Seth Pollak, PhD, named Distinguished
Professor of Psychology
(From a news release by Barbara Wolff)
University Communications
Posted: June 17, 2006
Seth Pollak
| In a recent announcement by the UW Board of Regents,
Seth Pollak, PhD, was awarded a named
professorship, along with eight other faculty. Pollak is a professor of
psychology and of psychiatry and pediatrics and the faculty co-director of
the Waisman Center's Research Participation Core. Pollak has been studying
how social experiences affect underlying causes of emotional, learning and
behavioral problems in young children. He frequently consults with Dane
County Early Head Start, the Madison Metropolitan School District, police
departments and more to improve responses to child victims of violent crime.
He also aids caseworker training at the Wisconsin Department of Child
Protective Services.
Funds for the College of Letters and Science Distinguished Professorships
in Psychology are provided to promote research in
the department.
Link:
Child Emotion Laboratory |
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