Introduction and Goals
SPA/MBB brownbag is a forum for graduate students and faculty to present and discuss research in all areas of social/personality/affective science (SPA) and mind, brain, and behavior (MBB) psychology. Our meetings have two goals: (1) to create opportunities for graduate students and faculty to present and receive feedback on current or ongoing projects and (2) to pool our knowledge about statistics, methodology, and theory, thereby expanding our understandings beyond the work being conducted in individual labs.
Format
The SPA/MBB brownbag meets weekly on Wednesdays from 11:00-11:59am and is currently a hybrid format (synchronous on-Zoom and in-person) for Fall 2026. The series features both presentations, roundtable discussions, and workshop style meetings. For the presentations, speakers present their work for 30-40 minutes and the remainder time is open discussion. For the roundtable discussions, there is usually a discussion leader (or leaders) who facilitate questions and answers for the entire meeting. (For the archive of all past presentations since 2010, follow this link.)
Contact Information
To sign-up for a presentation or to be placed on the SPA/MBB brownbag e-mail list, please e-mail Dr. Charlotte Tate at ctate2[at]sfsu.edu.
Upcoming Speakers List (Fall 2026)
August 26, 2026: Introduction to the Series and the Participants
September 2, 2026: TBA
September 9, 2026: TBA
September 16, 2026: TBA
September 23, 2026: TBA
September 30, 2026: TBA
October 7, 2026: The Ph.D. Application Process Part 1 (Roundtable Discussion)
October 14, 2026: The Ph.D. Application Process Part 2 (Roundtable Discussion)
October 21, 2026: TBA
October 28, 2026: TBA
November 4, 2026: TBA
November 11, 2026: No Meeting (Veterans' Day Observed [U.S.A.])
November 18, 2026: TBA
November 25, 2026: No Meeting (Fall Recess)
December 2, 2026: TBA
December 9, 2026: TBA
(Archive contains the complete list of speakers and titles since Spring 2010; click the link above)