Upcoming events

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Gahyun Callie Sung promotional image

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Gahyun Callie Sung

Friday, October 24, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

This roundtable event features Dr. Gahyun Callie Sung. Callie is an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Psychology at...

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DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Jeff Cockburn

Friday, November 7, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

This roundtable event features Dr. Jeff Cockburn. Jeff is an Assistant Professor the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the...

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Kaya de Barbaro promotional image

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Kaya de Barbaro

Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Gilmore Hall

Dr. de Barbaro is an Associate Professor of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin.

Interests: behavior, social interactions, development, dynamical systems theory, mobile sensing, machine learning, and mental health

Presentation title and abstract to come.

Kaya’s Bio Page: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology/faculty/kd26254

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DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Kaya de Barbaro

Friday, November 14, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. de Barbaro is an Associate Professor of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin.

Interests: behavior, social interactions...

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Wilma Bainbridge promotional image

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Wilma Bainbridge

Thursday, December 4, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Dr. Bainbridge is an Associate Professor at The University of Chicago in the Department of Psychology

Interests: the intrinsic memorability of images; multi-modal approaches to memorability/memory; intersection of perception and memory; the visual content of long-term memories; neuroscience of memory; computational techniques: machine learning, computer vision; deep neural networks

Presentation title and abstract to come.

Wilma’s Bio Page: https://psychology.uchicago.edu/directory/wilma-bainbridge

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Wilma Bainbridge promotional image

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Wilma Bainbridge

Friday, December 5, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. Wilma Bainbridge is an Associate Professor at The University of Chicago in the Department of Psychology

Interests: the intrinsic...

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Sophia Choukas-Bradley promotional image

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Sophia Choukas-Bradley

Thursday, January 29, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Dr. Choukas-Bradley is an Associate Professor at The University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Psychology

Interests: interpersonal and sociocultural influences on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents and emerging adults (ages 11–24).

Presentation title and abstract to come.

Sophia’s Bio Page: https://www.psychology.pitt.edu/people/sophia-choukas-bradley-phd

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DeLTA Center Roundtable discussion: Sophia Choukas-Bradley

Friday, January 30, 2026 9:00am to 10:30am
University Capitol Centre

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. Choukas-Bradley is an Associate Professor at The University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Psychology

Interests...

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Bharath Chandrasekaran promotional image

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Bharath Chandrasekaran

Friday, February 13, 2026 9:00am to 10:30am
University Capitol Centre

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. Chandrasekaran is a Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor and Department Chair in Communication Sciences and Disorders at...

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DeLTA Center Bold Assertion Night

Thursday, February 26, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

DeLTA members challenge each other to think new, think differently and think big. This happens at our roundtables and regular meetings. But the heart of this challenge is Bold Assertion Night.

DeLTA members gather over snacks and drinks to think together about challenging problem. One or two people make a bold assertion and defend it. Then comes the discussion. No slides, no movies, and no holds barred.

Location subject to change. Theme of the Bold Assertion to be announced.

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Mark Berg promotional image

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Mark Berg

Friday, February 27, 2026 9:00am to 10:30am
University Capitol Centre

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. Mark Berg is Professor and Collegiate Scholar in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, and is the Director of the...

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Casey Lew-Williams promotional image

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Casey Lew-Williams

Thursday, March 12, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Dr. Lew-Williams is a Professor and the Department Chair of the Department of Psychology at Princeton University

Interests: How do young children learn from the dynamics of their communicative environments? From the beginning of life, infants spend a lot of time interacting with their caregivers, and their experiences across milliseconds and years add up to something big: active and rewarding participation in their own local community. Scientists can barely figure out how this complicated story...

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Casey Lew-Williams promotional image

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Casey Lew-Williams

Friday, March 13, 2026 9:00am to 10:30am
University Capitol Centre

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. Lew-Williams is a Professor and the Department Chair of the Department of Psychology at Princeton University

Interests: How do...