Illinois Wesleyan University's Psychology Department is home to motivated students seeking to learn more about...well...psychology.
03/25/2025
Students from Professor Vicary's crime class attended appellate court hearings today in the cases of Barton McNeil and Jamie Snow--two men convicted of murder in Bloomington who are represented by the Exoneration Project!
04/26/2024
End-of-year reception for Psychology seniors!
05/01/2023
Snacks… crayons… music. Dr. Montpetit’s Lifespan Development students embraced their inner kindergartners and ended the semester with a coloring party! Challenged to create a “Book of Memories,” each student created a scrapbook page showing their biggest “takeaway” from the semester - something that they could use to improve the lives of themselves and their loved ones now or in the future, or the most impactful lesson they learned from friends or loved ones in the Life Story Interview Project. What a fun way to prepare for finals!
2012 Psych major Erin Vogel just received a million dollar grant to study va**ng and social media! Click below for more info.
12/20/2022
Prof. Montpetit's Identity and Social Justice class spent the last week of the semester making children's books to teach parents and children about how to promote social justice. The books featured practical tips for being more inclusive of people of all backgrounds and abilities. The class also ate a lot of cookies.
12/07/2022
Prof. Vicary's Wrongful Conviction class hanging out with Edith Brady-Lunny, amazing local crime reporter and author!
05/09/2022
End of year cookout at Prof. Vicary's for her First Year Experience (Wrongful Convictions) students!
04/22/2022
Senior send-off!
10/11/2021
Prof. Vicary just appeared on the Oxygen Channel's Snapped Behind Bars, which featured a case she covers in her psychology courses here at IWU. You can see a clip here:
Convicted Murderer Misook Wang's Interview From Prison | Snapped: Behind Bars | Oxygen “I want to talk to you guys about my side of the story,” Misook Wang says while explaining why she agreed to do a prison interview about the murder of her mo...
08/14/2021
Thinking about how dogs think The field of dog cognition research has developed substantially in the past 20 years. Its next-level potential depends on a few things — including what we all decide it’s most useful to learn.
04/15/2021
Our very own Professor Furlong being interviewed for a documentary on dog cognition by ABC Australia!