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Grant Enables Researcher to Focus on Valley Families and Children’s Development

March 5, 2019
Certain aspects of children's social cognition ripple throughout their lives, including whether small children can understand that other people’s minds are different than their own. That understanding plays a critical role in relationships, cooperation with other people and even in academic...

Professor Main's research featured in the Wall Street Journal

November 27, 2018
Research by developmental psychology professor Alexandra Main was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal. The article, which focused on parent-teen interactions, discussed Professor Main's recent work on the conditions under which adolescents are likely to disclose to the parents.

Psychologists Look to Partner with Merced Babies, Moms for National Study

October 30, 2018
Psychology Professor Eric Walle ’s Interpersonal Development Lab will recruit local infants and mothers as an important and unique part of a large-scale study focusing on the development of young children. Led by scientists at New York University and Pennsylvania State University, the...

UC Merced Professors Honored for Work with First-Generation Students

September 24, 2018
UC Merced psychology Professor Anna Song and biology Professor Jennifer Manilay had a special dinner with UC President Janet Napolitano at her Oakland home recently to honor the faculty members for their work on first-generation student initiatives. All faculty in attendance, including...

Professor Jack Vevea elected president of Society for Research Synthesis Methods

August 24, 2018
Quantitative psychology professor Jack Vevea has been elected as the next president of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology.  SRSM is an elected-membership society limited to 85 members that focuses on meta-analysis and research synthesis. Past presidents include other highly...

Multimillion-Dollar Grant Brings Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center to Campus

July 23, 2018
UC Merced has been awarded a $3.8 million grant to establish the UC Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC), positioning UC Merced and the San Joaquin Valley region as a leading center for the study of public health and policy matters related to tobacco and marijuana. “Awarding of this...

Drawing Graphic Lessons: Comics Teach, Evaluate Difficult Concepts

June 20, 2018
Though illustrations have been used to convey ideas and information since before language existed, after Benjamin Franklin published the world’s first editorial cartoon in 1754, comics emerged a distinct avenue for visual storytelling. Now, comic art has come into classrooms at UC Merced...

Health Psychology Professor Wins Prestigious Award

April 13, 2018
The Society of Pediatric Psychology has recognized Professor Deborah Wiebe for her body of research on the psychology of adolescent health. Wiebe, the head of UC Merced’s Health Psychology program within the Psychological Sciences graduate group, won the Dennis Drotar Distinguished Research...

Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Distinguished Psychology Professor

April 12, 2018
Distinguished Professor Jan Wallander heads to New Orleans today (April 12) to attend a conference and receive the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Pediatric Medicine and Behavioral Health from the Society of Behavioral Medicine Child and Family Health...

Psychology graduate student Arturo Durazo meets with CA lawmakers

April 3, 2018
Last month, Psychological Sciences graduate student Arturo Durazo met with California lawmakers to tell them about the exciting research he and others are conducting at UC Merced. You can read more about this visit, and the tremendous impact of UC graduate students on California, in this article on...

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