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Thibeault receives APA Service Award
We are delighted to report that Alex Thibeault, a graduate student in our Clinical Psychology Program, has been awarded the American Psychological Association (APA) Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12) Student Service Award in Clinical Psychology. The award recognizes outstanding service contributions to the profession and community. Among Alex’s contributions, under the supervision of Dr.
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Mejia wins NSF Graduate Fellowship
Clinical psychology graduate student Yesenia Mejia has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. This is a full doctoral scholarship that provides 3 years of support, including a $34 000 stipend and $12 000 in tuition fees per year. The scholarship supports outstanding MA and PhD students with high potential for
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New paper by graduate student Katherine Cotter
Katherine Cotter has published a new paper titled, “Musical minds: Personality, schizotypy, and involuntary musical imagery” in the journal Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain. The work is co-authored with fellow social psychology graduate student Alex Christensen and Faculty Advisor, Dr. Paul Silvia. Access the abstract here. The paper examines the relation between personality, schizotypy, and a
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New paper and prestigious postdoc for Mendelson
Congratulations to graduate student Jenna Mendelson on the publication of her preliminary examination paper in Psychological Bulletin. The paper contributes a meta-analytical summary and novel developmental process model of friendship in boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Jenna is a student in the clinical psychology program under the mentorship of Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray. She is currently completing her
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First year graduate student publishes paper
Casey L. May, a first year graduate student in the clinical psychology program, has published a paper in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, a journal of the American Psychological Association. Casey works with Dr. Blair Wisco in the CoPE Lab and her research interests center on emotion regulation and processing in individuals diagnosed with
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New paper and summer institute acceptance for Strickhouser
Jason Strickhouser, a graduate student in the social psychology program (Advisor: Dr. Ethan Zell) has been selected to attend the 2015 Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology, which is a two-week intensive experience for pre-doctoral students in the discipline. The workshop is taught by key figures in the field and this year’s program will
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Accolades and new paper for graduate student Roger Beaty
Roger Beaty, a graduate student in the social psychology program (faculty advisor: Dr. Paul Silvia), has published a review paper on “The neuroscience of musical improvisation” in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. The paper synthesizes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of improvisation, with the aim of identifying the complex brain regions that subserve this skill
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Graduate student Mendelson presented with 2014 ABCT Award
We are delighted to announce that Jenna Mendelson, a graduate student in the clinical psychology program, has received the 2014 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Autism Spectrum and Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Group Student Award. Her faculty advisor is Dr. Rosemery Nelson-Gray. Mendelson’s research program is aimed at understanding peer relations and friendship
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Graduate student Chatley wins prestigious Pufall Award
Graduate student Naomi Chatley (Advisor: Dr. Stuart Marcovitch) was selected to receive the Pete Pufall Emerging Scholar’s Travel Award of the Jean Piaget Society in May, 2014. Awards are given to promising scholars to support the dissemination of their research at the society’s annual meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Rethinking Language and