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How a professor and a student came to write a blog By Jennifer Agbanyo UA’27 and Jim Stellar JA was a student in an introductory psychology class that JS taught in the spring of 2024.  She sat on the right-hand … Continued

Decision making with imperfect information – cognitive-emotional integration Katrina Wang UA 27 and Jim Stellar Katrnia and I met when she took my introductory psychology course in the spring of 2024.  I found her interest in psychology to itself be … Continued

How do you maintain productive energy after you graduate? By Mudra Patel UA’25 and Jim Stellar Mudra and I met in Psychopharmacology in the Fall of 2024. She had some dual credits and finished her college years in December of … Continued

My Gap Year is Almost Over. Now what? by Paige Shellhammer UA’24 and Jim Stellar In this gap year, we have discussed alternatives in types of graduate schools. I’ve (PS) provided my own insight through experience, as well as received … Continued

Conceptual knowledge and its validation by emotion in the brain – the common center of our thinking, and the philosophical self Keira Autera UA’27 and Jim Stellar The brain, particularly the neocortex, we say, is the seat of cognitive conceptual … Continued

From office work to health care management work By Molly Mann UA’23 and Jim Stellar In our last blog almost a year ago, after you finished college a semester early, you talked about how “a little voice inside of my … Continued

My experiences convinced me to switch majors to Social Welfare.  How is it going? By Netanya Weiss and Jim Stellar We are back after writing a blog over the last summer on how NW’s freshman summer experience and her sophomore … Continued

My journey to the medical profession but after an upcoming graduation By Natalie Hearn UA’25 and Jim Stellar Natalie was a student in my Fall Psychopharmacology class. In that class we got talking about what she was going to do … Continued

The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex and Emotional Maturity Development in the Profession By Christina Testa and James Stellar Now that Christina has experienced the professional setting and has seen how her strengths as a student have helped her to … Continued

Reaching for the Ivy Leagues in one’s mind and in a gap year job By Kriti Kalary UA’25 and Jim Stellar KK and JS just talked about gap year job opportunities and some of them are at Ivy League institutions. … Continued