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Psych Snippets
Information for Davidson Psychologists & Friends of Psychology
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This Week's Opportunities
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Vann Center for Ethics Forum
Current Controversies at the Intersection of Law and Bioethics*
by Dr. Lawrence Nelson, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Santa Clara University
Wednesday, October 7, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
C. Shaw Smith 900 Room, Alvarez College Union
*Funded in part by a grant from the Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation, in support of an ongoing Vann Center lecture series on Ethics in Professional Life. Cosponsored by students in the Bioethics and Pre-Law societies.
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Get tickets for Wearn Lecture
The Wearn Lecture takes place on Monday, November 2 at 7pm in Tyler-Tallman Hall. The 2015-16 Wearn Lecturer is Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. His talk is titled What Neurology Can Tell Us About the Human Mind. The lecture will illustrate how strange syndromes such as phantom limbs and synesthesia can give us fundamental insights into elusive questions about the mind, such as body image and creativity. Ramachandran is renowned for his work in neurology and perceptual psychology. He has been called the "Marco Polo of neuroscience" by Oxford's Richard Dawkins, and "The modern Paul Broca" by Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel. TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Tickets are free, but required, and are available at the ticket office in the Union, or online at www.davidson.edu/tickets. Tickets will be available to Davidson students, faculty, and staff starting Sep. 28 and are limited to two tickets per Davidson ID.
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Leder-Elder, S., Good, J. J., Afful, S. E., Keeley, J., & Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (Eds.). (2015). Introductory psychology teaching primer 2nd edition: A guide for new teachers of Psych 101. Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Div. 2). Retrieved from http://www.teachpsych.org/ebooks/intropsychprimer2. ISBN: 978-1-941804-39-1
Congratulations, Dr. Good!
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Dr. Good traveled to the University of Maine last week as the 2015 Stanley Sue Distinguished Diversity Speaker within the Clinical Psychology program. She gave a research talk entitled, Framing diversity: Emphasize similarity or embrace differences? Her visit was co-sponsored by the Univ. of Maine ADVANCE Rising Tide Center. These centers exist at major research universities around the country, funded by the National Science Foundation's ADVANCE program, which seeks to increase representation of women and minorities in STEM fields. Dr. Good gave a workshop for faculty and grad students associated with the Center, entitled, Facilitating climate change for female STEM faculty and students.
 While in Maine, Dr. Good caught up with Hannah Lawrence '12, who is currently in her 3r d year of the Clinical Psychology doctoral program. Hannah is specializing in Developmental Clinical, but is collaborating with faculty across the psychology department, working on several different projects. One project in particular is adapting Cyberball (a social exclusion manipulation) for use with preschool children.
Congratulations to Dr. Good on these prestigious invitations!
Photograph of Hannah Lawrence '12 and Dr. Good, respectively, courtesy of Dr. Good.
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Davidson College has been given free access to the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) webcast library because of Dr. Tonidandel's participation in their programs. The library contains over 100 recorded lectures on various topics. The complete list can be found here: https://razor.med.und.edu/carma/video. If you are interested in viewing any of these talks, please contact Dr. Tonidandel.
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Davidson in India - Fall 2015 with Dr. Munger
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Follow your fellow psychology students' adventures at the program's travel blog and two course blogs:
Best wishes to the group for safe travels and an enriching semester!
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Psychology-focused Study Abroad Spring 2016
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Meredith College is opening our Psychology-focused study abroad semester this Spring to qualified female undergraduates from other institutions. Students will live and study in Meredith's palazzo in Sansepolcro, Italy, a small Tuscan town about 1.5 hours from Florence.
Applications are due by November 1. Click here for more information.
Thanks to Dr. Barton (emeritus psy prof) for passing this along!
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from the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP, part of APA's Division 2, Society for Teaching of Psychology):
(Davidson's own professor of psychology emerita) Ruth Ault, Director of the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology is pleased to announce a new resource, Psychology Career Advice Videos (2015) by Kit Nast (Bishop State Community College). This 5-page resource describes how videos on the website www.drkit.org may be used to help students as they determine which careers and college degrees to pursue. The site is especially useful for high school, college, and graduate students in all majors, but especially in psychology. Teachers, professors, and parents may also find these resources to be useful as they assist their students or children. The resource is available at http://www.apadiv2.org/page-1603066 under the advising tab.
