News from 2007

Dr. Lester Loschky, colleagues Dr. Amit Sethi and Dr. Daniel Simons, graduate student in CIS Tejaswi Pydimarri, and undergraduate students Daniel Ochs and Jeremy Corbeille published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance in December 2007.

Loschky, L.C., Sethi, A., Simons, D.J., Pydimari, T., Ochs, D., & Corbeille, J. (2007). The Importance of Information Localization in Scene Gist Recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33(6), 1431-1450.

Dr. Lester Loschky and colleague Gary Wolverton published in the journal ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications in December 2007.

Loschky, L.C. & Wolverton, G.S. (2007). How Late Can You Update Gaze-contingent Multi-resolutional Displays Without Detection? ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, 3(4):24, 1-10.

Dr. Donald Saucier and graduate students Sara Smith and Jessica McManus published in the Journal of Race and Policy, in November 2007.

Saucier, D. A., Smith, S. J., & McManus, J. L. (2007). The possible role of discrimination in the rescue response after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Race and Policy, 3 (1), 113-121.

Graduate students Neena Gopalan and Michael Smith and undergradate student Anthony Savastano presented at the PERK Conference, in November 2007.

Gopalan, N., Smith, M.R., Savastano, A. (2007). Does Work-Family Conflict Partially Mediate Between Emotional Labor and Possible Resultant Burnout?. 26th Annual PERK Conference, Wichita, Kansas.

David Gill passed his Ph.D. Oral Exam on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.   

                                 **Congratulations, David!! **

Kelley Watson passed her Ph.D. Oral Exam on Monday, November 12, 2007. 

                                 ** Congratulations Kelley!! **

Mitch Ricketts passed his Ph.D. Oral Exam on Friday, November 9, 2007.

                                 ** Congratulations, Mitch!! **

Graduate students Christopher Vowels and Jason Brunner spoke at the American Evaluation Association's annual meeting in November 2007.

Christopher Vowels and Jason Brunner gave an oral presentation, "Integrating Client Education with the Evaluation Process" at the American Evaluation Association's annual meeting in Baltimore, MD held Nov. 7-10, 2007. Financial support was provided by the Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation.

Graduate students Jason Brunner and Christopher Vowels served as co-authors on a technical report published through the Army Research Institute in July 2007.

Jason Brunner and Christopher Vowels served as co-authors on a technical report published through the Army Research Institute. Zbylut, M.L., Brunner, J.M., Vowels, C.L., & Kim, J.M. (2007, July). Case method instruction: 25 minutes of discussion can make a difference. (ARI Technical Report 1203). Arlington, VA: US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral & Social Sciences.

Report is available at:http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA472171

Dr. Gary Brase published an online article in the Jounal of Extension in August 2007.

Gary L. Brase, H.E. Stelzer (August 2007). Education and Persuasion in Extension Foresty:  Effects of Different Numerical INformation Formats, Vol 45, Number 4, Article Number 4FEA1.  Available online in the Journal of Extension.

Dr. Richard Harris published a chapter in the Handbook of Applied Cognition in 2007.

Richard J. Harris, R.J. Cady, and C.P. Barlett (2007).  Media.  In F.T. Durso (ed.), Handbook of Applied Cognition (2nd ed.)  Chichester UK:  John Wiley and Sons.

Dr. Richard Harris published in Aggressive Behavior in 2007.

Richard J. Harris, C.P. Barlett, and R. Baldassaro (2007).  Longer you play, the more hostile you feel:  Examination of first person shooter vido games and aggression during video game play.  Aggressive Behavior, Volume 33, pages 1-12, 2007.

Dr. Matthew Palmatier presented at the APA Convention in August, 2007.

Invited presentation (August 19th -- part of the APA Convention in San Francisco 8/17-8/20): Palmatier, M. I. Characterizing the complex reinforcing properties of nicotine using a novel model of self-administration. Early-Career Investigator Poster Session and Social Hour co-sponsored by NIDA, NIAAA, and APA's Divisions 28 & 50.

Dr. Matthew Palmatier published in Psychopharmacology in August, 2007.

Paper in press: Palmatier, M. I., Liu, X., Matteson, G. L., Caggiula, A. R., & Sved, A. F. (in press) Conditioned reinforcement in rats established with self-administered nicotine and enhanced by non-contingent nicotine. Psychopharmacology (online first, 8/6/07).

Dr. Mark Barnett

Mark Barnett wrote the section on "Moral Development" in the Encyclopedia of Social Psychology released by Sage Publications in August, 2007.

New Faculty

The Psychology Department is excited to welcome 3 new faculty members who will be arriving this summer: Dr. Gary Brase (Cognitive/Human Factors Division), Dr. Matthew Palmatier (Behavioral Neuroscience/Animal Learning Division), and Dr. Satoris Youngcourt (Industrial/Organizational Division)

Dr. Richard Harris presented at Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition in July 2007.

R.J. Harris and L.G. Cook, Autobiographical memory for watching movies
that made us uncomfortable: Where does the discomfort come from?

Presented at meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and
Cognition, Bates College, Lewiston ME, July 26, 2007.

Revolution Health

Dr. Mark Barnett was interviewed for an article on the socialization of compassion and empathy in young children to appear in the online magazine “Revolution Health."