Research is an essential part of the Department of Psychology. Currently there are many different kinds of research studies being conducted in our department, on such topics as cognition, social behavior, color perception, spatial relations, and learning and memory. The advancement of psychology depends on research requiring the participation of investigators, research assistants, and human subjects participants. The Department of Psychology at Colorado State University provides many opportunities for individuals to become involved in the research process.
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Department News
Keaton Fletcher receives early career award from Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Keaton Fletcher, assistant professor in Colorado State University’s Department of Psychology, has received the Joel Lefkowitz Early Career Award for Humanistic I-O Psychology from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
CSU grad student co-authors paper on study of working college students
Evan Schmiedehaus, a master’s student in CSU’s Department of Psychology, and several other researchers recently completed a paper and study on undergraduate student employees and factors associated with intentions to quit.
CSU online programs ranked highly by U.S. News & World Report
Several Colorado State University programs were ranked in the top 20 in U.S. News & World Report’s recently released list of “Best Online Programs.”
Psychology Professor Canetto delivers invited lecture at the University of Ghana
The lecture, which was broadcast live around the world to University of Ghana’s partners, was titled, “A Masculinity-Script Perspective on Older Men’s Vulnerability to Suicide.”