Previous Flowerree Psychology Colloquium Series
 

Below, find a listing of colloquia hosted by the Department of Psychology before 2024 (when the website was redesigned).

Spring 2024

January 12, 2024

Malena Nygaard, M.S.Ed. | Indiana University
Mental Health Action Plans (MHAPs): Coordinating Mental Health Supports for Students with Intensive Socioemotional Needs
Location/Time: Stern 4018, 2pm 

January 19, 2024

Jason Frydman, Ph.D., RDT/BCT, NCSP | Lesley University
Innovative Approaches to Advancing School Mental Health: Leveraging Creativity for Student Wellbeing
Location/Time: GWBC (Business School) Rm 170, 2pm

January 26, 2024

Jacob Dai, Ph.D. | University of North Caroline, Chapel Hill
Adolescent Brains in Social Contexts: Development and Implications
Location/Time: GWBC (Business School) Rm 170, 2pm

February 2, 2024

Rebecca Marks, Ph.D. | MIT
Developing a Reading Brain
Location/Time: GWBC (Business School) Rm 170, 2pm

February 23, 2024

Anita Raj, Ph.D., MS | Tulane University
Assessing Gender-Based Violence in Louisiana using Survey Research
Location/Time: Boggs 104, 2pm

March 01, 2024

Anna Zamm, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Aarhus University
Rhythms of Social Coordination:  What Can We Learn From Music?
Location/Time: Boggs 104, 2pm

March 15, 2024

Brown Bag Session Grad Studies
Location/Time: Boggs 104, 2pm

April 19, 2024

Katharine Simon, Ph.D. | UC Davis
Navigating Sleep's Role in Episodic and Spatial Memory
Location/Time: Boggs 104, 2pm

April 26, 2024

Brenna Mossman
Social Isolation in Caregivers of Patients with Chronic and Serious Conditions: Influence on Physical Health, Mental Health, and Healthcare Utilization
Location/Time: Boggs 104, 2pm

Fall 2023

September 1, 2023

Tai Collins, Ph.D. | University of Cincinnati
Squad Goals: Implementing Effective Peer-Mediated Interventions
Location/Time: LBC 201 - Race, 2pm

September 22, 2023

Ilana Horwitz, Ph.D. | Tulane University
Why Does Religion Matter for Educational Stratifaction
Location/Time: Jones 204, 2pm

October 13, 2023

Wendy Smith | Tulane University- Conflict Resolution Specialist
Conflict Resolution Resources at Tulane
Location/Time: Jones 204, 2pm 

October 20, 2023

Neil Lewis, Ph.D. | Cornell University
Cultivating Unequal Minds: Meaning Making in a Fragmented Democracy
Location/Time: Weinmann Hall 151, 2pm 

November 3, 2023

Lindsay Bowman, Ph.D. | UC Davis
Building a Social Brain: Caregiver Contributions to Infant Brain and Social Development
Location/Time: Jones 204, 2pm

November 10, 2023

Alecia Santuzzi, Ph.D. | Northern Illinois University
Identity Management of Concealable Disabilities and Ability Differences
Location/Time: Jones 204, 2pm

December 1, 2023

Stephanie Leal, Ph.D. | Rice University
Identifying the Cognitive and Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Emotional Memory in Health and Disease
Location/Time: Jones 204, 2pm

Spring 2023

The Spring 2023 colloquium series will be in-person, and presented by members of the Tulane Department of Psychology Fridays at 2pm.

January 20, 2023

EDI Welcome Back

January 27, 2023

Jaimie Krems, Ph.D. | Oklahoma State University
Rethinking the Psychology of Friendship
Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2 pm 

February 10, 2023

Meltem Yucel, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University and Research Affiliate, Center for the Science of Moral Understanding
How do children and adults evaluate fairness norms?
Virtual Talk by Zoom

February 24, 2023

Deb Karhson, Ph.D. | Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans
Exploring the Endocannabinoid System in the Etiopathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2 pm

March 3, 2023

Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D. | SpringMath
Detecting and Preventing Learning Problems
Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2 pm

March 31, 2023

Nickolas Fears, Ph.D. | Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University
Motor Skills & Autism: Impacts on Functional Behavior
Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2 pm

April 14, 2023

Alex Birdsill, Ph.D.  | Assistant Professor of Neurology, Tulane School of Medicine
Neurocognitive Outcomes of Ebola Virus Disease
Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2 pm

April 21, 2023

Flowerree - Dehan Elcin
Effect of Meditation on Cognitive Conflict Resolution

Flowerree - Lovia Feliscar
Consequences of Network Factors in Approach and Avoidance Tendencies

Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2pm

Fall 2022

The Fall 2022 colloquium series will be in-person, and presented by members of the Tulane Department of Psychology Fridays at 2pm.

