This page contains a listing of past colloquia hosted by the Department of Psychology.
Spring 2024
The Spring 2024 colloquium series will be in-person on Fridays at 2pm.
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
The Fall 2023 colloquium series will be in-person, and presented by members of the Tulane Department of Psychology Fridays at 2pm.
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
