[{"id":7913,"date":"2025-03-04T15:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=7913"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:22:24","slug":"newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>March 2026<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box box-mail box-align-\"><h4><i class=\"fa fa-envelope\"><\/i><span>Chair's Greetings<\/span><\/h4>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7916 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2025\/03\/Lauren-Paulsen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Head-shot of Lauren Paulsen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2025\/03\/Lauren-Paulsen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2025\/03\/Lauren-Paulsen.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Psychology Alumni and Friends,<\/p>\n<p>As we enter the second year of our alumni newsletter, I am pleased to share the continued momentum within the Psychology Department. Over the past year, our faculty and students have remained deeply engaged in teaching, research, and applied learning, and we are excited about the department\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p>In this issue, we highlight accomplishments across our alumni, faculty, and students, from career milestones and scholarly achievements to student research and hands-on learning. Together, these stories reflect the strength and vitality of Allegheny Psychology.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we launched our departmental self-study, an important reflective process that is already generating thoughtful conversations about how we can ensure our curriculum and student experiences remain rigorous, relevant, and forward-looking.<\/p>\n<p>We are also pleased to welcome a new faculty colleague whose expertise is already expanding opportunities for students, be sure to read more in this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Our students continue to impress us with their curiosity, professionalism, and commitment to applying psychological science in real-world settings through research, internships, and community-engaged learning. They carry forward the strong tradition you helped build as Allegheny psychology alumni.<\/p>\n<h3>Stay Connected and Get Involved<\/h3>\n<p>Strengthening our alumni community is a priority. You might consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serving as an alumni mentor<\/li>\n<li>Speaking with a class about your career pathway<\/li>\n<li>Sharing internship or job opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Submitting an alumni update<\/li>\n<li>Supporting student conference travel through the Alec Dale Fund (see details for Gator Give Day on April 16)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your continued involvement makes a meaningful difference. We are proud of our alumni network and excited about the future we are building together.<\/p>\n<p>Warm regards,<br \/>\nLauren Paulson, Ph.D., LPC<br \/>\nEndowed Chair, Henry B. Tippie and Patricia Bush Tippie Professorship in Psychology<br \/>\nChair, Department of Psychology<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lpaulson@allegheny.edu\">lpaulson@allegheny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-yellow box-align-\"><h3>Faculty Focus \u2014 Introductions<\/h3><\/div>\n<h4>Nate Powell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8030\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Nate-Powell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8030\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Nate-Powell-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Nate-Powell-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Nate-Powell-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Nate-Powell-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Nate-Powell-1357x1536.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Nate-Powell-1810x2048.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nate Powell ready for a chilly commute on his self-built bicycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are excited to introduce our newest faculty member, Dr. Nate Powell who is teaching a variety of courses, including Sensation and Perception, Systems Neuroscience, Foundations of Neuroscience, and Experimental Techniques of Neuroscience (Practical Neuroscience). In the future, he hopes to add courses on Computational Neuroscience and possibly Neuroeconomics<\/p>\n<p>Powell earned his BA in physics and philosophy from Amherst College and his Ph.D. in neuroscience from University of Minnesota. His research focuses on how the brain works as a \u201ccomputational machine,\u201d focusing on the prefrontal cortex and cognition.<\/p>\n<p>Powell\u2019s interests include NFL football, Tai Chi, and bikes \u2013 riding bikes, fixing bikes, building bikes (he built the bike he rides to Carnegie most days, even when the temperature dips below freezing!). He also is an avid tea drinker and welcomes anyone to stop by his office in Carnegie 208 to share a cup!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m very happy to have found a home here at Allegheny College! My colleagues in Psychology and Neuroscience are wildly talented, supportive, and caring people, and the research facilities are impressive for a small college. And the students are earnest, inquisitive, and very invested in their education (along with about 7 extracurriculars each).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"box box-green box-align-\"><h3>Reflections \u2014 Retired faculty member Alec Dale<\/h3><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8032\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Dale-Klions-Heuchert-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8032\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Dale-Klions-Heuchert-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Dale-Klions-Heuchert-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Dale-Klions-Heuchert-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Dale-Klions-Heuchert-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Dale-Klions-Heuchert-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Dale-Klions-Heuchert-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired psychology faculty: Alec Dale, Herb Klions, Juvia Heuchert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Professor Alec Dale taught in the Psychology Department for 38 years and in that time, mentored and advised hundreds of students while teaching favorite classes such as Health and Psychophysiology, and Abnormal Psychology.<\/p>\n<p>Dale coauthored multiple professional publications with students and together they presented their research at nearly 100 national and international conferences, including venues in Europe. He notes that he was the first or second reader on several hundred comps and that \u201ceach was a favorite at the time.\u201d But he is able to name a few memorable projects: \u201cAndy Alden\u2018s on relaxation imagery and Amy Overman\u2018s and Jessica Hoge\u2019s comps on music in the brain.\u201d These last two were also with colleagues Jeff Cross in the Psychology department and the pianist Alec Chien, who was in the Music department. \u201cHerb Klions, the chairman of our department, and I worked with several students on humor and facial expressions in the treatment of anxiety, depression and discomfort: Barb Yovetich, Amy Danzer, Doug Klions\u2026and many more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale notes that \u201cAllegheny was a wonderful place to work. I was able to do teaching, research and clinical work and went on great sabbatical leaves in Italy, Australia, Virginia, and UCLA. I have fond memories of wonderful colleagues both in and out of the department at Allegheny. There were so many great students to work with!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since retiring in 2007, Dale has done a lot of sailing with his charter captain\u2019s license, including to France, Italy, Croatia, Greece and Turkey, as well as the Caribbean. He and wife Sharon sailed their boat across the Atlantic for a year-long stay in Rome after retirement. When not traveling the world, they continue to reside in Meadville, taking advantage of the changing seasons, including many opportunities to ski at Robertson Field this winter and ballroom dancing (which came about after collaborating with Jan Hyatt on the neuroscience of dance).<\/p>\n<p>Dale can be contacted through email at: <a href=\"mailto:adale80@gmail.com\">adale80@gmail.com<\/a> or on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box box-green box-align-\"><h3>Reflections \u2014 Retired faculty member Herb Klions<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>Professor Herb Klions retired in 1993 after almost 40 years of serving the psychology department as a teacher, researcher, academic advisor, mentor, chairperson, and friend.\u00a0 In that time he also had an active clinical psychology practice, working with the Meadville Medical Center, and, even after retirement, he continued to consult with Allegheny\u2019s Counseling Center.<\/p>\n<p>Klions recalls that when he started at Allegheny, the psychology department consisted of three faculty members and was housed in Reuter Hall.\u00a0 There was no dedicated lab space so any empirical research had to be conducted in faculty offices.\u00a0 As department chair, he committed to expanding and strengthening the program, advocating for the department\u2019s relocation to Carnegie where proper lab facilities were available and overseeing the hiring of new faculty members interested in active research (including Alec Dale and Jeff Cross). Klions\u2019s legacy continues to shape the department, reflected not only in the vibrant research culture he helped establish but also in the Herb Klions Student Research Fund, which provides support for students to travel and present their work at professional conferences nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>As he looks forward to his 100th birthday, Klions stays very active physically and mentally, as part of a ukulele band, a wii bowling league, and a poker group, and coordinating a book club.\u00a0 While his classes in abnormal psychology, statistics, and clinical psychology live on in the memory of many alumni, Klions notes that what he most remembers is that he \u201chired people who were better than me in their fields.\u00a0 They were great people and I am really proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Help celebrate Herb Klions\u2019s 100th birthday! Cards and messages can be sent to<br \/>\n4041 Heritage Center Drive, Apt. 1033,<br \/>\nCopley OH 44321<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:hklions@allegheny.edu\">hklions@allegheny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may also honor Klions through donations to his fund supporting student research, the Herb Klions student research fund.