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August 17, 2015
Paid Research Position for 2015-16
Dear Psych students,

Are you looking for research experience during the academic year 2015-2016? 
 
Dr. Leyva is looking to hire a research assistant to work in her grant this academic year 2015-2016. This is a salaried job and you will be financially compensated as stipulated by the College's rates. Below are requirements:
  • Availability: 10 hours of work per week during the semester (12 weeks). You must have either Mon, Wed, or Fri available (8am-12pm) as the data collection will be during these days/times. 
  • Language: You must be proficient in Spanish (speaking, reading), as you will be working with Latino kindergarten children and their families.
  • Transportation: You must have a car, as the data collection and family meetings will be in elementary schools located in the Charlotte area.
If you're interested in this position, please send your CV and a brief statement about why you are interested in this position to dileyva@davidson.edu. This position will be open until filled.  Feel free to contact me should you have questions about this position.
 
Thanks,
Dr. Leyva
Resiliency & Health Lab Update
Dr. Stutts '05 (Medical Humanities) reports:

My 8 summer students (2 from Davidson, 2 from Duke, 2 from Furman, and 2 from JCSU) successfully presented symposia presentations at The Duke Endowment Research Conference, which was an all-day event held on Thursday, July 23rd with over 50 attendees: The Duke Endowment staff and trustees, Dean of Students and student life practitioners from all 4 schools (present from Davidson: Dean Shandley, Dean Bray, Trish Murray, and Georgia Ringle), multiple researchers from each school (present from Davidson: Lauren Stutts and Cole Barton), and project staff.   The students' group and individual presentations were so scientific, professional, and engaging that one Duke faculty member jokingly suggested that they teach major researchers how to present at a national conference!
 
Photo courtesy of Dr. Stutts
 
Here are the Davidson presentation citations with the psych majors starred:
 
Simmons, G.,* George, M., Stutts, L. A., Althoff, M., Behrens, B.,* Guinn, V., Jones-Pool, M., King, M., Lawson, S., Smith, K., & Smith, M.* (2015, July). Bouncing forward: Examining stress and resiliency in first-year college students. Symposia Presentation at The Duke Endowment Research Conference, Charlotte, NC.
 
Behrens, B.*, Simmons, G.,*, & Stutts, L. A. (2015, July). Treat yo self: Examining self-compassion, self-regulation, and resilience over the first year of college. Symposia Presentation at The Duke Endowment Research Conference, Charlotte, NC.
 
Smith, M.,*, Simmons, G.*, & Stutts, L. A. (2015, July). Optimizing optimism: Positive thinking, loneliness, and resiliency in first-year college students. Symposia Presentation at The Duke Endowment Research Conference, Charlotte, NC.
 
Grace Lee Simmons ('15, Honors, Workman Award Winner) was one of my lab managers over the summer and was a fantastic resource for my students. She has accepted a highly competitive research assistant position at UNC-Chapel Hill working with Dr. David Penn, a previous winner of the Beckman award (given only to 10 professors annually in the U.S. for mentorship). Join me in congratulating Grace Lee!
 
Congratulations to all, and thanks to Dr. Stutts for sharing!
Recent Publication & Presentations

Tonidandel, S. & King, E. (2015). SIOP Program 2016: Anaheim. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 53(1), 161.

Tonidandel, S. (2015). Data Mining and Big Data for Inductive-Deductive Research Process. Paper presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science. New York, NY.

Tonidandel, S. (2015). Opportunities and challenges for industrial-organizational psychology at undergraduate-focused and other small/medium-sized educational institutions. Panel presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science. New York, NY.

Tonidandel, S. (2015). Dealing with lots of measurements in a Big Data world: An introduction to random projections. Paper presented at the 75th annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Conference Opportunities

National Conference on Undergraduate Research:  April 7-9, 2016

  • Student Abstract Submission and Application Deadline: 02 December 2015
  • Follow link above for more details 

 

 

 

 

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The July/August 2015 issue of the Observer includes:

From the APA Science Directorate:

 
From the APA Science Government Relations Office:
Interesting...

  

Jon Stewart's Top 10 Science Moments on The Daily Show [video]

 

Flashbulb memories?

Survivor of the Nagasaki Atom Bomb Describes His Experience

Survivor of the Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb Recalls the Bombing and its aftermath

 

A Second da Vinci Smile Has Been Discovered

 

Nail Biting May Arise from Perfectionism

 

Design Professors Create Sensory Clothing for Children with Autism

 

 
On This Day: 17 August

 
1886 - The doctoral dissertation of Harry Kirke Wolfe was approved by Wilhelm Wundt and others at the University of Leipzig. Wolfe was the second American, after Cattell, to earn a degree under Wundt. His dissertation topic was memory for tones. Wolfe returned to the United States, where he founded the psychology program at the University of Nebraska.
 
1943 - Clark Hull's book Principles of Behavior was published. Hull explained his hypothetico-deductive theory of behavior and provided supportive evidence in that book.
 
1950 - The U.S. State Department established a National Psychological Strategy Board to coordinate its propaganda and psychological warfare efforts in the "cold war" with the Soviet Union.
 
1991 - The first APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology was presented to Otto Klineberg at the APA convention in San Francisco.

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