September 8, 2025 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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“The Science of Social Relationships”: U-M Psychology Department Fall Seminar Series

Sept. 8, 15, 22, & 29. Talks by resident and visiting scholars.

Sept. 8: “Leveraging Modern Technology to Better Understand Relationships from Beginning to End.” U-M social psychology professor Annie Gordon discusses the study of romantic relationships.

Sept. 15: “Friendship and the Supra-Dyadic Nature of Challenges in Close Relationships.” UCLA social psychology professor Jaimie Arona Krems discusses challenges to friendships from outside the friendship.

Sept. 22: “An Examination of Co-Rumination as a Dyadic Social Emotion Regulation Strategy.” Ohio University social psychology professor Brett Peters on the benefits and costs of intense, exhaustive intimate discussions.

Sept. 29: Topic TBA. With University of Southern California clinical psychology professor Darby Saxbe.

3:30–5 p.m., 1430 U-M Institute for Social Research, 426 Thompson. Free. (734) 764–2580. 

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