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box box-yellow box-align-\"><h3>Alumni spotlight: Neuroscience alum, Jessica Schindelar &#8217;02<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>Neuroscience alum, Jessica Schindelar \u201802, recently returned to Allegheny as Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications, the culmination of almost 20 years in marketing and communicating, including work in crisis communications at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Schindelar notes that \u201cmy neuroscience degree, especially my coursework in behavioral sciences while here (and as part of my graduate studies post-college), really helped me to think about people&#8217;s underlying behaviors that we are trying to influence via communications. I approach communications from this lens of my neuroscience and psychology background. Allegheny taught me to think critically and ask the tough questions, and it armed me with the problem-solving skills I use every day as a leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a student at Allegheny, Schindelar spent many hours in the basement of Carnegie, working with Jeff Cross to study the effectiveness of beta-estradiol tissue grafts in an animal model of Parkinson\u2019s disease. She was also active with Gator Activities Programming (GAP), working on promotions and special events. This work allowed her to tap into her creativity while also working with deadlines and managing projects. \u201cThese experiences at Allegheny all shaped who I am as a communicator, a leader, and a human,\u201d Schindelar writes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box box-green box-align-\"><h3>Highlights<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ryan Pickering, Associate Professor<\/strong>, was awarded the 2025 Thoburn Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Thoburn is awarded to a junior faculty member who demonstrates \u201coutstanding teaching as evidenced by innovative pedagogy, creative course development, sustained commitment to student learning, and support from faculty, alumni, and students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kristen Warren, Assistant Professor<\/strong> of psychology and neuroscience,received a grant through the Orris C. &amp; Beatrice Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Foundation to purchase a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) system\u2014comprising a stimulator, coils, navigation tools, software, installation, training, and Electroencephalogram (EEG) interface\u2014for our Learning, Memory and Sleep Lab<\/p>\n<p>Shout out to <strong>Courteney Bender \u201818<\/strong> who returned to the psychology department as an adjunct faculty member for fall 2025, teaching Human Social Behavior. Bender is a Licensed Professional Counselor who is board-certified in art therapy and practices in Erie PA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zongqi (Zoe) Li, Assistant Professor<\/strong>, recently passed her Examination for Professional Practice of Psychology (EPPP), on her way to being licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in Pennsylvania. Li teaches Adult Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology in the department.<\/p>\n<p><b>Megan Bertholomey, Assistant Professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, presented the September 2025 Karl W. Weiss \u201887 Faculty Lecture Series: \u201cThe role of gonadal hormones in the development of alcohol drinking in male and female rats\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Members of <strong>Psi Chi<\/strong> (the International Honor Society for Psychology) challenged psychology faculty to a \u201cHot Ones Trivia Contest\u201d in spring 2025. The faculty were triumphant in answering questions on psychology, generational trivia, and Allegheny history. We hope to continue this as an annual event.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7913 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-gallery-thumb'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Ryan-Thoburn-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Ryan-Thoburn-299x299.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Ryan-Thoburn-299x299.jpeg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Ryan-Thoburn-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8037'>\n\t\t\t\tRyan Pickering is awarded the Thoburn Excellence in Teaching Award at the 2025 Spring Honors Convocation\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students-299x299.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students-299x299.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Hot-ones-students.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8038'>\n\t\t\t\t Members of Psi Chi work together to answer trivia questions: Madison Kermis \u201825, Olivia Durden \u201825, and Charlotte Allen \u201825\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/hot-ones-chris-triumphant.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/hot-ones-chris-triumphant-299x299.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/hot-ones-chris-triumphant-299x299.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/hot-ones-chris-triumphant-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8039'>\n\t\t\t\tTriumphant faculty member, Chris Normile\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"box box-yellow box-align-\"><h3>Happenings<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>During<strong> Blue and Gold Weekend 2025<\/strong>, current students had the chance to explore the diverse career journeys of psychology <strong>alumni Victoria Pless \u201914<\/strong> (Psychology \/ Dance &amp; Global Health Studies), <strong>Ashlee Sydlik \u201909<\/strong> (Neuroscience &amp; Psychology \/ Religious Studies), and <strong>Kate Flickinger \u201912<\/strong> (Biology \/ Dance &amp; Psychology). Moderated by department chair Lauren Paulson, the panel highlighted how their Allegheny education shaped their professional paths. Although each alumna\u2019s journey unfolded differently over time, they unanimously reflected on the senior project as a challenging yet transformative experience that proved invaluable in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>More than $1500 was raised for the <strong>Alec Dale Fund<\/strong> during <strong>Gator Give Day 2025<\/strong>.\u00a0 This fund helps recent graduates share their senior projects and other Allegheny-based research at professional conferences after graduation, when college funding may no longer be available. Thanks in part to the Dale Fund, and to the continued generosity of our alumni, Andrea Boccia \u201925 was able to present his senior project at the Research Society on Alcoholism annual meeting in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Psychology Department\u2019s <strong>Lunch and Learn<\/strong> series continues with recent talks by Prof. Courteney Bender on art therapy techniques, as well as Prof. Chris Normile and his JUSTICE Lab students sharing insights from their research on jury decision-making, interrogations, and wrongful convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Allegheny\u2019s chapter of<strong> Psi Chi<\/strong>, the International Honor Society in Psychology, has hundreds of alumni members.\u00a0 With typically about 24 current student members at any given\u00a0 time, new member induction occurs each year.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-7913 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-gallery-thumb'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/panel-good-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/panel-good-299x299.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/panel-good-299x299.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/panel-good-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8041'>\n\t\t\t\t Department chair Lauren Paulson, Victoria Pless \u201814, Ashlee Sydlik \u201c09, and Kate Flickinger \u201812 at Blue Gold Weekend Psychology Alumni Panel\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/art-therapy-results-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/art-therapy-results-299x299.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/art-therapy-results-299x299.jpeg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/art-therapy-results-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8042'>\n\t\t\t\tAttendees\u2019 group project from Courteney Bender\u2019s Art Therapy Lunch and Learn session\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/psi-chi-induction-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/psi-chi-induction-299x299.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/psi-chi-induction-299x299.jpeg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/psi-chi-induction-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8043'>\n\t\t\t\tPsi Chi induction, spring 2025; new members: Naydean Massie \u201827, Maggie Dineen \u201827, Tai Dean \u201827, Eliana Brown \u201c27.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/commencement-25-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/commencement-25-299x299.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/commencement-25-299x299.jpeg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/commencement-25-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8044'>\n\t\t\t\t2025 Commencement (Clockwise from bottom right): Lauren Paulson, Monali Chowdhury, Shelby Blair, Megan Bertholomey, Juvia Heuchert, Nancy Frambes, Kristen Warren\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Halloween-25.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Halloween-25-299x299.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Halloween-25-299x299.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Halloween-25-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8045'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Psychology department teams up with Psi Chi to hand out candy at Halloween.  Faculty make the day more fun by dressing up (from left): Lauren Paulson, Courteney Bender, Juvia Heuchert, Megan Bertholemey, Shelby Blair, Kristen Warren (with her \u201cLittle Bug\u201d), and Chris Normile.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Holiday-Psychology-Dept-.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Holiday-Psychology-Dept--299x299.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-thumb size-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Holiday-Psychology-Dept--299x299.