Department of Psychological Science at Hobart & William Smith Colleges

03/23/2021

Congratulations, Professor Bodenlos!

Chair and Associate Professor of Psychological Science Jamie Bodenlos has been elected vice president of the eastern region of international psychology honor society Psi Chi. Since founding the HWS chapter of the international psychology honor society Psi Chi in 2014, Chair and Associate Professor o...

02/12/2021

Prof. Dan Graham's upcoming book was recently highlighted in Psychology Today!

Associate Professor of Psychological Science Daniel Graham explores his theory of the internet brain in a blog for Psychology Today. Daniel Graham, photo courtesy of Reanna Lavine In a new blog featured in Psychology Today, Associate Professor of Psychological Science Daniel Graham introduces his th...

01/12/2021

Make sure you add Professor Dan Graham's new book to your To Be Read list! It'll be published in May 2021!

Associate Professor of Psychological Science Daniel Graham explores a new paradigm for how the brain works in An Internet In Your Head, to be published by Columbia University Press in May 2021. While the human brain is often compared to a computer, a new book by Associate Professor of Psychological....

11/09/2020

Congratulations to Prof. Emily Fisher and Prof. Nan Crystal Arens (in Geoscience) on their recent publication and collaboration!

After taking a geoscience course, students are significantly less likely to use motivated reasoning (the phenomenon in which people use their group beliefs and psychological needs unconsciously to filter information, giving weight to information that supports pre-existing beliefs and discrediting in...

10/28/2020

Check out this awesome (free) symposium, featuring Hobart and William Smith Colleges Dept of Psych Science's own Professor Stephanie Anglin!

10/19/2020

Psych minor Alessa Dixe (WS'21) was a co-author on a recently published article with Professor Ashdown and Professor Talmage. Congrats, Alessa!

In this perspective article, we argue that too often, foreign and developmental aid devolves into a form of imperialism and colonialism that we more fully define in the article. We believe that aided communities and community members are often expected (or required) to change their own cultural ways...

10/19/2020

Congratulations to Kristen Le (WS'20), whose honors thesis was recently published in the Journal of Genetic Psychology!

(2020). Examining the Reliability of Various Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory) Measures in Vietnamese Adolescents. The Journal of Genetic Psychology. Ahead of Print.

10/15/2020

Congrats to Professor Julie Kingery and psych senior Travis Schneider (H'21), who joined other great faculty at HWS in publishing an important piece about HWS's response to the COVID-19 pandemic!

Hobart and William Smith and the Geneva community innovated rapidly in response to the global pandemic, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage explains in an article he co-authored with 11 HWS students, faculty and staff. Their interdisciplinary scholarship was published in the...

10/14/2020

Jean Piaget in his office. None of your professors want to hear anything about their messy offices ever again!

10/06/2020

A bit off topic but important: My daughter, a senior in HS, is registering new voters online. If you haven’t registered yet to vote, you can do so here:

You can register to vote online... literally right now! It's fast, easy, and requires only basic information like your street address. Let's Do This!

09/23/2020

Congrats to Prof. Bodenlos and WS alums Elizabeth Hawes, Sarah Burstein, and Kelsey Arroyo on their recent publication!

Cognitive fusion, which occurs when we equate our thoughts with reality, is the topic of an article in the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science by Associate Professor of Psychological Science Jamie Bodenlos and three of her former students: Elizabeth Hawes ’19, Sarah Burstein ’19 and Kelsey ...

09/11/2020

Check out the awesome work that WS alumna and Psych Major Amanda Mosher is doing as a graduate student at Molloy College! Congrats, Amanda!

Meet the counselors at the MHWC! Today’s featured counselor is Amanda Mosher, Student Clinician, MS Candidate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Amanda is a third-year graduate student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Molloy College. She is currently practicing as a clinician under a licensed mental health counselor at the Mental Health and Wellness Center. She believes that counseling is a process that encourages individuals to open up physically, mentally, and emotionally to improve their way of life. She has experience working with individuals with anxiety and depression as well as intellectual disabilities. Amanda’s approach to counseling is an integration of Person-Centered Counseling, Mindfulness Approach, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).