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Oct. 14, 2024

Professor Stacey Wood Quoted in NBC News Story on Financial Elder Abuse

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Aug. 20, 2024

Professor Stacey Wood’s Research Mentioned on No Stupid Questions Podcast

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Aug. 6, 2024

Stacey Wood Shares Financial Elder Abuse Scams with MarketWatch

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October 14, 2024

Professor Stacey Wood Quoted in NBC News Story on Financial Elder Abuse

NBC News mentioned Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and Professor of Psychology Stacey Wood in a shocking story of a Los Angeles couple who survived a chimp mauling only […]

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August 20, 2024

Professor Stacey Wood’s Research Mentioned on No Stupid Questions Podcast

Psychologist Angela Duckworth and technology executive Mike Maughan discussed Professor of Psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood’s research on scams during the latest episode of their […]

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August 6, 2024

Stacey Wood Shares Financial Elder Abuse Scams with MarketWatch

In an article by MarketWatch, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood shares insights on how to recognize and respond to common financial elder abuse scams. Wood says scammers […]

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May 9, 2024

Stacey Wood’s Psychology Today Article on Fake Job Scams

In her Psychology Today article, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood discusses the rising number of scams targeting college students with fake job offers.

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May 6, 2024

Stacey Wood Authors Psychology Today Piece on Scams

Stacey Wood, Scripps’ Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, authored a piece for Psychology Today, “Why and How Impersonation Scams Thrive.”

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April 18, 2024

The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Stacey Wood

Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood discusses why society needs to overhaul its practices for dealing with fraud in her episode of The Academic Minute for Scripps’ week-long takeover of the podcast.

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March 22, 2024

In The Media: Stacey Wood Interviewed by The Atlantic

Stacey Wood, Scripps’ Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, was interviewed for The Atlantic‘s newsletter about how scammers are leveraging increased social isolation among Americans to defraud rising numbers of victims.

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February 16, 2024

In the Media: Stacey Wood Interviewed by WalletHub about Elder Abuse Protections

Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, gave an interview for WalletHub about ways to prevent elder abuse. There should be more legal protections in place to protect vulnerable elderly people from financial abuse and neglect, she argues.

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December 19, 2023

In the Media: Stacey Wood Authors Article for The Conversation

Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, coauthored an article for The Conversation about the growing number of reported fraud offenses in the UK and what can be done to combat the problem.

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December 18, 2023

In the Media: Stacey Wood Outlines Common Social Security Scams

In an article for NerdWallet, Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, outlined four of the most common tactics used in Social Security scams.

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