NEW YORK CITY – The Radford University Department of Psychology was well represented at the 90th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association conference held in New York City, February 28 – March 2.
Five faculty members, six graduate students and three undergraduates presented their research on a wide range of topics.
Dr. Jenessa Steele and two of her graduate students, Lesli Taylor and Amanda Chappell, presented their research regarding the development of a Disrespect Sensitivity Scale. In a separate session, Amanda Chappell presented the results from her thesis examining gender differences in sensitivity to disrespect.
Under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Pierce, undergraduates Katelynn LaCombe and Nicole Ray and graduate students Lauren Buynack and Kelsey Frank presented data from a study examining time series analyses of sequential time estimates.
Buynack presented research from Dr. Pam Jackson’s lab on dietary supplementation during cannabinoid exposure in adolescent rats. Additionally, undergraduate Deanna Cashel presented the results from her Honor’s Capstone Project examining anxiety in adult rats following adolescent exposure to synthetic marijuana.
Graduate students Hanna Hatfield and Kelsey Frank, in collaboration with Drs. Jeff Aspelmeier and Ann Elliott, presented their results on the validation of an Adolescent Girls’ Resilience Scale in a college sample.
With the assistance of graduate student Celie McKinley, Radford University also hosted a booth where we provided information and recruited students for our master’s programs in experimental psychology and industrial-organizational psychology, as well as for our Ed.S. in the School Psychology and our Psy.D. in counseling psychology.
This was also a wonderful opportunity for our graduate and undergraduate students to network with faculty and students from other universities.
And to top off the fun and excitement of attending a professional conference, students and faculty also experienced a variety of New York City cultural events including attending the Broadway play “Wicked,” a comedy club, ice skating in Rockefeller Center, and enjoying some wonderful meals!
Funding for these projects came from a variety of Radford University sources, including the Office of Undergraduate Research, Graduate Studies and Research, the Department of Psychology, the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences and the Eleanor Kemp Fund through the Center for Gender Studies.
—Dr. Ann Elliott, Radford University
