We are hiring a post-bacc research assistant, to be located at the new Affective Science Lab at The Ohio State University. See here for more information and to apply.
Dr. Jessica Flannery will start Asst Professorship at UGA!
Congrats to postdoc Dr. Jessica Flannery, who will start an Assistant Professor position at the University of Georgia Department of Psychology in summer, 2025! At UGA, Dr. Flannery’s lab will study the neural mechanisms associated with reward processing and substance use in teens through adults.
Doctoral candidate Adrienne Bonar's research featured in The Well
Doctoral candidate Adrienne Bonar’s important research on stress was featured this month in The Well, UNC’s newsletter. Congrats, Adrienne! Read more about her research here.
Dr. Kristen Lindquist discusses President role at SAS
Lab Director, Dr. Kristen Lindquist, discussed her role as President of the Society for Affective Science recently with SAS’ Membership and Outreach committee. Read more in the January 2025 SAS Newsletter here.
Dr. Jacob Dai accepts faculty position!
Congrats to Dr. Jacob Dai, who will be joining the Psychology faculty at Georgia State University next year as an Assistant Professor! We’ll miss you, Jacob!
Michelle Shipkova receives travel award to attend FLUX conference
3rd year graduate student Michelle Shipkova received an award to present her research on emotional granularity and emotion regulation in teens at the FLUX conference in September, 2024. Congrats, Michelle!
Dr. Lindquist speaks to White House on Safe and Inclusive STEM environments
Dr. Lindquist met with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Interagency Working Group on Safe and Inclusive STEM Environments (IWG-SISE) to advise on how psychological science can make STEM environments safer and more inclusive. Read more here.
Dr. Angelica Carranza to join project SUPER Brain!
We are thrilled that Dr. Angelica Carranza will join our SUPER Brain project as a NIDA-sponsored postdoctoral scholar! Dr. Carranza received her PhD in Human Development from the University of California, Davis and is interested in how youth’s familial and cultural context interacts with neurobiology to shape social and emotional development. She’ll begin in September, 2024.
We're moving to Ohio State!
Lab Director, Dr. Kristen Lindquist, will be joining the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Ohio State University as the Weary Endowed Chair of Social Psychology. The lab will thus be moving to OSU in summer 2025. We’re excited for a new location and new research opportunities, but sad to leave our home for 12 years at UNC. Graduate applicants interested in applying to work with Dr. Lindquist should apply through OSU’s department. See more at Join.
Michelle Shipkova defends her MA thesis!
Second year graduate student Michelle Shipkova defended her MA thesis entitled “The role of children’s emotion word knowledge on the links between parent emotion socialization and child outcomes.” She’s pictured here with advisors Margaret Sheridan and Kristen Lindquist. Congrats, Michelle!
