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In the Media: Stacey Wood Explains How to Avoid Coronavirus-Related Scams for Salon
In Salon, Professor of Psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood, along with a team of researchers, explains how to avoid scams that exploit coronavirus fears. These scams currently include fake cures or treatments, bogus ads and products, price gouging, and phishing emails, but Wood warns that scammers will expand their scope as the coronavirus continues to impact the world.
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In the Media: Lahnna Catalino Discusses Prioritizing Positivity on Science of Happiness Podcast
Assistant Professor of Psychology Lahnna Catalino discussed her research on prioritizing positivity on the Science of Happiness podcast. Catalino conducted a survey that examined how much time people made in their daily routines to pursue activities they loved.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Ted Bartholomew, Assistant Professor of Psychology
s part of our ongoing series on Scripps’ faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Ted Bartholomew to discuss international perceptions of mental illness, social justice in mental health, and baseball.
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In the Media: Professor Stacey Wood Discusses Chinese-Language Robocalls with Marketplace
Professor of Psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood spoke to Marketplace about the reasons why Chinese-language robocall scams have successfully targeted so many victims.
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In the Media: Professor Stacey Wood Discusses Britney Spears’s Conservatorship with the Los Angeles Times
Professor of Psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the renewed turmoil surrounding Britney Spears’s conservatorship.
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Giovanna Perricone ’19 Wins Fulbright Teaching Award
She can read and write in Spanish and can chat about the news in Japanese, but the opportunity to teach English is what’s bringing recent grad Giovanna Perricone ’19 to Korea this fall.
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Scripps College Announces Three Endowed Chairs for 2019
The Scripps College Board of Trustees has announced the appointments of Ken Gonzales-Day, professor of art, to the Fletcher Jones Chair in Art, Julia Liss, professor of history, to the Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson Professorship in the Humanities, and Sheila Walker, professor of psychology, to the inaugural appointment of the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professorship, effective July 1, 2019.
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Awards and Honors: Professor Stacey Wood Earns Borchard Grant to Study Role of Emotional Appeals in Mass Marketing Scams
When Vivian Murphy wrote out the check for an $890 processing fee, it seemed like nothing in comparison to the $1.5 million she would get in return from the well-known direct marketing and sweepstakes company Publisher’s Clearinghouse.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology
Professor Stacey Wood was recently named the Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, which was designed to support the teaching and research activities of a senior member of the psychology faculty. Wood has taught at Scripps since 1998 and is a dynamic researcher and clinician who focuses on information processing and decision-making among the elderly. As the number of older adults in the U.S. continues to grow, research and advocacy around their health and wellbeing has become critical. The Scripps Office of Marketing and Communications sat down with Professor Wood to talk teaching, avoiding scams, and staying fit.
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Spotlight on the Faculty: Stacey Wood Leads New Research on Consumer Fraud
Scripps College Professor of Psychology Stacey Wood, a leading scholar on elder abuse, is expanding her examination of why older adults may be more vulnerable to certain types of consumer fraud.
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