I had the pleasure earlier this summer of speaking with Anna Asker, who writes for the Swedish newspaper SvD, about our research on Facebook and Loneliness. In a nutshell, our data showed that at least with university students and the “nonymous” environment of Facebook, connectivity offline predicted connectivity online. The Read more…
My children claim that somehow their Dad and I brainwashed them into thinking that there was no choice but to be highly educated. When Kristin was about 7, she asked me if I would be mad at her if she didn’t get a Ph.D. I asked her if she even Read more…
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) annual meeting was held in San Diego this year and the experience was fantastic! It was fun to meet and greet fellow faculty, attend interesting sessions and catch up with old friends. Yes, and I even had a chance to talk about my 2nd edition of Discovering Biological Read more…
Here are a few pictures from the opening of the 2010 conference ! On the bottom is a sea of students, researchers and professors studying the first day poster session; next on the upper right, the legendary ( I believe she might hate that title) Janet Taylor Spence reading off Read more…
If you didn’t make plans to join us in Boston, try to come next year, if you made it to the conference drop by the Cengage Booth or our presentation to say ‘hello!’ Love to meet you all! Here is what I am reading today! Get that song out of Read more…