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Welcome to the Website for UE's Psychology Department

 

Psychology offers five career-oriented specializations:  Pre-Clinical Psychology, Pre-Clinical Social Work, Forensic Psychology/Pre-Law, Industrial Psychology/Business, and Behavioral Neuroscience/Pre-Med.   Psychology also directs the Neuroscience major and collaborates with the Cognitive Science major for a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS).

We’re Moving to Hyde Hall Second Floor in late July!

-- growing by replacing the Business School in newly renovated offices --

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

This year, Psychology’s 29 seniors scored at 97th percentile rank on the Major Field Test in Psychology, again achieving our goal to be in the top 5% of psychology departments.  So far, members of this class have been admitted to graduate programs at Wisconsin, Michigan State, Tennessee, Indianapolis, IUPUI, and Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.

 

2008-2009 FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

 

DR. MARGARET STEVENSON

Dr. Stevenson published three major research reports in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, and Law and Psychology Review.  In addition, she published a chapter in Child Victims, Child Offenders: Psychology and Law.  She is a peer reviewer for the journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology, and she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Forensic Psychology. 

Dr. Stevenson published a commentary in the APA Child Maltreatment Newsletter with a UE student as co-author.  She also presented papers at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychology and Law Society.  She had four additional poster presentations at four different society meetings, all mainstream, and one with four UE students as co-authors.  She served as a conference reviewer for the APA. 

Dr. Stevenson and a student were awarded a UExplore Grant for $725, and Dr. Stevenson was awarded an ART grant for $1,900.00.  In addition, she and four student research assistants were awarded an external grant of $300 by the Midwestern Psychological Association and Psi Chi.

Dr. Stevenson won the American Psychology and Law Society’s (APA Division 41) 2008 First-Place Dissertation Award.

Dr. Stevenson was the subject of several local newspaper articles.

 

DR. ELIZABETH HENNON

Dr. Hennon published a major research report in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.  In addition, she was a peer reviewer for six journals:  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Psychology, Child Development, American Journal on Mental Retardation, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, and Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research. 

Dr. Hennon and UE students presented papers at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research and the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference.  She and her students were awarded UExplore Grants for $11,125.

Dr. Hennon won the University of Evansville’s 2008 Berger Award for Scholarship.

Dr. Hennon was interviewed on several local television programs, and her research was featured on ABC national television.

 

DR. LORA BECKER

Dr. Becker and five UE students presented a research report at the annual meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society concerning the developmental effects of prenatal photestrogen exposure.  She and her students were awarded three UExplore Grants that totaled $2,340 for other research projects concerning the effects of oral contraceptives, amphetamines, and distorted vision.

Dr. Becker has been featured in the local news.  She is also active in community affairs as a board member and officer of the AIDS Resource Group.

 

DR. MARK KOPTA

Dr. Kopta and two UE students presented a paper concerning mass murders at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

Dr. Kopta is director of the CelestHealth Research Group that examines the effects of psychiatric medication and psychotherapy.  CHRG has two research centers—one at Marquette University and the other at University of Trier, Germany—and several research sites including Harvard University Health Services, Johns Hopkins University Counseling Center, University of Minnesota Counseling and Consulting Services, and U.S. Air Force primary medical centers.  Three UE students assist in this research project.

Dr. Kopta presented invited seminars to the Harvard University Health Services clinical staff.   Both focused on his research on assessment of treatment outcomes.

Dr. Kopta is a peer reviewer for Psychotherapy Research.

Dr. Kopta was interviewed by ABC national radio, and his work concerning mass murders was featured on both national and local radio and television news programs.  He is also active in community affairs as a board member of Southwestern Indiana Mental Health Center. 

 

 

Best Senior Thesis of 2009 !

            Kaley Parker (2009). The effects of sensory integration and other treatments on children with autism.  Senior thesis, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana.

2009 Senior Send-Off 010

Kaley Parker presented

Best Senior Thesis award by Dr. Lakey

 

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