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Wake Forest University- Master of Arts in Education & Teaching License
WHO: Dr. Adam Friedman, Wake Forest University
WHAT: Master Teacher Fellows Program, a one-year graduate program to earn a Master's in Education & Teaching License
WHEN: Thursday, October 22nd during the Common Hour
WHERE: Multicultural Center Lobby, Knobloch Campus Center
Refreshments will be served.
Dr. Adam Friedman, Associate Professor of Education at Wake Forest University, will be coming to campus Thursday, October 22nd to talk about an exciting opportunity for Davidson students interested in teaching. Wake Forest University offers a one-year (13 month) graduate program for students interested in earning a Master of Arts in Education and teaching license simultaneously. Merit-based scholarships are available to qualified students. If you are interested in learning more about the program, rsvp to attend the information session on Oct. 22nd. For more information on the program, please click the following link.
--Thanks to Dr. Kelly (Educational Studies) for sharing!
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Vann Center for Ethics Forum
Ethics in Information Access
A panel featuring Library staff Cara Evanson, Kevin Smith, and Sarah Crissinger
Tuesday, October 20, 11:05 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. (Common Hour)
C. Shaw Smith 900 Room, Alvarez College Union
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Wearn Lecture
What Neurology Can Tell Us About the Human Mind
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, distinguished professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and adjunct professor of biology at the Salk Institute
Monday, November 02, 7:00pm
Tyler-Tallman Hall
Tickets are free, but required, and are available at the ticket office in the Union, or online at www.davidson.edu/tickets. Tickets will be available to Davidson students, faculty, and staff starting Monday, Sept. 28, and are limited to two tickets per Davidson ID
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Vann Center for Ethics Forum
Bioethics Fellowships at the Mayo Clinic
By Akanksha Das '16 and Max Feinstein '16
Tuesday, November 10, Common Hour (11:05 am)
Room 209, Alvarez College Union
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Psych Table Schedule
Special thanks to Ms. Murdock for her graphic design skills!
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The Psychology Department introduces PsychTable: An informal lunch chat with your favorite psychology professors.
The PsychTable fall schedule is below. Students are encouraged to use their meal plans to participate in these events. Locations may vary; stay tuned!
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North Carolina I/O Psychologists: Friday, October 23, 2015 from 9:00 - 2:30
- in Raleigh, NC at Red Hat Corporate (100 East Davie Street)
- will include a light breakfast & lunch for attendees
- morning session: Red Hat's innovative culture and work
- afternoon session: breakout sessions focusing on diversity and inclusion applied issues
Any student who is interested is invited to attend. Dr. Kello and Dr. Tonidandel often take students. Please let Dr. Tonidandel know if you are thinking about attending. Dr. Kello or Dr. Tonidandel may be able to provide transportation. Note - there is a small fee ($15) but lunch and drinks are included.
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NC Psychological Association Psychology Undergraduate Conference
November 14, 2015 - 10am - 4:30pm
- at NC Central University, Durham, NC
- Abstracts due via email to Carol Kulwicki by 16 October 2015
- Undergraduates from first-year through seniors are welcome
- Poster session will be noon - 1:30pm with set up after 10am
Thanks to Dr. Barton (emeritus Psy prof) for passing along the information!
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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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On This Day: 05 October
1713 - Denis Diderot was born. Diderot was a French empiricist and promoter of the scientific method. His Encyclopedie, one of the great works of the Enlightenment, contained an entry on psychology that disseminated the idea among educated people that behavior could be scientifically studied.
1978 - The first annual meeting of the National Hospice Organization was held in Washington, DC. The organization promotes home care services, including psychological counseling, to terminally ill persons and their families.
1992 - The first International Congress on Behaviorism and the Sciences of Behavior convened in Guadalajara. Fred S. Keller and William N. Schoenfeld were honorary presidents of the meeting.
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The mission of the Davidson College Psychology Department is to provide students with an outstanding education in all aspects of the science and practice of psychology. As committed teachers, researchers, practitioners, and advisers, we offer our students a rigorous curriculum of courses, research opportunities, and field experiences, combined with individualized mentoring. Thus are our students fully prepared to use their knowledge of psychology to flourish and to reach their highest level of professional attainment in their lives after Davidson. Critical to this mission, the department continuously works to maintain its standing as a nationally recognized center of psychological research and scholarship by supporting, encouraging, and facilitating the professional development of its faculty and staff. As psychologists who are dedicated to contributing to our discipline, we maintain a positive climate of collegiality, collaboration, high standards, and overall daily excellence within the department, from which our faculty as well as our students benefit both personally and professionally.
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