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Applied psychology majors like me spend a lot of time in Williams; its central location is a real bonus. The labs here are incredible, and the professors help us understand human behavior in a whole new way. And you can always find your friends hanging out in front!
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Williams Hall is the nerve center, so to speak, of our psychology research on campus. The building was constructed in 1964 and originally included an observatory. (Ford Observatory, on the southwest corner of campus, was erected in 1999.) Renovated in the early 1990s, Williams Hall offers an impressive array of laboratories and equipment that facilitate research in behavioral neuroscience and other studies.
Throughout the building, psychology research teams find ample opportunity to apply their learning and forge new paths in the field. Through these teams, students may explore human motivation, cognitive development, or the psychology of humor, to name just a few current topics. In the Center for Research on the Effects of Television students assess television advertising and how it relates to social cognition. Psychology labs are equipped for research in infant perception and cognition, and in behavioral neuroscience.
Williams is also home to the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science, and several of their research projects work to advance new ideas in education. The COMPASS program (Curricular Options in Mathematics Programs for All Secondary Students) is a National Science Foundation grant project that helps secondary schools improve the way they teach math. Another NSF-funded project involves the use of a
3-dimensional graphics environment called Alice, which allows students access to computer animation and 3-D worlds in introductory programming courses.
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