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Department of Psychology

2004-2005 Academic Year Conferences

(Student presentors or co-presentors are underlined. Includes recent graduates.)

June 2004

Craig Abrahamson presented When domestic violence can become addictive: A replacement approach at the Fourth International Congress of Psychic Trauma and Traumatic Stress, June 24-26 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Jim Benedict presented Using Just-in-Time-Teaching for Teaching Psychological Statistics, NSF Chautauqua Short Course in Colorado Springs, CO.

Steve Evans presented Effects of Physical Activity on Academic Performance and Behavior in Children with ADHD at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

Bill Evans presented Finding Meaning in Stress at the JMU Summer Institute.

Kenn Barron conducted an invited workshop for the Virginia Department of Corrections Teacher Training Program, held at James Madison University.

The following presentations were made at the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Washington, D.C.:

Gibson, P. R., Lindberg, A.C., Zimmer, A.L., & Davis, R. L. presented Mindwatch: Anti-bias training for diversity-related automatic thoughts.

Gibson, P. R., Zimmer, A. L., Davis, R. L., & Lindberg, A. C. presented Integrating global and ecological issues into the psychological disciplines.

July 2004

Macpherson, R., Ho, C., Ryerson, R., West, R. F., & Stanovich, K. E. Argument evaluation skills in university students: An examiniation of biases and individual difference factors. Fifth International Conference on Thinking. Leuven, Belgium.

The following presentations and posters were made at the Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Brown, R.C., Evans, S.W., Moore, S.A., Buvinger, E.C., Masse, C.E., & Tull, R.. Moderators and mediators of outcomes for adolescents with ADHD.

Evans, S.W., Allen, J., Moore, S., & Timmins, B. Reliability and validity of secondary school teachers' ratings of behavior.

Green, A.L., Evans, S.W., Serpell, Z, & Gearing, F. Implementing a medication treatment algorithm for ADHD in pediatric practices.

Grove, A.B., Evans, S.W., Thompson, J., & Barnett, L.. Barriers to children's mental health care. Poster presented at annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Miller, E.A. & Stoloff, M.L. Does an irregular sleep pattern exacerbate negative sleep deprivation effects?

Serdikoff, S. L., Farmer, T. A., Gilbert, J. C., Lunsford, M. A., & Noll, N. E. The relation between students' self-assessments and instructors' assessments of writing.

Serpell, Z. N., Evans, S.W., Buvinger, E. C. & Masse, C. E. Impairment, mood problems and sleep difficulties in adolescents with ADHD. .

Stoloff, M.L. & Brewster, J. Student perceptions of sexism in college lectures about gender differences.

August 2004

JMU Student Ashley Baber, with Mary Julia Moore and Chris Pagano presented Human Factors and Teleoperation at the Conference on Applied Psychology held as part of the Clemson University Summer Program.

Nasim, A., Fallah, N., Belgrave, F., Plybon, L., & Roberts, A.. African American acculturation as a protective factor against smoking among African American females. Poster presented at the 36th Annual International Convention of the Association of Black Psychologists, Washington, DC.

Craig E. Abrahamson, presented Examining the Cycle of Family Violence from a Cultural and Biological Perspective, The Occurrence of Societal Violence Research Discussion Group, Lobos, Argentina.

September 2004

Jim Benedict presented a workshop on Just-In-Time Teaching (JiTT), as part of the JMU Faculty Development Workshop Series, September 16 & 17, 2004.

The following papers were presented at the Faces of a Healthy Future National Conference to End Health Disparities, Winston-Salem, NC:

Nasim, A., Fallah, N., & Belgrave, F. Z.. Acculturation and cigarette smoking among rural African American adolescents.

Nasim, A., Belgrave, F. Z., & Plybon, L. The predictive validity of a stress factors model for substance use among African American youth.

October 2004

Kevin Apple presented the keynote address for the Fall 2004 induction ceremony of the JMU Chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).

The following workshop & presentations were made at the Best Practices in Teaching Research Methods and Statistics Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 1-2, 2004:

Harris, C. M., Mazoue, J. G., Hamdan, H. & Casiple, A. R. Workshop for creating an online introductory statistics course.

