Awards & Accomplishments

The Department's Diversity Committee received the Joan Adlous Diversity and Public Engagement grant of $5000 to host a Diversity in Psychological Science colloquium series for 2016-2017.

Professor Gene Borgida, along with Richard L. Zweigenhaft of Guilford College, had their book titled “Collaboration in Psychological Science Behind the Scenes” recently published by Worth Publishers. The book includes insights from leading collaborative researchers.

Karla Wang and Shamni Uthayasoorian, undergraduate psychology majors, Counseling Psychology graduate students Majel Baker and Viann Nguyen-Feng, and their faculty advisor Pat Frazier received a Poster Merit Award for their recent poster at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Psychological Association. The title of the poster was "Do Emotional Stability, Social Support, or Self Esteem Buffer the Effects of Childhood Emotional Abuse on Depression?"

Professor Fang Fang, a former graduate of our department, has been selected to receive the 2016 Young Investigator Award (Basic Science) by the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) on 25 July 2016 during the forthcoming 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP2016) in Yokohama, Japan. As a student, Fang Fang was advised by Professors Sheng He, Daniel Kersten, and Gordon Legge. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Peking University, the Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, and the Executive Associate Director of the IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research.

Graduated

Congratulations to our recent Department of Psychology Ph. D graduate!
Dustin R. Meriwether
Area: CAB
Advisors: Wilma Koutstaal and Randy Fletcher Dissertation: Sequential Difficulty Effects on Task Performance: Pervasive, Persistent, and Protean

Administrative Updates & Announcements

Department of Psychology staff member, Missy Jones, has taken the role of interim Executive Assistant to the Chair, while the Chair’s Office continues the search to fill the open position.

The Department is happy to welcome Nou Yin, the new member of the PsyIT team. Nou has experience in IT support working in clinics at Hennepin County Medical Center and elsewhere. Nou has certifications in CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, and CompTIA Security+. Nou lives in St. Paul, has three children, and provides volunteer tech support in her community. Stop by Elliott N211 to say hello!

Awards & Accomplishments

Assistant Professor Bonnie Klimes-Dougan had her paper identified as one of the top 10 most downloaded JCCAP papers in 2016. Congrats Bonnie! Klimes-Dougan, B., & Garber, J. (2016). Regulatory control and depression in adolescents: Findings from neuroimaging and neuropsychological research. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 45(1), 1-5. doi: 0.1080/15374416.2015.1123637

Our former colleague, Travis Thompson, together with Roy Pickens (formerly in the U of MN Psychiatry Department), received the Peter Dews Award from the Association of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. This award, conferred at the 40th annual Behavioral Pharmacology Conference in San Diego in early April, was based on their seminal book, Behavioral Pharmacology, as well as Professor Thompson's early work on drug self-administration and successes in the training program at Minnesota. It is always nice to hear about these successes among our department alumni!

Graduated

Congratulations to our recent Department of Psychology Ph. D graduates! Chelsea E. Jenson Area: I/O Advisor: Paul Sackett Dissertation: Is Workplace Coaching a Generic or Goal Specific Intervention? An Examination of Predictors of Goal Progress in Workplace Coaching Engagements

Upcoming Events

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the annual recognition celebration for psychology undergraduate students. This annual event recognizes our outstanding undergraduate achievements and graduating seniors.

Friday, May 6th, 2016
4:00pm - 6:00pm at the Campus Club,
Coffman Memorial Union

Those recognized will include:

Spring 2016 Degree Applicants; Mortensen Scholarship & Award recipients; Select CLA, University and National Scholarship recipients; Outstanding achievement in the Major Project: The Sharon Borine Award; 2015-16 UROP recipients; Donor Awards for Psychology Undergraduate Engagement recipients; and 2015-16 Psi Chi Inductees

Please forward any questions to Mike Houlahan, mhoulaha@umn.edu.
Faculty and Staff, please RSVP via our web form here.

Thank you for your support of our undergraduate students!

Administrative Updates & Announcements

We regret to announce that Executive Assistant to the Chair, Yvette Massey, and our Information Technology Specialist, Kao Yang, have decided to leave the department. They both had their last day during the week of March 14th. The Chair’s Office is currently in the process of filling both positions.

Awards & Accomplishments

Professor Paul Schrater had his research featured in an article on the Scientific American website. The article is titled “Why We Love the Games That Enrage Us Most: The psychology of intrinsic motivation and ‘hard fun’ could improve education and, naturally, the next generation of video games”. The article can be found here. Four of our Graduate Students in the Department of Psychology were awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation for their research. The fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in STEM education. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements in STEM and STEM education.

Congratulations on your great work!

Rafael Aguilera
Jessica Bair
Majel Baker
Ummul-Kiram Kathawalla

Upcoming Events

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the annual recognition celebration for psychology undergraduate students. This annual event recognizes our outstanding undergraduate achievements and graduating seniors.

Friday, May 6th, 2016
4:00pm - 6:00pm at the Campus Club,
Coffman Memorial Union

Those recognized will include:

Spring 2016 Degree Applicants; Mortensen Scholarship & Award recipients; Select CLA, University and National Scholarship recipients; Outstanding achievement in the Major Project: The Sharon Borine Award; 2015-16 UROP recipients; Donor Awards for Psychology Undergraduate Engagement recipients; and 2015-16 Psi Chi Inductees

Please forward any questions to Mike Houlahan, mhoulaha@umn.edu.
Faculty and Staff, please RSVP via our web form here:

Thank you for your support of our undergraduate students!