September 1st 2013
Trista Sykes ’13 and Maxwell O. Reiger ’13, with Associate Professor of Psychology Rod Clark, presented their work “Classical Conditioning of Up regulation of TNF-α II: Effects of Naloxone and nor-BNI” at the 36th annual meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior held in Minneapolis in May 2013.
September 1st 2013
Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology Robert Hancock was accepted as a Resident Fellow at the Marchutz School of Fine Arts at the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence from June 2- July 12, 2013.
Besides participating in the painting and drawing courses at the Marchutz School, Professor Hancock presented at the IAU Public Lecture and Reception Series. This series includes presentations by the Resident Fellows as well as lectures given by visiting faculty from a number of U.S. colleges and universities. Professor Hancock presented a lecture on “The Noise Between Our Ears: Self-Awareness & Consciousness in the Science of Behavior.”
September 1st 2013
Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology Robert Hancock was accepted as a Resident Fellow at the Marchutz School of Fine Arts at the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence from June 2- July 12, 2013.
Besides participating in the painting and drawing courses at the Marchutz School, Professor Hancock presented at the IAU Public Lecture and Reception Series. This series includes presentations by the Resident Fellows as well as lectures given by visiting faculty from a number of U.S. colleges and universities. Professor Hancock presented a lecture on “The Noise Between Our Ears: Self-Awareness & Consciousness in the Science of Behavior.”
May 1st 2013
Associate Professor of Psychology Patricia Rutledge presented “Measuring local law enforcement activity” at Alcohol Policy 16, the 16th in a series of conferences on the avoidance of alcohol-related problems using public policy strategies. Professor Rutledge, who currently is a visiting associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota, made the presentation as part of the symposium titled, “Local and state enforcement of alcohol policies: Results from a national survey.” At the symposium, members of the Alcohol Epidemiology Program at the University of Minnesota presented findings from an NIH-funded project designed to examine alcohol policy, enforcement, and alcohol-related outcomes.
May 1st 2013
Associate Professor of Psychology Patricia Rutledge presented “Measuring local law enforcement activity” at Alcohol Policy 16, the 16th in a series of conferences on the avoidance of alcohol-related problems using public policy strategies. Professor Rutledge, who currently is a visiting associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota, made the presentation as part of the symposium titled, “Local and state enforcement of alcohol policies: Results from a national survey.” At the symposium, members of the Alcohol Epidemiology Program at the University of Minnesota presented findings from an NIH-funded project designed to examine alcohol policy, enforcement, and alcohol-related outcomes.
May 1st 2013
The 41st annual Western PA Undergraduate Psychology Conference was held at Allegheny on April 20 and was coordinated by Assistant Professor of Psychology Sarah Conklin, Carnegie Hall Coordinator Cindy Hoesch, and Associate Professor of Psychology Aimee Knupsky (chair of the WPUPC).
Nearly 300 students and faculty from 13 colleges and universities in the tri-state area (Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York) attended and presented their research. Among them were Allegheny psychology students Nicholas Diana, Desiree Evanson, Rachel Ford, Kelly Gallagher, Kyle Greenberg, Courtney Hagan, Fred Hintz, Kara Izing, Kathryn Mong, Katrina Pampalone, Roma Panganiban, Veronica Quinlan, Dayna Rowe, Anna Katharina Spaelti, Shayna Spano, Trista Sykes, Catherine Van Damme, Ashley Whalen, and Amanda Woodside.
More than twenty student volunteers majoring in psychology and neuroscience and the entire Psychology Department faculty volunteered during the event.
Dr. Aimee Knupsky and her senior comp students attend the 41st annual WPUPC held at Allegheny College. Pictured (from left): Dr. Knupsky, Desiree Evanson, Catherine VanDamme, Nicholas Diana, Roma Panganiban, and Courtney Hagan.
Pictured are Amanda Woodside, Katrina Pampalone, Ashley Whalen, Veronica Quinlin, Professor Sarah Conklin and Kara Izing. All of the students presented posters at the conference.
Along with other 100 poster presentations, there were 11 paper sessions on psychological topics ranging from social psychology to neuroscience.
“The conference provides a unique opportunity for students to learn about the research being done by other students at nearby colleges and universities,” Knupsky says. “Overall, the conference is an excellent place to not only share ideas and to practice presenting research, but also for getting ideas for future projects.”
The keynote speaker at the conference was Judith F. Kroll, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Women’s Studies and Director of the Center for Language Science at Pennsylvania State University, who spoke on bilingualism. The keynote, which has implications for future research and education, coincided with Allegheny’s annual theme for 2012-2013, “Transforming Education.”
Allegheny has a long history with WPUPC. Dr. David Anderson, professor emeritus of psychology at Allegheny, was the conference’s founding chair.
May 1st 2013
Twenty-six Allegheny students participated in the Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference held at Penn State Behrend on April 13.
They are (with their faculty advisors listed in parentheses): Ashley Baronner ’13 (Caryl Waggett), Korey Bartolomeo ’13 (Brad Hersh), Austin Becker ’13 (Tricia Humphreys and Ann Kleinschmidt), Ava Carvour ’14 (Barbara Shaw), Kyrsten Craig ’15 (Barbara Shaw), Colleen Friel ’13 (Catharina Coenen), Dana D’Amico ’13 (Catharina Coenen), Jaclyn DeCoursey ’14 (Lauren French), Jeff Fleming ’13 (Lee Coates), Katrina Gazsi ’13 (Milt Ostrofsky and Ron Mumme), Justin Giel ’13 (Rich Bowden), Jessica Giles ’13 (Christy Donmoyer), Jocelyn Gruskiewicz ’13 (Lee Coates), Aaron Haag ’13 (Brad Hersh), Max Hennessy ’13 (Brad Hersh), Linnea Homa ’13 (Christy Donmoyer), Megan King ’13 (Caryl Waggett), Dylan McCreary ’13 (Lauren French), Erin Nawrocki ’13 (Tricia Humphreys), Chloé Nuñez ’13 (Caryl Waggett), Kayla Owens ’13 (Catharina Coenen), Kelsey Ream ’13 (Rich Bowden), Jessica Repasz ’13 (Rod Clark), Sara Schombert ’13 (Catharina Coenen), Kelly Smith ’13 (Lauren French), and Jennie Vorhauer ’14 (Tricia Humphreys).
Baronner, Carvour, Fleming, Friel, Gazsi, Gruskiewicz, Hennessy, Nawrocki, McCreary and Smith were given awards for best presentations in their sessions. A total of 226 students and 106 faculty from twelve colleges in western and central Pennsylvania participated in the conference.
Max Hennessy ’13 receives his award.