Exploring the Mind Community Talks by U-M Psychology Faculty
Exploring the Mind: Community Talks by U-M Psychology Faculty is a lecture series held in collaboration with the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL).
Talks for Fall 2025 will be held in-person at AADL's downtown branch. Flyers for each talk, including abstracts and speaker bios, will be sent to the department and our Community Talks mailing list. Most presentations will also be recorded and made available here for later viewing online.
September 8 @ 6pm
Dr. Richard Lewis
John R. Anderson Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Cognitive Science
Artificial Intelligence: How We Got Here, How It Works, And What It Means for Our Understanding of the Human Mind
October 6 @ 6pm
Dr. Phoebe Ellsworth
Frank Murphy Distinguished Professor Emerita of Law and Psychology
How Do Our Thoughts and Our Feelings Affect Each Other? Theories of Human Emotion
November 10 @ 6pm
Dr. Jacinta Beehner
Professor of Psychology and Anthropology
The Stress Response in Humans and Animals: Friend or Foe?
