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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. Kevin Rowell to provide mental health disaster relief in Greece

Dr. Kevin Rowell will serve on a crisis intervention team working in a Muslim refugee camp in Oinofyta Greece from November 1 -9.. The team is in need of a disaster-trained male psychologist given the gender role differences among Muslims.

Dr. Rowell is a nationally known expert is disaster mental health relief work having provided mental health services in New York after the attacks on September 11, 2001 and many other disaster events in the US. He has been active with APA’s disaster relief team and provides training for the Red Cross as well as other organizations.

Posted in: News and Events on October 26, 2016

Dr. Ekdahl to present on suicide prevention

All psychology students are invited to join us on Tuesday, October 11, at 1:40 PM in Mashburn 116, for a special presentation on suicide intervention and prevention.

The presenter is Mary EKhdahl from Arkansas Families First, LLC.

This event is sponsored by the UCA chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology

Posted in: News and Events on October 11, 2016

Dr. Heather Martens publishes article

Authors: Lairamore, Chad; Martens, Heather

Title: The role of student adaptability in interprofessional education

Journal: Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice

Congrats Dr. Martens!

Posted in: News and Events on October 7, 2016

Dr. John Murphy publishes article in Counseling Today

Helping students change with dignity

Posted in: News and Events on September 17, 2016

UCA counselors seek state funds to help parolees

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/sep/14/uca-counselors-seek-state-funds-to-help/

Posted in: News and Events on September 15, 2016

Dr. Femina Varghese appointed to editorial board

Dr. Femina Varghese has been appointed to serve on the Editorial Board of The Counseling Psychologist (TCP). The Counseling Psychologist is the flagship journal of the Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17) and the profession of Counseling Psychology.

This appointment by The Society of Counseling Psychology Executive Board speaks volumes about the very high level of respect that Dr. Varghese has among her colleagues for her research and professional activity.

Congratulations Dr. Varghese!

Posted in: News and Events on September 1, 2016

Emily Hahn receives Psi Chi research grant

STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP FROM INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Posted in: News and Events on August 30, 2016

Student publishes research

Shalynn Mills, 2016 BS in Biology and minor in psychology, has had her undergraduate research, “Evaluation of Education and Other Influential Factors on the Perceptions of Influenza Vaccinations”, accepted for publication in the Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences. Her co-authors are Dr. Benjamin Rowley (Biology) and Dr. Shawn Charlton (Psychology).

Way to go!

Posted in: News and Events on August 27, 2016

Dr. Paul Nail publishes interdisciplinary research

Recent publication by Dr. Paul Nail:

Nail, P. R., & Sznajd-Weron, K. (2016). The diamond model of social response within an agent-based approach. Acta Physica Polonica A,129, 1050-1054.

Here is a brief description of this project from Dr. Nail:

My coauthor, Katarzyna Weron-Sznajd, is from the Department of Theoretical Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland. The connection with my work is that she and her colleagues work in an emerging area of physics known as socio-physical modeling. Specifically, they develop mathematical models to predict opinion dynamics and change and use my mathematical/operational definitions of various social responses as starting points.

Congratulations on the interesting cross-disciplinary research!

Posted in: News and Events on August 23, 2016

Doctoral Student is co-author on publication

Evan Anderson, a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program, co-authored an article published in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. See citation below:

Magaletta, P. R., Cermak, J. N., Anderson, E. J., Norcross, C. M., Olive, B., Shaw, S. A., & Butterfield, P. (2016, June 9). An Exploratory Study of Experiences and Training Needs of Early-Career Correctional Psychologists. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000075

Excellent work, Evan!

Posted in: News and Events on August 19, 2016