Please join the Department of Psychology Diversity Committee to learn from Dr. Shannon Harper about severe intimate partner violence among women of color. You can join this here: http://tinyurl.com/57C52AV9 If you would like more information, please email nrrivera@iastate.edu.
Jassma’ray Johnson (’23 psychology/communication studies) has launched a successful lipgloss business from her dorm room. Read more about her success at this link.
Dr. Andrew Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology, has been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science. This is one of the top awards given to early career scholars. The Association for Psychological Science Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD. This … Continue reading Andrew Smith named “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Sciences
Psychology graduate student Kathryn Bunda has been awarded a 2021-2022 Brown Graduate Fellowship. She is one of 14 outstanding students from across the university receiving this award. The award recipients receive $10,000. Congratulations Kathryn!
Are you multilingual? Maybe you should be! Dr. John Grundy co-authored “Does Bilingualism Protect Against Dementia? A Meta-analysis” in the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. Check it out? https://news.las.iastate.edu/2021/01/28/study-shows-learning-a-second-language-thwarts-onset-of-dementia/
Dr. David Campbell died on January 18, 2021. Dr. Campbell received his BS and MS degrees from Iowa State University. He attended the University of Minnesota and was also a professor there. He co-authored the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, which is widely used in vocational counseling. Dr. Campbell co-sponsored the Campbell-Borgen Scholarship fund in the Psychology … Continue reading In Memoriam David Campbell 1934-2021
Dr. L. Alison Phillips has published an article about the benefits of group exercise. Here is a link to the article: https://theconversation.com/group-exercise-may-be-even-better-for-you-than-solo-workouts-heres-why-149348?utm_source=aroundlas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01-20-2021-AroundLAS Congratulations Alison!
Congratulations to Nicole Hayes for being recognized with a Graduate Student Teaching Impact Award as part of the COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Awards Program. Well done, Nicole. We are proud and thankful to have such hard-working, committed graduate students!
Three graduate students in the department received LAS teaching and research awards. Vanessa Castillo and Lucia Cherup received Teaching Excellence Awards. Min Joo Joo received a Research Excellence Award. Well done! You can read the full awards list at this link.