Psychology

Faculty from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Psychology Present at CUR Virtual Biennial Conference
July 1, 2020
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Faculty from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Psychology presented their CUR Transformations Project work at the CUR Virtual Biennial Conference 2020, June 29-July 1.
Three faculty from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry presented at the conference. … Find Out More
Glidden Receives Presidential Award from AAIDD
June 26, 2020
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Distinguished Professor of Psychology (Emerita) Laraine Glidden has received the Presidential Award from the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Recognizing outstanding contributions to the field and record of scholarship, the awarding language described Glidden's… Find Out More
Professor Williams and Alumna Published in Psychotherapy
June 1, 2020
Dr. Libby Nutt Williams
Professor of Psychology Libby Nutt Williams recently published an article in the journal Psychotherapy with alumna Emily Morgan ’17. The article, “A Qualitative Study of Psychotherapists’ In-Session Tears,” which is based on Morgan’s SMP examines the impact of therapists’ crying during counseling… Find Out More
Professor Williams Published in “Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved”
March 5, 2020
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Elizabeth Nutt Williams, professor of psychology, has a book chapter in the recently published “Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved: Challenges and Strategies” (Oxford University Press) by Jeffrey Zimmerman, Jeffrey E. Barnett, and Linda F. Campbell.

 

The book examines the challenging… Find Out More
Ikizler Quoted in Monitor on Psychology
January 22, 2020
Dr. Ayse Ikizler pictured
In January 2020, Assistant Professor of Psychology Ayse Ikizler was quoted in the "Monitor on Psychology" in an article on the AMENA-Psy (American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association) organization of which she is co-founder and president.
AMENA-Psy aims to expand and… Find Out More
Open Discussion Scheduled to Address Connection Between Poverty and Mental Illness
January 13, 2020
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The St. Mary’s County Health Department and St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s anthropology, environmental studies, psychology, and sociology departments will jointly host an open discussion focusing on the connection between poverty and mental illness.  This event is scheduled for Monday, February 3… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Freedman Published in Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology
December 5, 2019
Gili Freedman published
Gili Freedman, assistant professor of psychology, has recently been published in Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology titled, “Does engaging in social rejection heighten or diminish social processing?”

 

According to the article, engaging in social rejection can lead to feeling both… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College Students, Faculty, and Alumni Present at Society for Neuroscience
November 19, 2019
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St. Mary’s College students, faculty, and alumni recently presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Alumna Brooke Steinhoff ’19 presented her joint St. Mary’s Project (completed with alumna Katie Robey ’19) “Antidepressant Efficacy of L-655,708 Following Infusions into… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College Gives Invited Plenary at Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations Project Yearly Meeting
October 16, 2019
Director of the Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning Samantha Elliott, and members of the two departments involved in the CUR-TP Project, including psychology: Professor Aileen Bailey (co-lead), Assistant Professor James Mantell (co-lead), Assistant Professor Torry Dennis, Assistant Professor Gina Fernandez, and chemistry/biochemistry: Associate Professor Kelly Neiles (co-lead), Assistant Professor Geoffrey Bowers, and Assistant Professor Daniel Chase pictured
The Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations Project (CUR-TP) held its third yearly meeting, Oct. 4 - 6, at which meeting participants continued their work on integrating undergraduate research experiences throughout the curriculum. Attending the meeting on behalf of St. Mary’s College of… Find Out More
Asst. Prof. Howansky Published in “Social Psychological and Personality Science”
October 3, 2019
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Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky was recently published in the journal “Social Psychological and Personality Science.”

 

With “Seeing Gender: Perceptual Representations of Transgender Individuals," Howansky uses novel paradigms (i.e., facial morphing, avatar generation), to… Find Out More
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