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Health Psychology & COVID-19
After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor David Sherman of UC Santa Barbara conducted a series of interviews with public health workers, policy scholars, and health psychology researchers to discuss their experience and research related to this global pandemic.
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Online Adaptation of the Teacher Behavior Checklist (TBC-O)
This project aims to validate a version of the Teacher Behavior Checklist specifically adapted to capture nuances of online teaching.
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Activism in Pedagogy
A virtual conference honoring the 11th Annual Pedagogy Day at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). The theme of 2020 was Activism in Pedagogy. The workshops, led by scholar-activists across all levels of academia, focused on using an intersectional lens to help to dismantle oppression in college classes.
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What is Environmental Psychology?
This project represents an opportunity to leverage technological resources to enhance teaching and learning of environmental psychology (EP) online. The creators of this project are developing a dynamic video series that will introduce concepts and methods critical to the study of EP.
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PURSUE
PURSUE (Preparing Undergraduates for Research in STEM-related fields Using Electrophysiology) is a collaborative initiative to facilitate the training of undergraduates in cognitive electrophysiology.
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Sometimes Mindlessness Is Better Than Mindfulness
“Be present.” This is the mantra of mindfulness meditation and a supposed key to self-awareness and acceptance. In one type of mindfulness exercise, the goal is to perform routine activities with a heightened sense of attention. “Try to take the time to experience your environment with all of your senses—touch, sound, sight, smell and taste. For example, when you eat a favorite food, take the time to smell, taste and truly enjoy it,” recommends one Mayo Clinic article. Mindfulness may indeed have psychological benefits.
