Meliksah Demir, Ph.D., Nora Dunbar, Ph.D., and former NAU student Shelby Burton authored the article Professor-Student Rapport and Perceived Autonomy Support as Predictor of Course and Student Outcomes in the January edition of Teaching of Psychology, the American Psychological Association’s flagship journal for educators in the field. One of the conclusions resulting from their research was that “providing professors with opportunity to enhance rapport and autonomy may improve student success.” Ms. Burton is now a fourth-year doctorate student in… Read more
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Fieldwork in Human Resources (PSY 409) Information
Information on the exciting Fieldwork in Human Resources (PSY 409) course is now available on the department’s website. Please view the web page regarding the course for more information.
New Opportunity for Undergraduate Research in Psychology
The Northern Arizona University’s Department of Psychological Sciences will be offering an APA Summer Undergraduate Psychology Research Experience (SUPRE). This paid 8-week program provides talented undergraduates who have little or no prior laboratory experience with the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of how scientific research is conducted.
Visit the program announcement for more information on this exciting program.
Cynthia Ortiz Accepted to Doctoral Program
Cynthia Ortiz graduated in December, 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Sciences, a minor in Spanish, and as a part of the Honors College. She was recognized as an Outstanding Senior in her last semester at NAU and was a member of the Vaping and Novel Substance Use Research Group under the direction of Sumner Sydeman, Ph.D. for several years before graduating.
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Colton Rippey Accepted to Doctoral Program
Colton received a BS in Psychological Sciences from Northern Arizona University in 2018 and will be entering the University of Kentucky’s Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology track) in the fall of 2019. Colton is interested in researching the psychophysiological effects of affective states, primarily disgust, and how they can lead to downstream… Read more
Mallory Kroeck Receives the Vicki Green Psychological Sciences Thesis Award
The Vicki Green Psychological Sciences Thesis award provides funding for graduate students in the Department of Psychological Science to assist with expenses to conduct their research. To be eligible for the award the student must have successfully completed their thesis proposal and obtained IRB approval.
This year, the department selected a candidate with a remarkable list of accomplishments and a thesis project of particularly high integrity: Mallory Kroeck. Mallory has a uniquely rich background. Before coming to NAU she led… Read more