Founded in the early 1960s, the Department has grown to become one of the most esteemed Departments of Psychology in Canada.
Our faculty and our graduate program are internationally renowned.
UW Psychology's Allison Kelly won the International Journal of Eating Disorders 2018 Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award for her paper, "A feasibility study of a 2‐week self‐compassionate letter‐writing intervention for nontreatment seeking individuals with typical and atypical anorexia nervosa". Congratulations Allison!
The Faculty of Arts heat of the 2019 Three Minute Thesis Competion took place on Friday March 1 and three of the four prizes awarded were to Psychology students. You can click on the titles below to watch the talks.
If you missed Dr. Danckert's talk, Out of My Skull: My travels in the psychology of boredom, on February 1, 2019 you can watch it on youtube.
Speaker: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University; President of Association for Psychological Science
Title: The Power of Predictions: An emerging paradigm for psychologucal research
Location: PAS 2083
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow in PAS 3005
Kassandra Cortes' thesis is entitled: "The Role of Regulatory Focus Motivation in Experiencing Relationship Success."
All are welcome to attend.
Graduate students in the Clinical are of the Psychology Department will present a workshop on Happy Healthy Relationships at Forest Heights Community Library on April 29th from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Research Experiences Group (REG)
The Psychology Department is proud to be a part of the UWaterloo Green Office Initiative, and is now a Bronze Certified Green office!
Find out how you can get involved with the UWaterloo Green Office initiative!
