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Psychology professor Claudia Clayton to give April 6 devotional address

Claudia Clayton, an assistant teaching professor of psychology at Brigham Young University, will speak at a campus devotional Tuesday, April 6, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center on the BYU campus.

The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and on byubroadcasting.org.

It will be rebroadcast Sunday, April 11, on BYU-Radio at 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. It will also be rebroadcast Sunday, April 18, on KBYU (Channel 11) at 6 and 11 a.m., on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and on KBYU-FM (89.1) at 8 p.m.

Clayton has taught at BYU since 1991, where she received one of two doctorate degrees. She received the other from the University of Utah in 1976.

She has also taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Her research has focused on neuroscience and, more recently, conflict and violence among peers.

Writer: Thomas Grover

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