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Three weeks ago, at its annual meeting in New Orleans, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), the world's leading organization in survey research and methods, presented its 2017 Policy Impact Award to the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC), headed by Geoff Fong and his team here in the Department of Psychology at University of Waterloo.

cake decorated with strawberries to resemble canadian flag

image of white slab cake using strawberries to Canadian flag decor The Department of Psychology celebrates Canada's birthday and the summer solstice with the annual Psychology Pot Luck BBQ.

When Pat Rowe, Professor Emerita of psychology, first arrived with her husband, Philip Bryden, at the University of Waterloo in 1963, it was just “one or two new buildings in a muddy field,” she says, “but the place conveyed a sense of excitement, energy and challenge not found in more traditional institutions.”

Karisa Parkington a Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology was awarded the 2017 University of Waterloo “Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies”. Congratulations Karisa!

Group photo of CSIOP winners at CPA meeting

At the recent CPA annual meeting in Toronto, the UW Psychology I/O students swept the CSIOP student presentation awards:

Edward Yeung won the CSIOP RHR Kendall Award for Best Paper. Title: "Diversity Recruitment: Broken Promises or Unrealized Potential?"

Canaan Legault won the CSIOP Best Poster Award. Title: "Goal Frame Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Resource Allocation."

Congrats Edward and Canaan!

Three in Psychology were awarded at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science meeting in Regina:

Myra Fernandes - the inaugural Women in Cognitive Science Mentorship Award
Colin MacLeod - the Richard C. Tees Distinguished Leadership Award
Melissa Meade - the Donald O. Hebb Graduate Student Award (best paper by a graduate student)

Congratulations to all!

Distinguished Academic Achievement - Bethany Ann Nightingale

Honorary Member of the University - Heather Lynn Smith

University Professor - Joanne Wood

Recipients of the Outstanding Performance Award

Vince Di Ruzza
Richard Eibach
Ori Friedman
Heather Henderson
David Moscovitch
Paul Wehr

Mismatched goals may lead interactions between well-intentioned White and racial minority individuals to go awry. Waterloo Assistant Professor Hilary Bergsieker and her colleagues clarify the divergent expectations that diverse groups often bring into encounters with one another.

The Psychonomic Society awards young scientists each year who have made significant contributions to scientific psychology early in their careers.

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AAPOR presented ITC with the 2017 Policy Impact Award

Psychology celebrates Canada's Birthday!

Sixty Years of Innovation: Celebrating Professor Pat Rowe’s groundbreaking leadership in psychology

Karisa Parkington Awarded “Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies”.

Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Awards

A Hat Trick at CSBBCS 2017

Three in Psychology were awarded at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science meeting in Regina:

Congratulations to all!

Department of Psychology Awards Received 2017

Department of Psychology Outstanding Performance Awards Received 2017

Hilary Bergsieker - Why We're Awkward - New York Times video

Evan Risko - Recipient of Psychonomic Society 2017 Early Career Award