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Wendy Goldberg, Professor, edited the recently released reader Current Directions in Gender Psychology, in partnership with the Association of Psychological Science. This reader gives students real world perspective about today's current issues in gender psychology.

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Alison Clarke-Stewart, Research Professor and Professor Emerita, is quoted in the Orange County Register article "Recession leaves its mark on O.C., census figures show".

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Recent Study on Adolescents

Professor Beth Cauffman's research on adolescents' emotional maturity related to juvenile crime and legal accountability is featured in October's American Psychologist. For more  information, see the UCI article.

Susan Charles has been designated by the Dean and Associate Dean of the School of Social Ecology to receive the 2009 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research.

 
Linda Levine has won the 2009-2010 Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching.

Beth Cauffman has received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation for her work entitled: Violation of Probation and Parole: How Much DMC is There in Parole/Probation Violations? She also received funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to examine out-of-school time in relation to cognitive, psychosocial, and behavioral outcomes among the youths from the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development who have been followed since birth and are now graduating from high school.

Ellen Greenberger was highlighted in an article in the New York Times on February 18th, 2009 for research with co-authors Jared Lessard, Chuansheng Chen, and Susan P. Farruggia on the topic on Students' Sense of Entitlement: i.e., expectations for good grades for modest effort. The sense of entitlement could be related to increased parental pressure, competition among peers and family members, and a heightened sense of achievement anxiety.

Loftus Honored by American Psychology Law Society