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Recent Student Research

Most renowned psychology programs offer few opportunities for undergraduates to conduct research with faculty. Not so at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½! 

We encourage all of our students to engage in research. In fact, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ pyschology students present and publish with faculty at a much higher rate than national norms. In the 2023-2024 academic year, for instance, 23 former and current ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ students coauthored conference presentations (resulting in 11 conference presentations) and 7 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ students coauthored journal articles/book chapters.

Our students gain psychology research experience through four avenues. They can:

  • Volunteer their time as a research assistant without academic credit.
  • Participate in the Faculty/Student Research Program, a university-wide program, for transcript recognition.
  • Enroll in Undergraduate Research in Psychology (PSYC 493), which provides both academic credit and transcript recognition. 
  • Conduct research and write a thesis as part of the Honors Program.
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Below are recent conference presentations and journal articles co-authored by our students. Their names are designated with an asterisk (*).

2024 Presentation & Articles (through May 2024)

  • Betancourt, A., *Carrera, C., & *Bull, M. (2024). Who said what to who: Understanding microaggressions using the Peer-Authority Microaggression Scale. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference: Philadelphia.
  • *Burke, J., Karpiak, C., Voltzow, J., Mulhall, D., & Muir, S. (2024, February). Belonging, self-efficacy, and retention in STEM in economically marginalized students. Poster presented at the 2024 Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association: Philadelphia.
  • *Dang, M. K., *Jamieson, G. J., *Charneski, A. C., & Norcross, J. C. (2024, February). Personal statements: What APA accredited programs request. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association: Philadelphia.
  • Hopkins, E. J., & *Nessel, E., (2024, March). Transmission of gender stereotypes through play. Poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society: Pasadena.
  • *Jamieson, G., *Nagle, C., *Carrera, C., & Karpiak, C. (2024, February). Observer perceptions of microaggressions: A comparison of two qualitative approaches. Poster presented at the 2024 Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association: Philadelphia.
  • *Koegler, E., & Hopkins, E. J. (2024, March). Does the familiarity of religious events affect possibility judgments? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association: Philadelphia.
  • Nolan, J., *Jamieson, G., *Bobko, A., *Stanczak, O., *Hacker, C., *Trautfetter, E., *Bock, E., & *Basalyga, O. (2024, February). Validation of the Short Environmental Action Scale (SEAS). Poster presented at the 2024 Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association: Philadelphia.
  • Norcross, J. C., *Dang, M. K., *Jamieson, G. J., & *Charneski, A. S. (2024). Personal statement requirements and application fees for graduate school in clinical and counseling psychology: What’s it gonna take? Eye on Psi Chi, 28(4), 30 -32. .
  • Reynolds, J.J., Estrada-Reynolds, V.C., *Stanczak, O., *Trautfetter, E., *Rocha, M. (2024, March). Does Being Guilty Cause Police Avoidance? Poster presented at Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference: Philadelphia.
  • *Stanczak, O., *Williams, M., Reynolds, J.J. (2024, March). Predicting perceptions of the justification of officer-involved shootings using decision trees. Poster presented at Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference: Philadelphia,
  • *Trautfetter, E. S., & Warker, J. A. (2024, March). The effect of event type on false memory in a misinformation task. Poster presented at the. Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference: Philadelphia.
  • Vento, E., *Stauffer, E., *Lona, E., Betancourt, A., & McDermut, W. (2024, March). Family Environment Adjective List: Factor analysis of a new 6-item scale. Poster presentation at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference: Philadelphia.
  • Warker, J. A., *Czerwinski, E., *Dang, M. K., *Fick, E., & *Jones, M. (2024, March). Getting the punch line: Effects of verbal working memory on joke comprehension. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference: Philadelphia.
  • *Trautfetter, E. S., & Warker, J. A. (2024, March). The effect of event type on false memory in a misinformation task. Poster presented at the. Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference: Philadelphia.
  • Vento, E., *Stauffer, E., *Lona, E., Betancourt, A., & McDermut, W. (2024, March). Family Environment Adjective List: Factor analysis of a new 6-item scale. Poster presentation at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference: Philadelphia.
  • Warker, J. A., *Czerwinski, E., *Dang, M. K., *Fick, E., & *Jones, M. (2024, March). Getting the punch line: Effects of verbal working memory on joke comprehension. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference: Philadelphia.