Barron, K.E., Teaching with context.

Barron, K. E., Benedict, J., Saville, B. K., Zinn, T. E., & Serdikoff, S. L. Alternative approaches to teaching research methods.

Apple, K. J., Reis-Bergan, M., Baker, S., & Smith, G. Getting students engaged in research methods across the curriculum.

Harris, C. M., Mazoue, J. G., Hamdan, H. & Casiple, A. R. Team teaching an introductory statistics course.

The following workshop & presentations were made at the CISAT Faculty Research Day poster session, October 8, 2004:

Jeffrey Andre. Investigating the characteristics of visual guidance information.

Sara Finney, Kenneth Barron, Amanda Fairchild, S. Jeanne Horst. Evaluating existing and new validity evidence for the academic motivation scale.

Judith Flohr, Michael Saunders, Steve Evans and Veronica Raggi. Effects of physical activity on academic performances and behavior in children with ADHD.

Joann Grayson. Virginia Child Protection Newsletter.

Charles Harris. Creating complete online courses.

Natalie Kerr. The persuasive impact of ingroups and outgroups.

Aashir Nasim and Niloofar Fallah. Acculturation and cigarette smoking among rural African American adolescents.

Aashir Nasim. Determining the predictive validity of a stress factors model for substance use among African American adolescents.

Sheena Rogers and Jeff Andre. Verbal estimation of egocentric distance is less accurate than blind-walking and differently affected by prisms and by environment.

Sherry Serdikoff, Erin Pitts, Melissa Shulleeta, Kristina Austin, and Jon Slezak. Analyzing altered reinforcement processes in attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder

Zewelanji Serpell and Steve Evans. Impairment, mood problems and sleep difficulties in adolescents with ADHD.

Michael Stoloff and JoAnne Brewster. Student perceptions of sexism in college lectures about gender differences.

Cheryl Talley, Emily Ackerson, Marilyn Wakefield, and David Cockley. The road re-traveled: Enhancing diversity and multicultural competence at JMU.

M. Kent Todd and Monica Reis-Bergan. Effect of a family-centered electronic media intervention on physical activity and diet in 8-11 year-old boys.

Tracy Zinn and Bryan Saville. Interteaching vs. lecture: Which is more effective?

JoAnne Brewster, Michael Stoloff and Ashton Trice presented Cross-cultural issues in policing, Challenges for law enforcement at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, Rome, Italy, October 11-15.

Craig E. Abrahamson presented Motivating Students Through Personal Connections: Creating a Mutual Relationship the First Day of Class, at the 34th Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning ((ISETL), Baltimore, Maryland.

The following posters were presented at the 21st annual Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis conference in Charlotte, North Carolina:

Pitts, E. J., Poerstel, L. B., Slezak, J. M., Austin, K. T., McWethy, J. A., & Serdikoff, S. L.. Examining the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) as an animal model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using delay-of-reinforcement gradients.

Saville, B. The presence of another player’s score affects choice in the prisoner’s dilemma.

Young, H., & Nasim, A. White racial identity and cross-cultural adaptability in college students. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Diversity Challenge at the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Nasim, A.. On transitions from graduate student to faculty member. Paper presented at Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship Meeting – Partnerships between Howard University and James Madison University. James Madison University.

Michael Hall presented The representation of phonemes: Contributions from nonspeech analogues at the Department of Communication Sciences and Speech Disorders Seminar Series, October 21.

November 2004

The following presentations were made at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

  • Baranik, L.E., Masse, C., Brown, R., Evans, S.W., Barron, K.E., & Barnett, L.A.. Achievement goal orientation and academic efficacy among adolescents with ADHD.
  • Grove, A., Schultz, B., Masse, C., Serpell, Z., & Evans, S.W. (2004, November). An examination of teachers’ intervention choices for adolescents with ADHD.
  • Evans, S.W., Serpell, Z., Williams, A., & Tayman, T. (2004, November). Treatment decisions by parents of young adolescents with ADHD. In W.S. Freeman (Chair), Innovations in psychosocial interventions for ADHD across the lifespan.

