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Psych Snippets
Information for Davidson Psychologists & Friends of Psychology
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Dr. Bill Stoops '00 is a Guest Editor for a Special Issue of the APA journal, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. The table of contents for the issue on The Past, Present, and Future of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse can be found here. He has also been named the next editor of that journal; see more about Dr. Stoops at this University of Kentucky story.
Congratulations, Bill!
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Yasmin Cruz '16 has completed an extensive update of the Life Stories at Davidson College web pages (formerly known as the Davidson Reminiscence Project). Yasmin was a student in the Life Stories seminar in the Fall of 2015. She spent the summer creating the new site organizational pages and updating the code, links, and audio/video formats to meet 2016 technology standards. Check out her hard work here.
Congratulations, Yasmin!
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Abbey Driscoll '16 writes, "I'll be working as a project coordinator on two autism treatment studies at Ohio State University in Columbus. My primary role will be to communicate with families and providers to organize appointments and materials, but I'll also be helping with recruitment, data management, and IRB requirements. The Psychiatry and Psychology departments at OSU are quite research-prolific, so new project coordinator positions come up all the time. I'd love to talk to any seniors who have questions or would be interested in a similar position!" You can reach her at abbeywdriscoll@gmail.com
Congratulations, Abbey!
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Dr. Sockol writes, "Here is another position that may be of interest to recent grads."
The Center for Understanding and Treating Anxiety at the Joint Doctoral Program of San Diego State University/University of California San Diego invites applications for two-year full-time paid research coordinator position beginning September, 2016. The Center specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders. The research coordinator will work on multiple NIMH-sponsored projects that examine a brief, computerized intervention for anxiety disorders and its effect on electroencephalogram (EEG). Therefore, we prefer research coordinators with training and experience in coordinating clinical research trials. Responsibilities will include: coordination of a translational research project, patient assessments, data entry, data analysis, consultation with patients and staff, and collaborative program building across the clinic. Applicants should possess excellent interpersonal skills. Qualifications include a MA/MS or BA/BS in psychology (Masters Degree preferred) or related field. More in-depth research interests in information processing bias and link to biological markers (EEG, fMRI) a plus. Applications received by August 10, 2016 are assured consideration. However, applications will be accepted until positions are filled. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Send letter of interest and CV including the names of three references to: Nader Amir, PhD, Director, The Center for Understanding and Treating Anxiety, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, 6386 Alvarado Court, Suite 301, San Diego, CA 92120-4913. Send email inquiries to namir@mail.sdsu.edu. The SDSU/UCSD are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employers. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the U.S.
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Public Interest Directorate
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Planning Ahead: Events & Opportunities
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 Second Annual Diversity Weekend at the University of Minnesota scheduled for October 12-14, 2016, on the Minneapolis campus. The costs of transportation and lodging will be covered for applicants selected to participate in this program. See this page for the application. The deadline for receipt of these materials is August 22nd, 2016 at 5 pm (CST). Applications will be reviewed over the next two weeks and selection notifications will be sent in early September. |
 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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Psi Chi Advice for Students Attending Conferences
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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: 01 August 
1744 - Jean Lamarck was born. Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired traits was an early brand of evolutionary theory that continues to intrigue biologists and psychologists.
1829 - Ivan M. Sechenov was born. Sechenov proposed that all mental processes and behavior operate as reflexes of the brain, arising through contiguous association. His reduction of cognitive processes to neural origins was farsighted but little known outside of his native Russia. Ivan Pavlov's thinking was influenced by Sechenov.
1918 - Frances K. Graham was born. Her test for brain damage, the Graham-Kendall Memory for Designs Test, and her studies of the orienting reflex, heart rate change, and reflexive blinking in infants are well-known. APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, 1990; American Psychological Society William James Fellow, 1990.
1952 - The final draft of the APA's first Ethical Standards of Psychologists was submitted to the APA Council of Representatives, who formally adopted it as policy the next day. Over 1,000 cases involving professional ethics were submitted by APA members in the process of generating this first code of ethics.
1958 - Allen Newell, Marvin E. Shaw, and Herbert A. Simon's article "Elements of a Theory of Human Problem Solving" was published in Psychological Review. The article was the first exposition of the information-processing approach in psychology.
1966 - Norman R. Draper and Harold Smith's book, Applied Regression Analysis, was published. By 1981, this book had been cited in over 2,760 other publications and was featured as a "citation classic" by the journal Current Contents.
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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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