Exploring the Mind Community Talks by UM 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 Winter 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.
February 10 @ 6pm
Dr. Aidan Wright
Professor of Psychology; Phil F. Jenkins Research Professor of Depression at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center
How Should We Think About Mental Illness?
March 10 @ 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 Might Mean for Our Understanding of the Human Mind
April 14 @ 6pm
Dr. Susan Gelman
Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
What Children Can Teach Us About the Human Mind
