Department Highlights

Harumi Quinones

UC Berkeley Department of Psychology Student Services Director Harumi Quinones has been selected for the Social Sciences Distinguished Service Award for 2024.

Dr. Iris Mauss

The 2024 Society for Affective Science Mentorship Award is bestowed to Dr. Iris Mauss, Professor of Psychology and director of the Institute for Social and Personality Research (IPSR) at the University of California, Berkeley.

Emily Rosenthal

Emily Rosenthal, a Clinical Science PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley, received a 2024 Scholar Award given by the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.

Harumi Quinones

UC Berkeley Department of Psychology Student Services Director Harumi Quinones has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards.

Alumni Stories

Natasha Dagys Limones

After finishing a double major in Psychology and Music at Cal, I went on to complete a MA and PhD in Education-School Psychology, also at Cal. I am a credentialed school psychologist and have a...

David LaPensee

As I enter my forty-third year as a social work psychotherapist, I reflect on the the value of my U.C. Berkeley Psycholgy education. I had the privilege of studying with the late Richard Lazarus...

Mary Frances Crist (Ross)

After Cal, I earned a master's degree in school counseling in Texas, a teaching credential in special education, an educational diagnostician credential, and EdD in Special Education (Teachers...