Ryan and Leanne Clarke Prizes in Advocacy and Active Citizenship
Social Psychology student Richard Vacca-Pierkarczyk (pictured on the far left) has won third place in the Clarke Prize competition held on April 27, 2017. The Clarke Prizes in Advocacy and Active Citizenship were established in 2014 by Ryan Clarke and his wife Leanne to reward distinguished advocacy demonstrated by students who are advocating or wish to advocate for some type of meaningful social and/or political change.
May 11, 2017
Fewer prisoners on parole isn’t making us safer: Opinion
Honours Social Psychology Alumnus Nathaniel Schutten, shares his opinion on the Canadian Parole System.
Apr 18, 2017
McMaster to Host 34th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference
May 17-19, 2017 - Registration now open.
Apr 12, 2017
McMaster group’s anti-racism initiative to unveil demands and take action
Social Psychology student Sarah Jama is hoping an anti-racism action plan she helped organize will lead to tangible steps to defeat racism in Hamilton.
Mar 27, 2017
Social Psychology capstone students annual poster fair
All Social Psychology students, staff and faculty are invited to the 2017 Capstone Poster Fair | Wed. March 22, 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. to be held in the Great Hall of the University Club of McMaster
Mar 21, 2017
Social Psychology students take home awards
March 1, 2017, Social Psychology Students attended the 2015-2016 Faculty of Social Sciences Awards Ceremony.
Mar 06, 2017
Hons.B.A. Honours Bachelor of Arts in Social Psychology
How do people come to be who they are? How do people think about, influence and relate to one another? How do individuals experience their social realities? These are the broad questions that social psychology strives to answer. Among the themes that social psychology students explore are self-presentation and impression management, identity, emotions, social interaction, conformity and obedience, deviance and labeling, and collective action and social movements.
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