News
2018
Undergraduate student Najeebah Hussain at the MPA meeting.
The following is reprinted from the MU Office of Undergraduate Research.
Honored Research
While attending the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) meetings in Chicago earlier this month, MU senior Najeebah Hussain was impressed with the wide-range of interesting research topics being...
The following is reprinted from the MU College of Arts & Sciences.
Learning the Ropes
Honors Capstone Students Strut Their Stuff
Thirty-six seniors majoring in psychological sciences recently returned from a field trip to Chicago, where they each presented the...
Mark H. Thelen, Ph.D
(December 13, 1935 – September 18, 2017)
Shirley A. Thelen
(September 13, 1933 – April 14, 2018)
It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing last fall of Professor Emeritus Mark Thelen, and more...
Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Bauer, Mike Corcoran and Amy Underwood, who were recognized by the Office of Graduate Studies and Graduate Professional Council at the annual awards banquet.
Dr. Lisa Bauer earned the Gold Chalk Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Graduate Professional...
Congratulations to Mario Wilson who earned an MU Award for Academic Distinction based on his outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements. The award recognizes undergraduate students who go above and beyond expectations to contribute to the academic atmosphere at the University of...
Congratulations to Olivia Fahr and Sara Myers who each received an Arts & Science scholarship based on their outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements. Olivia and Sara work with Dr. Todd Schachtman who studies processes of acquisition, retention, and retrieval of...
Baylee Francka, a psychology student from Jefferson City, was recently awarded the University of Missouri Award for Academic Distinction. This award recognizes undergraduate students who go above and beyond expectations to contribute to the academic atmosphere at Mizzou. Baylee works...
Julie Youngers, an undergraduate from Kansas City received an Arts & Science scholarship based on her outstanding academic and extra-curricular achievements. Julie works with Dr. Yuyan Luo in the Infant Cognition Lab in our department. Their research examines what infants and young...
Congratulations to Lorena Fernandez who received an Arts & Science scholarship based on her outstanding academic and extra-curricular achievements. Lorena works with Dr. Nicole Campione-Barr in the Family Relationships and Adolescent Development Lab, which conducts research on parent-...
The Green Chalk Award is given in recognition of a graduate instructor’s excellence, and this spring A&S students chose graduate teaching assistant Michael Corcoran in the Department of Psychological Sciences to receive the honor. Corcoran is working toward a doctorate in social...