The "Social Socials"

The social psychology group at CGU calls its colloquium/symposium/brown-bag meetings “Social Socials” because they are doubly social – they are about social psychology and they are a social event that brings together faculty, graduate students, visitors and anyone who is interested in social psychology. We meet every two weeks during each semester, usually for an hour at lunch time. Everyone with an interest in social psychology is welcome – we provide lunch and informative and interesting speakers on a wide variety of topics in social psychology. Social Socials are a balanced mix of basic and applied scientific presentations from graduate students and local and visiting social psychologists, as well as career development-oriented presentations, discussions, and workshops. Each May we look forward to a two-hour "thesis fair” where social students who have just completed their master's thesis or doctoral dissertation tell us about their research.

The Social Social program is organized, coordinated, and run by social psychology students – Amber Gaffney (amber.gaffney@cgu.edu) and Namrata Mahajan (namrata.mahajan@cgu.edu) are the current organizers. Please contact them for more information.

2008-2009 Schedule

September 24, 2008 Dr. Thierry Devos, San Diego State University “Who is American? Vicissitudes of a national identity across ethnic groups” 12-1pm ~ Room Burkle 26

October 7, 2008 Student Research Presentations 12-1pm ~ Room TBA

October 30, 2008  Dr. Marilynn Brewer, Ohio State University 12-1pm ~ Room ACB 211

November 4, 2008 12-1pm ~ Room and Topic TBA

November 18, 2008 12-1pm ~ Room and Topic TBA

December 2, 2008 12-1pm ~ Room and Topic TBA

2007-2008 Schedule

September 28, 2007 Dr. Mark Snyder, University of Minnesota “Products of their personalities or creatures of their situations? Explorations of personality and social behavior” 12-1pm ~ Room ACB 211

October 30, 2007 Alumni Panel: Dr. Erina Lee, Dr. Bettina Casad, and Lauren Garcia 12-1pm ~ Room Burkle 26

November 13, 2007 Dr. David Sherman, University of California, Santa Barbara “Threats and affirmations: The interplay of self and social identity” 12-1pm ~ Room ACB 211

February 12, 2008 Dr. Mark Costanzo, Claremont McKenna College “The psychology of police interrogations and false confessions” 12-1pm ~ Room Burkle 14

February 26, 2008 Dr. Debra Mashek, Harvey Mudd College “Postdocs” 12-1pm ~ Room Burkle 14

March 11, 2008 Student Presentations (Amber Gaffney and Benjamin Marcus) “Environmentalism and Psychology” 12-1pm ~ Room Burkle 26

March 25, 2008 Student Presentations (Janice Adelman, Robert Blagg, and Jessica Clevering) “Religion and Psychology” 12-1pm ~ Room Burkle 26

April 8, 2008 Dr. Robin Martin, Aston University, UK “Persuasion through numbers: The effects of majority and minority numerical support on attitude change” 12-1pm ~ Room Burkle 14

April 29, 2008 Thesis Fair 12-1pm ~ Room Stauffer 106