September 16, 2022

Research Roundup: Svetha Mohan, Ines Elena Martin, Ken Y Xu, Tristen Peyser

Location/Time: Dinwiddie Hall 103, 2pm

October 18, 2022

Reducing Teacher Turnover in Early Childhood Education Settings: Lessons from Research Policy Partnerships in Louisiana and Virginia
Daphna Bassok, Ph.D. | University of Virginia

Location/Time: Dinwiddie Hall 103, 12:30pm

October 21, 2022

(Un)Knowing Inequality: A Critical Race Psychology Perspective on Engaging Systemic Racism
Phia Salter, Ph.D. | Davidson College

Location/Time: Dinwiddie Hall 103, 2pm

October 28, 2022

Magnifying Time and Space: New Ways of Studying Early Development and Learning from the Infant’s Point of View; in person
Chen Yu, Ph.D. |  University of Texas Austin
 
Location/Time: Boggs 600, 2 pm 

November 11, 2022

Private Tour, Newcomb Art Museum at 2 pm, “To Survive This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults”

November 18, 2022

Psychology EDI Town Hall

November 25, 2022

Holiday: Thanksgiving

Spring 2022

The Spring 2022 colloquium series will be webinar format, and presented by members of the Tulane Department of Psychology Fridays at 2pm.

February 4, 2022

Megan deBettencourt, University of Chicago
Real-time dynamics of attention and memory

February 11, 2022

Halle Dimsdale-Zucker, Columbia University
Contextual influences on memory and neural representations

February 18, 2022

Ben Deen, Rockefeller University
Functional organization of social perception and cognition in the human brain

February 25, 2022

Mardi Gras Weekend

March 4, 2022

Note: Brain Institute/Neuroscience grad interview day - no Neuro speakers

March 11, 2022

No colloquium.

March 18, 2022

Flowerree - Monica Daniels
Proactive Antiracism Work: Do Trauma-Informed Schools Fall Short?

Flowerree - Jimmy Moran
Disease Threat, Intergroup Attitudes, and Close Relationships in an Emerging Pandemic.

March 25, 2022

Maria Arredondo, UT Austin
Attentional processes in the developing bilingual brain

April 1, 2022

Spring Break

April 8, 2022

Flowerree - Danica Kulibert
Extremists vs Moderates: Examining Differences in Perceptions of Deviants Within US Political Parties

Flowerree - Tyler Waldon-Lee
Shared Identity and Dehumanization of Currently Incarcerated Men

Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2pm

April 15, 2022

Flowerree - Miguel Vasquez
The Effects of Neural Entrainment of Sensorimotor Synchronization

Flowerree - Raquel Gutierrez
Global perspectives on teachers’ well-being and mental health following the COVID-19 pandemic

Location/Time: Boggs 105, 2pm

April 22, 2022

EDI planning session

April 29, 2022

Jazz Fest/Last Friday of Semester

Fall 2021

The Fall 2021 colloquium series will be webinar format, and presented by members of the Tulane Department of Psychology Fridays at 2pm.

September 3, 2021

University Closed

September 10, 2021

University Closed

September 17, 2021

EDI - Beloved Community of New Orleans and Tulane Psychology

September 24, 2021

University Holiday 

October 15, 2021

Lindsay Weixler, Research Assistant Professor
The Effects of Supporting Families in Accessing Early Childhood Education

October 29, 2021

Ilianna Kwaske
Psychology in the Workplace: Industrial-Organizational Psychology Careers at a Glance

November 5, 2021

David Chae, SPHTM, DEI committee speaker
TBA

November 12, 2021

EDI committee town hall: Climate survey

November 19, 2021

EDI committee, Community Conversation, Findings from the 2020-21 Psychology Department Diversity Survey

November 26, 2021

No colloquium. University Holiday

December 3, 2021

Flowerree - Brianna Hunter
"Attention Orienting to Caregivers during Infancy and Childhood"

December 10, 2021

Flowerree: Freya Woods
"Perceptions of public spaces with prejudiced namesakes & re-naming initiatives."

