Latest Departmental News

Virtual Graduation Spring 2021

Posted: Apr 20, 2021 - 12:00am

VIRTUAL GRADUATION SPRING 2021   The Department of Psychology convocation ceremony will be virtual this year.  The faculty and staff in the Psychology Department, congratulate you on your upcoming graduation! DEPARTMENT CONVOCATION SCHEDUL...read more

Kim M. Larrañaga Scholarship

Posted: Apr 09, 2021 - 12:00am

The Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico is pleased to announce the creation of the Kim M. Larrañaga Memorial Scholarship. Over the course of a 15-year career at UNM, Kim served in multiple departments across campu...read more

Jalene Herron--SHIP Award Winner

Posted: Apr 02, 2021 - 12:00am

The Department is extreamly pleased to announce that Jalene Herron and her mentor, Dr. Kamilla Venner, are the inaugural winners of the Sobel Duncan Science for Health in Indigenous Populations (SHIP) Award. The goal of the SHIP Award is to promote ...read more

Psychology Colloquium

Posted: Feb 08, 2021 - 12:00am

Join us this Friday, February 12th, at 9:00 am (MST). Zoom link: https://unm.zoom.us/j/5606881226 Barbara McCrady, Distinguished Professor of Psycology at UNM and former director at CASAA-the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions, wi...read more

Psychology Colloquium

Posted: Jan 26, 2021 - 12:00am

Our first Psychology Colouqium for spring term will be online this Friday morning, January 29, at 9:00 am (MST)Rex Junn, Ph.D. UNM Neurosurgery will present:  The reason behind creative cognition. Abstract:  Our research group has worked, ...read more

2020 Newsletter

Posted: Jan 21, 2021 - 12:00am

The 2020 Newsletter is now available for you to read.  Please click here to see all the wonderful things that happened in Psychology this past year....read more

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Positive Psychology Workbook

Posted: Dec 07, 2020 - 12:00am

Free Positive Psychology Workbook to Help Make 2021 a Better Year Bruce W. Smith is making a new positive psychology workbook freely available to everyone as a PDF to help them get through the holidays and make next year a better new year. Positive ...read more

Agora Celebrates 50 Years

Posted: Oct 30, 2020 - 12:00pm

Dedication and service: Agora celebrates 50 years, remains one of the oldest crisis centers in the country. In 1970, a University of New Mexico freshman in distress sought professional mental health help on campus. Unsuccessful in finding the h...read more

Spring 2020 Psychology Graduates

Posted: Aug 26, 2020 - 12:00pm

Click on the 2020 Convocation link to view our Spring 2020 Convocation brochure. You can also find profiles of our recent graduates on our website under people. 2020 Undergraduate Students 2020 Graduate Students ...read more

STEM Shoutouts!

Posted: Aug 26, 2020 - 12:00am

Advance at UNM has given STEM Shoutouts! to two of our faculty; Dr. Kamilla Venner and Dr. Katie Witkiewitz.  Click on the links below to see what the shoutouts are all about! Dr. Kamilla Venner wins Dora Goldstein award. Dr. Katie Witkiewitz e...read more

Venner Research Spotlighted

Posted: May 22, 2020 - 12:00am

The National Institutes of Health HEAL initiative has spotlighted research being done by our own Kamilla Venner, PhD.  The research expolores the integration of medication-based treatment with the healing traditions of American Indian and Alask...read more

Kamilla Venner wins Award

Posted: Mar 30, 2020 - 12:00am

The Research Society on Alcoholism recently gave out its annual awards.  The 2nd Annual Dora Goldstein Diversity in the Sciences Award was awarded to Dr. Kamilla Venner. This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated excellence a...read more

Lindsay Britt-Scholarship Recipient

Posted: Feb 04, 2020 - 12:00am

Lindsay Britt, Contract and Grant Administrator here in the department, recently received one of two scholarships from the Education Scholarship Fund.  Click this link to read more about Lindsay and the Education Scholarship Fund....read more

Graduate Student Honored by Legislature

Posted: Feb 03, 2020 - 12:00am

Monica Goncalves-Garcia, a CBB Doctoral student in our department, was recognized at the latest UNM Day at the State Legislature.  She was selected by the provosts office as "an outstanding graduate student following her presentation of researc...read more

2019 Newsletter

Posted: Dec 19, 2019 - 12:00am

The 2019 Newsletter is now available for you to read.  Please click here to see all the wonderful things that happened in Psychology this past year....read more