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- Christi Culpepper, a third year clinical student who works with Deb Welsh, received one of four Carl Cowan Scholarships at the UT Office of Minority Affairs' Multicultural Graduation Celebration on Sunday, April 22. The Carl Cowan Scholarship is a university-wide competitive honor to an undergraduate or graduate student of $1000 awarded by Minority Student Affairs for outstanding achievement, involvement in the University of Tennessee community, and financial need.
Clinical graduate student Jeniimarie Febres was a recipient last year, and undergradute psychology major Sharice Hill received the award the year before that.
Congratulations to Christi!
- JoAnna Elmquist, an incoming graduate student in clinical who will work with Greg Stuart, has been named a recipient of the J. Wallace & Katie Dean Graduate Fellowship. Each department may submit one nominee. The fellowship carries a stipend of $15000 and comes with a departmental fee waiver and 25% assistantship. Our department is also allowed to submit two applications for summer graduate research assistantships ($3600 each). Each of our applicants, Maggie Guy, working with Greg Reynolds, and Heather Zucosky, working with Greg Stuart, has been awarded a summer GRA.
- Finally, one of our undergraduate students, Chelsea Ennis, came in first in the Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Exhibition on March 29-30. Her research poster was:
- Ennis, C. R., Buehler, C. R., Loveday, R. R., Strimpfel, J. M., & Macfie, J. (2012). Reported experience of maltreatment by adolescents whose mothers have borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement at the University of Tennessee.
- Gordon Burghardt, who studies reptile behavior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, agrees that the study is "important" for linking learning with climate. But he's cautious about the results, in part because the experiments weren't blinded: Amiel knew which lizards came from warm and cold nests, and he knew which hiding place was the good one. Without blinding, Burghardt says, unconscious biases or even inadvertent behavioral cues from the experimenter can be "really problematic."
- Connie Ogle is this year's recipient of the A&S Mary Lynn Glustoff Staff award. The award, given yearly, recognizes outstanding customer service, positive attitude, a strong work ethic, and efficient and productive work habits. The College will have a special luncheon in her honor at a later date, during which the award (including a $750 check) will be presented. Congratulations!
- Greg Stuart, Professor of Clinical Psychology, just received an NIH grant of $1,037,423 for his project entitled "A Program of Research and Mentorship on Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence." Project dates are April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2016. Congratulations!
- Erika Carr, a graduate student in Counseling Psychology, is just finishing her internship at Emory University. She has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University, where she will be working work with dual diagnosis (severe mental illness and substance abuse) among homeless and lower SES people. Congratulations!
- The department is allowed to forward two applications yearly for the competitive summer graduate research assistantships, which are funded by the Office of Research. This year, both applicants received summer awards of $3600: Dawn Howerton working with Cheryl Travis, and Yu Guan working with Daniela Corbetta. Congratulations!
- Dawn Szymanski, Associate Professor in the Counseling Psychology program, is one of two university-wide recipients of this year's Jefferson Prize, which supports research in areas not normally funded by extramural agencies. The award provides $6000 in support of her research for each of the next three years, beginning August 1, 2011.
- Julianne Hellmuth, a graduate student in clinical
psychology working with Associate Professor Kristina Gordon, has accepted
a research postdoctoral position at Yale University. While at UT,
Julianne had an individual NIH predoctoral fellowship (NRSA).
- Katie Little-Kivisto, a graduate student in clinical
psychology working with Professor Deborah Welsh, has accepted a
research postdoctoral position at Brown University.
- Associate Professor Lowell Gaertner, Director of the
Graduate Program in Experimental Psychology, has been named a Fellow
of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. The society
has over 7000 members.
- An article published posthumously by Assistant Professor of Clinical
Psychology, Deborah Rhatigan, and current clinical
graduate student, Alison Nathanson, has been selected
as one of the 20 best articles published in 2010 in the journal Violence
against Women. The title of the article is: " The
Role of Female Behavior and Attributions in Predicting Behavioral
Responses to Hypothetical Male Violence".
- UT Associate professor James K. McNulty is
the author of a recent study published in the Journal of
Family Psychology and featured in Time
NewsFeed.
- Andrea Meltzer, a graduate student in the Experimental
program, received first prize in
the student category for her poster presented at this year’s
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Jan
27-29, 2011, in San Antonio). The submission was co-authored
by Associate Professor Jim McNulty.
- Kristi
Gordon is one of two faculty nationally to be
recognized by the Journal of Family Psychology as
a Consulting Editor of the Year. The award is based
on the quantity and quality of reviews provided.
- An article focusing on Professor Rich Saudargas and
the recent innovations he has made in Psych 110 was featured in the
fall, 2010 issue of the Tennessee
Alumnus Magazine, a UT system-wide publication.
- Dawn Szymanski, Associate Professor in the
Counseling Psychology Program, is this year’s recipient
of the College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Leadership Award.
The award will be presented at the Arts and Sciences Convocation
on Tuesday, November 30.
- Nikki Hilton, a graduate student in the
Counseling Psychology program working with Dawn Szymanski,
is featured in the Nov
10 issue of Metro Pulse.
- Kevin Zabel, a first generation college graduate
and graduate student working with Michael Olson, won a $500
Diversity Travel Award from the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology. It
will be used to attend the 2011
SPSP Conference in San Antonio in January.
