Department Highlights

The purpose of this fellowship award is to assist diverse doctoral students in acquiring sophisticated research skills by working under faculty mentorship on their own pre-dissertation research. Fellows receive a $30,000 stipend, payment of in-state fees, and a $6,000 summer stipend.

Dr. Fei Xu has been elected as a 2024 fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) within the psychology section. Congratulations!

On March 21st, 2025 Dr. Nancy Liu was awarded the APTC (Association of Psychology Training Clinic) Training Innovation Award. This award is intended to honor a member clinic of APTC and it’s director who have implemented a meaningful innovation that positively impacted the training, research and...

Dacher Keltner

Dacher Keltner was awarded the Association for Psychological Science's 2025 APS Mentor Award in recognition of his exceptional mentoring, and innovative research on compassion and awe, cultural influences on emotion and the dynamics of human hierarchies and power abuses.

Alumni Stories

Kenny Lauer

I run Marketing and Digital for the Golden State Warriors. That was not by plan but what was by plan was to study Psychology at CAL. I went to a math / science / Computer magnet program in San...

Mary Frances Crist (Ross)

After Cal, I earned a master's degree in school counseling in Texas, a teaching credential in special education, an educational diagnostician credential, and EdD in Special Education (Teachers...

Allison Sekuler

Happy to announce that starting September 1, I'll be the Vice President Research and Sandra A. Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience at Baycrest Health Sciences (University of Toronto), where I'...