Brownbag

Introduction and Goals

SPA/MBB brownbag is a forum for graduate students and faculty to present and discuss research in all areas of social/personality/affective science (SPA) and mind, brain, and behavior (MBB) psychology. Our meetings have two goals: (1) to create opportunities for graduate students and faculty to present and receive feedback on current or ongoing projects and (2) to pool our knowledge about statistics, methodology, and theory, thereby expanding our understandings beyond the work being conducted in individual labs.

 

Format

The SPA/MBB brownbag meets weekly on Wednesdays from 11:00-11:55am and is currently a hybrid format (synchronous on-Zoom and in-person) for Spring 2024. The series features both presentations, roundtable discussions, and workshop style meetings. For the presentations, speakers present their work for 30-40 minutes and the remainder time is open discussion. For the rountable discussions, there is usually a discussion leader (or leaders) who facilitate questions and answers for the entire meeting.

 

Contact Information

To sign-up for a presentation or to be placed on the SPA/MBB brownbag e-mail list, please e-mail Dr. Charlotte Tate at ctate2[at]sfsu.edu.

 

Upcoming Speakers List (Fall 2024)

 

August 28, 2024: No Meeting

 

September 4, 2024: No Meeting

 

September 11, 2024: Informational Meeting (to [Re]Introduce the Series and Attendees)

 

September 18, 2024: Charlotte Tate, Ph.D. (SPA, SFSU): "Construct validity case closed: The BSRI measures agreeableness and extraversion, not femininity and masculinity (or gender-related cognitions)"

 

September 25, 2024: No Meeting

 

October 2, 2024: Kenneth R. Paap. Ph.D. (MBB, SFSU): "Cognitive reserve? Cognitive capacity!"

 

October 9, 2024: No Meeting

 

October 16, 2024: Vani Kakar, Ph.D. (SPA, SFSU): "Beauty ideals and body image among adolescent girls: A cross-cultural study"

 

October 23, 2024: TBA

 

October 30, 2024: The Ph.D. Application Process: Part 1 of 2 (Roundtable Discussion)

 

November 6, 2024: The Ph.D. Application Process: Part 2 of 2 (Roundtable Discussion)

 

November 13, 2024: TBA

 

November 20, 2024: TBA
 

November 27, 2024: No Meeting (Fall Recess)

 

December 4, 2024: TBA

 

December 11, 2024: TBA

 

Past Speakers: Archive

(Archive contains the complete list of speakers and titles since Spring 2010; click the link above)