December 17, 2021

Flowerree - Renee Lamoreau
"Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Examining Parent-Child Emotion Dialogues and Preschoolers’ Self-Regulation Development"
 
Flowerree - Hilary Skov
"Biomarkers of self-regulation moderate associations between COVID stress exposure and child externalizing symptoms"

Spring 2021

The Spring 2021 colloquium series will be webinar format, and presented by members of the Tulane Department of Psychology Fridays at 3:30pm.

January 29, 2021

Intimacy on "the margins": Challenging assumptions with insight on consensually non-monogamous relationships
Amy Moors, Ph.D. | Chapman University

February 5, 2021

Psychology PhD and MS students only
Dr. Jinaki Flint | Staff Psychologist, Tulane Counseling Center Stress and Anxiety

February 19, 2021

Sick as a … mouse: interrogating mechanisms of immune influence on mental health, brain function, behavior, and neurological disease
Dr. Liz Engler-Chiurazzi | Tulane Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience

March 5, 2021

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee Spring 2021 Update
Dr. Stacy Overstreet and the EDI committee

March 19, 2021

Psychology Faculty-Only

The Embodied Classroom – Culturally- and Trauma Informed Instruction
Dr. Jinaki Flint | Staff Psychologist, Tulane Counseling Center

March 26, 2021

Towards Empirically Supported, Culturally Responsive Practice
Anna Long | LSU

April 2, 2021

Sit long, talk much: How do sitting and object exploration impact language in infants with typical or delayed motor development
Dr. Emily Marcinowski, LSU School of Kinesiology

April 16, 2021

Are Parenthood and Parental Care Motivation Related to Differences in Political and Religious Attitudes?
Nick Kerry | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Developing a Culturally Specific Mixed Methods Measure of Teacher Warmth and Demand in Kindergarten Telelearning Contexts
Stephanie Moberg | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Fall 2020

The Fall 2020 colloquium series will be webinar format, and presented by members of the Tulane Department of Psychology Fridays at 3:30pm.

September 11, 2020

Estrogens, Memory, and the Brain
Jill Daniel, Ph.D. | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

September 25, 2020

Examining the Effectiveness of Trauma Smart Training: Staff Satisfaction, Knowledge, and Attitudes
Andrew Orapallo | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Do Teachers’ Attitudes About Trauma-Informed Care Predict Trauma-Informed Behaviors in the Classroom?
Monica Daniels | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

October 2, 2020

Personality and Daily Behavior
Travis Miller, Ph.D. | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

October 16, 2020

The Impact of Mobile Phone Interventions on Blood Pressure Control: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials
Kamiya Stewart | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Using Participatory Action Research and Qualitative Methodology in School Consultation
Stephanie Oshrin | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

October 30, 2020

Cancelled

November 13, 2020

Examining Factors that Impact Our Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
Danica Kulibert | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Psychosocial Predictors of Healthcare Utilization Outcomes: Findings from Cancer and COVID-19 Patients
Laura Perry | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

November 20, 2020

Family Social Support Buffers the Intergenerational Association of Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Preschoolers’ Externalizing Behavior
Ginny Hatch | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Maternal Childhood Sexual Abuse and Parenting Outcomes During the Early Years: Where are the Voices of Black Mothers?
Chloe Pickett | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Spring 2020

January 24, 2020

Legal Socialization of Young Children: A Ground Theory Study of Black Mothers' Perspectives
Elsia Obus | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: Boggs 243, 3:30 pm

January 31, 2020

Neurocorrelates of Visuospatial Working Memory Impairment in Children with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Elliot Beaton, Ph.D. | University of New Orleans

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

February 28, 2020

Learning to Move and Move to Learn
Karen Adolph, Ph.D. | New York University, Professor of Psychology

Location/Time: Boggs 243, 3:30 pm

March 6, 2020

Delving Into Individual Differences in Rhythm and Language Ability: New Behavioral, Cognitive, and Genetic Evidence
Reyna Gordon, Ph.D. | Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor

Location/Time: Boggs 243, 3:30 pm

March 13, 2020

Believe and Achieve: An Examination of Academic Self-Esteem as a Moderator to Negative Experiences and Academic Achievement in Black Adolescents
Jarrad Hodge | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Letter Copying in Early School Age Children
Caroline Mayberry | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: Boggs 243, 3:30 pm

Fall 2019

September 20, 2019

Applying Error Management Theory to Sexual Assault Prevention
Jimmy Moran | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

The Power of Smell: Investigating the Relationship Between Olfactory Acuity, Disgust, and Short-term Mating
Zach Airlington | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

September 27, 2019

Evaluating the Impact of Reward Learning on Infant Selective Attention
Brianna Keenan | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Intergroup Perceptions of Anti-black Hate Speech
Freya Woods | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