2023 Presentation & Articles

  • *Carrera, C.J. & Karpiak, C.P. (2023, August). Student perceptions of microaggressions by authorities and peers. Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association: Washington, DC. (virtual)
  • *Chrysler, A. A., *Rocha, M. N, & Norcross, J. C. (2023, March). American psychologists conducting psychotherapy in 2022. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.
  • Karpiak, C.P., *Rocha, M., *Rebolledo, L., & *Cook, D. (2023, June). ‘No-Shows’ and Outcome in Community-Based Treatment with Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research: Dublin.
  • *Nessel, E., & Hopkins, E. J. (2023, March). Transmission of gender stereotypes from parent to child through play. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association: Boston, MA.
  • Nolan, J. M., *Bobko, A. (2023, February). Extraversion: A double-edged personality trait in pro-environmental behavior. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Norcross, J. C., & *Carachilo, C. B. (2023). Integrative psychotherapy. In H. S. Friedman & C. Markey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of mental health (3rd ed.). Elsevier.
  • Norcross, J. C., *Rocha, M. N., & *Chrysler, A. A. (2023). Psychologists conducting psychotherapy in 2022: Contemporary practices and historical patterns of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy.
  • Norcross, J. C., Sayette, M. A., & *Burke, J. D. (2023). Obtaining letters of recommendation for graduate school. Eye on Psi Chi, 28(1). doi.org/10.24839/2164-9812.Eye28.1.24
  • Norcross, J. C., Sayette, M. A., & *Charneski, A. S. (2023). Gap year before graduate school: Pros, cons, and unknowns. Eye on Psi Chi, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.24839/2164-9812.Eye28.2.24
  • Orr, P.T., *George, J.V., *Wislotsky, A.A., *Carachilo, C. (2023). High-fat diet produces glucose intolerance, but not memory impairment, in C57Bl/6 mice. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program #PSTR374.11.
  • *Rocha, M. N., & Norcross, J. C. (2023, March). 20 years of career development seminar in psychology: What worked and what didn’t. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.
  • *Stanczak, O., Reynolds, J. J., & *Trautfetter, E. (March, 2023). Examining juror opinions between felons and non-felons. American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • *Trautfetter, E., Reynolds, J. J., & *Stanczak, O. (March, 2023). The impact of an empathy manipulation on the perception of juvenile false confessions. American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.

2022 Presentation & Articles

  • *Carachilo, C., *Goldschlager, J., & Norcross, J. C. (2022, March). Post-pandemic changes in doctoral psychology admissions: The fate of GREs and interviews. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York.
  • *Carrera, C., *McDonnell, C., Gadaire, D., *Dunleavy, E., & *Gilberti, H. (2022, May). Applying the Good Behavior Game to increase engagement in virtual programming. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Applied Behavior Analysis International, Boston, MA.
  • Conroy, J. C., Stamm, K. E., *Pfund, R. A., Christidis, P., Hailstorks, R., & Norcross, J. C. (2022). Career assistance from psychology programs and career services: Who is preparing psychology students? Teaching of Psychology, 49, 144-152.
  • *Dawid, P. & Karpiak, C. P. (2022, March). Predicting treatment stigma using attitudes associated with self-reliance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association,. New York.
  • *Diaz, K., & Nolan, J. M. (2022, March). Crisis at the southern border. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York.
  • *Goldschlager, J., *Carachilo, C., Norcross, J. C., & Sayette, M. A. (2022, March). Student race, gender, nationality, and LGBT ally groups in doctoral psychology programs. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York.
  • Hopkins, E. J., & *Cook, D. M. (2022, April). The effect of gender norms and division of labor on parent play styles. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, St. Louis, MO.
  • *Lenway, A. & Karpiak, C. P. (2022, March). An investigation into retention of underrepresented students in STEM majors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York.
  • *Marshall, S., Warker, J. A., TIan, Y., & Fischer-Baum, S. (2022, March). Investigating the relationship between speech errors and inhibition. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association. New York. 
  • Norcross, J. C., *Cook, D. M., & Fuertes, J. N. (2022). Patient readiness to change: What we know about their stages and processes of change. In J. N. Fuertes (Ed.), The other side of psychotherapy: Understanding clients’ experiences and contributions in treatment. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

