The social psychology group in the Department of Psychology at CGU calls its colloquium/symposium meetings “Social Socials” because they are doubly social—they are about social psychology and they are a social event that brings together faculty, graduate students, visitors and anyone who is interested in social psychology. We meet every two to three weeks during each semester, usually for an hour at lunch time (12 pm – 1 pm). Everyone with an interest in social psychology is welcome—we provide lunch and informative and interesting speakers on a wide variety of topics in social psychology. Social Socials are a balanced mix of basic and applied scientific presentations from distinguished social psychologists around the world. Each May we look forward to a “thesis fair” where social students who have just completed their master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation tell us about their research.
The Social Socials program is organized and run by a committee of social psychology graduate students: co-chaired by Akshay Sharan (akshay.sharan@cgu.edu) and Dejah Yansen (dejah.yansen@cgu.edu), the committee also comprises Ciara Hernandez (ciara.hernandez@cgu.edu), Quinn J. Hundgen (quinn.hundgen@cgu.edu), Mary Peterson (mary.peterson@cgu.edu). The faculty advisor is Professor Michael Hogg (michael.hogg@cgu.edu).
2026 – 2027 Schedule