PsychFest Event Information
PsychFest 2022: Friday, June 3, 2022

Keynote Presentation: Friday, June 3, 2022 from 3-4pm; AW 210 and ZOOM
Title of Presentation: The Neuroscience of You: Understanding the Relationship between Your Brain and your Reality
Presenter: Dr. Chantel Prat, University of Washington
About the Presenter: Chantel Prat is a professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics; with affiliations at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. She is a recipient of the Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award from the Society for Text and Discourse and a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health. Prat also speaks internationally at events like the World Science Festival. She is featured in the documentary film I Am Human. Her studies have been profiled in media ranging from Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Science Daily to Rolling Stone, Popular Mechanics, Pacific Standard, Travel + Leisure, and National Public Radio.
For more information about PsychFest 2022, please consult with your faculty research mentor. You may also contact a member of the PsychFest Committee:
- Alex Czopp
- Marísa Fernandez
- Ruth Hackler
- Kristi Lemm
- David Sattler
- Christie Scollon
- Larry Symons
We are grateful to the PsychFest 2022 Sponsors!
- Dean's Office, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Western Associated Students Bookstore
Past PsychFest Keynote Speakers
2021 - Dr. Kristina Olson, Princeton University. Title: Gender Diversity in Childhood
2020 - Dr. Brian Nosek, University of Virginia. Title: Shifting Incentives from Getting it Published to Getting it Right
2019 - Dr. Amori Mikami, University of British Columbia. Title: Peer Interactions in the Digital World
2018 - Dr. Melissa Tehee, Utah State University. Title: Understanding and Addressing Trauma in a Cultural Framework
2017 – Dr. Jessica Tracy, University of British Columbia. Area: Social/Personality. Title: The Nature of Pride: The Emotional Origins of Social Rank
2016 – Dr. Ryan Reese, Oregon State University, Cascades. Area: Counseling. Title: From Western to Faculty Member: Key Learnings on Becoming a Researcher-Practitioner
2015 – Dr. Andrea Stocco, University of Washington. Area: Cognitive/Neuropsychology. Title: Manipulation and Representation of Symbolic Knowledge in the Human Brain
2014 – Dr. Kevin Haggerty, University of Washington. Area: Developmental/Clinical. Title: Power of Family to Promote Well Being: Results from the Family Connection Studies
2013 – Dr. Izabella Schultz, University of British Columbia. Area: Clinical. Title: Mental Disorders and Work
2012 – Dr. Eric Eich, University of British Columbia. Area: Cognitive/Neuropsychology. Title: Remembering the Personal Past from Field and Observer Perspectives
2011 – Dr. Edith Chen, University of British Columbia. Area: Health/Developmental/Neuropsychology. Title: Psychobiological Pathways linking SES to Childhood Asthma
2010 – Dr. Cheryl Kaiser, University of Washington. Area: Social/Cross-cultural. Title: Group Identity and Experiencing Discrimination
2009 – Dr. Ross Thompson, University of California, Davis. Area: Developmental. Title: Parent-Child Conversation and Psychological Understanding