Student Profiles and Research Presentations
Foundations Specialization:
Suzie Broughton, doctoral student, presented on attention allocation, refutation text, and background knowledge (Read Abstract) at the conference for the European Association for Research on Education and Instruction (EARLI) in Budapest, Hungary. See Suzie's vita for more information regarding her research interests.
Marcus Lee Johnson, doctoral student, presented two posters on learning characteristics of aging populations (Read More) at the conference for the Society for Studies in Human Development (SSHD). See Marcus' vita for more information regarding his research interests.
Fred Kuch, doctoral Student, has recently presented at the conference for the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA) on the applicability of Evolutionary Psychology in Education (Read More). He also presented at the conference for the Southwest Consortium on Innovative Psychology in Education (SCIPIE) in November.
Karen Reid, doctoral student, presented at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) conference, on the effectiveness of first year seminars (Read More). See Karen's vita for more information regarding her research interests.
Denise Winsor, doctoral student, hosted a discussion session on cognitive processes in scientific thinking at the Southwest Consortium on Innovative Psychology in Education (SCIPIE) conference in November (Read More). See Denise's vita for more information regarding her research interests.
School Psychology Specialization:
Jennifer Keller, graduate education specialist student, recently presented at the Southwest Consortium on Innovative Psychology in Education (SCIPIE) conference, and will be presenting at the conferences for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) on epistemic beliefs and at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) on school-based mentoring. See Jennifer's vita for more information regarding her research.
William Marks, doctoral student, was a co-presenter on the "Single-Session Counseling Paradigm" at the spring conference of the National Association of School Psychologists in New York City and also presented at National Academy of Neuropsychology conference in Arizona on the relationship between personality traits and general intelligence (Read More).
Rhiannon Rager, doctoral Student, Rhiannon Rager, doctoral student, will be presenting a literature review on mental health issues in the school setting (Read More) at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) conference in February, in New Orleans, LA. NASP is the largest professional organization for school psychologists in the country. See Rhiannon's vita for more information regarding her research interests.