Speakerships
Spiker Memorial Lecture Series
A lecture series that honors the legacy of Professor Charles C. Spiker by bringing leaders in the field of developmental psychology to our department and campus.
Spence Lecture Series
A lecture series that honors the legacy of Professor Kenneth W. Spence by bringing leaders in the field of behavioral neuroscience to our department and campus.
Upcoming Events
Events
DeLTA Center Colloquium: Sophia Choukas-Bradley
Dr. Choukas-Bradley is an Associate Professor at The University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Psychology
Interests: interpersonal and sociocultural influences on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents and emerging adults (ages 11–24).
Presentation title and abstract to come.
Sophia’s Bio Page: https://www.psychology.pitt.edu/people/sophia-choukas-bradley-phd
DeLTA Center Roundtable discussion: Sophia Choukas-Bradley
The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.
Dr. Choukas-Bradley is an Associate Professor at The University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Psychology
Interests...
Departmental Brown Bag: Stephanie Leach
Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.
Stephanie Leach is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Stephanie is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the Hwang Lab.
Title and abstract to come
DeLTA Center Colloquium: Bharath Chandrasekaran
Dr. Chandrasekaran is a Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor and Department Chair in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University
Interests: Auditory Processing, Language Learning and Processing, Neuroscience, Scientific Collaboration
Presentation title and abstract to come.
Barath’s Bio Page: https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/bharath-chandrasekaran.html
DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Bharath Chandrasekaran
The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.
Dr. Chandrasekaran is a Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor and Department Chair in Communication Sciences and Disorders at...
Spiker Memorial Lecture: Nim Tottenham
The Spiker Memorial Lecture honors Charles W. Spiker's influential research and educational leadership in the field of experimental child psychology. Following Spiker's death in 1993, his students and colleagues endowed this memorial lectureship to honor all that he stood for. Its purpose is to bring to Iowa today's outstanding minds in developmental psychology.
Nim Tottenham is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University in the City of New York. Her...
Departmental Brown Bag: Koushani Biswas and Hazal Arpaci
Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.
Koushani Biswas is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Koushani is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the Freeman Lab.
Hazal Arpaci is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Hazal is in the Behavioral & Cognitive...
DeLTA Center Bold Assertion Night
DeLTA members challenge each other to think new, think differently and think big. This happens at our roundtables and regular meetings. But the heart of this challenge is Bold Assertion Night.
DeLTA members gather over snacks and drinks to think together about challenging problem. One or two people make a bold assertion and defend it. Then comes the discussion. No slides, no movies, and no holds barred.
Location subject to change. Theme of the Bold Assertion to be announced.
DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Mark Berg
The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.
Dr. Mark Berg is Professor and Collegiate Scholar in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, and is the Director of the...
Departmental Brown Bag: Taylor Christiansen and Emily Schulz
Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.
Taylor Christiansen is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Taylor is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the Blumberg Lab.
Emily Schulz is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Emily is in the Behavioral & Cognitive...
DeLTA Center Colloquium: Casey Lew-Williams
Dr. Lew-Williams is a Professor and the Department Chair of the Department of Psychology at Princeton University
Interests: How do young children learn from the dynamics of their communicative environments? From the beginning of life, infants spend a lot of time interacting with their caregivers, and their experiences across milliseconds and years add up to something big: active and rewarding participation in their own local community. Scientists can barely figure out how this complicated story...
Departmental Brown Bag: Aspen Holm and Kien Hyun
Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.
Aspen Holm is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Aspen is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the LaLumiere Lab.
Kien Hyun is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Kien is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience traini...
Departmental Brown Bag: Woo-Tek Lee
Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.
Woo-Tek Lee is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Woo-Tek is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the Jiang Lab.
Title and abstract to come
Departmental Brown Bag: Kaitlyn Jones and Johnny Peters
Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.
Kaitlyn Jones is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Kaitlyn is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the LaLumiere Lab.
Johnny Peters is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Johnny is in the Behavioral & Cognitive...
Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Jeremy Wolfe
Dr. Jeremy Wolfe is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Radiology in the Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wolfe’s research focuses on visual search and visual attention. He investigates how people find what they are looking for and why they might fail to notice something that’s right in front of their eyes. He has a particular interest in socially important search tasks in areas like medical image perception (e.g., cancer screening), security (e.g., baggage screening)...