Psychology Department
  


 

Departmental News...

 

Congratulations to winner of the  2007 Psychology Purple and Old Gold Award, Katie Corker !    

 This prestigious award is given each year to the top graduate in the department.

The 13th Annual CSBS Student Research Conference (April 21, 2007) attracted young researchers from across the Midwest and was a big success. And, for the first time in three years, UNI Psychology students swept the awards for best student research posters! The Outstanding Undergraduate Poster was awarded to Duoc Nguyen - (faculty sponsor Helen Harton) and  The Graduate Student Poster Award was awarded to QuiJuan Fang (faculty sponsor Catherine DeSoto)     Congratulations!

Congrats to our 2007 Graduating Psychology Majors who graduate with University Honors Katie Corker, Mark Foster, Carmen Krapfl, Stephanie Strouse and Jennifer Younie.

 

UNI psychology graduate student Jamie Ryan was the top scoring student at this year's MMPI - 2 interpretation competition. The annual MMPI competition is co-sponsored by UNI and Central Michigan University. This year, over 50 students and three universities competed.

 

         

Greetings to our new graduate students

Representing six states and three countries.... Welcome to UNI!

Marissa Arnett (Clinical Science)

Elizabeth Bolinger (Clinical Science) 

Jennifer Crawford (Clinical Science)

Kama Dodge (I/O)

Austin Dopp (I/O)

Kelly Espenschade (Clinical Science)

Yolanda Evans (Clinical Science)   

Evette Fantroy (I/O)

Jodie Hill (Clinical Science)

Privanka Joshi (Social)

Jeannie Korngable (I/O)

Erin N. Lane (Social)

Khasha Lashley (I/O)

Armen Manoogian (Social)

Kathryn Nelson (I/O)

Duoc Nguyen (I/O)

Maureen O’Connor (Clinical Science) 

Amanda Osborn (Clinical Science)

Cassandra Otto (I/O)

Jeremy Stewart (I/O)

Taylor Wadian (Social)

Greg Wehmeyer (I/O)


 

UNI Psychologist receives external grant .... Adam Butler has been awarded a grant by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism "College student employment and problem drinking: Harmful and protective factors"

Mike Gasser received this year’s Psychology Club Annual Teaching Award.  Congratulations Dr. Gasser!

UNI students and their faculty mentors have been busy presenting at national conferences. Psychology students and faculty have presented research conducted here at UNI at the following national conferences in this year: Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Midwest Psychological Association,  American Psychological Society, American Psychology-Law Society,  Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, MMPI-2, MMPI-A Symposium, Society for Personality Assessment, and Society for Research in Child Development.             Way to Go Panthers!

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All UNI Psychology graduate students make a contribution to the field by completing scholarly research and then formally defend their findings before being designated as Masters of Psychology.

Theses Successfully Defended in 2007 (so far) :       

 
BRAD OKDIE , MA
JENNIFER BAILEY , MA
RICK TRINKNER  , MA
AMY SLAGER , MA  

 

Congrats to our new MA's!