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2019

Melissa Tapia earned the campus-wide Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award.

Melissa Tapia Earns Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award

Congratulations to graduate student Melissa Tapia who earned the campus-wide Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award. The Award recognizes excellence in the efforts of faculty, staff, teaching assistants and graduate instructors involved in using educational...

Luke Mouton, Riley McCarty, Rachel Wesley, and Lorena Fernandez earned research awards at the 2019 Midwestern Psychological Association meeting

Psychology Students Earn Midwestern Psychological Association Research Awards

Four Psychology undergraduates earned awards at the 2019 Midwestern Psychological Association meeting. Luke Mouton (Faculty Mentor, Dr. Jamie Arndt) won the Psi Chi Regional Research Award Riley McCarty (Faculty Mentor, Dr. David Beversdorf) won the Psi Chi Regional Research...

Lorena Fernandez and Nicole Campione-Barr

Award for Undergraduate Distinction winner Lorena Fernandez and her faculty mentor, Dr. Nicole Campione-Barr, present her research at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting.

Psychology Students Earn Award for Undergraduate Distinction

Congratulations to Lorena Fernandez, Luke Guerdan and Rohit Rao. These psychology undergraduates earned the Award for Undergraduate Distinction. The awardees were selected by demonstrating extraordinary intellectual curiosity, seeking knowledge beyond the classroom and...

Cate Coper is recognized with the Excellence in Advising Award from Arts & Science Dean Nicole Monnier in April 2019.

Cate Cooper Wins Excellence in Advising Award

Cate Cooper was recognized as an academic advisor who make a difference in the lives of undergraduates at the University of Missouri: She earned the campus-wide Excellence in Advising Award for 2019. The Award recognizes advisors that demonstrate a caring attitude...

Genevieve and Lindsey help at Show Me Mizzou

Graduate students Genevieve Dash and Lindsey Freeman help high school students learn about psychology at Show Me Mizzou Day.

Graduate Students Teach Mindfulness at Show Me Mizzou Day

Psychological Sciences graduate students helped members of the community learn more about mindfulness, the brain, and behavior as part of Show Me Mizzou Day on April 13. Clinical students Lindsey Feeeman and Genevieve Dash demonstrated how mindfulness can minimize the impact of stress to kids...

Tiffany Shadrick, Allison Womack and Dana Kelsey at the MPA meeting.

Laura Gann has worked with Dr. Amanda Rose on a research project on sibling relationships.

Students enjoyed a pizza dinner the evening before the MPA conference began.

Undergraduate Researchers Present at Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting

Forty undergraduate students presented their research at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago on April 11 and 12. Each student has been working with a faculty mentor and most are earning departmental honors through the Honors Capstone program. The MPA...

Genevieve Dash was the Competition Winner of the Graduate Student Ethics Writing Competition Sponsored by the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee.

Clinical Graduate Students Sweep APA Ethics Writing Prizes

Clinical students swept the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee’s 2019 Graduate Student Ethics Writing Competition . The Ethics Committee sponsors this annual prize for a graduate student paper on psychology and ethics. Competition Winner - Genevieve Dash...

Which Hand Is the Eye of the Blind?: From the Psychological Laboratory of the University of Missouri

Graduate Students Earn Mitchell Smith Summer Fellowships

Josephine Mitchell Smith trained under Max Meyer and her research focused on the sensory abilities of the blind. In particular, a book that she published on Braille was widely cited and helped guide clinicians and educators in its use. Dr. Smith served as interim head of the department...

Online Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology Coming This Fall

More than 4,000 students are earning University of Missouri degrees online. Options for studying at a distance have expanded again to include an online bachelor’s degree (BA) in psychology. An undergraduate degree in psychology opens the door to a variety of occupations. With MU’s online...

Graduate Student Sarah Borowski Earns NIH NRSA Award

Sarah Borowski earned an NIH F31 NRSA award for her research on “the role of vagal tone in adolescent social behaviors.” This work will be funded by NICHD. Sarah is a graduate student in the developmental training area and will be co-mentored by Amanda Rose and Ashley Groh.

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