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Psychological Science Department News

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Cristina Salvador ’15 Accepts Tenure Track Position at Duke University
Cristina accepted a tenure track position at Duke University in the department of Psychology 
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Pomona College Sagecast Featuring Professor Hurley
Professor Eric Hurley talks on Sagecast!
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Mackenzie Cummings ’19 at Seattle Pacific University for Clinical PhD
Mackenzie Cummings ’19 was recently accepted into the clinical PhD program at Seattle Pacific University.
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Alumnus Cristina Salvador '15, Publishes First Author Paper

September 2020: Relational Mobility Predicts Faster Spread of COVID-19: A 39-Country Study
Cristina E. Salvador, Martha K. Berg, Qinggang Yu, Alvaro San Martin, and Shinobu Kitayama 
 

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Pomona College Sagecast Featuring Professor Masland!
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Alumni Receive 2020 NSF GRFP Awards

Kajung Hong, '16 (winner) 

Laura Guzman, '14 (honorable mention) 

Daniel Choi, '15 (honorable mention) 

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Prof. Pearson Published in Nature on Environmental Sustainability

Prof. Pearson was part of an expert panel that just released a synthesis report on how behavioral scientists, engineers, and architects can work together to enhance sustainability in the built environment. 

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Erika Hayes James (’91) named Dean of University of Pennsylvania

James was just announced Dean of University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School, the top ranked business and management school in the country.  After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Pomona, she earned her Ph.D.

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Alicia Yee Ibaraki '08, Assistant Professor at Western Oregon University

 Alicia graduated from Pomona in 2008 and accepted a position in Psychological Sciences at Western Oregon University. She specializes in clinical psychology.

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Evan Iliakis '18, Published First-Author Paper in "Psychiatric Services"

The paper is titled "Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?" and was written in collaboration with researchers at McLean Hospital.