Dr. John Murphy, Professor of Psychology & Counseling, presented two half-day training workshops on February 15th, 2018 entitled, “Core and Advanced Skills of Brief Solution-Focused Counseling in Schools” at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) conference in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Marc Sestir co-authors conference presentation
Congrats to Dr. Marc Sestir and colleagues for the acceptance of this paper for presentation. Citation below:
Peszka, J., Sestir, M.A., Kennedy, L.A., & Mastin, D.F. (accepted). A population comparison of active and passive bedtime social technology use. Talk presented at the 2018 SLEEP conference. Baltimore, MD.
Dr. Alberto Soto and Sloane Nolan to present research in Amsterdam
Dr. Alberto Soto and Mental Health Counseling Graduate Student, Sloane Nolan, have co-authored two papers to be presented at the Society for Psychotherapy Research conference in Amsterdam in June. Full citations below:
Soto., A., Smith, T. B., & Nolan, S. (June, 2018). Alliance, Attachment Style, Empathy, and Expectations: A meta-analysis of client outcomes. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Amsterdam, NL.
Soto., A., Smith, T. B., & Nolan, S. (June, 2018). Cultural Adaptations and Multicultural Competencies. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Amsterdam, NL.
Congrats!
Dr. Femina Varghese, graduate students, and undergraduate students will present research at APA
Congratulations to Dr. Varghese and her students for recent acceptance of papers for presentation at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association this August in San Francisco.
Graduate students: Chelsey Bull, Jared Whitmire, and Jon Nolan.
Undergraduates: Osiris Stephenson and Lizeth Flores
Varghese, F.P., Bull, C., Whitmire, J., Stephenson, O., Flores, L. & Bihm, E.M, (2018, August). Mentoring Program for Court-Ordered Juveniles: Perspectives of Juveniles and Mentors. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Whitmire, J., Varghese, F.P., & Nolan, J. (2018, August). Seriously Mentally Ill Populations and Exercise Mobile Applications. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
SURF Grant awarded to Kane York and Dr. Ken Sobel
Congratulations to Psychology major, Kane York, who was awarded a Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for his project, “Using Visual Search to Study Inner Workings of the Reverse Stroop Effect.”
Kane’s mentor on this project is Dr. Kenith Sobel.
Dr. Alberto Soto to present research at American Psychological Association
Dr. Alberto Soto’s paper, “Cultural adaptations and multicultural competence” was accepted for presentation at the 2018 meeting of the American Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA. Jordan Pyle, Counseling Psychology doctoral student, is a co-author.
Soto., A., Bernal, G., Domenech Rodriguez, M., & Pyle, J. (Accepted). Cultural adaptations and multicultural competence. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Bill Lammers to conduct workshop on building student-instructor rapport
Dr. Bill Lammers’ workshop, “Building Student-Instructor Rapport” was accepted for presentation at the 2018 meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association meeting in April.
Lammers, W. J. (accepted). Building Student-Instructor Rapport. Workshop presented at the 2018 conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Houston, TX.
Dr. Marc Sestir to present research at Southwestern Psychological Association meeting
Dr. Marc Sestir’s paper, “Social Support in Your Back Pocket: Cell Phones and Social Pain Experiences” was accepted for presentation at the 2018 meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association meeting in April.
Sestir, M.A. & Kennedy, L.A.(accepted). Social support in your back pocket: Cell phones and social pain experiences. Talk presented at the 2018 conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Houston, TX.
Dr. Kevin Rowell and Dr. Dong Xie conduct workshops in China
During the winter break, Dr. Kevin Rowell and Dr. Dong Xie conducted several workshops on suicide and crisis intervention, strength-based counseling, client feedback informed counseling, and basic counseling skills to over 150 Chinese counselors in mainland China.
Dr. Xie and Dr. Rowell collaborated with faculty from Hangzhou Normal University, College of Psychological Science Research. They also provided supervision to school counselors from school districts in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. In addition, Dr. Xie presented a supervision workshop to the Department of Psychology at Zhejiang Normal University.
Dr. Lora Adair and several students to present research at conferences
Dr. Lora Adair and several of her students had the following presentations accepted at conferences for later this year.
Southwestern Psychological Association
o Adair, L. E., *Andersen, B., *Hinton, T., & *Cipriani-Bluemmel, I. (accepted). He looks “easy” and she’s not into it: Sexual exploitation cues and attraction. Poster Presentation at the 2018 conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Houston, TX.
o *Wilson, E. & Adair, L. E.(accepted). The role of visibility, stigma by association, and commitment in relationship defection. Poster Presentation at the 2018 conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Houston, TX.
o Adair, L. E., Park, A., *Lund, B. & *Thompson, M. K.(accepted). Does this burger make me look manly? Using meat-eating as an impression management technique. Talk presented at the 2018 conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Houston, TX.
Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society
o Adair, L. E., *Andersen, B., & *Hinton, T. (accepted). He looks “easy” and she’s not into it: Sexual exploitation cues and attraction. Talk presented at the 2018 conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society. New Paltz, NY.
o *Andersen, B. & Adair, L. E. (accepted). Disgust and discrimination: Behavioral immune system activation and ethnocentrism. Talk presented at the 2018 conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society. New Paltz, NY.
Students include:
Brett Andersen
Taylor Hinton
Isabella Cipriani-Bluemmel
Elizabeth (Libby) Wilson
Brittany Lund
Mary Kate Thompson (graduated last Fall)