Belgrave, F. A., Nasim, A., & Plybon, L. Protective factors against smoking for urban and rural African American adolescents. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation. Richmond, VA.

Macpherson, R., West, R. F., & Stanovich, K. E. Predictors of belief bias in reasoning tasks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Minneapolis, MN.

Patterson, J., & Nasim, A. The relationship between racial identity and self-esteem: A meta-analytic review. Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Dallas, TX.

Nasim, A. What is healthy identity achievement? Presentation to the 2004 Centennial Scholars, James Madison University

December 2004

The following psters were presented at the annual meetings of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis, Baltimore Maryland, December 2, 2004:

Huntsberry, M. M., Serdikoff, S. L., & Cover K. (2004, December). An experimental analysis of tertiary conditioned reinforcement as applied in various animal training practices.

Poerstel, L. B., Serdikoff, S. L., Shulleeta, M. M., & Catania, A. C. Analyzing delay of reinforcement gradients in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR): An Animal Model of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Michael Stoloff chaired a session and made a presentation on Student Complaints about Faculty at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Department Heads of Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 3, 2004

January 2005

Natalie Kerr made two presentations at the Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL She presented a poster entitled: The game project in introductory psychology: Lessons learned. She also participated in the participant idea exchange by presenting Eliminating social loafing on group projects.

February 2005

The following posers were presented at the 17th Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA, February 25-26, 2005:

Baker, S.C., Apple, K.J., & Rybak, J. Student Attitudes toward Nonhuman Animals in an Undergraduate Comparative Psychology Class: Preliminary Data

Reis-Bergan, M., Armstrong, C.S., & Koeck, A. Time saving ideas for incorporating community service in psychology courses.

March 2005

Jonathan Slezak, Kristina Austin, Justin McWethy and Sherry Serdikoff presented the following posters at the First meeting of the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis in Harrisonburg, Virginia, March 5, 2005:

Slezak, J. M., Austin, K. T., & Serdikoff, S. L. Assessing altered reinforcement mechanisms in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) using Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRs) as an animal model.

McWethy, J. A. & Serdikoff, S. L.. Examining the abuse liability of the nutraceutical Valerian.

The following presentations were made at the annual meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA:

  • Grove, A., Evans, S.W., Finney, S., & Thompson, J. (2005, March). Predicting barriers to children’s mental health care: A path model.
  • White, L.C., Barbour, K.R., Garrett, A.V., Schill, T.M., Vodra, A.M., and Evans, S.W. Academic Underachievement in Adolescents with ADHD.
  • Donna Sundre & Michael Stoloff presented Assessment of Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum: The Practices & Experiences at JMU.

Tracy Zinn made an invited presentation entitled Advise for aspiring academicians in Industrial/Organizational psychology at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

April 2005

The following presentations were made at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada:

  • Baranik, L.E., Barron, K.E., Finney, S.J., & Sundre, D.A. A comparison of general vs. specific measures of achievement goal orientation.
  • Horst, S.J., Finney, S.J., & Barron, K.E. Validity Evidence for a Measure of Social Goal Orientation.

The following students presented posters at the 4th Annual Raising the Bar Conference held at JMU’s College Center. This annual conference is sponsored by the Alvin V. Baird Attention & Learning Disabilities Center and T-TAC for the purpose of improving care for individuals with ADHD. (Asterisks indicate those who won a prize based on the judging on the guest presenters:

  • Sheehan, K. & Burnett, J.. Why Research Experience is important for Undergraduates.
  • Murphy, V.& Moffet, R. ADHD: How is it addressed in United States Schools.
  • *Tull, R. A Theory Based Social Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD: Considering a Social Cognition Variable.
  • *Singleton, J., Burgdorf, E, & Siddiqui, A. A comparison of Teacher and Parent Views on the Behavior of Children with ADHD.
  • Barbour, K., Vodra, A., Schill, T. & Torre, C. Efficacy of Reinforcement for Organization of Binders for Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
  • Fallah, N., Fink, K.& Timmins, B. Discrepancies Between Parent and Child Ratings of Depression and Self Esteem.
  • *Wilde, R. & Ward, T. Predictability of Social Rejection and Acceptance in Adolescents with ADHD.

