How a freshman gets interested in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology Iyanla Lewis UA’29 and Jim Stellar We met in a freshman seminar in the fall of 2025 and connected. Now we have a mentor-mentee relationship, just in time for her to … Continued
How does a dedicated student, an athlete, decide what to do after graduation? By Dora Filipovic UA’26 and Jim Stellar DF is in a quandary. She is a serious athlete, is coming up to graduation, and is looking at Master’s … Continued
How does AI impact Introductory Psychology teaching – a case study by peer mentors and a professor Katrina Wang UA’27, Mäusi Ruhland-Mauhs UA’26, and Jim Stellar We three have been teaching an Introductory Psychology course this spring 2026 term when … Continued
Taking the “Risky Route” Undergraduate Studies to Correctional Social Work By Bella Bertolami and Jim Stellar In our last blog in 2022, BB and JS discussed her transfer to Boston University and her desire to get into a research lab … Continued
Is a mentor in college similar to a nurse in medicine in creating good outcomes? By Iris Tamura UA’ 26 and Jim Stellar This blog builds on our last one in that there is something similar in a student’s mentoring … Continued
AI and nudging. Who has control? Sanjana Koushik ’22 NU and Jim Stellar In our third blog, we discussed how individuals can build awareness of decision engineering and make more purposeful choices. This involves slowing down, as recommended by decision-science … Continued
Graduation is looming. What now? Lauren Dodds UA’26 and Jim Stellar LD is approaching graduation in the spring, and we decided to write about it. There is nothing that concentrates the mind of a college student more than coming up … Continued
Navigating On-Campus Research as a Biochemistry Major By Stephanie Oshiotse UA’28 and Jim Stellar I began my journey of getting into a research lab in December of 2025. I knew that I absolutely wanted to get involved in some type … Continued
Second semester: Emotional Uncertainty, The Fear of Taking Action, and The Art of Finding One’s Career Path By Ben Hughes UA’29 and Jim Stellar BH and JS are still talking in the second semester of his freshman year. JS just … Continued
What shifted Salina from premed to prePA By Salina Sahawneh UA’26 and Jim Stellar There is something we share. Both of us were biology premed until our last years of college when we switched. SS is going to PA and … Continued