Chad Woodruff, Ph.D., and Larry Stevens, Ph.D., from the Department of Psychological Sciences, served as coeditors for the newly released text The Neuroscience of Empathy, Compassion, and Self-Compassion. The 353 page volume contains 11 chapters covering a wide range of contemporary neuroscience research topics within the fields of empathy, compassion, and self-compassion (ECS).
Eight students completed the prestigious Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program hosted by the Department of Psychological Sciences during an 8-week summer session. The program, focused on the social psychophysiology of compassion, provided an opportunity for the interns to conduct research under the guidance of a faculty mentor and with… Read more
Patrick Doyle, a second-year graduate student in the Masters of Arts in Psychological Sciences program was a finalist in the Three-Minute Research Presentation competition hosted by the NAU Office of Graduate and Professional Studies. Patrick was the first student from our program to compete in the event. His presentation showcased the findings of his thesis research on concussion reporting in collegiate football, which combined data scraping and computational methodology to model a cultural-level and its effect on the… Read more
The winners of the prestigious Viola Awards were announced at a sold-out gala attended by more than 600 patrons on Saturday, March 3rd. The Viola Awards are described as “Flagstaff’s Oscars for the arts and sciences community” and celebrate excellence in a number of categories. Winning the Innovations category was Hope and Trauma in a Poisoned Land, a project directed by Ann Collier, which used art as the medium with which to explored the impact of uranium mining on… Read more
The Department of Psychological Sciences received the NAU award for 
at the President’s Annual Award Recognition Ceremony on April 26, 2017. According to the Center for International Education’s website, “this award recognizes exceptional work done by departments in developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy that infuses global learning throughout the discipline.” Although the department has a long history of involvement with international education and research, it was… Read more