Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Advising Office

The Psychology Advising Office will work fully remote from July 10 - August 7. Staff will be available by email, phone, and Pathways and by virtual drop-in during designed times.

If you are enrolled in summer courses at Pitt remember that the dates for things like add/drop and withdrawal are condensed. Please refer to the Registrar's website to confirm those dates.

Imagining Social Justice
Summer Two, Tues+Thurs 12:00pm-3:15pm, Online Synchronous

What can ghosts tell us about ourselves, about history, and about social justice? In this course, we will explore a variety of speculative texts, with a particular emphasis on ghost stories, in order to address and complicate this question. Speculative fiction—science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other texts with fantastical or "weird" elements—allow us to imagine other places and other worlds. These texts bring our own lived worlds into sharp relief, allowing us to identify social issues, injustice, and violence in our communities. These texts also might allow us to imagine other ways of living. We will use critical tools like argument and investigative writing to further explore those other ways of living.

As a writing-intensive section of Imagining Social Justice, we will be practicing significant levels of writing and revision. Additionally, we will be reading and discussing important primary and secondary texts. This course fulfills the Literature 1 Gen Ed requirement.

We are inviting you to participate in Dyadic Study!

This study involves a very brief screening survey to determine whether you are eligible, and then a 1-hour long session where you will come into the lab and answer questions about your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and complete a writing task.

While there is no compensation for filling out the brief screening survey, eligible participants
can earn $20 for participating in the study! To sign up for this study, you can take a brief screening survey by following this link: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bBDAnldf26WvauO

These studies have been reviewed by the University of Pittsburgh’s IRB. If you have any questions, please contact the lab manager at IIRLAB@pitt.edu.

Identity and Intergroup Relations Lab

In the Identity & Intergroup Relations Lab, we research interactions between members of different social groups (e.g., gay people and straight people, Black people and White people, etc.), what influences the quality of these interactions, and what we can do to improve them. We also research the outcomes that follow from these interactions, particularly for members of minoritized groups (e.g., disparities in health and wellbeing, identity threat, etc.). Current projects in the lab examine when and why people choose to reveal or conceal their stigmatized identities, and what the downstream effects of prejudice reduction interventions are for minoritized-group members. 

More details can be found on the lab research page. 

MS in Physiology: This program is geared toward students pursuing further professional studies or careers in healthcare, offering a strong foundation in human physiology and related biomedical sciences.

INFO SESSION 2: Monday, June 22nd, 2026 6p-7p. Registration link: https://gradapply.georgetown.edu/register/PHYS26B

We are hiring for multiple positions on a longitudinal research study examining whether a large unconditional cash transfer can improve neuroinflammatory activity, as well as the mental and physical health of youth from low-income families.

This is a collaborative project with Dr. Luke Hyde at the University of Michigan and Dr. Gregory Miller at Northwestern University and will be based at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

As of May 18th, 2026, we are currently recruiting for the following full-time positions:

• Research Assistants
• MRI Data Analyst
• Postdoctoral Researcher

We are actively reviewing applications, and positions can start immediately or through early summer 2026 (e.g., following graduation).

Visit our research page to learn more about this project and other related projects in the lab.

Announcements will run bi-weekly throughout the summer.