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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Instructor, Deven Dyer and Dr. Art Gillaspy

Congratulations to the 2022 Student Recognition Ceremony award winners! Olyvia Gonzalez, Pearl McGowan-Hanna, Dylan Garrison, department chair Dr. Art Gillaspy, Greta Hacker, Chelsey Bull, Merritt Tate.

Billy and Terry Smith Outstanding Graduate Student in Mental Health Counseling, Faith Reynolds and Dr. Kevin Rowell

Dr. Ron Bramlett and Billy and Terry Smith Outstanding Graduate Student in School Psychology, Lorianne Graves

Dr. Bill Lammers and Richard Allen Scott Outstanding Psychology Student Finalist Ryan Liew

Dr. Bill Lammers and Richard Allen Scott Outstanding Psychology Student Finalist Sage Wilson

Dr. Bill Lammers and Richard Allen Scott Outstanding Psychology Student Cassandra Alise Holloway

Richard Allen Scott Outstanding Psychology Students Ryan Liew, Cassandra Alise Holloway, and Sage Wilson

Dr. John Murphy recognized as “Admired Scholar”

Dr. John Murphy, Professor of Psychology & Counseling, was named an ‘Admired Scholar’ by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), an international organization that recognizes professionals whose writings pertaining to cultural diversity and social justice have influenced graduate students from underrepresented groups.

Posted in: News and Events on December 12, 2018

Cory Cobb and Dr. Dong Xie publish article on immigrants

Congratulations to Cory Cobb, Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, and Dr. Dong Xie, on their upcoming publication!

Cobb, C. L., Branscombe, N., Meca, A., Schwartz, S. J., Xie, D., & Cecilia-Zea, M., Molina, L., Martinez, Jr., C. (In Press). Toward a positive psychology of immigrants. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Posted in: News and Events on December 11, 2018

Dr. Femina Varghese recognized for Project REACH

Congratulations to Dr. Varghese and Project REACH!

Dr. Femina Varghese and Project Reach were recently featured in the Arkansas Times’ story on Visionary Arkansans in 2018. See link below and click on Project REACH.

https://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/visionary-arkansans-2018/Content?oid=26549491

Posted in: News and Events on December 10, 2018

Dr. Darshon Anderson to attend NSF workshop

Congratulations to Dr. Anderson!

From the UCA press release:

Dr. Anderson … “has been selected to attend a workshop intended to improve competitiveness among submissions to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program. The two-day, all-expense paid workshop seeks to improve the competitiveness of submissions to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program from predominantly undergraduate institutions. Titled “Capacity Building for Competitive S-STEM Proposals,” the workshop will be held at Rice University in Houston, Texas.”

For more information, see link below:
https://uca.edu/news/uca-faculty-selected-to-attend-stem-grant-writing-workshop/

Posted in: News and Events on December 8, 2018

Dr. John Murphy publishes new book

Dr. John Murphy, Professor of Psychology & Counseling, has authored (with Jacqueline A. Sparks, University of Rhode Island) the book, Strengths-Based Therapy, as part of the Psychotherapy & Counseling Distinctive Features series published by Routledge Press.

Murphy, J. J., & Sparks, J. A. (2019). Strengths-based therapy. London, England: Routledge Press.

Posted in: News and Events on December 7, 2018

Ms. Charlton and Ms. Bogoslavsky recognized by student athletes

Congrats to Ms. Charlton and Ms. Bogoslavsky for their recent recognition by members of the UCA Volleyball Team (Amari Mitchell for Ms. Bogoslavsky, and Bailey Waddington and Amanda Beaton for Ms. Charlton).

Thanks for making a difference in these students’ lives!

Posted in: News and Events on November 19, 2018

Dr. John Murphy publishes book chapter

Murphy, J.J. (2019). Solution-focused school counseling. In C.T. Dollarhide & M. E. Lemberger-Truelove (Eds.), Theories of school counseling for the 21st century (pp. 181-207). New York., NY: Oxford University Press.

Posted in: News and Events on November 17, 2018

Dr. Art Gillaspy co-authors publication

Landry, A., Roofe, N., & Gillaspy, A. (2018). Promoting and evaluating interprofessional collaboration with motivational interviewing. Renal Nutrition Forum, 37(4), 14-18.

Posted in: News and Events on November 15, 2018

Cory Cobb (doctoral student in Counseling) co-authors publication

Congratulations to Counseling Psychology doctoral student, Cory Cobb, on this publication!

Meca. A., Cobb, C. L., Schwartz, S. J., Szabo, A., Moise, R., Zamboanga, B., Klimstra, T. A., Soares, M. H., Ritchie, R., & Stephens, D. P. (In Press). Exploring individual differences in the relationship between cultural identity processes and well-being. Emerging Adulthood.

Posted in: News and Events on November 13, 2018

Dr. Paul Nail, Cory Cobb, & Carley Owen publish article

Nail, P. R., Cobb, C. L., & Owen, C. E. (in press). Evidence that negative maternal transference is at the root of Americans’ beliefs in 9/11 conspiracy theories. North American Journal of Psychology.

Congrats to all!

Posted in: News and Events on October 31, 2018