2021 Presentation & Articles

Academic year 2020-2021 presentations were limited due to COVID-19
  • Nolan, J. M., *Basalyga, O., *Bock C., *Hacker, C., Grettano, T. & Schumacher Cohen, J. (2021, March). Reflective structured dialogue reduces political prejudice. Poster presented at the 2021 annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association.  
  • *Cook, D. M., *Goldschlager, J. R., & Norcross, J. C. (2021, March). What has COVID-19 wrought? Its impact on clinical psychology programs. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, virtual conference.
  • Burnham, B. R., *Zeide, J., & *Long, E. (2021). Pitch direction on the perception of major and minor tonal modes. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 83(1), 399-414. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02198-6.
  • *Pfund, R. A., Hailstorks, R., Stamm, K. E., Christidis, P., Conroy, J. C., & Norcross, J. C. (2021). Careers in psychology course: Prevalence, structure, and timing. Teaching of Psychology, 48, 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628320959950

2020 Presentation & Articles

Academic year 2019-2020 presentations were limited due to COVID-19
  • Cannon, J. T., *Patel, M. U., & Marshall, S. A. (2020). Comparing the facial landmarks of famous people with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder to control using logistic regression and neural network. Poster presented at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Brain and Behavior Conference, The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, March 7, 2020.
  • Coviello, C.*, Coviello, K.*, Long, E.*, Golden, J.*, Wolff, C., Karpiak, C., & Goldschlager, J.* (2020, June). PCIT in a community treatment setting: Early engagement and patterns of change. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Virtual.
  • Kemp, G. N., *Mitnick, M. M., & *Adams, T. N. (2020, March). Parental depressive symptoms and economic stressors: Moderating effect of Afrocentric worldview. Poster accepted for presentation at the 125th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
  • Nolan, J. M., *Bock, C., *Basalyga, O., *DiSanto, N., & *Hacker, C. (2020, March) Content Analysis of 1,000+ Proenvironmental Behavior (PEB) Articles. 2020 Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association. [Poster submitted and accepted but not presented in person due to COVID19.]
  • *Bock, C. & Nolan, J. M. (2020, March). Tire Pressure Field Experiment Testing the Effectiveness of Acknowledgment of Resistance. 2020 Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association. [Poster submitted and accepted but not presented in person due to COVID19.
  • Norcross, J. C., Sayette, M. A., & *Martin-Wagar, C. A.*(2020). Doctoral training in counseling psychology: Analyses of 20-year trends, differences across the practice-research continuum, and comparisons with clinical psychology. Training and Education in Professional Psychology.
  • Norcross, J. C., & *Phillips, C. M. (2020). Psychologist self-care during the pandemic: Now more than ever. Journal of Health Service Psychology. 10.1007/s42843-020-00010-5
  • *Ziede, J. S., & Norcross, J. C. (2020). Personal therapy and self-care in the making of psychologists.  Journal of Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2020.1757596
  • *Ziede, J. S., Norcross, J. C., & Sayette, M. A. (2020, March). Pre-admission interview policies of APA-accredited programs: You will be interviewed!  Poster accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. (Conference cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.)      

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