Dr. Tamara Nelson Calhoun Receives the 2025 Carolyn Payton Early Career Award

Congratulations to Dr. Nelson Calhoun, who was the recipient of the 2025 Carolyn Payton Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychology of Women, which was presented at APA’s Annual Convention this year!  This award, sponsored by Division 35 Section I (Psychology of Black Women), recognizes the achievement of black women who… continue reading

Dr. Andrew Abeyta’s Research Featured in Psychology Today

By Arash Emamzadeh How Lonely People Can Make Their Lives Meaningful Citation: Emamzadeh, A. (2023, November 30). How lonely people can make their lives meaningful: Research shows nostalgia can restore life meaning for lonely individuals. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-a-new-home/202305/how-lonely-people-can-make-their-life-meaningful

Dr. Tamara Nelson and Dr. Daniel Lee discuss delivering crucial mental healthcare in “Breaking Down Mental Blocks: Delivering Crucial Care”

By Caroline Brobeil “Our beliefs shape how we view what it means to be in therapy,” said Dr. Tamara Nelson, director of the Resilience, Equity, and Community Health Research Program and assistant professor of psychology at Rutgers–Camden. Nelson has focused her career on exploring how contextual and cultural factors influence mental health and treatment-seeking behaviors among… continue reading