Psychology Department welcomes a new Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2009

Dr. Jack Arnal is a cognitive psychologist with special interests in memory processes.  Specifically, he is interested in the underlying processes of false memory and prospective memory (i.e., remembering to complete an action at a later time), as well as the application of these topics to both basic and forensic settings.  His current research focuses on the prospective memory of eyewitnesses (e.g., remembering to contact the authorities when a suspect is spotted).  Dr. Arnal will be teaching Introductory Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and Psychological Methods and Statistics.

 

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Psychology Major wins the prestigious Ridington Award at Graduation

Emily Paull's senior capstone paper earned her the Ridington Award when it was selected as the best senior thesis written across all disciplines at the college in the spring of 2008.  She conducted two experiments to test the hypothesis that listening to punk music would prime a nonconconformist stereotype and thus cause people to conform less to group pressure. This paper will be published in the Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research.

 

 

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Emeritus Professor receives the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology

Dr. Vernon McCay, Emeritus Professor, received the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation.  The foundation honoring Dr. McCay stated that his "exploration of the psychosocial aspects of deafness, his challenges to poor educational practices, his encouragement of deal people and his continued fight to ensure legal rights for those who are deaf have changed the way deafness and people who are deaf are perceived.  Because of his commitment to these issues, today's generation of deaf people have far greater opportunities than their parents ever hoped for."  Dr. McCay was presented this prestigious award at the 2007 annual convention of the American Psychological Association.