Psychology

Department

Announcements

 

• 2007 Commencement - Psychology Department
      To be held on Thursday, May 31, 2007. 
      Information on Commencement may be found at:
          http://www.csulb.edu/projects/commencement/
          http://www.csulb.edu/~psych/news/commence07.pdf

 

• PSY 301 Spring 2007 Instructions
      Please stop by the Psychology department's front office (room Psy 100) beginning 1/22/07 to obtain a copy,
      or click to read and print out:
         
          Word document
          PDF document (requires Adobe Acrobat to read)  

 

• 2006-2007 Department Awards
  
      Undergraduates
          Outstanding Seniors in Psychology
              Samantha Abeling
              Virginia Navarro Beas
              Jeannette Chapleau
              Lady Ivory Chua
              Ricca Gardner
              Kelly McCulloch
              Christina Pedram
              Laura Perez
              Cassie Scott
              Amanda Stahl
              Ramon Velazquez
              Chenoa Woods
          Most Outstanding Senior
              Lady Ivory Chua
          Lucio Morales Award for Academic Excellence
              Jeanette Chapleau
              Kelly McCulloch
          Joann Beers Service Award
              Samantha Abeling
  
      Graduates
          Graduate Deans List
              Marshall Dion
              Farnaz Kaighobadi
          Best Thesis
              Rivka Weed
          Gilbert Padilla Memorial Award
              Marshall Dion
          Distinguished Master's Graduate Students
              Ayesha Boyce
              Tara Collins 

 

• Congratulations to:
      Dr. Michael Connor
          For two presentations:
                  With Babette Connor at the 2004 Hawaiian International Conference on Social Science:
                          "Multicultural counseling: offering competent and professional service"
                  At APA: "Role of men: a male training model for African-American fathers"
      Dr. Jennifer Lonergan-Garwick
          For her Asian APA presentation with graduate student Angela-Minhtu D. Nguyen: "Career satisfaction,
                  acculturation, and mentoring of APIA faculty"
      Dr. Jim Amirkhan
          For his APA presentation entitled: "Predicting post-semester illness: the accuracy of a new stress measure"
      Dr. Chi-Ah Chun
          For presenting, at APA and Asian APA, with students June Liang and William Chung: "Be nice to strangers:
                  the importance of social context, ethnicity, and socio-economic status on collectivism"
      Dr. William Kelemen
          For the award of a NIDA grant on “Nicotine and Expectancy in Smokers’ Cognitive Processes”
      Dr. Betsy Decyck
          For major participation in two conferences:
               The Carnegie/AAHE Summer Academy
               American Association of Philosophy Teachers' 15th International Workshop/Conference on
                        Teaching Philosophy, presenting the paper: "Wizard's Logic: Critical Thinking as Defense
                        Against the Dark Arts"
      Dr. Kevin MacDonald
          For publication of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development (2nd ed), edited by Robert L. Burgess
                  (CSULB psychology department alumnus and professor at Penn State) and Kevin MacDonald. 
                  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004.  The book includes a paper by Kevin MacDonald and
                  Scott Hershberger: Theoretical Issues in the Study of Evolution and Development.
                  http://www.sagepub.com/book.aspx?pid=10161
      Dr. Diane Lee
          For publication of Reiner et al. (2004) Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related
                  brainstem nuclei. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 473, 377-414, and Reiner et al (2004). 
                  The avian brain nomenclature forum: Terminology for a new century in comparative neuroanatomy. 
                  The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 473, E1-E6.
      Drs. Marty Fiebert and Scott Hershberger
          For publication of: Fiebert, M.S., Nugent, D, Hershberger, S, and Kasdin, M. (2004).  Dating and commitment
                  choices as a function of ethnicity among American college students in California. 
                  Psychological Reports, 94, 1293-1300
      Dr. Courtney Ahrens
          For winning one of two awards given by APA’s Division 27 (Society for Community Research and Action) for
                  BEST DISSERTATIONS.  Dr. Ahrens’ award was the Best Dissertation on a Topic Relevant to Community
                  Psychology, “Silent and Silenced: The Disclosure and Non-Disclosure of Sexual Assault." 
      Dr. Dennis Fisher
          For acceptance of  “Drug Treatment Needs of Hispanic Drug Users in Long Beach, CA” in the Journal of Drug Issues
          For being one of five people to be keynote speakers at an international conference in Leeds, UK,
                  on injecting drug use. 
                  For more information, please check: http://www.exchangesupplies.org/conferences/2004_NCIDU/speakers.html
      Dr. Dan Chiappe
          For acceptance with his students (Adam Brown, Brian Dow, Jennifer Koontz, Marisela Rodriguez,
                  and Kelly McCulloch) of “Cheaters are looked at longer and remembered better than cooperators
                  in social exchange situations” into Evolutionary Psychology
      Dr. Sherry Span
          For acceptance of the following article with Earleywine, M.  (In press).  Cognitive functioning moderates
                  the relation between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms and alcohol use in women. 
                  Addictive Behaviors
      Dr. Robert Thayer
          Designation as Most Valuable Professor at the 2004 Commencement by the department’s (and College’s) Outstanding Senior,
                  Lisa Biakanja.
            Presented “Walking more each day elevates mood, especially energy, a central mood element” at 2004 APS convention. 
                  Student coauthors included Olga Godes, Nicole Lobato, Malene Youpa, and Candice Cecil.
      Drs. Dan Chiappe and Kevin MacDonald
          For the acceptance of their paper "The evolution of domain general mechanisms in intelligence and learning"
                  by the Journal of General Psychology.
      Dr. Chi-Ah Chun
            For the continuation of the RAND award on Cambodian Trauma Survivors through the next academic year.
      Dr. David Whitney
            Coauthored MEASUREMENT THEORY IN ACTION with Kenneth Schultz of CSU San Bernardino:
                  http://www.sagepub.com/book.aspx?pid=10136
      Dr. Patricia Rozee
            For acceptance of the following article to the premier journal in service learning:
                  McKay, V. & Rozee, P. D. (2004). Characteristics of Faculty Who Adopt Community Service
                  Learning Pedagogy.  Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. Vol. 10.
            and was instrumental in obtaining the following:
                  A three-year HUD Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) grant.

 

• Do You Need Research Experience?
      Psychology Majors and Pre-majors who are interested in gaining research experience should pick up an application in the Peer Advising Office (rm 206)