- Hal Herzog (former grad student of Gordon
Burghardt) was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered,
Weekend Edition, last Sunday. He discussed his new book, "Some
We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard
to Think Straight About Animals." Listen
to the interview and read the story.
- This
month’s issue of The Monitor on Psychology,
published by the American Psychological Association, featuresfirst
year clinical graduate student Mike Finn.
- Social Psychology at UTK named to the Top
50 among Social Psychology Programs nationally
- Dawn Szymanski named APA Fellow
and Associate Editor of the Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Gordon Burghardt
featured in October article in The Scientist – Magazine
of the Life Sciences
- Counseling graduate student receives
APA Award
- Counseling Psychology graduate
student accepts post-doc
- UT Psychology Department Honors
Distinguished Alumni
- Graduate Student Joshua
Williams Receives Research Award
- Former Clinical Graduate Student
Receives Early Career Award
- Psychology
Assistantships Increased!
- UT Psychology Department Honors Distinguished Alumni
- Graduate Student Joshua Williams Receives Research Award
- Former Clinical Graduate Student Receives Early Career Award
- Dawn Szymanski receives Chancellor's Award
- Clinical Faculty Member Jenny Macfie’s Article in Child Development Perspectives one of Top 10 Most Downloaded
- Psychology Undergraduate Students Receive Summer Funding
- Graduate Student in the Experimental Program NSF Predoctoral Fellowship Funded
- Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Accepts UCLA Post-Doc
- Assistant Professor receives NIH grant
- UT College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Receives Accomplished Alumni Award
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Richard Saudargas, receives 2009 Lorayne Lester Award
- National Obesity Expert to Offer Colloquium at UT
- UT Professor Burghardt’s Research Featured on PBS
- Patrick Tolan, Former PhD student, joins faculty at the University of Virginia
- SAMSHA grant awarded to UT Student Counseling Center
- Maria Armento receives APA Division 36 Dissertation Award
- Dawn Szymanski Receives APA Award
- Alvin Burstein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology referenced in New York Times article
- James McNulty, Associate Professor, Receives NIH Grant
- Two Psychology Professors Invited to 2009 APA Educational Leadership Conference
- Two Psychology Graduate Students Receive National Awards
- Gordon Burghardt Featured in Recent APA Publication
- Associate Professor Jenny Macfie featured on NIMH listserv
- Clinical faculty member accepts Invitation to 2009 Science Leadership Conference
- Clinical Assistant Professor elected President of APA Division 39
- Daniela Corbetta and Lowell Gaertner elected APS Fellows
- Gordon Burghardt elected President of APA Division 6
- Todd Moore receives NIH grant
- Catherine Herrera receives APA Minority Fellowship
- Jennifer Willett receives grant from the American Psychological Foundation
- Kristina Gordon co-authors new book
- Congratulations to 2009 Chancellor’s awardees from Psychology: Dawn Szymanski and Cheryl Travis
- Paula Fite, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, is in the top five of the most downloaded articles for the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology for the calendar year 2008.
- Graduate Student Rick Kendrick Receives Poster Award at National Meeting
- Harold Fine, former Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Passes Away
- Professor Cheryl Travis appointed to APA Board of Educational Affairs
- Katie Little Selected for EARA/SRA Summer School
- John Hubbard's Gift Helps Psychology Graduate Students Present Their Research
- New Book Release from MIT Press
- Derek Hopko Appointed Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor and Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor
- Psychology Graduate Student Receives National Scholarship
- Animals Adapt Their Vocal Signals to Social Situations
- Greg Stuart receives NIH grant
- Assistant Professor Jim McNulty chosen for Early Career Award
- Greg Reynolds presents the first annual Distinguished Alumni talk to the Psychology Department at Virginia Tech
- Lowell Gaertner receives NSF grant
- Clinical Graduate Student Receives Grant-in-aid
- New Graduate Student Receives Fellowship
- John Malone Gives Invited Classes in Sardinia
- Kristi Gordon Selected for American Psychological Association Leadership Institute
- Daniela Corbetta Appointed to 3-Year Term on NIH Study Section
- Clinical Students Featured in UT Medical Center Publication
- Annual Awards Day - May 2, 2008
- Lydia Eckstein Jackson Receives NSF Predoctoral Fellowship
- Leonard Handler Receives Outstanding Clinical Educator Award - [Click to view citation]
- Daniela Corbetta interviewed by Parents Magazine
- Gordon Burghardt Interviewed on WNYC, New York City Public Radio's "Radiolab," Which is Syndicated Nationally
- UT Study Shows Couples Behave More Positively When Wife Is More Attractive Than Husband
- James McNulty featured on The Today Show
- Eric Sundstrom featured in Wall Street Journal Article
- Gordon Burghardt featured in NY Times Magazine
- Dawn Szymanski Article Receives Special Recognition
- Laura Widman Received Grant to Develop New Component on Blackboard
- Warren Jones honored as outgoing Editor of the Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research
- Gordon Burghardt Presents An Invited Keynote Address at the Play Education 2007 Programme in Wolverhampton, UK
- Kristi Gordon Receives Distinguished Service Award
- Len Handler Receives Bruno Klopfer Award
- Associate Professor Received 3-Year Grant from Susan G. Komen Foundation
