Weinberg College welcomes Assistant Professor of Instruction Almaz Mesghina to the Department of Psychology! Mesghina recently answered a few questions about her research and the most fulfilling part of teaching. Mesghina uses insights from cognitive science to challenge our societal narratives...
Professor Sandra Waxman, of the Department of Psychology, found that sign language, like spoken language, supports infant cognitive development. In a groundbreaking new study to be published in October, Waxman and a team of researchers discovered that sign language offers 3-...
Professors Edith Chen and Greg Miller, of the Department of Psychology, found that overcoming adversity can actually be harmful to the health of low-income adolescents of color. The researchers discovered that students who were psychologically successful, with a strong sense of self-control and...
A new survey reveals the importance of talking about racism with White 8–12-year-olds when Black children start to experience it. Professor of psychology Sylvia Perry and Jamie Abaied of the University of Vermont conducted this survey to understand the extent...
Megan Bang, a Professor of the Learning Sciences and Psychology and active member in the Spencer Foundation, was one of 22 scholars in 2021 elected to the National Academy of Education. The Academy is comprised of U.S. members and international associates,...
Austin J. Waldron graduated in 1978, earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northwestern University. Because of his experience, Waldron partnered with the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences to create and endow the Austin J. Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program,...
Dedre Gentner, the Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Gentner is associate director of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center and a faculty affiliate of the Qualitative Reasoning Group at...
Professor Mesmin Destin of the Department of Psychology and the School of Education and Social Policy was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. With the fellowship, Destin will explore how communities and institutions can leverage multiple social forces and resources to support...
The study "Birdsong fails to support object categorization in human infants" was published in PLOS ONE on March 11, 2021, in a collaboration between scientists in the departments of psychology at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and communication sciences...
In this episode of the Global Lunchbox Podcast, Professor Dan McAdams discusses his book, The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning (2020). McAdams is the Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology and Professor of Human Development and Social...
