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    Psychology Department Notable Accomplishments 

  • In 2009-2010, 7 faculty members co-authored or sponsored conference papers with students - a total of 20 research presentations at 8 different regional, national and international (Australia and Vienna) venues (not counting on-campus and local student conferences), involving approximately 20 psychology majors.  Students traveled to several conferences - Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta and Vienna.  In addition, 4 of our faculty members published research articles in highly regarded journals with student or fomer student co-authors this year.  Psychology faculty sponsored approximately 8 students earning research grants, including Young Scholars, Collaborative Inquiry, Luann Dummer Center for Women, and McNair Scholars grants.  
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  • In 2008-2009, we were able to send 6 students to national or regional conferences to report on research undertaken with faculty mentors; the overall number of students who co-authored conference papers with our faculty this year was 16. 
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  • Recent publications representing collaborative student-faculty research: 
    • Manning, C.M., Amel, E.L., *Forsman, J.W., & Scott, B.A. (2009).  Framing climate change solutions:  The importance of getting the numbers right.  International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 1 (4), 326-339.(Student:  Jake Forsman.  Faculty:  Elise Amel and Britain Scott)Lund, H.G., *Reider, B.L., Whiting A., & Prichard, J.R. (2010).  Sleep Patterns and Predictors of Disturbed Sleep in a Large Population of College Students.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 46, 124-132.(Student:  Brian Reider.  Faculty member:  J. Roxanne Prichard)Tauer, J.M., Guenther, C.L., & Rozek, C. (2009).  The Home Choke Revisited.  Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 21, 148-162.  (Students:  Corey Guenther and Chris Rozek.  Faculty Member:  John Tauer.) 
  • Dr. Uta Wolfe's article (below), received the 2009 EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD from the Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education:  Wolfe, U. (2009).  Successful Integration of Interactive Neuroscience Simulations into a Non-Laborary  Sensation & Perception Course.  Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 7 (2), A69-A73. 
  • John Tauer and John Kingsbury (now in a PhD program at Dartmouth) published their work:  Kingsbury*, J.H., & Tauer, J.M. (2009).  The ESPN Effect:  How Slam Affect Individualism, Competitiveness, and Optimism.  International Journal of Sport Communication, 2, 21-35.
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  • Elise Amel, Britain Scott and Christie Manning had their article published as the lead article in the new journal Ecopsychology: Amel, E.L., Manning, C.M. & Scott, B.A. (2009).  Mindfulness and sustainable behavior:  Pondering attention and awareness as means for being green.  Ecopsychology, 1 (1), 14-25. 
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  • A paper co-authored by Dr. Ann Johnson and Dr. Elizabeth Johnston of Sarah Lawrence College (Johnston, E. and Johnson, A., 2008, "Searching for the second generation of American women psychologists") and published in the journal History of Psychology was recently selected as best article to appear in that journal in 2008, awarded by APA Division 26, the Society for the History of Psychology. 
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  • John Buri and John Tauer are contributing bloggers for Psychology Today. Click on the links below and enjoy! 

    John Buri Love Bytes http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/love-bytes  

    John Tauer Goal Posts  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/goal-posts
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    John Tauer appears frequently on WCCO TV's Good Question with Jason DeRusha.  Here is an example: 
  • "Why do we hold grudges so long?” WCCO, October 21, 2010. “So, why is it so hard to walk away from a grudge? ‘I think inherently we like to control things,’ said John Tauer, a social psychology professor at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.