PsychFest Event Information

About the Keynote Presentation: Details to come!

For more information about PsychFest, please consult with your faculty research mentor. You may also contact a member of the Events Committee:

• Jennifer Devenport
• Michael Warren
• Ruth Hackler
• Angela Bell
• Rachel Henesy
• Bri Delker

We are grateful to our annual PsychFest Sponsors!

• Dean's Office, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Western Associated Students Bookstore
• Center for Cross-Cultural Research

Past PsychFest Keynote Speakers

2024 - Dr. J. Kiley Hamlin (she/her), University of British Columbia. Title: The infantile origins of human morality: Studies with preverbal infants and toddlers.

2023 - Dr. Maddy Jalbert, University of Washington. Title: Exploring Why We Fall for Misinformation and What We Can Do About it

2022 - Dr. Chantel Prat, University of Washington. Title: Peer Interactions in the Digital World

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