Department News
Merideth Smith, Ben Weinstein, and Amanda Wheat were advanced to doctoral candidacy on August 26, 2009
In 2008, Andy Lattal was a visiting distinguished scholar at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he taught a course in their School of Psychology.
Joseph Scotti recently testified before Congress this July about the impact of service in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is a high rate of PTSD and depression among members of the National Guard and Reserves but few are getting needed help. Read about it at: http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=3630
In May, 2008, Allison Tetrault, a graduate student in the Behavior Analysis Program, received a research grant from the Association for Behavior Analysis’ special interest group on verbal behavior for her research on the use of lag schedules to increase vocal variability of children with autism.
Sam Insana, a graduate student in the Developmental Program, presented a paper at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies on the relation between night time tooth grinding, problems at home, and pre-school adjustment among 1,956 pre-schoolers.
Megan Clegg-Kraynok and Sam Insana, graduate students in the Developmental Program, were each awarded NIH travel stipends to present their work at the November 2008 meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology.
Merideth Smith, a student in the Clinical Psychology Program, was selected for support from the interdisciplinary NIMH-funded T32 Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences Training Grant.
Two individuals affilated with our Department played the lead roles in a production of Tennessee Williams play “Suddenly Last Summer” at the Monongalia Arts Center. Tammy Hoier, who received her Ph.D. from the department, played Mrs. Violet Venable, and Lauren Weigel, a senior Psychology major, played Catherine Holly. The show was produced by the M. T. Pockets Theater Company.
Eric Goedereis (Developmental), Clare Mehta (Developmental), and Mirari Elcoro (Behavior Analysis) were awarded the Phillip E. Comer Graduate Student Teaching Awards. Eric was also recognized as the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant by the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. JoNell Strough discussed the meaning of intelligence.
Dr. JoNell Strough discussed her latest research concerning the sunk-cost fallacy and older adults in Science Daily and USA Today.
