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2008-2009 Academic Year Grants
David Daniel received support for pedagogical research from the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society ($3,400).
Matthew Lee received $1,600 from the Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Diversity at JMU to conduct the Campus Diversity Climate Study 2009 at JMU.
Joann Grayson received a continuing grant from the Virginia Department of Social Services to produce the Virginia Child Protection Newsletter ($44,750).
Jessica Irons received a grant from the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, to conduct the study “Tobacco Use among Youth Receiving Public Behavioral Healthcare Services” ($196,169 over three years).
Ulas Kaplan’s proposal to join the JMU Faculty Center for Instructional Technology’s Summer Institute for online course development was accepted ($2,000). Dr. Kaplan also received a grant from University Studies to travel to Harvard University to learn about their General Education Program ($450).
The following faculty members received mini-grants through the College of Integrated Science and Technology (CISAT) to support faculty development:
- Kenn Barron received support to travel to the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, as well as the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association ($1000)
- Jessica Irons received support for the development and testing of a smoking cessation program ($930).
- Ulas Kaplan received support of research being conducted by students enrolled in his classes ($1000).
- Sherry Serdikoff received support to travel to the annual meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association ($1000).
- Sherry Serdikoff received support for graduate students to participate in an online course in how to teach psychology classes ($775).
The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce that the following students have received undergraduate research grants from the Department of Psychology:
- Leah Power, has received funding in support of her Honors Thesis entitled “Discrimination of Blood Alcohol Concentration Following Oral Ethanol Self-Administration” ($380).
- Theresa Eagan has received funding in support of her Honors Thesis entitled “Training Discrimination of Blood Alcohol Level Following Oral Ethanol Self-Administration in College Students.” ($350).
- Nishi Vijay has received funding in support of her Honors Thesis entitled “Increasing Physical Activity in College Students: Testing a Motivational Intervention” ($180).
- Erin Beech has received funding for her research entitled “Measuring Female Rat Social Stress.” ($455).
- Katie Bowen, Nicholas Curtis, and Christina Wolf have received funding for their research project entitled “Psychology Major Success.” ($500).
- Jennifer Hoyle has received funding for her honors thesis entitled “Discounting of Delayed Tokens and Consumable Rein forcers in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities” ($300).
- Amanda Jaworski has received funding for her honors thesis project entitled “An exploration of gender norm violations and their consequences” ($85)
- Maria Gandolfo has received funding for her honors these project entitled “Fear of Rape: An Examination of College Students”($100).
- Liz Loveless has received funding for her honors thesis project entitled “The Effects of Social Anxiety on Alcohol Choice” ($450).
- Max Berkheimer has received funding for his honors thesis project entitled “The Effect of Stereotype Threat on High Pressure Sport Situations” ($300).
- Kelsey Cutchins & Brian Kozol have received funding for their project entitled “Collaboration with Online Tools” ($33).
- Michael Livesey has received funding for his honors thesis project entitled “Clinical Self-Hypnosis versus Heart Rhythm Coherence Biofeedback” ($450).
- Caroline Cleary & Tyler Brown have received funding for their research project entitled “Laboratory Examination of Just-In-Time Teaching.” ($140)
- Jason Kopp has received funding for his Honors Thesis Project entitled “Entitlement & Impulsivity: Predictors of Course Performance.” ($160)
- Allyson Vasi has received funding for her Honors Thesis Project entitled “Contingency Management and Fitness.” ($500)
The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce that the following students have been selected to receive conference travel grants during the Spring 2009 semester:
- Jason Kopp, Daniel Jurich. Entitlement and Impulsivity: Predictors of Course Performance. Presentation at VPA. ($400)
- Matt Portner, Victoria Brown, Michael Boitnott.Are you ready for the real world? An evaluation of two career development course in Psychology. Presentation at VPA. ($400)
- Christine Mason. Male and Female Use of the University Recreation Center. Presentation at VPA. ($200)
- Jocelyn Simon. Maximizing, Social Comparison, and Choice: The ‘Effects’ on Satisfaction and Regret in a Restaurant Setting. Presentation at VPA. ($200)
- Matthew Slater, Kerri Easterbrook. How Maximizers and Delay Discounters Decide: choosing from Menus of Varying Sizes. Presentation at VPA. ($400)
- Elizabeth Berke. Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Hospital Setting. Presentation at VPA. ($200)
- Kristin Lazos, Christina Gregory, Kirsten Gamotis, Stephanie Fultz, Kristin Davidoff.The Relationship between Academic Entitlement and Attribution of Success and Failure. Presentation at VPA. ($600)
- Theresa Egan. Training Discrimination of Blood Alcohol Level following Oral Ethanol: Self Administration in College Students. Presentation at ABAI. ($200)
- Jennifer Hoyle.Discounting of Delayed Tokens and Consumable Reinforces in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Presentation at ABAI. ($200)
- Jacqueline Jackson. Using the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM) to Evaluate the Putative Anxiolytic Effects of St. John’s Wort Administration in Rats. Presentation at MABA. ($200)
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