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The Cost of Being Poor in a Warming World
By Ashley Charest, MSPH (Health Policy Analyst Associate, Maryland Department of Health) If you don’t feel the impacts of climate change...
donjacques
Jun 5, 20185 min read
After Fifty Years, Why the Poor People’s Campaign is More Relevant Than Ever
By Lauren Walker (Graduate Intern, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) The Poor People’s Campaign (May 12, 1968 – June 24, 1968) was a...
donjacques
Jun 4, 20184 min read
Don’t Blame Mental Illness for Our Nation’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, a day set aside to remember and honor the victims to gun violence. Each year in the United...
donjacques
Jun 1, 20185 min read
Is Losing Interest and Motivation Inevitable As We Age?
By Vonetta Dotson, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology and Gerontology, Georgia State University) Many of us have had the experience...
donjacques
May 31, 20184 min read
Older Adults and Disasters: What You Need to Know
Why is disaster preparedness important? It is evident from recent headlines that the number of major disasters are on the rise. During...
donjacques
May 17, 20185 min read
A Dream Deferred: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report
By Lauren Walker (Graduate Intern, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) March 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission...
donjacques
May 4, 20185 min read
3 Simple Psychological Strategies You Can Use to Help Prevent Against Stroke
By Ryan C. Thompson & Rowena Gomez, PhD (Palo Alto University) Improving physical health behaviors, such as eating healthy and exercise,...
donjacques
May 4, 20186 min read
Black Panther and the Power of Representation
This post continues our blog series regarding racial/ethnic socialization practices, programs, and approaches. APA is putting together a...
donjacques
May 2, 20185 min read
Wholeness and Hope in Education: This is What a Professor Looks Like
Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Executive Director, Latina Researchers Network) It was 2003. I...
donjacques
Apr 30, 201812 min read
Finding My Passion: To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
Welcome to our new blogspace, We’re Psyched! – the purpose of this space is for undergraduates, graduate students and post-docs to share...
donjacques
Apr 6, 20183 min read
5 Steps to Jumpstart Your Career in Aging
By Hardeep Obhi, MA (Gerontology and Human Development and Family Studies Doctoral Student, Iowa State University) Did you know that...
donjacques
Apr 1, 20184 min read
What is the Recipe for Success? 5 Ways Cooking Can Keep You Young
By Erin Cochrane, Sam Gilchrist, and Anna Linden (Department of Psychology, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN) Aging gracefully isn’t...
donjacques
Mar 29, 20185 min read
We Achieve What We Believe: How to Encourage African American Students to Believe in Their Academic
This post continues our blog series regarding racial/ethnic socialization practices, programs, and approaches. APA is putting together a...
donjacques
Mar 28, 20184 min read
Paving the Way: Dr. Regina Kimbrough
Welcome to our new blogspace, We’re Psyched! – the purpose of this space is for undergraduates, graduate students and post-docs to share...
donjacques
Mar 16, 20182 min read
What Does A Professor Look Like?
By Kevin L. Nadal, PhD As a child of poor immigrants from rural Philippines, I often heard about how my parents grew up without running...
donjacques
Mar 9, 20186 min read
This is What Psychology Looks Like: Dr. Celeste Malone
Welcome to the first post in our new blogspace, We’re Psyched! – the purpose of this space is for undergraduates, graduate students and...
donjacques
Feb 20, 20182 min read
Let’s Talk About Sex — After 60
By Christina Pierpaoli Parker, MA (Geropsychology Doctoral Student, University of Alabama) Science has started to pay attention to what...
donjacques
Feb 12, 20184 min read
WHY VALENTINES DAY IS A HATEFUL, OPPRESSIVE HOLIDAY
While everyone across the world is spending their money on flowers, candy and whatever-else-people buy on Valentines Day, we must...
donjacques
Feb 9, 20184 min read
This is Why Social Media is the Secret to Success in Student Engagement
This article is cross-posted on APA’s Psych Learning Curve and GradPsych blogs. Over the last few years as a School Psychology doctoral...
donjacques
Jan 29, 20183 min read
What High School Psychology Students Told Us About the Future of Healthy Aging
By Maggie Syme, PhD, MPH (Member, APA Committee on Aging & Assistant Professor of Gerontology, Kansas State University) In the past year,...
donjacques
Jan 3, 20187 min read
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