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Family Study Center Receives $3.7 Million Federal Grant To Support Vulnerable Families
A collaborative team led by psychology ܽƵapp James McHale, director of the Family Study Center on the USF St. Petersburg campus, has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to research and strengthen relationships between family members to create safe and supportive households.
April 16, 2021Accomplishments

Alcohol Use and Death Increase During The Pandemic
Dr. Lindsey Rodriguez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, was recently quoted in an NBC News article about the pandemic and the relation to increase in alcohol related deaths among women.
December 9, 2020Faculty News, Research

USF Undergraduates Publish Breakthrough Research On Psychology Of Reilgion
Psychology ܽƵapps typically learn about research methods and statistics through their coursework, but in Dr. Jay Michaels’ Social Dynamics Lab at the ܽƵapp’s (USF) Sarasota-Manatee campus, undergraduate research assistants apply what they know about these topics to contribute to cutting-edge research.
December 9, 2020Research

Professor Judith Bryant Receives Teaching Mentorship Award
In March 2020, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) named Department of Psychology Professor Judith Bryant the recipient of the inaugural STP Mentorship of Teachers Award.
June 19, 2020Accomplishments
People drank more during the COVID-19 quarantine than they did before the lockdown, as they grappled with stress and fear caused by the pandemic.
June 18, 2020Research
Tammy Allen provides APS backgrounder on working remotely during COVID-19.
April 13, 2020Faculty News
In February, Dr. Maria Brea-Spahn received a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award at NYU. Dr. Brea-Spahn is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Bilingual Extension Program in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at NYU. The award recognizes outstanding faculty who exemplify the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through teaching excellence, leadership, social justice activism, and community building. Dr. Brea-Spahn received her PhD from USF in 2009.
March 1, 2020Alumni News
Jane is featured on ܽƵapp Beat today discussing her two decades of research on the use of “they” as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun.
January 8, 2020Faculty News, Research
A recently-published study co-authored by Edelyn Verona and doctoral ܽƵapp Lauren Fournier (along with criminology ܽƵapp Bryanna Fox) is described in today’s Tampa Bay Times. The research explored risk factors for incarceration in inmates in Pasco County jails.
January 4, 2020Research