Psychology And Stuff

In this episode, we discuss the newly launched Virtual Museum of Psychology (http://psychmuseum.uwgb.org/), brought to you by the UW-Green Bay Psychology Program. We discuss what it is, why we built it, and how it came to be. Guests include Kate Farley, Annie Jones, Luke Konkol, Allee Schramm, and Annemarie Schwery.

In this episode, three UW-Green Bay psychology students (Annie Jones, Allee Schramm, and Annemarie Schwery) spend a week interviewing other psychology students about why they decided to major in psychology, what their lives are like as psychology majors, and what they plan to do when they graduate.

In this episode, Dr. Ryan Martin and Allee Schramm talk with Mina and MIchael Witte, dance instructors and owners of Simply Ballroom LLC. The four of us discuss the various emotional and cognitive benefits of dance, take questions from the audience, and play a little game of "Dancing with the... Who?"

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Scott O Lilienfeld, author of 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology (https://www.amazon.com/Great-Myths-Popular-Psychology-Misconceptions/dp/1405131128). Dr. Lilienfeld is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Dr. Lilienfeld is Editor of Clinical Psychological Science, Associate Editor of the Archives of Scientific Psychology, and President-Elect of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology.

In this episode of Psych and Stuff, we talk with Dr. Kris Vespia of the UW-Green Bay Psychology Department about her research on mental health literacy. She shares important information about Mental Health First Aid and refernces this website in her discussion: http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/

In this episode of Psych and Stuff, we talk with Dr. Sawa Senzaki, Human Development and Psychology Faculty Member, about her research on culture and child development. She is joined by two of her undergraduate research assistants, Kirsten Wideman and Katrina Webber.

Season 2 of Psychology and Stuff kicks off with our newest faculty member, Dr. Jason Cowell. Dr. Cowell is a cognitive neuroscientist who researches empathy and morality.

In this special, off-season episode, Dr. Ryan Martin interviews six psychologists at the Summit on the National Assessment of Psychology (SNAP), hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (June 21-25, 2016). Featuring Drs. Regan A.R. Gurung, Jane Halonen, Kristin Vespia, Jim Diaz-Granados, Aaron Richmond, and Jennifer Thompson.

In this final episode of the season, Allee Schramm and Ryan Martin interview more than 15 students from 7 different universities about the research they presented at the 2016 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago. Topics ranged from stereotype threat to autism to communication during sex.

As a follow up to our previous episode on the Stanford Prison Experiment (https://soundcloud.com/rycmart/episode16), we talk with Dr. Derek Jeffreys, Philosophy and Religious Studies Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Dr. Jeffreys has written several books on topics related to ethics, torture, and solitary confinement, and has extensive experience teaching in prisons and jails.

What is civility and what does it mean to be civil? We discuss it in this episode when we talk with Shirley Senarighi of the Door County Civility Project (http://www.doorcountycivilityproject.org/).

In celebration of Earth Week, we talk with Social Ecologist and Environmental Psychology expert, Dr. Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges. Joining us for the talk is UWGB Psychology student, Gracie Kellow.

In this episode Dr. Ryan Martin and Dr. Kate Burns talk with Will Vogt, current student and podcast regular, and Michael Schwartz-Oscar, Executive Director of the Volunteer Center of Brown County (http://www.volunteergb.org/). Michael discusses the value of volunteering, the various programs offered through the center, and how UWGB Psychology and Human Development students can get involved in an internship through the center. Learn more about the internship match program at: http://blog.uwgb.edu/uwgbpsych/hudpsych-volunteer-center-internship-matching-program/

Drs. Gurung and Martin chat with six different students about their research on topics related to death, moral decision making, autism, cultural competence, and suicide. These six students (Liza Steffeck, Sarah Busko, Chad Osteen, Vince Badalamenti, Michelle McChesney, and Will Vogt) represent just a few of the more than 40 UWGB Psychology students who will be presenting their work at Posters in the Rotunda, the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, and the UWGB Academic Excellence Symposium.

What happens when a psychologist and a communications professor sit down to talk about superheroes? Find out when Drs. Bryan Carr and Ryan Martin chat about everything from the Avengers to Superman. Plus, we invent and play the game, "Superhero Stream of Consciousness."

Three psychologists and a poet sit down to watch the 2015 movie, The Stanford Prison Experiment (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420293/?ref_=nv_sr_1) in this special LIVE episode of Psychology and Stuff. Drs. Kate Burns, Regan A.R. Gurung, Chuck Rybak, and Ryan Martin chat about the film, the original study, and more.

In this episode we talk with UW-Green Bay Human Development and Psychology faculty member, Dr. Illene Cupit, about her research on death, dying, and loss. Her research assistants, Danielle DiCarlo, Lisa Barnaby, and Michelle McChesney, also share their insights into the topic.

In this episode we talk with UW-Green Bay political scientist, Dr. Aaron Weinschenk, about his research on the relationships between personality and political behaviors.

In this episode we talk with Family Services Director for Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity, Michelle Heeler, and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Psychology student and Habitat Volunteer, Sarah Busko. Learn more about Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity at www.greenbayhabitat.org

In this episode we talk with social psychologist and weight stigma expert, Dr. Christine Smith.