STUDENTS: North Carolina State University

Dear Division 20 Colleagues: We are seeking qualified applicants for our graduate program in Lifespan Developmental Psychology at North Carolina State University, and we would appreciate your assistance in bringing our program to the attention of potential students. The program as well as the Department of Psychology has an active and growing group of faculty who are interested in adult development and aging, with particular strengths in the examination of the intersection between emotion, social cognition, and everyday cognitive functioning. Students in the program obtain a strong grounding in theory, research, and methodology in Lifespan Development, and are supported through graduate research and teaching assistantships. Faculty include: Jason Allaire­ Everyday cognitive functioning of older adults, antecedents of individual differences in elders' basic cognitive functioning, video games as cognitive interventions, short-term intraindividual variability, and health disparities ( http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jcallair/CIC_Lab/ and http://www.gainsthroughgaming.org) Lynne Baker-Ward­Understanding the processes through which children come to interpret, remember, and share their salient personal experiences; children's testimony ( http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mkkoenig/) Daniel Grühn­Emotional and cognitive development in adulthood and old age. For example, are older adults more easily influenced by emotions? Is an emotion such as sadness or fear qualitative the same in each phase of the lifespan? What are historical, cultural, and biological influences on emotional development across the lifespan? ( http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dgruehn/) Amy Halberstadt­Emotional experience and expression, family relationships through the lifespan, affective social competence, gender issues through the lifespan ( http://www4.ncsu.edu/~halbers/index.html) Thomas Hess­social cognition and aging; judgment and decision-making processes in later life; aging and memory in context, including stereotype threat; cortical processes underlying age differences in responses to threat ( http://www.ncsu.edu/psychology/graduate/conc/develop/adultdevelopment/index.htm ) Shevaun Neupert­Daily stressors and their associations with affect, physical health, and memory across the lifespan; socioeconomic disparities in health; statistical techniques for examining change and intraindividual variability ( http://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/psd/labs/well-being.php) Affiliated faculty with aging-related interests: Chris Mayhorn­Memory, decision making, human-computer interaction, home medical device design ( http://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/faculty_staff/cbmayhorn.php) Anne McLaughlin­Human learning and the application of training, particularly age-related changes in cognition; maintenance of cognitive abilities and the application of feedback during training ( http://www4.ncsu.edu/~acmclaug/) Interested students are encouraged to find out more about our program at: http://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/psd/. NCSU is located in Raleigh­the eastern point of the research triangle­which is consistently rated as one of the best places to live in the US: http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_306_202_0_43/http%3B/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Raleigh_At_A_Glance/About_Raleigh/Cat-2CA-2007423-142554-Raleigh_Recognition__Rec.html For more information, please contact Tom Hess (919-515-1729; thomas_hess@ncsu.edu).

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Thomas M. Hess Professor Department of Psychology North Carolina State University Box 7650 Raleigh, NC 27695-7650 Office Phone: (919) 515-1729 Fax: (919) 515-1716 Email: thomas_hess@ncsu.edu Adult Development Lab Homepage: http://www.ncsu.edu/psychology/graduate/conc/develop/adultdevelopment/index.htm *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*