Brady, C. E., Donaghy, J. M., Tucker, K. D., Yuen, N. C., & Kerr, N. A. presented a poster entitled The importance of performance feedback on self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Williamsburg, VA.

The following presentations were made at the Annual Meetings of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Nashville, TN:

  • Emily Burgdorf, Lauren Esposito, Haley Gallinot, Inna Komarovsky, Veronica Rathi, Shay Richards, Courtney Shiflet, and Arnold Khan presented Effects Of Self-Esteem, Body Esteem And Attachment Style On Hooking Up.
  • Huffman, C.J., Christesen, E.M. & Sottolano, M.A. Expertise in chess: is “seeing farther ahead” really necessary?

The following Psychology Students and Alumni made poster presentations at the ABPsi Symposium held on April 7 at JMU:

  • Laura Brobst presented Examining Potential Differences in Coping Mechanisms Among Women who have been Raped.
  • Tamara McCall presented Identifying social factors which influence the existence of intimate African American relationships.
  • Amber Mendres, Karol Mendoza, Susan Mcgowan-Black, William J. Ernst, Ashton Trice and Patricia Warner. The Impact of Assimilation to the American Culture on the Nonverbal Cognitive Test Performance of Mexican-American Children that have Recently Immigrated to the U.S.
  • Jennifer Richardson presented The Cross-Race Face Recognition Deficit
    Influences Social Interactions.
  • Helen McKisson received an award for Best Poster at the ABPsi symposium for her poster entitled Mock Juror Ratings and Racism.

Charles Harris presented “Conceptualizing an Online Social Science Course” and “Constructing an Online Social Science Course” at a conference entitled Innovative Teaching Strategies for Faculty Using Blackboard sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond on April 7-8.

Charles Harris presented a workshop on Effective Teaching Strategies for Large Classes at a JMU Faculty Development workshop, April 14 and 15.

The following presentations were made at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association in Portland, Oregon, April 14-17:

  • Hall, M. D.. Making and managing contacts during the application process.
  • Hall, M. D., Barron, K. E., & Andre, J. T. Integrating learning experiences in and out of the classroom.
  • Roche, J. & Hall, M. D. Acoustic cues to innuendo.

Sarah Horsey, Kenn Barron and Tammy Gilligan presented Moving Beyond Predicting Academic Outcomes and Learning Strategies: The Impact of Achievement Goals on Middle School Students' Psychological Well-Being at the Colonial Academic Alliance (CAA) Conference held at Hofstra University. Advisors: Kenneth Barron & Tammy Gilligan.

After being reviewed and selected by faculty committees at JMU and at the national level, the following students who are working with Psychology professors presented their work at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 21-23.

  • Carolyn Armstrong, The Benefits of Mentoring Relationships Between Students and Professors, Advisor Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan
  • Kristina Austin, Using The Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) As An Animal Model To Examine The Role Of Delay In Establishing Conditioned Reinforcers in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) , Advisor Dr. Sherry Serdikoff
  • Coby Benson, An Analysis Of Retrograde Neuronal Tracing Technique For Verification Of Subdiaphragmatic Vagotomy Of Rats, Advisor Dr. Cheryl Talley
  • Kristen Fries, Contribution Of Voice Recognition To Accuracy Of Eyewitness Identification, Advisor Dr. Sheena Rogers
  • Jamie Hoffmann, Risk Factors Related to Disordered Eating Behaviors Among College Women, Advisor Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan
  • Jessica Norman, The Relation Between Stress and Asthma-Related Respiratory Symptoms in a College Aged Population, Advisor Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan
  • Brooke L. Poerstel,. The Effect of Cage Size on Behavioral Stereotypies in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) , Advisor Dr. Suzanne Baker
  • Magen Sier, Social Structure Within a Captive Giraffe Herd , Advisor Dr. Suzanne Baker
  • Jonathan Slezak, Examining the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): An Analysis of Delay-of-Reinforcement Gradients, Advisor Dr. Sherry Serdikoff
  • Rebecca Tull, A Social Intervention for Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Advisor Dr. Steven Evans

The applications to present from all of these students were reviewed by JMU and a national committee. Congratulations, and thank you for representing JMU Psychology at this national event through presentation of your fine work!

