2006-2007 Winners

Undergraduate Research Awards

Last year up to eight awards were available to Psi Chi undergraduate members submitting the best research papers for presentation during the Psi Chi paper/poster sessions at the APA and APS national conventions. Four awards of $300 each were awarded for members presenting at APA, and two awards of $300 each were awarded for presentations at APS.

2007 APA Convention Award Winners

• Donald Nathanson, Georgetown University (DC)
  Childhood Pet Attachment and Anxiety in College Students
  
• Kristena M. Kons, Weber State University (UT)
  Controlled Exposure to Light Therapy on Melatonin Suppression and Fatigue
  
• Christopher M. Boeding, University of Central Missouri
  Distinguishing Between Scientific and Nonscientific Psychology Books
  
• Guadalupe Espinoza, San Diego State University (CA)
  Patriarchal Beliefs and Parenting Factors in Relation to Teen Relationship Violence in Mexican Adolescents
  

2007 APS Convention Award Winners

• Leila Ostad-Hashemi, Rutgers University New Brunswick (NJ)
  Examining the Modulation of the Serotonin Transporter by Interleukin-4
  
• Elizabeth Wieland, Alma College (MI)
  Music-Dependent Memory: The Effect of Key on Memory Recall

Graduate Research Awards

In 2006-07 up to eight awards were available to Psi Chi graduate members submitting the best research papers for presentation during the Psi Chi paper/poster sessions at the APA and APS national conventions. Two awards of $500 each were awarded for members presenting at APA.

2007 APA Convention Award Winners

• Nick J. Richardson, St Ambrose University (IA)
  Undergraduate Student Research Experiences: Are All Research Experiences Rated Equally?
• Stephanie S. Smolinski, Pepperdine University, GSEP (CA)
  Out of Touch: Touch’s Role in Development, Healing, Culture, and Psychotherapy
  

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