Events

Event Description:

The Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience (PSSN) Research Symposium will feature presentations from two of our scholars, Federica Coppola and Noam Zerubavel, and their faculty mentors from psychology, psychiatry, law, epidemiology, and sociology. The speakers will discuss their current cross-disciplinary research and findings. 

Event Speakers:

• Federica Coppola, 2017 Presidential Scholar
  Humanizing Crime in a World of Punishment: When Criminal Justice Meets Social and Affective Neuroscience
  • Respondents: 
    • Paul Appelbaum (Psychiatry & Law) 
    • Geraldine Downey (Psychology)
    • Jeffrey A. Fagan (Law & Epidemiology)
       
• Noam Zerubavel, 2017 Presidential Scholar
  No Mind is an Island: Neural Foundations of Social Relations in Real-world Groups
  • Respondents:
    • Peter Bearman (Sociology)
    • Daphna Shohamy (Psychology & Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute)
       
• Moderator: Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History, Director of the Center for Science and Society, and Chair of Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience

Event Information:

Please note, this event is open to Columbia University affiliates with a valid University ID and their guests only. Registration is required via Eventbrite.

This event is hosted by the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience.

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.