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2022 Alumni Awards
Our first annual list of amazing alumni The Psychology Department is pleased to acknowledge seven alumni who have made noteworthy contributions to the field. The 5 Under 10 group all graduated since 2012 and each honoree has continued to learn, grow and use their degree to advance the field and their communities in significant ways. We look
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Interview with Alumna Sophia Cross
This month, we feature UNCG Psychology Alumna Sophia Cross, who graduated in December, 2020. Sophia’s Honors thesis, Borderline Personality Disorder and Perception of Friendship Quality (supervised by Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray) was awarded first place in UNCG’s Sciences and Professional Fields category. Her research has also been presented at a major conference in the field, the
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O’Leary is Assistant Professor at Brevard College
Dr. Allison O’Leary (B.A., 2011) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Brevard College. Allison’s research expertise lies in the domain of cognitive development. Specifically, her work is aimed at understanding the emergence of metacognition, from its beginnings in early childhood to its contributions to study strategy choices and achievement in undergraduate college students. Allison’s
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Thurman is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Elon University
Dr. Sabrina Thurman (BA, 2011) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Elon University, where she directs the Infant Development Lab. Research in the lab is aimed at understanding how postural-locomotor development in infancy influences children’s spontaneous discovery, exploration, object manipulation skills, and mother-infant interactions. Sabrina’s research has been published in numerous prestigious, peer-reviewed outlets,
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Lapan is Research Specialist Senior at the University of Virginia
Dr. Candace “Candy” Lapan (PhD, 2016) is a Research Specialist Senior at the University of Virginia. Candy oversees the implementation of the Connect Science Efficacy study, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Sara Rimm-Kaufman. The study, funded through a $1.5 million U.S. Department of Education grant, investigates the effectiveness of a 4th grade science curriculum that
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Campbell now on Faculty at Illinois State University
Dr. Julie Campbell (PhD, 2015) is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University. Julie’s appointment as a faculty member extends to both the developmental and quantitative graduate programs. Her research interests and expertise center on the development of hemispheric specialization, lateralization, handedness, motor development, and quantitative methods. Julie earned her Ph.D. in
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Payir is Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston/Harvard University
Dr. Ayse Payir (PhD, 2015) is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Boston University (BU) School of Education. She is working with Drs. Kathleen Corriveau (BU) and Paul Harris (Harvard) on a project that examines children’s ideas about religion and science cross-culturally. The research team aims to conduct experiments that test the cognitive similarities and
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Marcinowski enjoys grant success in Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Emily Marcinowski is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Emily earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at UNCG in 2015 under the direction of Dr. George Michel in the Infant Development Center. Her research program focuses on the way in which emerging motor skills affect cognition
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Professors, practitioners, and parents
We are delighted to feature two alumni from our clinical psychology graduate program, Drs. Jessica Kaczorowski and Taylor Smith, who also happen to be a married couple. Jessica and Taylor met while they were graduate students in the program, got married in 2011, and are now the proud parents of 16-month-old Lyle. Since Fall, 2014,
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Clinical program alumna secures dream position
This month, we are proud to feature Dr. Tamara Foxworth, an alumna of our Clinical Psychology Graduate Program. Dr. Foxworth is a Clinical Psychologist in the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Outpatient Clinic at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. Her clinical interests include evidence-based treatments for PTSD (Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure), Dialectical Behavior Therapy
