Member Updates

Can You Make Room for Hobbies in Grad School? SPSP Student Members Sound Off

Do you ever feel like you don’t have time for hobbies in graduate school? SPSP student members shared their insights on how personal activities fit into their school-life balance.

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Update: Changes to SPSP User Accounts and Email Subscriptions

To better serve our membership, SPSP has made several changes to the demographic questions and email subscription options. As we are gearing up for our 2022 Annual Convention, we know many members will be logging into their SPSP User Account. We encourage you to update your demographics and email subscriptions by logging into your SPSP account.

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Latest Additions to the Heritage Wall

The Fundraising and Development Committee is pleased to announce that Ellen Berscheid and Sam Gaertner have been added to the Heritage Wall of Fame.

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Presenting Your Poster at a Conference: Tips and Tricks

Presenting a poster at a conference is an exciting opportunity through which you can communicate your research with other scientists. This month, we share some tips and tricks for effective poster presentations.

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Thinking of taking a parental leave during grad school? Here’s how others did it

We surveyed graduate students from the SPSP community to better understand their experiences on taking a parental leave during graduate studies.

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SPSP signs onto letters supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion training

The Society for Personality and Social Psychology has signed on to two letters against the September 22, 2020 Executive Order (EO) on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.

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Advice for First-year Graduate Students

The first year of graduate school can be challenging and nerve-wracking, even in the absence of a global pandemic. With the new academic year upon us, the SPSP Student Committee reflects on advice for first-year graduate students.