The following posters were presented April 2005 at the meetings of the Virginia Psychological Association:

  • C. Stacey Armstrong. The Benefits of Mentoring Relationships Between Students and Professor.
  • Heather Potts, Megan Kremer, Delaney Blom, and Christine Brady. Using Virtual Pavlov 2000 to Teach Taste Aversion: Can Computer Simulation Replace the Traditional Lecture?
  • Katherine Canatsey. Parental Control and Parent-Child Interaction Quality.
  • Christine Brady, Jeanne Donaghy, Kellie Tucker and Nelly Yuen. The Importance of Performance Feedback on Self-Efficacy and Instrinsic Motivation.
  • Kaliski, P.K., Rezner, L, Walker, C., & Barron, K.E.. The Qualitative Phase of an Exploratory Mixed Method Investigation of College Classroom Climates.
  • Kristen Fries, Aaron Kimmelman, Jesse Pappas, Michael Sottolano, Tiffany Watson, and Brendan Whitaker. Contribution of Voice Recognition to Eyewitness Identification.
  • Brian Marques and Ben Jarvis. The Use of Imagery in Athletic Injury Rehabilitation.
  • Jessica Norman. The Relation Between Stress and Asthma-Related Respiratory Symptoms in a College Aged Population.
  • Weiss, B., Kaliski, P.K., & Barron, K.E. Long-term consequences of achievement goal orientation on general education.
  • Noll, N.E., & Kahn, A.S. Inferring Power: The Effect of Gender on Judgments of Causality In Social Interactions.
  • White, T. & Kahn, A.S. Self-Objectification and Sexual Victimization

The following papers were presented April 2005 at the meetings of the Virginia Psychological Association:

  • Delaney Blom, Christine Brady, Megan Kremer, and Heather Potts. Virtual Pavlov 2000: Assessing Effectiveness of Computer Simulators.
  • Rebekah Jones. Depression and Somalization among Hispanics.
  • Sarah Horsey, Kenneth Barron, and Tammy Gilligan. Moving Beyond Predicted Academic Outcomes & Learning Strategies: The Impact of Achievement Goals on Middle School Students’ Psychological Well Being.
  • Alumni Hillary Kissell and Gail Ryser. A Confirmatory Factor-Analysis of the Scales for Diagnosing Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (SCALES).
  • Alumnus Jennifer Richardson, Kristen Fries, Aaron Kimmelman, and Mike Sottalano. Investigation of the Cross-Race Effect during Real World Interaction.

Many of our students made poster presentations describing their Honors Thesis, research and Field Placements at the Annual Psychology Symposium, April 25. The program for this event is available at http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/undergraduate/articles_docs/postersession05.pdf. The following students received awards for top posters:

  • Dean’s Award for Best Thesis Poster: Kristina Austin. Using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model to Examine the Role of Delay in Establishing Conditioned Reinforcers in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Faculty Advisor: Sherry Serdikoff
  • Dean’s Award for Best Research Poster: Rachel Heiser, Gillian Steele, and Jonathan Zook. Investigating the Effect of Occlusion Time, Sway, and the Presence of a Target on the Accuracy of Visual Guidance Faculy Advisor: Jeff Andre
  • Dean’s Award for Best Field Practicum Poster: Amy Hess. Children Services of Virginia"
    Faculty Advisor: Joann Grayson
  • Department of Psychology Award for Excellent Thesis Poster: Jessica Norman. The Relation Between Stress and Asthma-Related Respiratory Symptoms in a College Aged Population. Faculty Advisor: Monica Reis-Bergan
  • Department of Psychology Award for Excellent Research Poster: Megan Kremer, Heather Potts, Christine Brady, and Delaney Blom. Using 'Virtual Pavlov 2000' to Teach the Topic of Conditioned Taste Aversion: Can Computer Simulation Replace the Traditional Lecture? Faculty Advisor: Jim Benedict
  • Department of Psychology Award for best Field Practicum Poster: Sarah Horsey. Batter's Intervention Program. Faculty Advisor: Joann Grayson

JoAnne Brewster presented “Using the Rorschach to investigate the police personality,” the keynote address at the Department of Graduate Psychology Symposium in Research and Practice at JMU on April 22.