October 18, 2019

Neuroendocrine Factors Influencing Youth Risk for Mood Disorders: Relationships Between Hormones and Parental Psychopathology
Sarah Black, Ph.D. | Department of Psychology

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

October 25, 2019

Narrative Identity: From Assessment to Application
Will Dunlop, Ph.D. | UC Riverside, Associate Professor

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

November 1, 2019

School-based Yoga and Mindfulness for Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing: Experiences From Preschool Through Middle School in New Orleans
Alessandra Bazzano, Ph.D. | Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Tulane University, Associate Professor

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

November 8, 2019

Risk and Thriving: Suicide Prevention Among Trans Adolescents in a National Study
Russell Toomey, Ph.D. | University of Arizona, Family Studies and Human Development

Location/Time: Uptown Campus, Newcomb Institute, The Commons, Diboll Gallery, 3:30 pm

November 15, 2019

Using the Neuroscience of Fear Extinction for Anxiety Reduction
Tali Ball, Ph.D. | Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

November 22, 2019

Using PCSIM to Build a School-Wide Bus-Riding Behavior Intervention
Raquel Gutierrez | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

December 6, 2019

The Neural Correlates of Language in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Tracey Knauss, Ph.D. | University of New Orleans

Location/Time: Boggs 242, 3:30 pm

Spring 2019

January 18, 2019

Language difference or learning disability?: Culturally responsive assessment for English language learners
Desiree Vega, Ph.D. | University of Arizona

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

January 25, 2019

You cannot be what you cannot see: Gender gaps among children in interest in politics and political careers Celeste Lay
Mirya Holman, Ph.D. | Tulane University, Department of Political Science

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

February 1, 2019

The Perceptions of Pro-Norm and Anti-Norm Deviants in U.S. Political Parties
Danica Kulibert, M.S. | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Positive Affect Modulates Infant Sensitivity to Gaze Cues
Claire Noonan, M.S. | Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: LBC 201 - Race, 3:30 pm

February 15, 2019

"Herstorical” Intergenerational Accounts of Trauma, Control, and Policing of Black Bodies Close to
Home Ashlee Yates | MHC-LP Tulane University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

February 22, 2019

"They Just Don't Like Us": Exploring Political Intergroup Attitudes and Interactions with Meta-stereotypes
Jake Appleby, Ph.D. | Tulane University

Location/Time: LBC 201 - Race, 3:30 pm

March 15, 2019

When Passive Study is not Passive: Interactions Between Saccadic Exploration and Memory Formation
Heather Lucas, Ph.D. | Louisiana State University

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

March 29, 2019

Evolution, Social Behavior, and Health
Sarah Hill, Ph.D. | Texas Christian University

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

April 5, 2019

Focused and Fired Up: Overcoming Obstacles and Improving Exercise
Emily Balcetis, Ph.D. | New York University

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

April 12, 2019

Parent-Child Conversations about Science in Museums: Cognitive Development Embedded in Everyday Activity
Maureen Callanan, Ph.D. | UC Santa Cruz

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

Fall 2018 Colloquia

September 7, 2018

Translating Research to Practice: Building on Cultural Practices
Marva Lewis, Ph.D. | TU School of Social Work

Location/Time: LBC 201- Race, 3:30 pm

October 5, 2018

Revisiting the Tulane Study on Black Personality
William Cross, Ph.D. | Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

October 19, 2018

Ethological Approaches to Understanding Human Defensive Circuits
Dean Mobbs, Ph.D. | California Institute of Techonology, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

October 26, 2018

Creating Effective Diversity Programs for Resistant Trainees: The Integration of Authority Figures into Diversity Training
Ashley Membere, Ph.D. | Xavier University, Department of Psychology

Location/Time: LBC 202 - Rechler, 3:30 pm

November 9, 2018

Development and Validation of a Brief Measure to Assess Patient Attitudes towards Palliative Care
Laura Perry | Psychology Department at Tulane University

Communication goals in online communication: How humor and memes can lead to offensiveness
Sally Merritt | Psychology Department at Tulane University

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

November 30, 2018

Ghosts in the Machine: Generating and Regulating Fear with Mental Imagery
Steven Greening, Ph.D. | LSU Psychology and Multidisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience Discovery

Location/Time: Jones 204, 3:30 pm

December 7, 2018

The Louisiana Children’s Museum in City Park
Julia Bland | Louisiana Children’s Museum

Location/Time: LBC 201 - Race, 3:30 pm