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The School of Psychological Sciences honored 8 students at the College Honors Convocation in April. These students were selected by the School faculty for their academic accomplishments, leadership, and potential for success in the psychological sciences:
Graduate Students:
- Becky Jobes
- Linda Rittner
Undergraduates:
- Rebecca Martinez
- Karen Traxler
- Bernadette Klein
- Shannon Pinkney
- Travis Drake
- Steven Powner
Dr. Nancy Karlin received the 2008 Distinguished Service Award from the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
Dr. Carl Granrud will provide the Keynote Address for a Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Research in Cognitive Science. The Workshop, February 20-22, is on Cognitive and Developmental Factors in Perceptual Constancy and Dr. Granrud’s presentation is titled: Judging the size of a distant object: Strategy use by children and adults
Dr. Teresa McDevitt will be a featured speaker at the SRCD Developmental Science Teaching Institute in Denver, April 1, 2009. The title of her talk will be Five perspectives on teaching child development to future teachers: A participatory analysis. For more information, visit the Society for Research in Child Development Web site.
Dr. Gilliam studies genetic defects
Dr. Kevin Pugh was approved for a REDI grant of $20,000 to support a project titled: A Design-Based Approach to Fostering Transformative Learning in Middle School Science.
Doctoral student coauthors grant.
At their annual conference, the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association named Dr. Nancy Karlin as recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Service Award.
At the Spring Academic Excellence Banquet The School of Psychological Sciences Received the University’s 2008 Award for School/Program Excellence in Service.
Cutting Edge Research on Obesity by Dr. Paul Klaczynski
Congratulations to Theodore Bashore who won funding of more than $150,000 from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Science. More information about Bashore's research project.