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Germine Awad: How Disney Blew a Huge Opportunity While Casting Aladdin
Jul. 21, 2017
Disney's casting of Naomi Scott to play Princess Jasmine missed an opportunity to supportively portray middle eastern women in Hollywood.

McCarthy and Lambert: How Teachers See Stress
Jun. 07, 2017

Chester and Rochlen: A Cutting-Edge Way for LGBTQ to “Come Out”
May. 19, 2017

Educational Psychology Students Earn APA Fellowships
May. 08, 2017
Three Educational Psychology master’s students, Patricia Kottaridis, Amy Blum, and Komal Sawani, received fellowships totaling $18,000 from the American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) Minority Fellowship Program. The Minority Fellowship Program is a federally funded training program for ethnic and racial minority researchers and…

Chris McCarthy: Political Climate as a Political Stressor
Apr. 21, 2017

Kevin Cokley: Race Relations in Texas Still a Work in Progress
Apr. 10, 2017

Kevin Cokley: Impostor Feelings Fuel Negative Mental Health Outcomes for Minority Students
Apr. 05, 2017

Associate Professor Kristin Neff’s Self-Compassion Research Highlighted in Reader’s Digest
Apr. 03, 2017

Educational Psychology Professor Kevin Cokley Selected as a Fellow in UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers
Mar. 13, 2017
Cokley's induction into the Academy distinguishes him as a top educator in the UT System, and recognizes his leadership and commitment to improving teaching and fostering instructional innovation.

Research Sheds Light on Coming Out, Online
Mar. 12, 2017
New research shines much-needed light on gay men’s use of Facebook to reveal their sexual identity.