Spring 2008
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Spring
Semester 2008 (January - June)
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Spring Student Posters: Undergraduate Research in Psychology
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Students in the Spring semester advanced labs made their public poster presentations of their research in sessions on April 22 for Dr. Dennis Rodriguez's P435 Laboratory in Human Learning and Cognition
and April 28 for Dr. Kathy Ritchie's P429 Laboratory in Developmental Psychology classes.
Pictures of the poster sessions and of the individual student posters may be found at these links ( P429 | P435 ).
P435: Front row: Ma. Aleja Cuartas, Zach Williams, Justin Grossman, Chantelle Stacy. Back row: Dr. Dennis Rodriguez, Andrew Heflick, Tanya Haynes, Amy Wojciechowski, Jacob Dobransky, Evva Comans.
P429: Front row: LeRoy Burgess, Jr., Amanda Reasonover, Dr. Kathy Ritchie, Betty Stembel, James Stembel. Back row: Patricia Humphrey, Wanda Roberts, Kari Williams, Bobbi Dion, Nancy Watreas, Sabrina Wall, Shirley Lewis, Damon Humes.
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Faculty Scholarship
Zachary Estes, Michelle Verges, & Lawrence W. Barzsalou. (2008, February). Head up, foot down: Object words orient attention to the objects' typical location. Psychological Science, vol. 19(issue no. 2), pp. 93-97, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02051.x ------> |
Other faculty publications:
Frank Fujita. (2008). The frequency of social comparison and its relation to subjective well-being. In M. Eid, & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), The Science of Subjective Well-Being (pp. 239-257). New York, Guilford Press.
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| Faculty Honors and Recognition |
Laura Talcott was recently elected for induction into the all-IU FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching). FACET Academy members participate in an annual retreat with workshops and discussions on collegiate teaching, and they are involved in ongoing activities to advance IU's faculty teaching mission. Only a small number of faculty members across the entire IU system are selected each year for membership in FACET. Laura joins IU South Bend Psychology faculty Catherine Borshuk, Dé Bryant, Richard Hubbard, Carolyn Schult and Gwynn Mettetal who are also FACET members. The induction ceremony in which Laura will take part will be held in May in French Lick. Congratulations on this honor, Laura!
 Laura Talcott
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| Faculty Presentations |
Dr. John McIntosh made several presentations at the 41st annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology in Boston from April 16-19. Among them was a presentation"Epidemiology and Trends in Elderly Suicide," as part of a day-long preconference workshop on "Suicide Prevention Among Older Adults: Epidemiology, Risk, and Resiliency." A second presentation was "Affecting Behavioral Changes in Diverse Populations Through the Yellow Ribbon Program," which was co-authored with two individuals from the Yellow Ribbon Program from Denver, CO. In addition, Dr. McIntosh took part in a roundtable session, "Survivors & Researchers: A SOS Group Roundtable,"
and p roduced a slideshow/movie that was shown in a panel session
on survivors of suici de who were pioneers
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| Faculty / Student Research: Cognitive Neuroscience Lab |
Dr. Dennis Rodriguez's Cognitive Neuroscience Lab research team continued their work this semester. The members of the team are pictured below.
Seated left to right: Christy Tidd, Sarah Mertes
Standing left to right: Dr. Dennis Rodriguez, Jacob Dobransky, Ben Smith, IV |
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Media Coverage |
 Dr. Michelle Verges
Dr. Michelle Verges was interviewed for an article on plastic bags that appeared in the South Bend Tribune on February 28. A PDF version of the story can be found here. Michelle's teaching-related ecological actions were also mentioned in the March 2008 issue of the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology (vol 93, no. 3) newsletter in a special section on "Curbing Climate Change" in the article "Every Little Bit Helps: Psychologists are going green with these planet-pleasing practices." (link)
Dr. Kevin Ladd appeared on the WNDU-TV evening news on April 2nd. The story covered his research on prayer that is being conducted in our community. A posted report appears at the WNDU website (link). The text of the interview is posted as well as video of the interview. In addition to Dr. Ladd, one of the project's research assistants, and a psychology major, Brice Petgen, also appears on camera.
Dr. Kevin Ladd's research program on prayer was highlighted in an article in the most recent issue of the IU publication Research & Creative Activity (vol. 30, issue no. 2, Spring 2008, pp. 45-48). The online version of the article may be found at this link. The picture from the issue of Dr. Ladd and his research team appears below.
Dr. Dé Bryant was featured in InMichiana magazine (published by the South Bend Tribune) in the July 2008 issue (Volume 3, Issue 7, pp. 16-17). The article, by Ann Graham Price, is entitled "Passion Drives IUSB Professor's Teaching, Service." The issue, distributed already in hardcopy version, will soon be posted online at www.southbendtribune.com/InMichiana. Congratulations, Dé! |
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Student Honors and Recognition
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Awards |
Jeff Brooks is the recipient of the 2008 Award for Excellence in Psychology. In addition, Jeff's paper "The Social Function of Disgust: A Correlational Study of Disgust Sensitivity, Social Desirability and Conformity," was selected from among all submissions to receive the 2008 James R. Haines Research Award. The paper derives from Jeff's Fall 2007 Advanced Lab project in P435 directed by Dr. Dennis Rodriguez. Jeff was recognized for both awards at the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Honors Ceremony on May 1st.
