Professor, Informatics
Newark, NJ, UNITED STATES
Dr. Julie Ancis explores cyberpsychology, the relationship between technology and human behavior, diversity and gender.
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2015
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2005
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
1995
M.A., Counseling
1988
B.A., Psychology
1986
TechNewsWorld online
2023-11-29
A study of the psychological well-being of two million individuals from 2005 to 2022 in 168 countries released Tuesday by the Oxford Internet Institute found “smaller and less consistent associations than would be expected if the internet were causing widespread psychological harm.”
view moreCuadernos de Securidad online
2023-03-29
Julie Ancis, founding director of the Cyberpsychology Laboratory at New Jersey Institute of Technology, wrote the book "Gender, Psychology, and Justice," which offers several points of analysis on the discipline.
view moreThink Tank with Steve Adubato tv
2021-05-22
Steve Adubato speaks with Julie Ancis, Ph.D., Professor & Cyberpsychology Director, New Jersey Institute of Technology, about the connection between cyberpsychology and the pandemic, the ways children are using social media and technology throughout the crisis and the challenges of managing misinformation online.
view moreMental online
2020-12-02
With most of us spending more time in front of a screen than ever before we’re looking at the impact this may be having on our mental health with Dr Julie Ancis. Who also shares some of the psychology behind our ever more complex relationships with our devices and social media.
view morePsychology Today
2020-08-22
How are your social media exchanges lately? Are they supportive and comforting? Or are you finding them increasingly contentious and stressful? If you fall into the latter category, you are not alone.
view moreThe New York Times
2020-07-17
The cast members’ youth and relative inexperience with relationships and intimate partnerships probably made them even more vulnerable to such judgment, said Dr. Julie Ancis, the director of cyberpsychology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
view moreElemental
2020-06-30
This element of distraction can prevent us from being fully immersed in our online yoga class or work presentation. “Consciously seeing our image, in a way, takes us out of the flow because it makes us disconnected from the other person and also from the task,” says Julie Ancis, PhD, a professor and inaugural director of cyberpsychology at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
view moreTechnique
2019-03-03
As the associate vice president of the Office of Institute of Diversity Julie Ancis said, it is often difficult to realize the importance of remembering the past when trying to build a better future: why is it important to understand history in a world that champions progress and growth at all costs?
view moreTechnology, Mind and Behavior
Julie R. Ancis
2020-09-18
Five major areas identified in the literature as especially relevant to the field are examined, including online behavior and personality; social media use and psychological functioning; games and gaming; telepsychology; and virtual reality, artificial intelligence and applications. In addition, future directions in cyberpsychology as it relates to ethics, clinical work, age and disability, education and training, and research are discussed.
view moreFamily & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly
This article gives voice to the experiences of 16 protective mothers who speak to the critical importance of the role played, for better or for worse, by guardians ad litem -- attorneys who represent the children or claim to speak on behalf of their "best interests." Sadly, these legal agents tend to fall under the seductive sway of the narcissistic abuser, who turns reality on its head by insisting that it is the protective mother who is the perpetrator and the abuser who is the victim.
view moreCultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Telsie A. Davis, Julie R. Ancis, Jeffrey S. Ashby
2015-01-01
African American (AfA) women with substance use disorders experience low rates of treatment retention compared to other groups of substance abusers. This is problematic since substance abuse treatment is effective only to the extent clients are retained. A weak working alliance is a significant barrier to treatment retention for AfA women. Thus, identifying therapist characteristics that facilitate a strong working alliance among this population stands as a promising step toward reducing disparities in treatment retention for this group.
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