Craig Abrahamson presented “Clinical treatment of victims of domestic violence” at the Madison Symposium at JMU.

May 2005

Michael Stoloff and Lynn Cameron presented a three-day workshop entitled Information Literacy: Developing Objectives, Designing Effective Assignments, and Assessment for the University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, May 1-3.

The following posters were presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis: International, Chicago, IL:

  • Austin, K. T., Serdikoff, S. L., Slezak, J. M., & Catania, A. C.. Using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an animal model to examine the role of delay in establishing conditioned reinforcers in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
  • Slezak, J. M., Serdikoff, S. L., Austin, K. T.,& Catania, A. C. Using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an animal model to examine the effects of delay-of-reinforcement gradients in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Jeff Andre, Katherine Losier, Rachel Heiser, Allison McGeehee & Cliff Campell presented Investigating the effects of occlusion time on the visual guidance of blind- walking, veering, and distance perception at The Vision Sciences Society 2005 Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL:

Andre, J., Losier, K., Heiser, R., McGehee, A., & Campbell, C. Investigating the effects of occlusion time on the visual guidance of blind- walking, veering, and distance perception.

Charles Huffman presented a poster entitled An empirical test of the calculational model of chess expertise at the Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Zewe Serpell and Aashir Nasim presented The Politics of Collaboration in a Culturally Homogenous Context: How to successfully navigate the post-doctoral and 1st professorial year at a predominantly White institution. at The Howard University Symposium in Psychology: A Celebration of Howard University’s Ph.D. Program in Psychology 1968-2005.

June 2005 (Anticipated)

The following posters will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Washington, DC June 26-28:

  • Gibson, P.R., Lindberg, A.C., Zimmer, A.L.& Davis, R.L. . Mindwatch: Anti-bias training for diversity-related automatic thoughts.
  • Gibson, P.R., Davis, R.L., Zimmer, AL., & Lindberg, A.C. Integrating global and ecologica issues in to the psychological disciplines.

Watts, C. & Hall, M. (2005, June). The influence of timbre on pitch-matching accuracy. To be presented at the 33rd Annual Symposium for Care of the Professional Voice. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

July 2005 (Anticipated)

Baker, S.C., Apple, K., & Rybak, J. (2005, July). Student attitudes toward animals in an animal behavior class. Poster accepted for presentation at the 14th Annual International Society for Anthrozoology Conference, Niagara Falls, NY.

August 2005 (Anticipated)

Psychology Major Kami Barbour, Anne Garrett, Theresa Schill, Ariana Vodra and Psychology Major Alumnus (now JMU Graduate Student) Bebhinn Timmins, as well as faculty member Steve Evans have been notified that the following posters have been accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC:

  • Evans, S.W., Timmins, B., Serpell, Z., Buvinger, E., & Masse, C. (2005). Story comprehension and social functioning in adolescents with ADHD.
  • White, L.C., Barbour, K., Garrett, A., Schill, T., Vodra, A., Schultz, B., & Evans, S.W. (2005, August). Academic underachievement and symptom severity in adolescents with ADHD.
  • Axelrod, J.L., Evans, S.W., & Burke, R. Pre- and in-service training to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in SBMH. In A. Wandersman & M. Weist, (Chairs), From Policy to Practice: Using Community Science to Promote School Based Mental Health. Symposium.

November 2005 (Anticipated)

Wilde, B., Evans, S.W., Serpell, Z.N., Moore, S., White, C., & Buvinger, L. Behaviors leading to social acceptance and rejection in young adolescents with ADHD: Implications for social skills interventions. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington D.C.

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