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Please join us in congratulating Andrew Gepty on his publication in press at Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Gepty, A. A., Hamilton, J. L., Abramson, L. Y., & Alloy, L. B. (in press). The combination of living in high crime neighborhoods and high rumination predicts depressive symptoms among adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Great job, Andrew!
Congratulations to Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student, Andrew Barnett and colleagues on a forthcoming article that has been accepted for publication in the American Psychologist. Co-authors include current program students Ben Parchem & Veronica Pinho, Applied Social Psychology Ph.D. alumna Ana Maria del Rio-Gonzalez, Clinical Psychology Ph.D. alumae Rodrigo Aguayo-Romero & Nadine Nakamura, Clinical Psychology faculty Maria Cecilia Zea and Sarah Calabrese, and Applied Social Psychology faculty Paul Poppen.
The article will be published as a part of a special issue that will focus on the science and history of sexual orientation and gender diversity. Full reference:
Barnett, A.P., del Rio-Gonzalez, A.M., Parchem, B., Pinho, V., Aguayo-Romero, R., Nakamura, N., Calabrese, S.K., Poppen, P.J., and Zea, M.C. (in press). Content Analysis of Psychological Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People of Color in the United States: 1969–2018. American Psychologist.
Congratulations on this great team effort!
Congratulations on these recent fellowships awarded to Psychology folks!
Psychology major, Melissa Baker, has been awarded a Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowship. She will work with faculty mentor, Dr. Mimi Le on a project titled, "The Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels & Postpartum Depression Symptoms at 6 Weeks Postpartum".
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student, Sanam (Sammy) Dhaliwal, has been awarded a George Washington University Summer Dissertation Fellowship for her project, "The Role of Sleep Disruption in the Onset of Perinatal Depression" Sammy's faculty mentor is Dr. Mimi Le.
Applied Social Psychology Ph.D. student, Steffi Renninger, has been awarded a George Washington University Summer Dissertation Fellowship for her project, "Adaptive and Maladaptive Responses to Weight Loss Failure among Middle-Aged Men: The Potential Moderating Role of Achievement Goals." Her faculty mentor is Dr. Tonya Dodge.
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Patrick Cox, received an Early Career Travel Grant to attend the upcoming Vision Sciences Society meeting in St. Petersburg, FL in May. Patrick works with Dr. Steve Mitroff.
Sanam (Sammy) Dhaliwal and Maria Cimporescu, who were awarded Richard Walk Dissertation Fellowships! Sammy’s research mentor is Dr. Mimi Le, and her project is entitled “The Role of Sleep Disturbance in the Onset of Perinatal Depression”. Maria’s mentor is Dr. George Howe, and her project is “Stress Appraisal of Anticipatory Stressors Related to the Transition Out of College”
We wish all of them the best in these endeavors!