 Jeff Brooks
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Psi Chi Induction:
National Honor Society in Psychology |
On April 18, over 30 students were inducted into the IU South Bend Chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society of psychology. In an event held in the Grille in the Administration Building many family and friends (totaling as many as 200) were present to honor the inductees. We congratulate these excellent students on their achievement and their induction into Psi Chi. We thank Dr. Dennis Rodriguez, the faculty advisor of Psi Chi, for his outstanding efforts as well. The inductees appear below as do the officers of Psi Chi.
Front row, left to right: Joey Marturano, Heather Marks, Anna Beacham, Millie Ftergiotis, Dustin Maiden, Andrew Heflick, Eva Comans, Crystal Sivia, Keli Herr, Jacob Dobransky. Back row, left to right: Nichole Troyer, Valerie Ratner, Christy Tidd, Ben Smith IV, Melinda Chisholm, Wanakee Brown, Kelly Wantuch, Kaitlyn Foreman, Tim Dodge, Andrea Jones, Ryan Bronkema.
 
Candid shots of the Psi Chi induction
Psi Chi Officers (Left to right): Dr. Dennis Rodriguez (advisor), Jeff Brooks (treasurer), Sarah Mertes (president), Jamie Cora (secretary), Kathy Miller (vice-president), Gwinn Brody (events coordinator) |
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Graduate School Acceptances |
The following IU South Bend Psychology students have been accepted in or begun graduate programs.
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Martha Wagner, a May 2007 graduate began the doctoral program (PsyD) at Argosy University in January 2008.
Chava Lerman (Psychology minor) and Shannon Renfrow (Psychology major), May 2008 graduates, have been accepted into the IU School of Medicine. Chava was also accepted into medical school in Haifa, Israel and has decided to attend there.
Joyce Gathu, a December 2007 graduate and Psychology major has begun the Master of Science in Education Program in Professional Counseling at Concordia University in Wisconsin.Jeff Brooks, May 2008 graduate, has been accepted into the doctoral program in developmental psychology at the University of Notre Dame.
- Carrie Haney, a December 2005 graduate, has been accepted into the MSW program at IUPUI.
- Brice Petgen, a May 2008 graduate, has been accepted into the PhD program in Counseling and Psychology at Andrews University.
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Employment |
The following IU South Bend Psychology graduates have been hired for jobs.
- Mary Osborn Reynolds, a December 2007 graduate and Psychology major now works for the Department of Child Services of Elkhart County investigating child abuse cases.
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Undergraduate Research Journal |
The 2008 volume of IU South Bend's Undergraduate Research Journal has appeared. One psychology project was published in the volume (vol. 8, pp. 70-78). Amelie Kanovsky's (a sophomore Biology major) paper "Epistemological Thinking of College Students: An Engagement with the Perry Model," was originally written for Dr. Frank Fujita's Honors Colloquium. |
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MA in Applied Psychology Graduate |
Hale "Skitch" Henderson received the MA in Applied Psychology at the May 6 graduation ceremony. Skitch is a December 2007 graduate, completing his thesis in November. His thesis title was"Individual Differences and Emotional Labor: The Mitigating Impact of Self-Monitoring, Negative Affect and Social Inhibition" and his thesis director was Dr. Frank Fujita. Congratulations, Skitch! |
Faculty Get-Together |
Dr. Bryant's home was the location of a get-together for current and retired faculty members on April 25th. Pictures from the event can be found at http://www.iusb.edu/~sbpsy/spr08party.html. As always, an archive of pictures from department events can be found at the Psychology Department Homepage by clicking on the link for the "Archive." |
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Changing Positions |
Dr. John McIntosh, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, has accepted the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs effective July 1st. |
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ADVISING
All majors, minors, and associate
degree students should be aware that the IUSB Psychology
Department requires that all students be advised at least
once each year by a faculty advisor. This advising session
serves several important functions. Of course, it allows you
to get advice about courses for the next and upcoming
semesters. It also ensures that your advisor can attempt to
monitor your movement toward your degree, both in psychology
and with respect to other degree requirements. This will
help to identify problem areas or omissions early so that
you can address them and graduate without delay. Finally,
advising can also provide you with imporant information and
input regarding your career planning, résumé
writing, and other developmental issues crucial to your life
success. As you can see, advising is much more than just
course selection. Please be advised regularly. |
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ALUMNI,
ATTENTION!
We would love to include
information about our alumni as part of this scrapbook. If
you are an IUSB Psychology Alumnus and would forward
information about yourself, education, career,
accomplishments, etc., we would be happy to post it here
with your permission. Include a photograph and we will try
to include it also. Please indicate your year of IUSB
graduation.
If you have
accomplishments or other events you would like to see
included here, please forward them to the department or to Dr.
McIntosh.
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Last updated: July 14, 2008
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