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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. Femina Varghese joins Interdisciplinary Research Leaders team

Dr. Femina Varghese is part of Interdisciplinary Research Leaders team that focuses on how telehealth can be used to help those who are incarcerated (link to website).

Posted in: News and Events on March 28, 2019

Dr. Darshon Anderson re-elected to Executive Council for SWPA

Congratulations to Dr. Darshon Anderson for her re-election to the Executive Council of the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA)! She serves as one of four Professional Representatives on the Council. Way to represent UCA!

Posted in: News and Events on March 16, 2019

Dr. John Murphy presents workshop to child welfare workers

Dr. John Murphy presented the following workshop on March 7th, 2019, to over 100 child welfare workers. In addition to onsite participants, the workshop was videotaped and streamed to participants throughout the entire state.

Murphy, J. J. (2019, March). Solution-focused helping: Practical ways to help people change with dignity. Professional development workshop sponsored by the mid-SOUTH Child Abuse/Child Neglect Network, Little Rock, AR.

Posted in: News and Events on March 14, 2019

Dr. John Murphy presents workshops at NASP

Dr. John Murphy presented two invited workshops on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 at the at the recent National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Murphy, J. J. (2019, February). Brief solution-focused counseling in schools: Advanced skills and strategies. Three-hour professional development workshop presented at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Murphy, J. J. (2019, February). Brief solution-focused counseling in schools: Core skills and strategies. Three-hour Professional development workshop presented at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Conference Atlanta, GA.

Posted in: News and Events on March 5, 2019

Dr. John Murphy interviewed for podcast

Dr. John Murphy, Professor of Psychology & Counseling, was interviewed February 21st, 2019 about his clinical work, research, and writings on solution-focused brief therapy as part of the popular international podcast series, Solution-Focused on Tour (http://www.sfontour.com/), hosted by European practitioners Elfie Czerny and Dominik Godat. They also visited Dr. Murphy’s Psychoeducational Interventions II class while in Conway. The podcast will air in March of 2019.

Posted in: News and Events on February 26, 2019

Dr. Dong Xie and Sydney Skaggs (doctoral student) publish article

Congratulations to Dr. Xie and Sydney Skaggs, a counseling psychology doctoral student, on their recent publication in the Journal of Career Development!

The paper can be accessed through https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/g87GMbMuDduTMuxU5isI/full

Reference is below:

Xie, D., Kong, N., Skaggs, S., & Yang, A. (2019). An ecological perspective on youth career education in transitioning societies: China as an example. Journal of Career Development. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0894845318824673

Posted in: News and Events on January 24, 2019

Dr. Paul Nail publishes two articles

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Nail on two recent publications!

Jędrzejewski, A., Marcjasz, G., Nail, P. R., & Sznajd-Weron, K. (2018). Think then act or act then think? PLoS ONE 13(11): e0206166.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206166

Nyczka P., Byrka, K., Nail, P. R, & Sznajd-Weron, K. (2018). Conformity in numbers—Does criticality in social responses exist? PLoS ONE 13(12): e0209620;
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209620

Posted in: News and Events on January 15, 2019

Dr. Marc Sestir receives American Psychological Society grant

Congratulations to Dr. Marc Sestir and Drs. Lindsay Kennedy and Dr. Jennifer Peszka (from Hendrix College) for the award of a $4,558.60 grant from the American Psychological Society (APS) Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science for their proposal “New Statistics, New Students, Old Schools: Identifying and Narrowing the Gap Between Undergraduate and Graduate Statistics Pedagogy Practices”!

Posted in: News and Events on January 9, 2019

Doctoral student Cory Cobb has article in press

Congrats to doctoral student, Cory Cobb, on his most recent publication!

Schwartz, S. J., Meca, A., Ward, C., Szabo, A., Benet-Martínez, V., Lorenzo-Blanco, E., Sznitman, G. A., Cobb, C. L., Szapocznik, J., Unger, J. B., Cano, M. A., Stuart, J., & Zamboanga, B. (In Press). Biculturalism dynamics: A daily diary study of bicultural identity and psychosocial functioning. Applied Developmental Psychology.

Posted in: News and Events on January 4, 2019

Dr. Marc Sestir and Nikki Van Wilpe (former student) publish article

Van Wilpe, M., Sestir, M.A., & Kennedy, L.A. (In Press). Mobile phones and physical pain. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research.

Posted in: News and Events on December 12, 2018