Meet a Summer Research Fellow: Taylor West
Taylor West is a Ph.D. candidate within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As she continues working on her dissertation that focuses on positive interactions between strangers, West has received the Laura Mayer Summer Research Fellowship.
The Graduate School announces its 2023 Summer Research Fellowship recipients
The Graduate School is pleased to announce its 2023 Summer Research Fellowship Recipients. These fellowships award doctoral students with financial support that allows them to focus solely on their dissertation research during the summer.
Meet a Summer Research Fellow: John West
John West is a Ph.D. candidate within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As he works to complete his dissertation — research that focuses on emotional granularity in individuals and how it shapes our memory — he has been awarded the Drs. Thomas and Sharon Watkins Summer Research Fellowship.
Brain-body breakthrough
Keely Muscatell is one of just a few scholars conducting research within this realm and is working closely with two Ph.D. students to uncover the short- and long-term effects of one particularly ugly social experience: racial discrimination.
Diversity and Student Success ‘Beyond These Walls’ highlights identity, stress, and resiliency among black families
Diversity and Student Success held its annual Beyond These Walls event online in April 2021, which featured three doctoral students from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience’s StAR lab.