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Psych Snippets
Information for Davidson Psychologists & Friends of Psychology
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The different track events/locations for each Thursday at common hour are located below: 
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A SNEAK PEEK AT NORTHWESTERN'S PSYCHOLOGY PHD PROGRAMS
Northwestern University's Psychology Department is hosting a program on Friday, June 3rd and Saturday, June 4th for undergraduates who are members of groups that are traditionally underrepresented in academia (including first-generation college students), and who are potentially interested in pursuing graduate study in psychology. Activities will include a workshop designed to help with the graduate school application process and opportunities to meet psychology department faculty members and graduate students to learn what graduate school is like and how they might fit into the various psychology graduate programs (e.g., clinical, social, cognitive neuroscience, etc.). Travel and accommodation costs associated with participation will be covered, and the application process will be fast and free ( applications are due by April 14th @ 5 pm). For more information, please see the program website http://www.psychology.northwestern.edu/diversity/sneak-peek.html
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- Students working with faculty on research, either as research assistants or collaboratively as research fellows, are eligible to apply for summer housing grants. Students must be doing research on campus for a minimum of six (6) weeks and paying rent either on or off campus. Students who live at home or in other rent-free arrangements are not eligible to apply. Factors considered in grantmaking include number of applications (as grant dollars are limited), financial need as confirmed by the Financial Aid Office, and length of time working on campus. Please note that students must be classified as Research Fellows or Research Assistants. Summer housing applications are due Friday, April 15 to Leslie Marsicano in Chambers 1202 (across from the Registrar's Office).
- Late applications may not be considered.
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Where: Campbell University
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 Emily Covert '16 has news: "After graduation, I will begin a research position with the Institute of Human Virology through the NIH IRTA program. I will be in Baltimore, MD, working at the University of Maryland School of Medicine where I will spend one to two years before hopefully attending medical school. This team has dozens of current projects, primarily involving HIV and Hepatitis B/C. I am so excited for the opportunity to further my research experience working in such an impactful biomedical field!"
Congratulations, Emily!
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Seniors--Please share your post-graduation plans as Akanksha did. We all wish to celebrate with you, and you are showing students in the classes behind yours examples of the exciting directions in which psychology majors go after graduation. Thanks for considering this request!
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The web site for the journal Science offers advice for reading articles:
Do YOU have tips that could help a student who is struggling to learn this skill? If so, send them to the PS editor for possible posting in a future PS issue.
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 - the debt trap
- Got debt? A look at solutions for students who face formidable loan repayments
- Datapoint: What are the postgraduate plans and salaries of recent recipients of psychology research doctorates?
- New insights on eating disorders
- Protecting human rights
- Humanitarian work psychology
- How did you get that job? Clinician and consultant for the NFL's substance abuse program
- Social psychologist Jean Maria Arrigo wins AAAS award for speaking out against psychologists' involvement in national security interrogations
- & more!
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APA Office of International Affairs
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APA Public Interest Directorate
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities
Thanks to Ms. Murdock for her graphic design skills
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APA's Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology) student representatives will be hosting a FREE student webinar entitled "So, You Want to be a Sport Psychology Practitioner?"
The webinar is on Wednesday April 20, 2016 from 1:30-2:30pm (EDT). This webinar is for undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing an interest in sport psychology.
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Dr. Sockol welcomes all to her PSY 231 feature film series | Sundays 6-9pm in Dana 146
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 The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) at Boston College is hosting it's 16th Annual Diversity Challenge Conference October 28-29, 2016. Diversity Challenge 2016: Race, Culture, and Educating our Youths: Developing Whole People Not Widgets October 28-29, 2016
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| Internship, Summer School, & Job Opportunities |
University of East Anglia's 2016 International Summer School course entitled "Psychological Research in Practice"
Our accredited course offers an intensive four week research experience. Students will learn about and use various experimental techniques such as eye-tracking, EEG, and motion-tracking in our state of the art laboratory facilities. The course focuses on developing an understanding of empirical research methods. Students bring together what they have learned during the course in a small research project. At the end of the course students will present their results in a conference-style poster session.
The University of East Anglia is a UK top 20 university. The campus is set in 320 acres of rolling parkland, two miles from the medieval city centre of Norwich. This course is part of our International Summer School program, which includes organised social programs. More information on our course can be found at our website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/psychology/internationalsummerschool
Thank you for taking the time to read this email. If you have questions or would like further information please do not hesitate to contact me,
Kind regards,
Dr Debra Griffiths
Module Convenor Psychological Research in Practice
School of Psychology
University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
Tel: 01603 591744
Email: Debra.Griffiths@uea.ac.uk | Web: www.uea.ac.uk
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Summer Research at Wake Forest University
I am the Behaviorist Program Coordinator at the Wake Forest Baptist Health Weight Management Center in Winston-Salem. I'm getting in touch because our program is looking for undergraduate psychology students who might be interested in a research experience this summer. My Director & I have a need for summer interns to commit 10-20 hours/week for research tasks (data entry, etc.). The position is unpaid, as we don't have a budget for stipend. However, we can offer a few perks to incentivize participation: potential for participation in larger (poster session) projects, potential gateway experience into graduate school, etc. We are aware that Davidson provides a rich array of opportunity for your students in this regard. We would like to add our program to your list of possibilities, & invite interested students, who are not already committed elsewhere, to join us this summer.
As your Spring semester winds down, please consider holding up the Wake Forest Baptist Health Weight Management Center as an avenue for research experience. If your students show interest, they may contact me using the information below.
Thank you in advance for your kind consideration,
Susannah S. Cecil, M.Ed., LPC, RYT-200
Behaviorist Program Coordinator, Weight Management Center
Medical Center Boulevard \ Winston-Salem, NC 27157
P 336.716.6099 \ f 336.713.0501
Scecil@wakehealth.edu \ WakeHealth.edu
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Preparing & Applying for Grad School in Psychology
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This series of 12 videos takes prospective graduate students step-by-step through the preparation, application, interview and admission processes. The presenters combine decades of advising experience and research findings with evidence-based and anxiety-reducing strategies for mastering each step. Each video is 20-25 min and there is a link for supplemental handouts. |
On This Day: 11 April 
1861 - An aphasic patient named Leborgne entered Paul Broca's surgical ward at the Bicêtre asylum. Leborgne was called "Tan" because, except for occasional curses, it was his only word. He died on April 17, giving Broca the opportunity to do the critical autopsy that resulted in identification of the language centers of the brain.
1915 - John I. Lacey was born. Lacey's research, with Beatrice C. Lacey, has integrated neurophysiological and psychophysiological events and theories. The relation between cardiovascular activity, attention, and sensorimotor activity has served as the proving ground of their theories. APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, 1976; Ameican Psychological Foundation Psychological Science Gold Medal, 1985.
1963 - George Sperling's article "A Model for Visual Memory Tasks" was published in Human Factors.
1966 - William Masters and Virginia Johnson's book Human Sexual Response was published. Masters and Johnson's research attracted widespread popular attention and had important effects on the practice of psychological counseling.
1990 - Eleanor E. Maccoby's article "Gender and Relationships: A Developmental Account" was published in the American Psychologist. The article was originally delivered as an APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award to the 1989 APA convention in New Orleans and was frequently cited by other authors after its publication.
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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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