• Psychology Commencement 2024



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Department Highlights

Dr. Iris Mauss

Congratulations to Iris Mauss for receiving the Mentorship in Affective Science Award

The 2024 Society for Affective Science Mentorship Award is bestowed to Dr. Iris Mauss, Professor of Psychology and director of the Institute for Social and Personality Research (IPSR) at the University of California, Berkeley.

Congratulations to Emily Rosenthal for receiving a P.E.O. Scholar Award

Emily Rosenthal, a Clinical Science PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley, received a 2024 Scholar Award given by the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.

Harumi Quinones

Congratulations to Harumi Quinones, recipient of the Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards

UC Berkeley Department of Psychology Student Services Director Harumi Quinones has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards.

Professor Bob Knight

Congratulations to Bob Knight who has been awarded the 2024 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions

Bob Knight will receive the 2024 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American Psychological Association (APA).

Graduate Student Highlights

Jonathan Reeves is a PhD candidate in the Clinical Science program at the University of California, Berkeley. His research aims to better understand, predict, and treat self-harm, suicide, and the...

Scientists at UC Berkeley and Western University in Canada have used brain imaging to map the cerebellum, a formerly underappreciated neural region that contains the vast majority of the brain’s...

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Alumni Stories

I graduated from Cal in 2009 with degrees in both Psychology and Social Welfare. I attinaed my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific...

Graduated in 1967 and began teaching in Oakland.  It didn't take long to think "someone ought to be able to run schools better than this"!   So I went back to school in school administration and...

After finishing a double major in Psychology and Music at Cal, I went on to complete a MA and PhD in Education-School Psychology, also at Cal. I am a credentialed school psychologist and have a...