We are very proud of Professor Fiona White’s PhD student Dr. Stefano Verrelli who finally had the opportunity to experience his graduation two days ago after 2-years of ceremonial lockdown. It was worth the wait seeing his smiling face!!
Eleventh Royce Abbey Peace Oration
Thank you Rotary for Inviting our lab director, Professor Fiona White, to give the Eleventh Royce Abbey Peace Oration titled “The many forms of peace and regeneration: Promoting a prejudice-free society for all” at your 2022 conference.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2022
Today (21 March) is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Do you know today is also Australia’s Harmony Day? What is the difference for the two days? Let’s us have a cultural chat with Professor Tim Soutphommasane and our lab director, Professor Fiona White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWy91JpP-0
The ABC Documentary Series “The School That Tried to End Racism” has been officially nominated for the 2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award
The ABC documentary series (docuseries) “The School That Tried to End Racism” has been nominated for the AACTA Award under the category Best Documentary or Factual Program. This three-part docuseries follows a group of primary school students over the course of three weeks as they learn how to identify and ultimately, overcome racial prejudice. This eye-opening journey was guided by a team of educators and overseen by our lab director Professor Fiona White, the expert on the team.
The official AACTA ceremony is scheduled for December 8th. We wish Professor Fiona White and everyone that contributed to this docuseries the best of luck!
For more information about this ceremony, please visit: https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/10/aacta-awards-2021-nominations.html
The ABC Documentary “The School That Tried to End Racism” will be released on September 21st 2021
This year, SUPIR Lab’s lab director Professor Fiona White has been working with ABC to produce the three-part documentary “The School That Tried to End Racism”. The documentary is finally about to be released on September 21st 2021, 8:30pm.
See the trailer at:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CSqALnQh6V2/?utm_medium=share_sheet
Rachel awarded the Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement
SUPIR Lab member Rachel Maunder has been awarded the Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement for her meta-analysis on the effectiveness of intergroup contact interventions for reducing stigma against people with mental illness. This is a highly competitive award, with only one recipient selected in the School of Psychology each year. Well done, Rachel!
Rachel awarded the SASP Outstanding Postgraduate Research Award and Margaret Foddy Travel Award
This year, the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) annual conference, to be hosted in Auckland, New Zealand, was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, disappointing Ruth Kuntzman and Rachel Maunder who were scheduled to present their research.
Rachel had been selected for the prestigious Outstanding Postgraduate Research Award session as one of only four candidates. In lieu of what would have been excellent presentations, the SASP OPRA committee elected to choose the winner and runner up from the applications submitted for the session.
The judges unanimously decided to award Rachel first place, an award that comes with a $500 prize.
Rachel was also separately awarded the Margaret Foddy Travel Award, $300, as sponsorship to attend the conference. This is the third time Rachel has been chosen for this award.
Congratulations, Rachel!
Fiona attends the State of the Science Meeting in Washington DC
Earlier this month, our lab director Professor Fiona White attended the State of the Science Meeting on “Improving intergroup attitudes and interactions among youth”. Fiona received a special invitation by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) to contribute to this landmark meeting in Washington DC.
Back Row (L to R): Colin Tredoux, Linda Juang, Christina Rucinski, Deborah Rivas-Drake, Melanie Killen, Fiona White
Elise presents at AusPATH
Recently, Elise Boccanfuso presented their research using E-contact to reduce transgender prejudice at the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH) Conference in Perth. Well done, Elise!
SUPIR Lab Members recognised at the School of Psychology Prize Night
Check out these photos from the School of Psychology Prize Night.
SUPIR Lab honours student Peta O’Flynn was awarded the Dick Thompson Prize for the best Social Psychology Honours Empirical Thesis of 2018. As well, SUPIR Lab member Yucheng Zeng received an award for achieving the best marks in PSYC2012: Statistics and Research Methods.
Congratulations Peta and Yucheng!