2021 Symposium Agenda

Second Annual Columbia Psychology Symposium: Resiliency

Date: April 9th, 2021

Time: 9:45am - 4:30pm EST

Location: Online via Zoom, see below

All activities except the clinical professionals Q&A, workshops, and poster sessions will take place at this Zoom link

The clinical professionals Q&A will take place at this Zoom link

The poster sessions will take place across a number of Zoom links to be found on their respective tabs: Poster Session A and Poster Session B.

The workshops will take place across a number of Zoom links in the agenda below

 

Download the program of presenters

 

Agenda

Morning

9:45-10:00: Welcome by the organizers

 

10:00-10:30: Invited Keynote Talk: Resilience, Twitter, and #BLM

  • Dr. Colin Leach, Professor of Psychology & Africana Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University

 

10:30-10:35: Break

 

10:35-11:15: Data Blitz

  • Study Design: Valproic acid in conjunction with play intervention reopens critical period in children with autism spectrum disorder
    • Jacqueline Taylor

 

  • Are lonely people responsive to stressors within their social networks? 
    • Zoe Gupta & Alana Silber 

 

  • Relationship between depression and anxiety symptoms and affective sensitivity to emotional schema acquisition is unclear in young adults
    • Nathan Martin

 

  • Considering cultural factors in the association between caregiving-related early adversity and psychopathology
    • Medina Shah

 

11:15-11:25: Break

 

11:25-11:55: Workshops: Preparing for and Applying to Graduate School (Block A)*

  • Is Grad School for Me?
    • Anna Vannucci

 

  • How to Make the Most of Your RA Experience
    • Manasi Jayakumar

 

  • Writing a Personal Statement
    • Paul Bloom

 

*All three workshops run concurrently during this block

 

11:55-12:00: Break

 

12:00-12:30: Workshops: Preparing for and Applying to Graduate School (Block B)*

  • What to do After Undergrad: Evaluating Your Options
    • Ana DiGiovanni

 

  • How to Make the Most of Your RA Experience
    • Manasi Jayakumar

 

  • CV and Resume Workshop
    • Emily Nakkawita

 

*All three workshops run concurrently during this block

 

12:30-1:00: Lunch Break

 

Afternoon

1:00-1:10: Reconvene: Poster Session Logistics

 

1:10-1:40: Poster Session A

 

1:40-1:50: Break

 

1:50-2:40: Clinical Professionals Panel

  • Practicing clinical professionals will answer questions about their career path and current work.
    • Adam Formal, PhD
    • Anna Kowalski, MFT
    • Jaclyn Lopez Witmer, PsyD
    • Simona Noaghiul Yland, MD, MPH, MFT

 

2:40-2:50: Break

 

2:50-3:20: Poster Session B

 

3:20-3:30: Break

 

3:30-4:15: Graduate Student Panel

  • Join current Columbia graduate students as they answer questions about their experiences in graduate school
    • Paul Bloom, Margaux Wienk, and Daniel Yonas

 

4:15-4:20: Break

 

4:20-4:30: Awards & Thank You

Columbia Affiliations
Department of Psychology | School of Professional Studies