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Holiday-Psychology-Dept--150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8046'>\n\t\t\t\t Members of the psychology department looking contemplative\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"box box-yellow box-align-\"><h3>The Alec Dale Student Research Fund<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We always had difficulty getting travel funding because the conferences occurred after graduation so I set up a travel fund to help out. It would be great if others could contribute to carry on this tradition of spreading Allegheny\u2018s fame and supporting our students.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Alec Dale, Ph.D. Retired Professor of Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please consider adding to this important fund during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/75857\/donations\/new?designation=professoralexanderdalealleghenygraduatetravelfund&amp;\">Gator Give Day<\/a>, April 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box box-green box-align-\"><h3>Research Presentations<\/h3><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than 20 students and their faculty mentors attended and presented at a number of national conferences in the past year, including: American Psychology \u2013 Law Society, Alcohol and the Nervous System Gordon Research Conference, the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, Eastern Psychological Association, WPUPC, and the Council on Undergraduate Research<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>WPUPC 2025 (Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference)<\/h4>\n<p>Students from the class of 2025 presented research talks or posters at the 52nd annual WPUPC, hosted by PennWest University-California.<\/p>\n<p>(left to right) Joshua Salisbury, Lily Kons, Julia Williams, Hannan Hamed, Sarah Willison, Braislee Byrne, Charlote Allen, Aria Zong, Rachel Oberst, Maley Gleason, NealyClare Wheat. Faculty mentors were Monali Chowdhury,\u00a0 Lauren Paulson, Ryan Pickering, and Kristen Warren.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-7913 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/WPUPC-presenters.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/WPUPC-presenters-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/WPUPC-presenters-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/WPUPC-presenters-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/WPUPC-presenters-299x299.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/WPUPC-presenters.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>URCSA 2025 (Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities)<\/h4>\n<p>Mentorship for students continue in the summer.\u00a0 Faculty guide the students&#8217; summer projects and presentation.\u00a0 This presentation is to the campus community at large providing valuable public engagement and Community Based Research experience.\u00a0 (left to right) Cole Jooste&#8217;27 with mentor Lauren Paulson, Karley Johnson &#8217;28 (faculty mentor Megan Bertholomey), and Ian Oliver &#8217;26 (faculty mentor Megan Bertholomey).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-7913 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-CJooste-with-Lauren-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-CJooste-with-Lauren-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-CJooste-with-Lauren-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-CJooste-with-Lauren-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-CJooste-with-Lauren-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-CJooste-with-Lauren-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-CJooste-with-Lauren-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-KJohnson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-KJohnson-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-KJohnson-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-KJohnson-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-KJohnson-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/URSCA-KJohnson.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/ursca_ioliver_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/ursca_ioliver_1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/ursca_ioliver_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/ursca_ioliver_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/ursca_ioliver_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/ursca_ioliver_1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Cook-Lahti Symposium 2025<\/h4>\n<p>At the end of each spring semester, all Allegheny Community members are invited to gather to celebrate student research, scholarship and creative activities on campus.\u00a0 These psychology students presented last spring. (left to right) Hallie Johnson &#8217;25 (faculty mentor Megan Bertholomey), Hanan Hamed &#8217;25 (faculty mentor Kristen Warren) and Charlotte Allen &#8217;25 (faculty mentor Christopher Normile).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-7913 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hallie-Johnson-N-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hallie-Johnson-N-1-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hallie-Johnson-N-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hallie-Johnson-N-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hallie-Johnson-N-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hanan-Hamed-N-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hanan-Hamed-N-1-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hanan-Hamed-N-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hanan-Hamed-N-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Hanan-Hamed-N-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Charlotte-Allen-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Charlotte-Allen-1-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Charlotte-Allen-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Charlotte-Allen-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Charlotte-Allen-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>National Conference Presentations<\/h4>\n<p><b>Christopher Normile<\/b>, Assistant Professor of Psychology, and four students from the JUSTICE lab presented their studies at the annual meeting of the <i>American Psychology-Law (AP-LS) Society <\/i>in San Juan, Puerto Rico in March 2025.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Meghan Boudreau&#8217;s &#8217;25<\/b> poster was entitled, &#8220;It&#8217;s All for the Kids, Right?: Psychological Impacts of the Lawful Removal of Children From Their Home.&#8221; Based on her Senior Comp, Boudreau made recommendations for more quantitative research into the effectiveness of trauma-informed courts to reduce psychological harm to children removed from their homes.<\/li>\n<li><b>Mycah Quevillon &#8217;25<\/b> presented the lab poster entitled, &#8220;Examining the Influence of Entirely Opposing Confession &amp; DNA Evidence on Mock-Jurors&#8217; Perceptions.&#8221; She found that, when evidence was diametrically opposed, participants were more likely to blame the suspect implicated by DNA evidence than confession evidence.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hannah Hinterleiter &#8217;24<\/b> presented a data blitz on her Senior Comp project titled, &#8220;Perceptions of School and Custodial Interrogations.&#8221; Hannah found that participants were more likely to find an interrogation done by a school resource officer to be more coercive and severe than one done by a principal (even when the interrogation is exactly the same), but that people were more likely to believe the student was guilty when interrogated by a principal.\u00a0 Her findings are particularly alarming, because students are not afforded the same legal rights when interrogated by a school administrator compared to a police officer. Hinterleiter\u2019s project was one of the highest rated during review, earning her $500 in funds from AP-LS to present her project. The data were collected thanks to an $850 grant provided last spring by Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology.<\/li>\n<li><b>Emily Eshleman &#8217;24<\/b> presented a data blitz on her Senior Comp titled, &#8220;Verdicts and Victim Blame: The Impact of Victim Race and Sexuality.&#8221; Eshleman found that jurors were more likely to give a harsher sentence when the victim of a crime was homosexual compared to a heterosexual victim, a result that differs from most previous research.\u00a0 In addition, she found an increase in victim blaming for the heterosexual victim compared to the homosexual victim. The data were collected thanks to an $850 grant provided last spring by Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-7913 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Hannah-H-Perceptions-of-School-Interrogations-Study.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Hannah-H-Perceptions-of-School-Interrogations-Study-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-8061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Hannah-H-Perceptions-of-School-Interrogations-Study-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Hannah-H-Perceptions-of-School-Interrogations-Study-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Hannah-H-Perceptions-of-School-Interrogations-Study-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Hannah-H-Perceptions-of-School-Interrogations-Study.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-8061'>\n\t\t\t\tHannah Hinterleiter &#8217;24\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Lab-Group.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Lab-Group-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-8064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Lab-Group-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Justice-Lab-Group.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-8064'>\n\t\t\t\tProf. Normile, Mycah Quevillon&#8217; 25, Hannah Hinterlier&#8217; 24, Emily Eshelman &#8217;24 \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Ryan Pickering, Associate Professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, presented two papers at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in June 2025: \u201cOvercoming and reinterpreting faculty activism failure\u201d and \u201cNavigating federal threats to academic freedom in the classroom\u201d.