Carolyn Miesen was accepted to four graduate programs! She elected to attend the Masters of Science in Psychology program with a quantitative concentration at James Madison University. Carolyn received a graduate assistantship where she will be working for the Psychology Department and the Center for Assessment and Research Studies.
Congrats, Carolyn! We could not be prouder of your accomplishments.
When Natural Selection Gets Sneaky: Altruism, Suicide, and Evolution
by
Dr. Lindsey Osterman
February 27, 2014
7:00pm
Trexler 372
Congratulations to our new inductees:
Christy Blevins
Marie Isoe
Rachel Capps
Shannon O’Neill
Laura Cox
Joanna Peders
Holly Craft
Brandy Plouff
Christina DeRito
Leigha Schimmoeller
Natalie Dixon
Mackenzie Slater
Alexandra Ekirch
Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Ellis
Lauren Stone
Mariam Foster
Lauren Thomason
Alexandra Grant
Grace Vandegrift
Leslie Grimes
Laura Wood
Also pictured: Faculty Advisor, Dr. Lindsey Osterman
Natalie Dixon will be studying abroad at the University of East Anglia in the UK for the Fall 2014 Semester. Congrats to Natalie!
I’m interning at Commonwealth Catholic Charities in the adoption department. I’m learning the ropes of adoption and foster care and I love it! I’m also training to become certified for the supervised visitation program. I’m learning so much about the field, and I love working with the families!
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Denise Friedman has become the new chairperson for the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Friedman joined the department in 2007. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Averett University with a B.S. in Psychology. She earned a M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2006) from Virginia Tech where she specialized in Developmental and Biological Psychology. She is a member of Alpha Chi and Phi Kappa Phi. Her research interests include cognitive and frontal lobe development from infancy through early adulthood. Her current research program examines the impact of technology on cognitive and social skills.
https://www.livescience.com/37988-facebook-jealousy-gpa.html
This story was picked up by tons of national papers and translated into multiple languages! At one point, you got over 15 pages of Google search hits for this interview. The paper is currently under review with 6 student co-authors – Ben Hudson (applying to grad school for I/O in the Fall), Sylis Nicolas (pursuing MS at Oakland University), Molly Howser (obtained Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Radford University and will be working in Frederick County Public Schools starting in 2014), Kristen Lipsett (works at Perkins School for the Blind), Laura Pope (obtained Masters in I/O psychology from Radford University), and Ian Robinson (pursuing doctorate in dentistry at VCU).
The psychology department graduated 50 students receiving their B.A. and 14 receiving their B.S this year. We also had 7 students receive honors in the major and 8 inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. I can’t help but think how proud Dr. Curt Camac would be of these achievements.
