Psychology

Kauyumari Sanchez published article

Kauyumari Sanchez, PhD published the article Cross-modal matching of monosyllabic and bisyllabic items varying in phonotactic probability and lexicality in Frontiers in Language Sciences, 4, 1488399.

A new transgenic zebrafish line made in psychology lab

Professors Ethan Gahtan (Psychology) and John Steele (Biology) along with students from psychology, biology, and chemistry developed a new transgenic zebrafish line in the Behavioral Neuroscience Research Lab. This development was first described in 2022 in the Journal of Comparative Neurology.

Matias Solorzano receives McCrone Graduate Fellowship Award

Matias Solorzano, a graduate student in Academic Research in the Psychology Department was awarded the McCrone Graduate Fellowship Award in recognition of his research in neurodivergence in academia.

Dr. Gaffney & Benny Anjewierden Publish a paper

Dr. Amber Gaffney along with alumni and current lecturer Benny Anjewierden and several other alumni published a paper in Groups Processes and Intergroup Relations. This paper details major theory and methodological developments in a social identity model of social influence.

Dr Frank DeMatteo & School Psychology Masters Program Receives $2 Million in Grant Funding

Dr. Frank DeMatteo, School Psychology Program Coordinator, received $2 million in Grant Funding (two grants).

Kathleen Brewer, Dr. Mary Gruber, Psychology

Kathleen Brewer (M.A., 2013) and Dr.

Student Alumna Kathleen Brewer and Faculty Emerita Dr. Mary Gruber

Student Alumna Kathleen Brewer and Faculty Emerita Dr.

Chris Aberson Publishes Article in Journal of Open Source Software

Chris Aberson published “BetterReg: An R Package for Useful Regression Statistics” in the Journal of Open Source Software (https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.04280).

Chris Aberson and Amber Gaffney co-chair the Western Psychological Association Annunal Convention Program

Chris Aberson and Amber Gaffney served as co-chairs of the Western Psychological Association’s (WPA) 2022 Conference. The conference theme was Diversity, Equity, and Sustainability. At WPA, seven faculty and 37 students authored presentations.