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May 26, 2026

Writing letters of recommendation is one of faculty’s most time-consuming responsibilities.

In this Re-Release episode of Beyond Teaching, we share best practices for writing stronger, more effective letters: what to ask students to provide, how to stay organized, when to say no, and what makes a letter truly...


May 20, 2026

In this APA Publishing-PsychSessions paretner series, Garth Neufeld interviews Wendy Grolnick and Benjamin Heddy about their APA-published book (with Frank Worrel) Motivation Myth Busters. They discuss pervasive misconceptions such as believing some people simply aren’t motivated, relying on rewards or pressure, and...


May 19, 2026

In this episode Garth interviews Nick Epley from the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL. They discuss psychologists’ migration to business schools and Epley’s MBA course, “Designing a Good Life,” an ethics-focused social psychology class that uses experiments on kindness, gratitude, and how doing good can feel...


May 12, 2026

In this re-release episode, Garth sits down with members of the APA’s Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI) Working Group on Student Learning Outcomes & Assessment: Jennifer Thompson, Kristin Whitlock, Jane Halonen, Sue Frantz (not featured), and Eric Landrum. Together, they explore how the project took shape,...


May 5, 2026

In this 250th episode of the flagship PsychSessions series, Garth interviews Claude Steele from Stanford University in Stanford, CA. Claude recaps "Whistling Vivaldi" as the story of how stereotype threat emerged in his research and describes "churn" as the psychological vigilance and uncertainty people feel in...