Welcome to the PSA Events page! Here, you can find details of all events hosted by the PSA during the 2026-2027 academic year.
UBC Centre for Infant Cognition Lab Tour
📅 Date: November 17th
🕕 Time: 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
📍 Location: Kenny Building
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in a Psychology research lab? 👀 Join us for a tour of UBC’s Centre for Infant Cognition to explore the lab and learn more about what undergraduate research looks like! ⏰
Anaheim Campus Faculty Speaker Series: Health Psychology Focus
📅 Date: November 14th
🕕 Time: 10:00 am PT
📍 Location: Online
📚Join us for a unique opportunity to explore specialized areas of psychology, gain connections with expert faculty, and to receive insight to how the program prepares students for successful practice based careers. Sign up through here! ⏰
PSA Midterm Study Session
📅 Date: November 5th
🕕 Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
📍 Location: IBLC 261
📚Come study with other psychology students! Bring whatever you’re working on, get some work done, and make new study buddies along the way. Come solo or bring a friend; everyone is welcome!
Halloween Arts & Crafts Night
📅 Date: October 28th
🕕 Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
📍 Location: EOS 135
👻 Join us for Halloween colouring and paper pumpkin crafts, DIY slime making, a Halloween-themed photo booth, and scary movies! We’ll provide snacks, candy, and goodie bags. Halloween costume contest with prizes for the top three winners. RSVP through here! ⏰
Consent & Boundaries
📅 Date: October 26th
🕕 Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
📍 Location: BUCH D219
✨Join us for a welcoming, interactive space to learn about consent, explore boundaries, and build skills for supporting ourselves and others! With interactive stations and anonymous Q&A, we’ll explore how to navigate conversations about consent and boundaries, while learning about available support resources from SVPRO and SASC.
Anaheim Campus Faculty Speaker Series: Child & Adolescent Psychology Focus
📅 Date: October 21st
🕕 Time: 10:00 am PT
📍 Location: Online
📚Hosted by:
Dr. Kim Vander Dussen – Dr. Vander Dussen is an expert in trauma-informed play therapy and developmental psychology, with leadership roles in the Association for Play Therapy and UCSD’s Play Therapy Certificate Program. RSVP here! ⏰
Research Labs Panel
📅 Date: October 22nd
🕔 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30 pm
📍 Location: ORCH 1001
Come join us this Thursday for PSA’s How to Get Into Research Labs Panel to hear from our experiences UBC research assistants, learn how to strengthen your applications, and get your questions answered! 🙌
Social Cognitive Development Lab Tour
📅 Date: October 19th
🕒 Time: 4 – 4:30 pm
📍 Location: Douglas T. Kenny Bldg, First Floor Study Area
💃Join us for a quick, 30-minute behind-the-scenes tour of the Social Cognitive Development Lab (SCD) Lab, led by Dr, Andrew Baron!🧠 It kicks off with a quick intro to the research, followed by a walk-through of the lab, and wraps up with a Q&A at the end so you can ask all your questions. See you there!✨
Grad School Series: Dr. Andrew Baron
📅 Date: October 14th
🕒 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm
📍 Location: P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Center (IRC), Room 3
Join us for our first ‘Grad School Series’ event featuring Dr. Andrew Baron! 🧠 Whether you’re an aspiring or current Psychology student, this is an excellent chance to gain more information. Come prepared with questions or simply to absorb insights. 🤔 See you there!
Anaheim Campus Faculty Speaker Series: Neuropsychology Psychology Focus
📅 Date: October 10th
🕕 Time: 10:00 am PT
📍 Location: Online
📚Hosted by:
Dr. Grace Mucci – Dr. Mucci is a pediatric neuropsychologist and professor with dual board certifications; author, editor, and national speaker on childhood cancer survivorship and developmental disabilities.
Dr. Laura Coopersmith – Dr. Coopersmith brings expertise in pediatric neuropsychology, neuropsychological assessment, child and adolescent psychopathology, learning and neurodevelopmental disorders, and psychological assessment and intervention. RSVP here! ⏰
Anaheim Campus Faculty Speaker Series: Forensic Psychology Focus – Email for recording
📅 Date: September 19th
🕕 Time: 10:00 am PT
📍 Location: Online
📚Hosted by:
Dr. Debra Cacianti – Dr. Cacianti is a correctional Psychologist with 25+ years in California’s juvenile and adult systems, specializing in high-risk youth, suicide prevention, and psychopathy assessment.
Dr. Michael Hewitt – Dr. Hewitt brings more than 25 years of clinical and leadership experience, with expertise in forensic and correctional psychology, psychopathology, crisis intervention, clinical supervision, and the treatment of diverse, high-need populations. RSVP here! ⏰
Interested in what events the PSA has hosted in the past? Click here to find previous event descriptions as well as event updates or recordings.