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Scrapbook & Recent Events - Number 8
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Late Summer and Fall 2003 semesters

July-December 2003
NOTICE: CLASS SCHEDULE CHANGE!!! Spring 2004 Section F310 of P216 Lifespan Developmental Psychology will be offered from 4:00-5:15 pm TR and NOT 2:30-3:45 pm TR as it appears in the schedule of classes.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!! Spring 2004 Advanced Lab and Future Labs P435: Human Learning and Cognition Lab is being offered in Spring 2004 and P429: Lab in Developmental Psychology will be offered in Fall 2004. Authorization to register for P435 (and all advanced labs) is required. Those who plan to enroll in the Human Learning and Cognition Lab in the Spring 2004 semester MUST complete either P325 or P335 or P438 prior to Spring 2004 as well as the other prerequisites (P211, P354) to be permitted to enroll. You must also contact and meet with Dr. Gottwald to receive permission (i.e., authorization) to register for the class. You should contact him before you register for Spring 2004 classes. Advanced Labs in the coming semesters: Fall 2004: P429 Developmental Psych Lab - Prereq. P216, or P316, or P331 (as well as P211 and P354) [P403 recommended]; 2 sections scheduled: MW 11:30 am Dr. Ritchie | MW 4 pm Dr. McIntosh Spring 2005: P420 Community Psych Lab - Prereq. P434 and P403 (as well as P211 and P354) TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED	P435 Human Learning & Cognition Lab Advanced Lab for Spring 2004 Prerequisites: P211, P354, and either P325 or P335 or P438 completed prior to Spring 2004 and permission of the instructor/authorization to register Taught by: Dr. Richard Gottwald Class days/time: MW 4:00-5:15 pm Section number: F328
Welcome!
Gwen Lupfer, M.S., Ph.D. (ABD)	Joining our faculty this year on a one-year visiting position is Gwen Lupfer. Gwen comes to us from Kansas State University where she is a doctoral student, completing all requirements for her degree except her final dissertation (which she hopes to finish this year). She received her BA and MS from Kansas State as well. Gwen's specializations are behavioral neuroscience and animal learning. She conducts research on social behavior among hamsters, with her current research focused on social transmission of food preferences in social and solitary hamsters. As a graduate student at Kansas State, Gwen independently taught several courses, including general psychology, principles of learning, behavior modification, and experimental methods. We are pleased to have her with us this year and are certain our students will benefit from her knowledge and abilities.
Congratulations!
Graduate School Acceptances
Chris Coryn, (BA in Psychology, IUSB 2002; IUSB MA in Applied Psychology graduate student currently, expected graduation Spring 2004) has been accepted and will attend Western Michigan University's Evaluation Ph.D. Program beginning in Fall 2004. Congratulations, Chris!	Chris Coryn
PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS
Dr. John McIntosh is the author of a chapter in a major reference book on death and dying published in October. McIntosh, J. L. (2003). Suicide survivors: The aftermath of suicide and suicidal behavior. In Clifton D. Bryant (Editor), Handbook of Death and Dying. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. [ISBN 0761925147; 1144 pages] Additionally, McIntosh is the author of two recently published brief journal articles in the journals Psychological Reports and Crisis. Details of the article: McIntosh, J. L., & Lester, D. (2003). The temporal distribution of black suicides. Psychological Reports, volume 93, p. 648. This brief report responded to and refuted a statement in the literature, providing recent data to address the assertion; the statement had been made that black suicides peaked on Wednesdays; we found that instead, they peaked on Mondays just like the nation as a whole when looking at 1998-2000 official data. Lester, D., & McIntosh, J. L. (2003). The variation of the mean age of suicides in the United States. Crisis, volume 24, pp. 173-174. Official suicide data for the years 1968-1999 in the USA were utilized and the mean age of suicides was found to be positively associated with measures of domestic social integration. It was suggested that the mean age of suicides could be a variable worthy of inclusion in suicidological research.
As is our practice, copies of selected faculty publications (including those listed here) may be found in folders posted on the bulletin board in Wiekamp Hall across from room 2110. If the folder is empty, please contact our secretary in DW2119 for copies.
Presentations
Dr. John McIntosh presented the main keynote address of a full-day conference on suicide prevention in South Bend on October 29th. The keynote address discussed the extent to which suicide is an important public and mental health issue. Dr. McIntosh also presented a workshop session on the same day regarding sucide among older adults. The conference was sponsored by the Suicide Prevention Council of St. Joseph County and Surrounding Areas and featured, in addition to Dr. McIntosh, 6 other national reputation speakers in suicidology. Over 250 attendees were present for the conference at the Century Center and approximately 800 attended a public presentation on the IUSB campus on October 28th by Mike Wallace of CBS News and 60 Minutes that kicked off the conference.
Poster Session Fall 2003 On December 2, 2003 the Fall 2003 advanced lab students in P421, directed by Drs. Frank Fujita and Catherine Borshuk, presented the results of their independent research projects in a public poster session. All 27 students were present and provided attendees with details about their social psychology projects. Congratulations to these students and their faculty supervisors. Some of the posters will remain in the hallway of the psychology area on the second floor of Wiekamp Hall through the break between the Fall and Spring semesters. Pictures of the students and the posters of their community-based projects may be seen by clicking here. Fall 2003 P421 Students with Drs. Catherine Borshuk & Frank Fujita
Catching Up	Seasons greetings from former IUSB Psychology faculty member, Dr. Julie Hernandez, her husband George, and the new addition to their family, James. Julie is now on the faculty at Rock Valley College in Illinois. She was with our department on a visiting appointment for two years (1999-2001). Dr. James Beale, a visiting IUSB Psychology faculty member for 2 years (2001-2003), has now joined the full-time faculty of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.
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.
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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