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2007-08 Graduate Research Grant Winners

Four Psi Chi members are recipients of Fall 2007-08 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grants and nine are recipients of Spring 2007-08 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grants. This grant program, which was launched in 2006, provides funds for Psi Chi members to defray the cost of conducting a research project. The 2007-08 Graduate Research Grant winners, along with their schools, research advisors, and project titles, are listed below (in alphabetical order):

Fall 2007

• Abby Kyser, Cleveland State University (OH)
  Dr. Sherry Ball (research advisor)
  “Combined Pharmacotherapy and Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitation and Recovery of Function  Following Prefrontal Cortex Controlled Cortical Impact in Rats”

• Jennifer E. Murray, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Dr. Rick A. Bevins (research advisor)
  “Can Nicotine Compete With a Light for Control of Behavior?”

• Aesha Ohelo, Pepperdine University (CA)
  Dr. Michael Tredinnick (research advisor)
  “The Relation Between Self-Concept, Unity, and Psychological Well-being Among Second Life Virtual World Residents”

• Jessica M. Salerno, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Dr. Bette Bottoms (research advisor)
  “Can Jurors Identify Junk Science? Effects of Need for Cognition and Legal Safeguards on Jurors' Decisions”

   

Spring 2008

• Kelly E. Buckholdt, The University of Memphis (TN)
  Dr. Gilbert Parra (research advisor)
  "Emotion-Related Family Processes: Examination of the Relation Between Parent Characteristics, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Outcomes”

• Robyn L. Fielder, Syracuse University (NY)
  Dr. Michael Carey (research advisor)
  "Mental Health Consequences of Sexual Hookups’ Among Female College Freshmen: A Longitudinal Study"

• Lisa E. Hasel, Iowa State University
  Dr. Gary Wells (research advisor)
  "Cross-Race Face Recall: Reducing Own-Race Bias Through the Creation of Facial Composites"

• Jessica Keyser, Temple University (PA)
  Dr. Lauren Alloy (research advisor)
  "A Prospective Investigation of the Relation Between Emotion Awareness and Disordered Eating: Moderating and Mediating Factors"

• Katherine A. Lingras, University of Minnesota
  Dr. Nicki Crick (research advisor)
  "An Electronic Daily Diary Study of Adolescents’ Experiences With Relational Aggression"

• Maria Antonia Rodriguez, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology (NY)
  Dr. Sonia Suchday (research advisor)
  "The Correlation Between Acculturation Status and Cardiovascular Health"

• Jennifer C. Veilleux, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Dr. Jon Kassel (research advisor)
  "Inducing Specific Positive Emotions: The Effects of Mental Imagery Versus Verbal Thought”

• Matthew J. Zawadzki, Pennsylvania State University
  Dr. Stephanie Shields (research advisor)
  "Examining the Relationship Between Touch, Levels of Arousal, and Desire to Affiliate"

• Jonathan Zombeck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  Dr. Justin Rhodes (research advisor)
  "Involvement of D2 Receptor in Reduced Locomotor Stimulation to Cocaine in Adolescent Versus Adult C57BL/6J Mice"