Undergraduate Research Grant Winners
Eleven undergraduate Psi Chi members are recipients of Psi Chi Research Grants for Fall 2008. This grant program provides funds for Psi Chi members to defray the cost of conducting a research project. The Fall 2008-09 winners, along with their schools, research advisors, and project titles, are listed below.
Fall 2008
- Anna Beninger, Claremont McKenna College (CA)
Dr. Diane F. Halpern (research advisor)
“Ask For It: The Impact of Self-Esteem, Situational Characterization, and Gender on the Propensity to Initiate Negotiation”
- Paul Charles Condon, Gonzaga University (WA)
Dr. Anna Marie Medina (research advisor)
“Does Language Infl uence Perception of Emotion? Evidence From Novice, Bilingual and Native English Speakers”
- Janel Hodge, Edinboro University (PA)
Dr. Peter McLaughlin (research advisor)
“Cannabinergic-Cholinergic Interactions on Time Estimation and Episodic Memory in the Peak Procedure”
- Jennifer Huffman, Baldwin-Wallace College (OH)
Dr. Andrew Mickley (research advisor)
“Enriched Environments Reverses Defi cits Caused by Prenatal Corticosterone Exposure”
- Kelly N. McWhorter, Southwestern University (TX)
Dr. Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus (research advisor)
“The Effects of Presentation Rate on Memory, Creativity, and Ego-Depletion”
- Erica Masi, Saint Michael’s College (VT)
Dr. Melissa Vanderkaay Tomasulo (research advisor)
“The Impact of Different Types of Friendship Support During Psychosocial Stress on Cardiac Reactivity and Salivary Cortisol Levels”
- Adam M. P. Miller, Providence College (RI)
Dr. Jennifer Van Reet (research advisor)
“An Investigation Into the Role of Learning in Mate Preferences”
- Jessica Schubert, Pennsylvania State University–Erie
Dr. Dawn Blasko (research advisor)
“Effects of Anxiety and Working Memory on Schema-Based Object Recognitio
- Jessica Stephan, Monmouth University (NJ)
Dr. Gary Lewandowski (research advisor)
“Call Me: The Influence of Ego Depletion on Relationship Initiation”
- Andrew W. Walker, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Dr. Rick Bevins (research advisor)
“Training Nicotine as a Negative Feature Results in Retarded Acquisition of a Nicotine-Evoked Conditioned Response in an Appetitive Pavlovian Conditioning Task in Rats”
2007-08 (28)
2006-07 (16)
2005-06 (10)
2004-05 (26)
2003-04 (31)
2002-03 (12)
2001-02 (17)
2000-01 (22)
1999-00 (16)
1998-99 (24)
1997-98 (10)