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Collective Intelligence, Swarms, and Multifractal Social Psychology: An Interview with Dr. Damian Kelty-Stephen

Assistant Professor Damian Kelty-Stephen on understanding complex behaviors such as movement, language, and perception. Traditional cognitive science often views organisms...

Bringing the Gift of Life: Students Make a Match with Donor Recruitment Drive

Saving lives is no small task, but SUNY New Paltz student Gavriel “Gavi” Goldstein ’23 ‘24g (Psychological Science) is working to make...

Associate Professor Tabitha Holmes Edits Journal Section on Constructing Identity through Narrative

Associate Professor Tabitha Holmes has edited a special section of the Journal of Constructivist Psychology entitled “Constructing Identity and Meaning through Narrative.”...

Professor Doug Maynard Receives Chancellor’s Award for Teaching

Professor Doug Maynard of the Department of Psychology at SUNY New Paltz received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence...

Emeritus Professor Phyllis Freeman’s 8th Publication on Dapsone Combination Therapy for Lyme Disease

Emeritus faculty member Phyllis Freeman has co-authored another paper on Lyme disease treatment in the journal Microorganisms. This is their...

2023 Issue of the Department Alumni Newsletter

Students and faculty after Spring Awards ceremony, May 2023

Check out the 2023 issue of the Self Monitor, the alumni newsletter of the SUNY New Paltz Department of Psychology.

Academic Poster Frame Installation 3rd floor of Wooster

Happy Summer! The Psychology Department is excited to announce the installation of academic poster frames on the 3rd floor...

Name of PSY231 Changing from “Abnormal Psychology” to “Psychopathology and Mental Distress”

The SUNY New Paltz Department of Psychology is changing the name of PSY231 from “Abnormal Psychology” to “Psychopathology and...

Glenn Geher and Five Students and Alumni Publish Positive Evolutionary Psychology Book

An Introduction to Positive Evolutionary Psychology, published recently by Cambridge University Press, is the newest book in their Applied...

Cognitive Science Colloquium on April 20: Professor Heather Sheridan from the University at Albany

Please join us for the Cognitive Colloquium Series: The Perceptual Skill of Experts in Music and Chess: Evidence from...

Review of the 7th Annual Darwin Day Symposium (2023)

Humanists and Lab members stand together with personalized goodie bags from Tiya Cotter. The back row (from left to right) pictures Kyle Powell, Sarai Garcia, Emma Jerabek, Tiya Cotter, and Jacqueline Di Santo. The front row (from left to right) pictures Carol Auer, Ethan Eisebenberg, Julia Lombard, and Glenn Geher.

Each year, the New Paltz Evolutionary Psychology Lab teams up with the Hudson Valley Humanists to hold a symposium...

Campus Panel on Activism and Social Change on February 16, Featuring Professor Karla Vermeulen

Please join us for Students in Action: A Conversation about Activism and Social Change on Thursday, February 16 at...