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Updates
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October 2009: Muhlenberg's OIT is transferring the Psychology Department website to a brand new server, so we will be unable to post updates for a few weeks. Check back in November for the latest.
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September 2009: Dr. Gretchen Gotthard recently had an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. The title is: "Cycloheximide produces amnesia for extinction and reconsolidation in an appetitive odor discrimination task in rats."
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"Harry Potter and the end of the road: Parallels with addiction," authored by Dr. Rudski, Carli Segal ('09) and Eli Kallen ('09) was published in the June 2009 issue of Addiction Research & Theory.
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August 2009: Dr. Edelman is the first Spira Honoree for Distinguished Teaching. This award recognizes outstanding work with students. Congratulations Dr. Edelman!
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Erica Cohen ('10) will be presenting her research from the Rosenberg award at the CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) national conference (www.chadd.org) in October. The title is: The Prevalence of Selective Use: Patterns of Stimulant Medication Use among Undergraduates with AD/HD.
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August 2009: Dr. Sciutto presented a poster at the 2009 APA conference in Toronto. Coauthors were Sally Richwine (Education dept), Janelle M. Mentrikoski ('10), & Kathryn J. Niedzwiecki ('09). The title of presentation was: Aspergers Syndrome and Education: A Qualitative Analysis.
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August, 2009: The department is pleased to welcome Dr. Matt Dohn as a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2009-2010 academic year. Dr. Dohn will be the keynote speaker at the Fall semester's Psychology Day.
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The department is very pleased to announce the opening of the new Qualitative Research Lab (in the Moyer 018 suite). The lab consists of an interview room which is comfortably furnished and beautifully decorated (thanks Dr. Sinno!). The room can accommodate 2-4 people. There is also a data analysis room that, when fully equipped, will have a blackboard, bulletin board, 2 work tables, and lots of storage. Dr. Wolfe and Dr. Sinno worked on the design of the space, and we are grateful to the college for the funds, to the Physical Plant for all their hard work cleaning and re-painting the rooms, and Betty Lees' office for help with the furnishings. A very special thanks to Mrs. Larimer, without whom our new lab would still be a pile of boxes and dust bunnies.
- June, 2009: Dr. Sinno and Samantha Silverberg ('10) presented their research, "Age Related Changes in Reasoning about Distributive Justice," at the Jean Piaget Society Conference in Utah.
- May, 2009: Dr. Elissa Wurf, after many years as an instructor in the department, has moved on to try her hand in a new field - accounting. Her interests in behavioral economics will, no doubt, serve her well in this field. The department thanks Dr. Wurf for her service, and we wish her all the best.
- May, 2009: Several students and faculty members presented their research at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).
- Ben Katz ('09) presented this Honor's Thesis research on music in everyday life.
- Dr. Harring and Dr. Edelman presented their research on gender and preconscious processing.
- Dr. Rudski, Joy Mitchell ('09) and Lauren Bernstein ('09) presented their research titled, "Sometimes a Flower is Just a Flower: Implicitly Erotic Art across the Ovarian Cycle".
- April, 2009: Dr. Harring delivers address at Honors Convocation. Click here to download a (PDF) copy of her talk.
- April, 2009: Samantha Silverberg ('10) is this year's recipient of the Rosenberg Award. Her work will be supervised by Dr. Sinno and is about the influence of the Protestant Work Ethic on children's reasoning about distributive justice.
- April 2009: The department was honored to have Dr. Howard Stevenson as a guest speaker on campus. His talk was very well attended, and sparked the curiosity and interest of many students.
- March, 2009: Kaitlin Merritt ('09) and Karly Rodriguez ('09) presented their research at the Association of Women in Psychology conference in Rhode Island. The conference theme was "Feminist Empowerment Through Unity & Diversity."
- February, 2009: Erin Hermann ('09) and Lauren Naab ('09) presented Labeling and Stigma in Asperger's Disorder and Autism at the National Association for School Psychologists conference in Boston.
- June, 2008: David Weiss ('09), Rachel Leavitt ('09) and Lindsey Grom ('09) traveled with Dr. Wolfe to Chicago for the annual conference for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Their poster presentation, also authored by Karly Rodriguez ('09), Tom Prevete ('07) and Dr. Janine Chi from sociology, was titled "Social Justice and 'Diversity Talk' at a Small Liberal Arts Institution."
- May, 2008: Dr. Richmond was chosen by students to deliver the "Last Lecture." Click here to download a (PDF) copy of her talk.
- April, 2008: Erica Cohen ('10) is the inaugural recipient of the Rosenberg Research Award. Her work is titled, "The Prevalence of Selective Use: Patterns of Stimulant Medication Use among Undergraduates with an ADHD diagnosis."
- January, 2008: Carey Heller's ('07) Honors Thesis research is featured in this month's issue of GradPsych, an APA publication that goes to over 55,000 graduate students. His research is the third project discussed in this article: http://gradpsych.apags.org/jan08/research.html.
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