\u00a0 After serving on American Psychological Association\u2019s Council of Representatives, Ryan Pickering, Associate Professor, presented a poster titled \u201cEmpowering students as change agents through classroom activities\u201d for Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) and gave a talk titled \u201cIronic exclusion: Reconsidering simulation activities to promote inclusion\u201d for Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) at the 2025 American Psychological Association convention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Lauren R. Paulson, Associate Professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, (third from left) presented \u201cFrom Courses to Collaboratives: Building Lasting Community Engagement in Liberal Arts Settings\u201d with colleagues from Bates College, Macalester College, and Project Pericles, as part of the 2025 Bonner Summer Leadership Institute and Project Pericles Conference at University of Richmond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Pericles-conference-Lauren-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8062 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Pericles-conference-Lauren-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Pericles-conference-Lauren-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Pericles-conference-Lauren-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Pericles-conference-Lauren-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Pericles-conference-Lauren-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/Pericles-conference-Lauren-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Megan Bertholomey, Assistant Professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and students from the BEER Lab (<\/span>Behavioral Endocrinology and Ethanol Research)\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented at various conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Andrea Boccia \u201825<\/b><strong> (below) <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented two papers at the Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting in June 20: \u201cExploring The Role of Gonadal Hormones Across Development in Alcohol Self Administration in Male and Female Rats\u201d and \u201cExploring the Effect of Binge Drinking Using Drinking-In-The-Dark During Early Vs. Late Adolescence in Female Rats.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Hallie Johnson \u201825<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented research at the Alcohol and the Nervous System Gordon Research Conference in February, entitled \u201cInteractions between risk choice behavior and ethanol drinking patterns in adult male rats.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Joshua Salisbury \u201825<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented research at the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics conference in April 2025.\u00a0 Their project was entitled: \u201cEffect Of Mifepristone on Voluntary Ethanol Consumption in Traumatic-Stress Exposed Female Sprague-Dawley Rats.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Andrea-Boccia-N.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8063 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Andrea-Boccia-N-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Andrea-Boccia-N-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Andrea-Boccia-N-941x1024.jpg 941w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Andrea-Boccia-N-768x836.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/C-L-symposium-Andrea-Boccia-N.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Shelby Blair<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong> and students from the FEAR lab (Fear, Anxiety and Endocrine Research) presented their research at the Eastern Psychological Association in February 2026.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Caleb Freeman \u201826<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cEffects of Acute Progesterone on State-Dependent Pavlovian Fear Conditioning\u201d and <\/span><b>Angeline Laufer \u201826<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cHousing Conditions Impact Pavlovian Fear Conditioning in Female Sprague-Dawley Rats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-7913 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA26-ALaufer-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA26-ALaufer-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-8094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA26-ALaufer-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA26-ALaufer-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA26-ALaufer-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA26-ALaufer-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA26-ALaufer-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-8094'>\n\t\t\t\tAngeline Laufer &#8217;26\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA-26-CFreeman-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA-26-CFreeman-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-8090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA-26-CFreeman-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA-26-CFreeman-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA-26-CFreeman-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA-26-CFreeman-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/03\/EPA-26-CFreeman-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-8090'>\n\t\t\t\tCaleb Freeman &#8217;26\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><b>Christopher Normile, Assistant Professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, mentored <b>Nathan Jyachosky \u201825<\/b> and presented their research at the Council for Undergraduate Research in April 2025 entitled \u201cBiases in Jury Decision-Making: Autism versus Down Syndrome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div class=\"box box-green box-align-\"><h4>Publications<\/h4><\/div>\n<p>Recent publications by faculty have been in journals such as: <em>Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement; Emerging Adulthood; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience; Psychology, Crime &amp; Law; Journal of First-Generation Student Success<\/em>; and books including <em>Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science<\/em> and <em>Teaching Social Psychology<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Select Publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catlin, M., Scherr, K. C., Clow, K. A., Normile, C. J., &amp; Ben Ralph, D. Adverse inferences: The impact of suspect silence on lay perceptions. Law and human behavior (Dec 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Pickering, R.M. Persisting and pivoting in the face of failure: Learning from what did not work. In Case, K.A. &amp; Warner, L.R. (Eds): Creating a Faculty Activism for Commons for Social Justice: Finding Hope in the Messy Truth. (2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\"><p>\nOur goal is to celebrate the successes of our alumni, highlight the exciting work happening in the department, and create opportunities for mentorship, collaboration, and lifelong learning. We\u2019d love to hear from you \u2014stay in touch and let us know what you\u2019re up to! <a href=\"mailto:lpaulson@allegheny.edu\">lpaulson@allegheny.edu<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 2026 Nate Powell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience We are excited to introduce our newest faculty member, Dr. Nate Powell who is teaching a variety of courses, including Sensation and Perception, Systems Neuroscience, Foundations of Neuroscience, and Experimental Techniques of Neuroscience (Practical Neuroscience). In the future, he hopes to add courses on [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/newsletter\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Newsletter&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7913","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7873,"date":"2024-12-05T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/comp-print-shop-order-form\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T09:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:24:31","slug":"comp-print-shop-order-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/student-life\/campus-center-and-store\/gator-post-and-print\/","title":{"rendered":"Comp Print Shop Order Form"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":585,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/student-life\/campus-center-and-store\/gator-post-and-print\/","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7873","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7291,"date":"2022-11-14T09:50:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psych\/?page_id=7291"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:24:46","slug":"psychology-labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/psychology-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Current Psychology Labs<\/h3>\n<h4>Behavioral Endocrinology and Ethanol Research (B.E.E.R.) Lab<\/h4>\n<p><em>Professor Megan Bertholomey<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Research in the B.E.E.R. lab takes a behavioral pharmacology approach to understanding the mechanisms underlying pathological behaviors using preclinical models. Our research is aimed at examining stress- and gonadal hormone-related changes in rat models of psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on substance use (especially alcohol), anxiety, PTSD, and depression. As it is increasingly understood that sex as a biological variable (#SABV for short) is an important consideration in research, projects our lab use both female and male rats. B.E.E.R. lab members read the primary literature in this field to familiarize themselves with prior research and in techniques related to future studies in the lab. Ongoing experiments examine the effects of gonadectomy (surgical removel of ovaries or testes) in adolescence or adulthood on sex differences in alcohol drinking, with the hypothesis that adolescent (prepubertal) gonadectomy will eliminate the typical sex difference in alcohol drinking observed. Students will receive hands-on training in the surgical and behavioral techniques, data management and analysis, and have the opportunity to present the results of these studies at local and national conferences. Interested students can contact the Professor Bartholomey to discuss current projects and space in the B.E.E.R. lab.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fear, Anxiety, and Endocrine Research (F.E.A.R) Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Professor Shelby Blair<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Research in the F.E.A.R. lab explores the various factors that contribute to Pavlovian Fear conditioning, used as a model of PTSD and anxiety disorders, with an emphasis on gonadal hormones and neuroanatomical\/neurochemical differences between males and females. Ongoing research focuses the role of progesterone in fear learning and sex differences in the activation of the \u201cfear network.