News from Psychology

Graduation 2012

2012-05-14T19:00:38Z

28 received either a B.A. or B.S. in Psychology on May 13, 2012

Psychology professor among those honored for “Best Teaching Practices”

2012-05-03T21:36:05Z

The Society of Sewanee Scholars honored Al Bardi along with five other faculty members at its annual Spring dinner.

Summer 2012 for sixteen Sewanee students means the Yale Child Study Center

2012-04-30T22:32:04Z

Ten new Yale Child Study Center Summer Interns and four returning Interns were announced today. A fifteenth Summer Intern will be based in Sewanee. In addition, one student will begin the Sewanee-At-Yale Directed Research Program (summer 2012 plus fall semester 2012).

Six to receive their degrees with Honors in Psychology

2012-04-25T19:23:13Z

The Department is pleased to announce that the work in psychology of six senior majors has been deemed of sufficient merit to award their degrees with Honors in Psychology.

Psychology Major and Minor luncheon

2012-04-25T20:04:09Z

Psychology students and faculty gathered for a noon luncheon on Wednesday, April 25, to celebrate a wide variety of accomplishments during 2011-12.

Nine posters at Scholarship Sewanee

2012-05-09T01:09:58Z

Nine of the posters at the April 27, 2012, Scholarship Sewanee will involve psychological research conducted by 27 students.

New Members of Psi Chi

2012-04-24T02:04:40Z

Students earning membership in Psi Chi will be inducted at the end-of-the-year departmental luncheon on April 25.

Boggs accepted to Sewanee-At-Yale Directed Research Program

2012-04-14T18:56:54Z

Sewanee sophomore Margaret Marye (Mimi) Boggs has earned acceptance to the Sewanee-At-Yale Directed Research Program for the summer and fall of 2012. A Psychology major on the pre-medical track, Mimi is pursuing an eventual career in psychiatry with the particular goal of providing mental health care to soldiers and their families. Thus far, Mimi has explored her interests in medicine and service through related coursework, emergency room volunteer work, and a mission trip to Nicaragua that involved provision of medical and dental care. Mimi is a member of Kappa Delta Sorority, plays the trumpet in the Sewanee Jazz Ensemble, and is training to run in the Music City Half-Marathon later this month.

Five Seniors Earn Distinction on the Psychology Comprehensive Examinations

2012-05-03T21:24:16Z

Five members of the class of 2012 had excellent performance on their essay submitted on March 30.

Three Students and a Faculty Member publish in an online journal

2012-04-11T15:35:07Z

Do Perceived Social Norms Affect Generosity? has been published in the online Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, Volume 11 - 2012

Healthy Bodies and Healthy Minds

2012-03-27T23:31:32Z

Professor Helen Bateman and her students will be discussing the "Healthy Bodies and Healthy Minds" after-school program on Tuesday, March 27.

Blair Barrows a Watson Fellow

2012-05-09T01:24:08Z

Blair Barrows will travel to the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, South Africa, and India in 2012-2013 for her Watson project.

Psychology professor interviewed by APA

2012-02-15T15:13:08Z

The American Psychological Association interviewed Research Associate Professor of Psychology Sherry Hamby as part of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

Student-faculty research at National Conference on Ending Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

2012-01-03T17:57:41Z

Two student-faculty research projects were presented at the November 2011 conference in Portsmouth, NH.

Student-faculty research posters at Seattle conference

2011-11-15T15:40:52Z

Two student-faculty research projects were presented at the 2011 annual conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making.