Roanoke College Psychology Department

Month: April 2026

  • Highlighting students attending University of Virginia’s Starling Reid Conference

    Roanoke College had some outstanding psychology students present their research at the UVA Starling Reid Conference last week!

    Maggie Durkin presented “Parents’ Goals for Adolescents’ Social Adjustment: Ties to Narcissism and Attachment Style of Parents”, supervised by Dr. Findley-Van Nostrand.

    Lauren Gregory’s poster is titled, “Choose Your Leader: An Experiment Evaluation of Emerging Adults’ Reactions to Dominance and Prestige Orientations of Leaders“, supervised by Dr. Findley-Van Nostrand.

    The image above is Catherine Sis presenting her research called “Numerical Order Stroop Test“, supervised by Dr. David Nichols.

    The image above is of Kiana Watt presenting “Auditory Perception of AI-Generated Voices: a Four-Dimensional Human Self-Rating Study“, supervised by Dr. David Nichols.

    Congratulations to our wonderful students for presenting!

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  • Celebrating Psychology Awards

    Recently, the psychology professors awarded outstanding students various awards for their hard work and dedication to psychology.

    Congratulations to the newly inducted members of the Psi Chi international honor society:

    Dani Allen, Julia Bledsoe, Emily Bowling, KJ Boyce, Anna Cappelmann, Carey Cockram, Abigail Conner, Isabella Datesman, Mary Duffy, Darcy Gormer, Hanna Hudson, Chloe Iwan, Eva Lennon, Carly Lundgren, Reese Redford, Izzy Rose, Halle Schart, Kiana Watt, Jhaden Young

    Congratulations to the new Psi Chi/RCPA board:

    President: Emily Bowling

    Vice President: Frances Thackson

    Secretary: Dani Allen

    Treasurer: Jhaden Young

    PR Manager: KJ Boyce

    Senior Scholar in Psychology: Noelle Ropp

    Karl W. Beck Memorial Prize: Natalie Arnold

    Curt R. Camac Student Research Award: Katherine Seal, Lauren Gregory

    The Charles E. Early Award: Chloe Jarvis, Shenan Cole

    The Jan H. Lynch Human Development Concentration Award: Joanna Thompson, Maggie Durkin

    The Kenton E Shriner ‘96 Award for Excellence and Service in Disability Studies: Taylor Matheny, Lavender Oman

    Senior Scholar in Disability Studies: Taylor Matheny

    Outstanding Students in Neuroscience : Jackie Corl, CJ Miranda

    Psi Chi Achievement Award: Harlee Pangle

    Outstanding Juniors in Psychology: Isabelle Rose, Cassie Winfield, Elizabeth Fergusson, Andrew Pronko, Ashley Mountcastle, Olivia Soller, Amelia Easter, Jacob Epperly, Alanna Jones, Lauren Fisher, Alaina DeFelice, Michael Schwallenber

    Congratulations to all of the students who received department awards!

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