\u201d Students in the F.E.A.R. lab will receive hands-on training in surgical and behavioral techniques and data analysis and presentation. Additionally, interested students will have the opportunity to present research findings at local and national conferences. The F.E.A.R. lab typically attends the annual Pavlovian Society Conference and the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) conference. Students interested in working in the F.E.A.R. lab are leaving encourage to take PSYCH 152: Learning and Behavior and contact Professor Blair to discuss joining the lab.<\/p>\n<h4>Just Undergraduate Students Thoroughly Investigating Crime Ethically (JUSTICE) Lab<\/h4>\n<p><em>Professor Chris Normile<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The JUSTICE Lab consists of several undergraduate students who are interested in conducting research investigating psychology and law related issues. Topics that we investigate include perceptions of exonerees, jury decision-making, secondary confessions, and more. As a member of the JUSTICE Lab, students learn how to design research studies at all parts of the research process. This includes reading journal articles, generating new ideas, developing materials, collecting data, and analyzing data. Students also have the opportunity to present research at national and regional conferences. Professor Normile always recruits students to join the lab during registration period each semester. If you are an undergraduate student at Allegheny College interested in joining the JUSTICE Lab, please reach out to Professor Normile and schedule an appointment to discuss the opportunity.<\/p>\n<h4 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Memory and EEG With Sleep (MEWS) Lab<\/h4>\n<p><em>Professor Kristen Warren<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Examining the human neural activity and connectivity that supports episodic memory using cognitive testing, EEG, eye-tracking, and open-source MRI datasets, with particular emphasis on differences across distinct memory processes, its interactions with other cognitive systems, and ways to improve memory noninvasively.<\/p>\n<h4>Physiology and Applied Social Sciences (PASS) Lab<\/h4>\n<p><em>Professor Ryan Pickering<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My lab uses physiological approaches to study social stress, particularly stress related to being a part of a marginalized community. This can and has included research on stereotype threat, identity and performance, disclosure of concealable identity, and perceptions and anticipatory stress related to diversity training. We also apply interdisciplinary and multi-modal research approaches to learn about and try to solve real-world problems, like sustainability, behavioral intention related to health, workplace issues, behavioral economics, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belongingness for students from marginalized groups. I generally recruit students from my social psychology (PSYCH162) course, though I am always open to recruiting interested students, particularly near the end of the spring semester to prepare students for at least a full year of lab involvement.<\/p>\n<h4>Statistical Cognition Lab<\/h4>\n<p><em>Professor Chris Normile<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Statistical Cognition Lab consists of students who are interested in studying the learning and understanding of statistics. Topics we investigate include understanding how different disciplines approach statistical pedagogy, NHST versus new and Bayesian statistics, and understanding what statistical software works best for student learning. As a member of the Statistical Cognition Lab, students learn how to design research studies at all parts of the research process. This includes reading journal articles, generating new ideas, developing materials, collecting data, and analyzing data. Students also have the opportunity to present research at national and regional conferences. Professor Normile always recruits students to join the lab during registration period each semester. If you are an undergraduate student at Allegheny College interested in joining the Statistical Cognition Lab, please reach out to Professor Normile and schedule an appointment to discuss the opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Psychology Labs Behavioral Endocrinology and Ethanol Research (B.E.E.R.) Lab Professor Megan Bertholomey Research in the B.E.E.R. lab takes a behavioral pharmacology approach to understanding the mechanisms underlying pathological behaviors using preclinical models. Our research is aimed at examining stress- and gonadal hormone-related changes in rat models of psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on substance [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/psychology-labs\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Psychology Labs&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7291","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7280,"date":"2022-11-07T14:37:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psych\/?page_id=7280"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:03:17","slug":"purchasing-procedure-for-comp-related-expenses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/purchasing-procedure-for-comp-related-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Purchasing Procedure for Comp-Related Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Psychology department underwrites the cost of several aspects of the senior project. At present, the Department pays for all or part of the cost for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>incentive participation<\/li>\n<li>animals, chemicals, drugs, etc.<\/li>\n<li>purchase of published tests<\/li>\n<li>reproduction of experimental materials<\/li>\n<li>travel<\/li>\n<li>long distance charges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prior to purchasing ANY supplies for your senior project, you must first speak with your advisor for permission to purchase the items.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once your advisor grants permission:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You can purchase the items yourself (<strong>up to $75 maximum<\/strong>), but when doing so, be sure to keep the <strong>original receipt(s)<\/strong> for the purchase as these are required for reimbursement.<\/li>\n<li>Next, complete the <strong>Reimbursement Form for Comp-Related Expenses<\/strong>, and submit the form with the original receipt(s) attached to the Psychology department chair (mailbox is in Carnegie 103)<\/li>\n<li>Once the form is signed by the department chair and submitted to Financial Services, you will receive a reimbursement check to your campus mailbox.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A few notes regarding incentive participation (gift cards for a survey raffle):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon and Visa\/Mastercard gift cards are not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Gift cards should be in $20 increments; therefore you may purchase up to three cards.<\/li>\n<li>Suggestions for gift card purchases to local businesses:<br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 97.0956%; height: 96px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.4847%; height: 24px;\">Allegheny Bookstore<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.7947%; height: 24px;\">Julian&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.0396%; height: 24px;\">Tattered Corners Bookstore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.4847%; height: 24px;\">Kettle Lake Kitchen<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.7947%; height: 24px;\">Mannino&#8217;s Italian Garden<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.0396%; height: 24px;\">Diamond&#8217;s All Star Grille<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.4847%; height: 24px;\">The Whole Darn Thing<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.7947%; height: 24px;\">Smokey Martins BBQ<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.0396%; height: 24px;\">McLure&#8217;s Fish House<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.4847%; height: 24px;\">Vocelli Pizza<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.7947%; height: 24px;\">PA Sandwich &amp; Pizza Co<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.0396%; height: 24px;\">Cup n Spoon Coffee Frozen Yogurt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>On the reimbursement form, include the reason for purchases as something similar to: <em>&#8220;The gift certificates purchased were used as incentive participation in human research associated with this senior project&#8221;.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>On the reimbursement form, you must include the raffle (gift card) winners (name and ID#), or at the very least, the campus box # of the student winners. <em>Gift card winners could be selected using their SONA ID numbers for the drawing if the survey is to remain anonymous.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Secure the senior project advisor&#8217;s signature on the reimbursement form as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2022\/11\/Reimbursement-Form-for-Comp-Related-Expenses.pdf\">Reimbursement Form for Comp-Related Expenses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Depending upon the total cost of the supplies for your senior project, if the cost is excessive for you, please discuss alternative methods of payment with your advisor.