr. Paul Perrin
- Feb. 27: Caroline Lavelock, Counseling Psychology PhD student
- Mar. 5: Dr. Chris Wagner, Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology Professor, Motivational intervewing and positive psychology
- Mar. 19: Jeff Jennings, Counseling Psychology PhD student, Inspiration
- Mar. 26: Chelsea Greer, Counseling Psychology PhD student, Group identity and forgiveness
- Apr. 2: Dr. Ev Worthington, Couple counseling: A clinical presentation
- Apr. 9: Yin Lin, Counseling Psychology PhD student, The Efficacy of the REACH Forgiveness Intervention for Foreign Students and Virginia Students
- Apr. 23: Man Yee Ho
Social Psychology Under Discussion (SPUD), research talks
Fridays 12:00-1:00
820 W Franklin St., rm 203
Speakers are social psychology graduate students or outside speakers. Contact Rob Goodman for the latest information about speakers and locations.
- Jan. 20: Jessica Barber, Social Psychology PhD student, Attitudinal responses to mixed evidence: The role of attitude extremity and political ideology in affecting polarization
- Feb. 10: Melissa Holt, Social Psychology PhD student, Dispositional mindfulness and autonomic function: Predictions of resting state and social stress reactivity
- Feb. 24: Laura Kiken, Social Psychology PhD student
- Mar. 9: Kristina Hood, Social Psychology PhD student
- Apr. 13: Chelsea Reid, Social Psychology PhD student
Outside Speakers and Other Department Events
The Scientific Pursuit of Happiness
Thursday, March 29, 8:00 PM
VCU Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballrooms
Hope College social psychologist David Myers will explore the things that do, and surprisingly don't, predict people's feelings of well-being. Does happiness favor those of a particular age or sex? Does wealth enhance well-being? Does it help to have certain traits? to have close friends or be married? to have an engaged religious faith? New studies explode some myths and reveal the marks of happy lives.
Archive Fall 2011
Department Brown Bag Series
Mondays 11:30-12:30
University Student Commons, Forum Room
Speakers are psychology faculty. Contact Jen Elsworth with any questions about speakers.
- Sep. 19: Dr. Wendy Kliewer, Reflections on my experiences in South Africa and a description of my collaborative research
- Oct. 3: Dr. Dace Svikis, Translational Addictions Research: Tips for Navigating the Research-to-Practice Highway
- Nov. 7: Dr. Tom Eissenberg, How can we find out the health effects of smoking tobacco in a hookah?
Positive Psychology Research Group
Mondays 5:00-6:00
810 W Franklin St., rm 106 (dissertation room)
Speakers are psychology faculty, counseling psychology graduate students, or outside speakers. Contact Dr. Ev Worthington for the latest information about speakers.
- Sep. 12: Dr. Ev Worthington, Creating, Building, Sustaining, and Disseminating an Evidence-Based Intervention: Lessons from a Career Doing Clinical Outcome Research
- Sep. 19: Dr. Joshua Langberg, Development of a School-Based Intervention to Improve Students' Use of Organization and Time-Management Skills
- Sep. 26: Dr. Ev Worthington, The National Survey by Pew and Time Magazine on the Future of Marriage: Summary of Findings and Speculations about Its Meaning for Counseling Couples
- Oct. 3: Dr. Eric Benotsch
- Oct. 10: Jeff Jennings, Counseling Psychology PhD student
- Oct. 17: Dr. Ev Worthington, Forgiveness
- Oct. 24: Dr. Eleanor Wertheim, Latrobe University, Australia, Forgiveness
- Oct. 31: Dr. Steve Danish, Veterans
- Nov. 7: Dr. Al Farrell, Evaluation of the Community Impact of a Comprehensive Approach to Positive Youth Development
- Nov. 14: Dr. James Maddux, George Mason University, The constructs of "mental disorder" and "psychopathology" from a combined social psychological and positive psychology perspective
- Nov. 21: Dr. Jeni Burnette, University of Richmond
- Nov. 28, Dr. Kirk Brown
Social Psychology Under Discussion (SPUD), research talks
Fridays 12:00-1:00
820 W Franklin St., rm 203
Speakers are social psychology graduate students or outside speakers. Contact Rob Goodman for the latest information about speakers and locations.
- Sep. 16: Anthony Coy, Social Psychology PhD student, With or without you: The impact of partner presence and attachment on exploration
- Sep. 30: TBA
- Oct. 14: Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren, Morality as a source of meaning in life
- Oct. 28: Rob Goodman, Social Psychology PhD student, Dispositional mindfulness and the attenuation of neural responses to emotional stimuli
- Nov. 18: Russ Clay, Racial attitudes
- Jan. 20: Jess Barber, Social Psychology PhD student, Attitudinal responses to mixed evidence: The role of attitude extremity and political ideology in affecting polarization
Positive Psychology Research Group Presentation
Monday, October 24, 10:00 AM
810 W Franklin St, Room 106 Dissertation room (first floor)
Dr. Eleanor Wertheim, Professor of Psychological Science at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, will be giving a talk titled, "Applying a collaborative problem-solving approach to resolving conflict: From interpersonal to United Nations contexts."
Dr. Wertheim has taught in and co-facilitated a variety of residential programs for UN staff, international diplomats and representatives of NGOs, organised by UNITAR and co-sponsored by the International Peace Institute (formerly International Peace Academy).
VCU Psychology Department Veteran's Reception
Monday, November 7, 5:00-6:30
Richmond T. Robertson Alumni House, 924 W Franklin St.
Please join us as we honor our colleagues & students at a Veteran's Reception. View the news story.
Psychology Research Internship Recruitment Event
Tuesday, November 15, 2:00-3:30
806 W Franklin St. (White House) lobby
The VCU Department of Psychology will be hosting a recruitment event for interested Psychology undergraduates looking to take a PSYC 494 internship course. Professors, graduate students, and current undergraduates in the department will be present to answer any questions you may have about current research they are doing. Any Psychology major who is interested in getting involved in a research internship should stop by for what is sure to be a fun and informative event!
We look forward to your participation!
Positive Psychology Research Group Presentation
Monday, November 21, 5:00-6:00
810 W Franklin St, Room 106 Dissertation room (first floor)
Dr. Jeni Burnette, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond, will be giving a talk titled, "Mindsets matter: Implicit theories predict self-regulation across applied contexts."
In this talk, I integrate self-control theory (Carver & Scheier, 1998) with an implicit theory perspective (Dweck & Leggett, 1988) to elaborate on self-regulation and goal achievement across applied contexts. This framework conceptualizes self-regulation in terms of three crucial processes: goal setting, goal operation and goal monitoring. I report seven studies using a range of methods (e.g., self-report, experimental manipulations, and an implicit theory intervention), achievement contexts (e.g., academics, leadership, dieting) and populations (e.g., college students, individuals who are categorized as overweight or obese). Across studies, incremental beliefs—belief that attributes are malleable and, consequently, that one is not “stuck” in a low-achieving state—promote self-regulatory strategies that buffer against the adverse effects of challenges and setbacks on goal achievement. Conceptualizing findings within self-control theory allowed for an integration of findings from diverse achievement contexts and provided a framework for generating well-defined directions for future inquiry.