Contextual learning is highly limbic. It is why “presence” is so important By Christina Testa and James Stellar Context is everything when considering a career or a job. Of course the theme (e.g. public health worker) is what one drives … Continued
From the Classroom to the Field: What Grad School Taught Me About Being a Better Socio-Therapist Emma Langsford UA’23, C’25 and Jim Stellar We’ve followed EL’s journey in a series of blogs, starting from her transition from UAlbany to Columbia … Continued
Finding your way to a career and maybe graduate school during a gap year or two By Joyce Lee UA’24 and Jim Stellar I met Joyce very early in her college years and we formed a mentor-mentee connection that took … Continued
I found my gap year job in Syracuse with a professor at Syracuse doing Alzheimer’s research By Kriti Kalary UA’25 and Jim Stellar As KK says, I looked everywhere for a job to do in the gap year between my … Continued
Pursuing biotechnology, starting as a freshman By Stephanie Oshiotse UA’28 and Jim Stellar I am thinking about ultimately graduating with my masters in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. I just couldn’t choose between Biology and Chemistry so I chose the next … Continued
The social brain and how it works to make first impression connections By Kaeci Charles UA’26 and Jim Stellar We previously wrote a blog about first impressions using the metaphor of thin slicing by Malcom Gladwell. Now we want to … Continued
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