Monica Luciana - New Department Chair!

We are delighted to announce that Professor Monica Luciana has agreed to
serve as the next chair of Psychology.

From Dean Parente:
Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to announce that Professor Monica Luciana has agreed to
serve as the next chair of Psychology. Monica has provided strong
leadership to the department as the associate chair for research for
the past several years, and she is extraordinarily well-prepared to
assume the leadership of your distinguished department. I am looking
forward to working together with her and you to continue to build the
excellence of Minnesota Psychology.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Professor Gordon Legge
for his outstanding leadership of the department during the past seven
years. Gordon has provided inspired and wise direction for the
department through the recent turbulent period in higher education,
and his exceptional academic values and strong administrative gifts
have strengthened the department's long tradition of distinction in
research and teaching. I would also like to thank the members of the
Department of Psychology's Executive Committee--Pat Frazier, Jonathan
Gewirtz, Marti Hope Gonzales, Yuhong Jiang and Mark Snyder--for their
considerable efforts in identifying the next chair of Psychology and
in recommending Monica for this important position.
Best wishes,
--Jim

New IT Staff - Kao Yang!

We are thrilled to announce the hiring of Kao Yang who will join the
Department IT staff.

I am thrilled to announce the hiring of Kao Yang who will join the
Department IT staff on Monday, June 8. Kao has a BS in Computer
Information Systems and has been working in IT in the Fresno Unified
School District since 2007. Kao has extensive experience supporting
Windows users in a networked environment. His appointment is permanent
and full-time, shared between Psychology at 75% and Statistics at 25%.
Kao will staff the Department IT Help Desk.
Please join me in welcoming Kao to the Department, the University and Minnesota!
Also, thank you very much for your patience over the past eighteen
months as we have worked hard to maintain services, while also
clarifying our needs within the changing IT environment at the College
and centrally. Although how IT is to be delivered at the U continues
to change, it is my goal to insure that our Department has dependable
and timely IT services. Kao's presence will help us achieve this goal
-- better, faster.
--
Carla Bates
Information Technology Professional
University of Minnesota, Psychology
N218 Elliott Hall
75 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Tori Espensen Sturgis who has recieved Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF.

The Department of Psychology would like to acknowledge our Graduate Student, Tori Espensen Sturgis who has received Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF.

The Department of Psychology would like to acknowledge our Graduate Student, Tori Espensen Sturgis who has received Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF.

Tori's Past Research

Tori's Project Proposal

Tori's Personal Statement