News
Papers, awards, talks, arrivals, and other milestones from CAML.
Award
Dr. Atari has been elected a Fellow of SESP, an honor reserved for researchers with a record of substantial empirical contribution to social psychology.
Read more: Mohammad Atari elected Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology
Recruitment
The lab is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to study psychological change in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on Islamic history. Start Fall 2026; rolling deadline.
Event
PhD candidate Aanchal Setia defends her doctoral dissertation on August 27 at 10 a.m. in Tobin 521b.
Read more: Aanchal Setia defends her dissertation on August 27
Award
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology awarded PhD student Ali Hajian the Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award, Summer 2026.
Read more: Ali Hajian receives the SPSP Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award
Award
The fellowship will support her research on moral values and the cultural evolution of democratic norms in the Middle East and North Africa.
Read more: Aliah Zewail receives a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Award
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology recognized Dr. Atari with the SAGE Emerging Scholar Award for exceptional accomplishments in the field.
Read more: Mohammad Atari receives the SAGE Emerging Scholar Award from SPSP
Milestone
CAML begins its work in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, studying how culture shapes moral values and norms.
Read more: The Culture and Morality Lab opens at UMass Amherst
