Helping Give Away Psychological Science/UNC Speaker Series/Fall 2023-Spring 2024

During the 2023 - 2024 academic year, HGAPS had the privilege of hosting [X] speakers covering a range of topics relevant to undergraduate students, graduate students, and seasoned psychologists alike. This series of events was made possible thanks to a grant funded by the Student Government Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Continue below for descriptions of each talk, links to recordings of the presentations (where applicable), and promotional flyers used to advertise each event over our Social Media.

Please note that this event is currently ongoing, and additional information will continue to be added by our team of editors throughout the 2023 - 2024 academic year.

= Speaker Series Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Individual Talks =

Body Image and Disordered Eating in Underrepresented Populations
Presented by Dr. Anna Bardone-Cone, PhD, FAED

Anna Bardone-Cone, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the head of the Bardone-Cone lab. Her research focuses on eating disorders and body image, specifically with regard to defining eating disorder recovery, identifying and testing pathways to disordered eating (with particular interest in the role played by psychosocial variables such as perfectionism, self-efficacy, social comparison, and stress), and examining cultural, familial, and media factors related to disordered eating and body image.

This talk began with a recap of eating disorder pathology and diagnosis, defining different types of eating disorders and the difference between disordered eating and an eating disorder. Dr. Bardone-Cone then moved on into a nuanced discussion of the unique considerations affecting eating disorder pathology, diagnosis, and treatment in Black women, men, and South Asian populations, including the current and future directions of research in the Bardone-Cone lab. This presentation concludes with resources on how to help people in your life who may be struggling with an eating disorder, before moving into a Q&A session.

Watch the YouTube video recording of the talk here.