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Student/Faculty Members Present at Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association

by Heather Grubbs May 2nd 2016

Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology Robert Hancock, Caitlin Nealer ’15, and Professor of Psychology Patricia Rutledge presented “The effects of gender on underhand and overhand throwing velocity in collegiate baseball and softball players” at the 2016 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in New York City.

Students and Faculty Present Research at Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association

by Kathleen Roos April 12th 2016

Research by Katie Denning ’16, Maria Kim ’18, Alana Picozzi ’18, Natasha Torrence ’17, Osasere Edebiri ’16, Annie Utterback ’16 and Professors Sarah Conklin, Lydia Eckstein Jackson, Aimee Knupsky, and Ryan Pickering was presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in New York City in March. Katie Denning — in collaboration

Professors Caballero and Knupsky Present Work at MLA Conference

by Kathleen Roos March 1st 2016

Associate Professor of English Soledad Caballero and Associate Professor of Psychology Aimee Knupsky presented a paper at the 2016 Modern Languages Association (MLA) conference in Austin, Texas. The paper, titled “Some Powerful Rankling Passion: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Joanna Baillie’s Passion Plays,” was presented as part of a special panel session

Paulson and Jones Publish in Journal of Rural Mental Health

by Kathleen Roos February 4th 2016

Assistant Professor of Psychology Lauren Paulson, Danielle Jones ’14, and a colleague from Duquesne University published the article “Tech it out: Implementing an online peer consultation network for rural mental health professionals” in the December 2015 issue of Journal of Rural Mental Health. The peer-reviewed journal is published by the American Psychological Association.

Foreman Presents Work at National Association for Gifted Children Convention

by Kathleen Roos December 3rd 2015

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Jen Foreman presented at one roundtable discussion and one poster session at the annual National Association for Gifted Children convention in Phoenix, Arizona on November 14. The paper for the roundtable session was titled “Teaching the Teacher: Effectiveness of Educative Curricula.” The poster session was titled “High Schools’ Contributions to

Allegheny College Places Seventh in New Ranking of Psychology Programs

by Kathleen Roos December 2nd 2015

December 2, 2015 – Allegheny College has been ranked seventh among the top “up and coming” undergraduate psychology programs in the East by the organization Best Psychology Degrees. Among the criteria used to determine the ranking were innovative instructional methods, such as experiential learning; research, internship and study-abroad opportunities in psychology; use of cutting-edge technological

Rutledge Publishes in “Accident Analysis and Prevention”

by Kathleen Roos November 4th 2015

Professor of Psychology Patricia Rutledge is a co-author of a recent paper, “Association between Alcohol-Impaired Driving Enforcement-Related Strategies and Alcohol-Impaired Driving,” published in Accident Analysis and Prevention. The other authors of the paper are Julie Sanem, Darin Erickson, Kathleen Lenk, Toben Nelson, Rhonda Jones-Webb, and Traci Toomey, all of the Division of Epidemiology and Community

Professor Jackson Co-authors Article in “Self and Identity”

by Kathleen Roos October 1st 2015

Assistant Professor of Psychology Lydia Eckstein Jackson co-authored an article with Drs. Lowell Gaertner (University of Tennessee) and Dan Batson (University of Kansas) titled “Can Affect Disengagement Produce Moral Standard Violation?” The article is in press at Self and Identity.

Psychology Professors Publish Article in “College Teaching”

by Kathleen Roos October 1st 2015

Assistant Professor of Psychology Lydia Eckstein Jackson and Associate Professor of Psychology Aimee Knupsky co-authored an article on encouraging students to attend office hours instead of sending emails. The article is in press at College Teaching.

Professor Conklin Co-authors Chapter in “Neuropsychology of Cardiovascular Disease”

by Kathleen Roos September 4th 2015

Sarah Conklin, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience and global health studies and chair of the Neuroscience Program, co-authored a book chapter with Matthew Muldoon, MD, MPH, titled “Effects of Cholesterol and N-3 Fatty Acids on Cognitive Function, Decline, and Dementia” in Neuropsychology of Cardiovascular Disease, 2nd Edition, Taylor and Francis.

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