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if the total cost of the senior project supplies exceeds the $75 available from the Psychology department, you can apply for additional funding through <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2025\/02\/The-Class-of-1939-Senior-Research-Fund-Funding-Application-9-12-24.pdf\">The Class of 1939 Senior Research Fund Application Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Psychology department underwrites the cost of several aspects of the senior project. At present, the Department pays for all or part of the cost for the following: incentive participation animals, chemicals, drugs, etc. purchase of published tests reproduction of experimental materials travel long distance charges Prior to purchasing ANY supplies for your senior project, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/purchasing-procedure-for-comp-related-expenses\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Purchasing Procedure for Comp-Related Expenses&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7385,"date":"2022-10-28T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T18:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psych\/?page_id=7385"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:21:04","slug":"senior-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/senior-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"#start\">Getting Started<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/faculty-research-interests\/\">Faculty Research Interests<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"#due\">Due Dates<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2022\/11\/One-Semester-Comp-General-Syllabus-Fa22.pdf\">One Semester Senior Project Syllabus<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2022\/11\/Two-Semester-Comp-General-Syllabus-Fa22.pdf\">Two Semester Senior Project Syllabus<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/forms\/\">Forms<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"#guidelines\">Guidelines<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/statistics-resources\/\">Statistics Resources<\/a>\u00a0 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal blue \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/submission-checklist\/\">Submission Checklist<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/alumni\/honors-prizes-and-awards\/\">Prizes<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/srcomp\/past-comps\/\">Senior Projects Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"large\">The culmination of our major is the<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/academics\/senior-project\/\">\u00a0College-wide requirement of the Senior Project<\/a>. Every Alleghenian completes a Senior Comprehensive Project (known as the \u201cComp\u201d), a significant piece of original work, designed by the individual student in consultation with a faculty advisor, that demonstrates to employers and\/or graduate schools the ability to complete a major assignment, to work independently, to analyze and synthesize information, and to write and speak persuasively.<\/p>\n<p>In psychology, the Junior Seminar is used to explore potential project areas. The project itself is completed during the senior year. Small groups of students work with a faculty member in a senior seminar, exploring ethical research standards and literature related to their topics. Under faculty supervision, students critique one another\u2019s work and present their results orally to the group.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"start\">Getting Started<\/h3>\n<p>The first, and for many students, the most difficult part of a senior project is choosing the topic. The prime criterion for selecting a topic is that it must be interesting to you. There are a number of questions which you can ask yourself which may assist you in selecting a comp topic. First, if you have an idea of what you would like to do when you graduate, you can select a topic which is relevant to your future role. For example, if you think that you might be interested in some form of social service work, then find a topic which would be relevant to social service. Second, was there an issue or topic raised in a class or in your seminar which could be developed into a comp topic? Finally, is there some issue or topic in which you are sincerely interested which you would like to develop?<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that ideas rarely occur spontaneously or \u201cdivinely.\u201d Allow sufficient time before the deadline for the proposal to develop an interesting and sustaining topic. You should have a number of possible ideas for a comp by the beginning of the second semester in your Junior year. During the first half of the second semester, spend some time thinking about these ideas and what interests you most. Also, talk to your academic advisor as well as other faculty to get their opinions of your ideas. These conversations can be an invaluable source of feedback, ideas, and clarification.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the topic, you will need to select a first and second reader for your comp. The main criterion for selecting a comp advisor (first reader) is expertise in the area. Second, you should select someone with whom you can work for a full semester. The second reader is frequently not as involved in the project as the first reader. However, this person can be very helpful in formulating the thesis. Finally, check the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=7189&amp;preview=true\">Faculty Interests<\/a> to read what faculty member(s) might be interested in working with you.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"due\">Due Dates<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For the 2025-2026 school year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fall 2025 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">one-semester project: Monday, Nov. 24 at 4 pm (two weeks before end of classes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fall 2025 two-semester project: Monday, Nov. 10 at 4 pm (four weeks before end of classes)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring 2026 one-semester project: Monday, April 13 at 4 pm (two weeks before end of classes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring 2026 two-semester project: Monday, March 30 at 4 pm (four weeks before end of classes)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final orals for each student will be done during the remaining weeks of the semester on a schedule arranged by the student.<\/p>\n<p>Final orals will begin with a presentation by the student of the highlights of the project just completed, usually limited to 10 minutes. Members of the board will then have an opportunity to ask questions and raise issues prompted by either the written work or the oral presentation.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Late Papers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The only acceptable circumstances that can lead to an extension beyond that deadline are those which are well beyond the control of the student. These include illness, death of animals, failure of some external agency to provide testing material on time, etc. Permission to give an extension for the completion of a senior project is a joint decision made by the first and second readers <strong>in consultation with the Psychology Department faculty.<\/strong> Discussions about providing an extension of the deadline should begin as soon as it becomes obvious that the project will not be completed on time.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Penalties for late papers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Failure to submit a project by the due date will result in a grade penalty of one-third of a letter grade for each day the paper is late.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"guidelines\">Guidelines<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/research_and_citation\/apa_style\/apa_style_introduction.html\">Purdue OWL APA Publication Manual<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2022\/11\/Writing-in-APA-Fa2022.pdf\">this document for the basics of APA style<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2020\/04\/Title-and-Signature-Pages.docx\">Title and Signature Page<\/a> for all Senior Projects (Word Doc)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The culmination of our major is the\u00a0College-wide requirement of the Senior Project. Every Alleghenian completes a Senior Comprehensive Project (known as the \u201cComp\u201d), a significant piece of original work, designed by the individual student in consultation with a faculty advisor, that demonstrates to employers and\/or graduate schools the ability to complete a major assignment, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/senior-project\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Senior Project&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7385","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7332,"date":"2022-10-28T13:50:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psych\/?page_id=7332"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:34:49","slug":"submission-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/senior-project\/submission-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"column-short\">\n<h3 id=\"FERPA\" class=\"alt mb0\">Steps for submission of the Senior Project are listed below.\u00a0 Final grades will not be submitted until ALL steps have been completed to the satisfaction of the Psychology Department.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box box-default box-align-\"><p>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">1. On your due date by 4 pm, email a PDF of your final project to your First and Second Readers, the department chair (Prof. Paulson), and the Academic Building Coordinator (schowdhury@allegheny.edu) . Additionally and at the same time, <em>if required by your First Reader<\/em>, place a printed copy of your project in your First Reader&#8217;s mailbox in Carnegie 103, the main office.<\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">2. Email your First and Second Readers with available days and times to schedule your post-comp oral defense meeting.<\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<p>3. Complete the Ethics\/Institutional Review Board (IRB) Process <em>(for empirical projects only)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you received approval for your project from the Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee, please consult with your First Reader to determine if you need to complete an <em>IRB Incident Report Form,<\/em> which is found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/committees\/institutional-review-board\/\">IRB web page<\/a>. If you do, after clicking the form link, select <em>Make a copy, <\/em>complete the form, then choose <em>File, Download, Microsoft Word (.docx). <\/em>Email the completed form to your First Reader, who will send it on to the committee.<\/li>\n<li>If your senior project participants completed hard copy consent forms, these must be placed in a sealed envelope and labeled &#8220;<em>Informed Consent, Your Name, and the Current Semester and Year<\/em>&#8221; then turn in to the main office, Carnegie 103 unless otherwise instructed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">4. Make your study <em>INACTIVE<\/em> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/sona-experiment-management-system\/\">SONA system<\/a>.\u00a0<em>(for empirical projects only)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">5. Complete the Senior Comp Survey: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfkH5eJUHISM-qQcfosI-CONppDKE2_FcrG3vPloF-vKtS3Pg\/viewform\">PART 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSePIlaw7hpDwHD7jiv_QQul4WY3AAGmauKUsoE4z0Wxi-f_Ig\/viewform\">PART 2<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<p>6. Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/lits\/library\/seniorprojectsubmissions\/\">Library\u2019s Senior Project Submissions page<\/a>\u00a0for instructions on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>submitting the Library&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScUzVhvldX4USze2A_ZhUoi1vOG6NhcoYVM79pZ6AdQbb8ksA\/viewform\">Senior Project Online Permission Form<\/a>\u00a0 Be sure to speak with your project advisor about which permissions are right for you before submitting your form.<\/li>\n<li>The DSpace login page is <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.allegheny.edu\/\">HERE<\/a> if you wish to check it.<\/li>\n<li>Please direct questions or concerns to <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/directory\/employees\/kern-brian\/\">Brian Kern<\/a>, the Director of Resource Management, at bkern@allegheny.edu or 814-332-3792.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<p>7. For <em>up to three<\/em> printed and bound copies of your Project (no charge; billed to the Provost&#8217;s office): <em>(optional)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COMP <a href=\"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/student-life\/campus-center-and-store\/gator-post-and-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">printing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Students will be notified by email when their copies are ready to be picked up at the Print\/Post window.\u00a0 If a student needs someone else to pick up their comp for them, they <em>must<\/em> request so by email before coming in person to pick up the project.<\/li>\n<li>Bring the printed copies to the main office, Carnegie 103. Place them in your First Reader&#8217;s mailbox so that faculty signatures can be secured.<\/li>\n<li>Stop back to Carnegie 103 prior to leaving campus to pick up your signed project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps for submission of the Senior Project are listed below.\u00a0 Final grades will not be submitted until ALL steps have been completed to the satisfaction of the Psychology Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"parent":7385,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7332","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8136,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7332\/revisions\/8136"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7116,"date":"2022-10-28T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psych\/?page_id=7116"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T19:35:21","slug":"student-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/student-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/careers-in-psychology\/\">Careers in Psychology<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-programs\/study-at-partner-institutions\/psychology-coooperative-programs\/\">Cooperative Programs<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/ethics\/\">Ethics<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2022\/10\/Figures-and-Tables.pdf\">Figures and Tables<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/forms\/\">Forms<\/a>\u00a0 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/internet-resources\/\">Internet Resources<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/statistics-resources\/\">Statistics Resources<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/posters\/\">Poster Presentations<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/sona-experiment-management-system\/\">SONA<\/a>\u00a0 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal yellow \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/conference\/scheduler-reserve-a-room-instructions\/\">Reserving a Campus Space using Scheduler<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal blue \" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/products\/office\">Microsoft Office 365 Education &#8211; Create a FREE Account<\/a> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"button button-medium normal blue \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2022\/10\/Office-Download.pdf\">Microsoft Office 365 Download Instructions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7192,"date":"2022-10-28T13:27:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psych\/?page_id=7192"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:34:36","slug":"forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/senior-project\/forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"column-short column-one-half \">\n<h3 id=\"FERPA\" class=\"alt mb0\">Senior Project Forms<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box box-default box-align-\"><p>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<h4>Financial Forms<\/h4>\n<p>The Psychology Department reimburses seniors up to $75 for costs directly incurred in carrying out the comp research. Consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/purchasing-procedure-for-comp-related-expenses\/\">Purchasing Procedure &amp; Reimbursement Form<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p>If you are conducting a comp project that requires funds above the $75 available from the department, you can apply for additional funding through <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2025\/02\/The-Class-of-1939-Senior-Research-Fund-Funding-Application-9-12-24.pdf\">The Class of\u00a0 1939 Senior Research Fund Application form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<h4>Submission Checklist Forms<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/committees\/institutional-review-board\/\">IRB Website (for Incident Report Form)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/BKE8AvSMz7ZbFTsk7\">Senior Comp Survey: Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/4fSaXUgBU4t1YasCA\">Senior Comp Survey: Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/library\/library-services\/seniorprojectsubmissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library Sr Project Submission (D-Space)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScUzVhvldX4USze2A_ZhUoi1vOG6NhcoYVM79pZ6AdQbb8ksA\/viewform\">Library Sr Project Online Permission Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/10\/Submitting-your-senior-projects-to-DSpace.pdf\">Library Tutorial How to Upload to D-Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/student-life\/campus-center-and-store\/gator-post-and-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comp Print Shop Order Form.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"ARC\" class=\"alt mb0\">ARC and IRB Forms<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box box-default box-align-\"><p>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_Eyp9Pwk784nkRMBHjOVm580Pq3gUSIn\/copy\">ARC Protocol, Rev Aug 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2023\/09\/Animal-Use-Guidelines-Neglect-Policy-MLRev202324.pdf\">Animal Use Guidelines\/Neglect Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1rK_xbyW8Zm3xyDqkSa2LSnKDbyWHRaoI\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CITI Training Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/committees\/institutional-review-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institutional Review Board (IRB) Website (includes Proposal Form)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1rNIknQI7lQEYGg7ql7R0aXlc0KKgSAZKgIXrczjZinQ\/copy\">IRB Debriefing Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"ARC\" class=\"alt mb0\">Other Forms<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box box-default box-align-\"><p>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2021\/09\/Letter-of-Rec-Sept2021.doc\">Letter of Recommendation Request Form (Printable Word Document)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column-short column-one-half column-last \">\n<h3 id=\"ARC\" class=\"alt mb0\">Conference Travel Forms<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box box-default box-align-\"><p>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<p><em>Current<\/em> Allegheny College students studying psychology with expenses related to travel can apply for funds through the department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/02\/FORM-KLIONS-26.docx\">Herb Klions Application<\/a>. The form must be submitted <strong>at least 3 weeks prior<\/strong> to travel.<\/p>\n<p>Allegheny College <em>graduates<\/em> with expenses related to presenting their Senior Project at a national seminar\/conference within one year of their graduation can apply for funds through the department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/files\/2026\/02\/Alec-Dale-fund-proposal-form-26.docx\">Alec Dale Fund Application.<\/a>\u00a0The form must be submitted <strong>at least 3 weeks prior<\/strong> to travel.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/research\/presentation-resources\/\">Office of URSCA<\/a> supports student travel to academic and professional conferences through <em>conference travel awards<\/em>. Funding is not guaranteed. Applications for funding must be received <strong>at least 3 weeks prior<\/strong> to travel.<\/p>\n<p>To print a research poster for a conference presentation, use the On-Campus <a href=\"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/student-life\/campus-center-and-store\/gator-post-and-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster Print Shop Order Form<\/a>. The completed form and a PDF of the poster must be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:p2xprint@allegheny.edu\">p2xprint@allegheny.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"ARC\" class=\"alt mb0\">PSI CHI Forms<\/h3>\n<div class=\"box box-default box-align-\"><p>\n<div class=\"box box-blue box-align-\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/\">PSI CHI<\/a> is the International Honor Society in Psychology. <em>Available to PSI CHI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/page\/become_member#.Y3fLqHbMKUk\">members<\/a> only.