Anterior cingulate cortex and cortical re-representation of limbic processes of emotional conflict Vanessa NyBlom UA ’25 and Jim Stellar This blog post is part of a series of posts that look at the way limbic-emotional processes might be represented as … Continued
Wielding experiential education as a tool for professional wisdom By Rachel Orenstein UA’24 and Jim Stellar In our last blog post about applying new knowledge to old routines, as well as in our prior blog post about an internship reshaping … Continued
The Power of Restorative Justice Zuri Steadman, Brandy Eggan, James Stellar During the summer of 2022, I (Zuri) worked at Harlem Children’s Zone as a teaching assistant and summer aid. I mostly worked with kindergarteners from underprivileged backgrounds. The children … Continued
Defining Leadership through the lens of Sympathetic Intelligence: Emotion, intention, transparency, empathy Lindsay Jacobs, Lauren Dilorenzo, and Jim Stellar Many coaching podcasts and articles on leadership are currently circulating and we find ourselves fascinated by them, the topic of leadership, … Continued
Early Childhood Development of Autism: The Brain, connections to Anxiety and Gender Differences, and the Application to Learning from Experience Natalia Baron UA’26 and Jim Stellar Early childhood is a vital time for psychological development. From the time of birth … Continued
Going to Graduate School in my own University Christina Testa UA’23 and Jim Stellar Christina and I met while she was an undergraduate and I had the chance to write her a successful graduate admission letter (she got in) to … Continued
Using mentoring to increase academic performance Helena Horvat UA’23 and Jim Stellar We recently wrote a blog post about how mentoring might develop between a student and a faculty member and how that could be productive in terms of a … Continued
From University at Albany to Teachers College Columbia in one jump Emma Langsford UA23 and Jim Stellar I met Emma as a senior in a psychology class where I gave a guest lecture. She had questions that turned out to … Continued
The experience of applying new knowledge to your usual routine Rachel Orenstein UA’24 and Jim Stellar This is an unusual title for a blog that you developed. Let’s take a moment to expand on what it means. After all, the … Continued
Productivity in career choice from a mentoring relationship Helena Horvat UC’23 and Jim Stellar The goal of this blog post is to discuss how a mentoring relationship can develop between a faculty member and an undergraduate student and how that … Continued