Category: Events

Campbell/Borgen Award Presentations

Is a Master’s Degree in Psychology a Good Choice for You?

Dr. Jef Kahn, a 1997 graduate of Iowa State, will visit campus on October 18th to talk about attending graduate school in psychology. He teaches at Illinois State University where he also supervises students in their graduate program. He will speak about applying to master’s programs in psychology and career options for students with master’s … Continue reading Is a Master’s Degree in Psychology a Good Choice for You?

Psychology in Everyday Life: Psych and Law

Psychology in Everyday Life: Sexual Harassment/Assault

Zlatan Krizan on IPR’s “Talk of Iowa” discussing how adults make friends

Zlatan Krizan will be featured Thursday, October 10th at 10:00 am on Iowa Public Radio’s “Talk of Iowa” with Charity Nebbe. He will be discussing how adults make friends. Tune in to listen tomorrow at 10:00 am or check out the “Talk of Iowa” podcast.

Spirits in the Gardens

This is a Halloween trick or treat event at Reiman Gardens. Alexander Toftness, a graduate assistant in the psychology department, will be presenting at this “Meet A Scientist” event.  He will present on human perception, particularly optical illusions and brain damage differences. Costs are $3 for ISU students and Reiman Gardens members and $5 for … Continue reading Spirits in the Gardens

Graduate School Workshop Part 2: How to apply

Op-ed Training with Alison Phillips and Angie Hunt

Causal Reasoning in Psychological Research

This workshop will  focus on causal inferences based on observational data, use of Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs, more casually known as Graphical Causal Models) to represent assumptions and hypotheses, and how to make decisions about statistical controls in research. It will be very applied and minimally philosophical. Dr. Zlatan Krizan present this workshop.

Psychology in Everyday Life: Identity

Join the graduate students in psychology for a discussion about what identity is, how identity is connected with out own views/experiences in the world, and the impact these different experiences can have on an individual.