Article archive / September 1, 2010
Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 1. Source pages: 3.
Dr. Carrie Wyland, a social psychology Professor of Practice at Tulane taught class this summer in Sydney, Australia. In a joint effort of the Tulane Center of Public Service and University of Western Sydney, Dr. Wyland assisted students in completing service hours while learning about another culture.
In an August 5th article by Fran Simon in Tulane’s New Wave, Carrie was noted to say, “The focus of this program is on how groups interact, how people start to formulate identity within a group and within the larger community.” Wyland said to New Wave. “I can teach all sorts of things about diversity, inter-group relations and other people in the classroom, but it’s not until they’re in that world that students understand it.” And she noted, “Sydney is similar to New Orleans in that it is a city with a lot of wonderful cultural diversity yet, unfortunately, there is still some conflict surrounding that diversity, so there’s an interesting parallel between the cities.”
Dr. Wyland’s research interests at Tulane include biases related to self-esteem, social cognitive neuroscience, and also emotion.
Dr. Carrie Wyland, left, is a Tulane psychology Professor of Practice, who led students on a service- learning experience in Australia. From left are Joy Wan, Karen Bernstein and Sarah Javier. (Photo by Emily Brabeck. Article by F. Simon,Tulane New Wave.)
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