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/page\/regtravel_info#.Y3fJjnbMKUl\">Regional Travel Grants<\/a> (including EPA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psichi.org\/page\/unrestrictedgrantinf#.Y3fJw3bMKUl\">Unrestricted Travel Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Project Forms ARC and IRB Forms Other Forms Conference Travel Forms PSI CHI Forms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"parent":7385,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8147,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7192\/revisions\/8147"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7382,"date":"2022-10-28T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psych\/?page_id=7382"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:34:30","slug":"faculty-research-interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/psychology\/senior-project\/faculty-research-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your comp advisor will be assigned to you based on a Google form that will be emailed to you by the department chair and that you will fill out with your interests and preferences. Listed below are the topics that faculty in the Psychology Department are willing to supervise as senior projects. Some faculty have also indicated their preference for how the project might be organized, i.e., one or two semesters, etc.<\/p>\n<h3>Professor Megan Bertholomey<\/h3>\n<p>I am broadly interested in supervising research projects that take a behavioral pharmacology approach to understanding the mechanisms underlying pathological behaviors using preclinical models. My research is aimed at examining stress- and gonadal hormone-related changes in rat models of psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on substance use (especially alcohol), anxiety, PTSD, and depression. As it is increasingly understood that sex as a biological variable (#SABV for short) is an important consideration in research, all projects under my supervision will use both female and male rats.<\/p>\n<p>Some topic ideas include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The effects of stress on the exacerbation of binge-like alcohol seeking and drinking<\/li>\n<li>The effects of gonadal hormone manipulation across development (early life, adolescence, adulthood) on drinking behavior<\/li>\n<li>The effects of cues in both appetitive (e.g., drug-seeking) and aversive (e.g., fear-related) behavior<\/li>\n<li>Models of comorbidity, or, the overlap between drug-seeking and anxiety- and depressive-like behavior<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacological interventions\/treatments to alter these behaviors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizational Preference: Two-semester comps are strongly encouraged, though one-semester comps may be acceptable if you have at least one semester of previous experience in the lab (e.g., an independent study) or are planning on doing a library comp.<\/p>\n<h3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Professor Shelby Blair<\/h3>\n<p>I am broadly interested in supervising research projects that use an animal behavior model to approach the mechanisms underlying pathological behaviors such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD. My research is aimed at investigating the role of stress and gonadal hormones on the neuroanatomical\/ neurochemical underpinnings of Pavlovian Fear Conditioning.<\/p>\n<p>Some topic ideas include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The effect of adolescent stress on adult fear learning and\/or anxiety (termed: stress-enhanced fear learning).<\/li>\n<li>The effects of hormone treatments on fear learning and\/or anxiety.<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacological interventions (aka treatments) for anxiety, depression, PTSD.<\/li>\n<li>The role of specific brain regions in fear learning, depression, or anxiety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizational preference: Two-semester comps are strongly encouraged when working with animal models (related: Neuro majors are required to take a two-semester comp), thought a one-semester comp may be acceptable if you have at least one semester of previous experience in the lab (e.g., an independent study) or are planning on doing a library comp.<\/p>\n<h3>Professor Monali Chowdhury<\/h3>\n<p>I am broadly interested in supervising projects on topics related to (1) developmental issues of emerging adulthood (college-age years) and adolescence, and (2) autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Emerging adulthood &#8211; I am particularly interested in topics related to the period of adolescence and emerging adulthood (which is roughly college age years: 18 -23 years) such as: friendship, family relations, romantic relations, dating, dating abuse, body image, sexual health, identity development, effect of media and social networking (use of Facebook, Twitter etc.) on developmental issues etc. I also have some interest in other periods of the human lifespan such as childhood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood.<\/li>\n<li>Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) &#8211; My own research is in the area of ASDs and I am interested in most issues related to ASDs. To name a few topics: attitudes and opinions towards ASDs, ASD-like features among college students (e.g., social aloofness or awkwardness, inflexible adherence to rituals, heightened preoccupation with a narrow range of interests etc.), Asperger\u2019s Syndrome among college students, love and dating among high-functioning individuals with ASDs, support groups for individuals with ASDs etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Organizational preference: I prefer to supervise two-semester comp projects.<\/p>\n<h3>Professor Christopher Normile<\/h3>\n<p>I am interested in supervising projects related to the intersection of psychology and law. In addition, I\u2019m interested in supervising projects for students who are interested in statistical cognition (i.e., teaching and learning of psychological statistics among not only psychology undergraduate students, but graduate students and professors too). Some example topics include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>False confessions: Why is it that people falsely confess to a crime? How do these false confessions influence other aspects of the criminal justice system (e.g., jury decision-making, perceptions of exonerees, forensic analyses)<\/li>\n<li>Eyewitness memory: how can an eyewitness\u2019s memory be manipulated? How do false memories occur?<\/li>\n<li>Jury Decision-Making: How do juries decide on a verdict? What factors of a trial do juries focus on more? Are the instructions juries given comprehensible?<\/li>\n<li>Perceptions of exonerees: How does the general layperson perceive exonerees? How do the causes of wrongful convictions influence these perceptions? How do exonerees reintegrate back into society?<\/li>\n<li>Statistical Cognition: Are Bayesian Analyses more intuitive than Frequentist Analyses (i.e., null hypothesis testing) for students? Conceptual understanding of Bayesian vs. Frequentist analytic approaches among faculty. Comparing statistical software to determine which program is best for student learning, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organization Preference: I prefer to supervise two-semester comp projects for students who plan to do an experiment. I am open to supervising one or two semester comp projects for students interested in doing a library project.<\/p>\n<h3>Professor Lauren Paulson<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, my personal research projects are on the topics of eating behavior\/disorders and rural mental health issues and concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, I would be interested in supervising student research projects related to the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eating disorders\/Disordered eating, &amp; Body image<\/li>\n<li>Exercise<\/li>\n<li>Supervision and Professional Development<\/li>\n<li>Rural Issues and Concerns<\/li>\n<li>Community Counseling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am open to supervising both one and two semester comps.<\/p>\n<h3>Professor Ryan Pickering<\/h3>\n<p>Broadly, I research the impact of both social identity and social experiences on physical and psychological health and performance. I am interested in supervising research on topics within social psychology, social psychophysiology, and sustainability. Topics may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stress: Creating stressful laboratory situations and measuring physiological stress through a continuous noninvasive arterial pressure (CNAP) machine, electrocardiograph (ECG) sensors, and\/or impedance cardiography tape.<\/li>\n<li>Social status: Socioeconomic status background, income inequality, cross-class interactions, social class as a social identity\/cultural influence.<\/li>\n<li>Resilience\/success\/interventions for individuals from underrepresented groups.<\/li>\n<li>Disclosure: When\/why\/where people choose to disclose concealable stigmas (e.g. sexual minority status, mental health issues, religious\/spiritual beliefs, etc.) and whether those disclosures are perceived as socially acceptable<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability Psychology- Behavior change, messaging\/branding, how personality traits impact sustainability behavior<\/li>\n<li>Social justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am open to supervision both one-semester and two-semester projects, but physiology projects should be two-semester projects.<\/p>\n<h3>Professor Kristen Warren<\/h3>\n<p>I am broadly interested in supervising projects using neuroscience approaches to investigate human cognitive functions. My research focuses on episodic memory and how brain activity, connectivity, and plasticity changes in response to the varying demands within this system\u2014creating new memories or retrieving old ones\u2014and between this system and other cognitive systems\u2014decision-making, attention, emotion, or language. My lab uses combinations of cognitive testing, EEG recording, and open-source MRI datasets to answer these questions. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encoding and retrieval processing<\/li>\n<li>Differences between memory types (episodic, short-term, procedural, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>How memory changes across the lifespan or in disease<\/li>\n<li>Sleep (or lack therof) and memory<\/li>\n<li>Interactions between memory and other cognitive systems<\/li>\n<li>Related\/similar inquiries in other cognitive systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizational Preference: Two-semester comps are strongly encouraged, though one-semester comps may be acceptable if you have at least one semester of previous experience in the lab (e.g., an independent study) or are planning on doing a library comp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your comp advisor will be assigned to you based on a Google form that will be emailed to you by the department chair and that you will fill out with your interests and preferences. Listed below are the topics that faculty in the Psychology Department are willing to supervise as senior projects. 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