Students present research at Red River Psychology Conference

Psychology students presented research at the 28th Annual Red River Psychology Conference, hosted by Concordia College. The following presentations were made: Madhuri Tiwari and Katie Johnson (with Dr. C. Malone) “Competing Sound and Spelling Information Produce Memory Blocks in Word Fragment Completion” Samantha Kallberg (with Dr. R. Bergstrom)”Appearance-related Social Norms: How the Thin-Ideal Impacts Opposite Sex Perceptions of Attractiveness”

Gerontology Student Awarded Scholarship from the MN Gerontological Society

Katherine Johanson, a junior majoring in Gerontology and Psychology, has been awarded the Gerald Bloedow Scholarship from the Minnesota Gerontological Society. In 1994, MGS established the Bloedow Scholarship fund to honor the lifelong contributions of Gerald Bloedow to the field of aging and to provide financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate students to further their education in gerontology. Johanson will […]

Psychology students to present research at Stanford

Three Psychology students have had their research abstracts accepted for a conference at Stanford University this spring. Kelsey Ihringer will present research on attachment and emotion discrimination; Madhuri Tiwari will present research on test anxiety; and Katherine Johanson will present research on perfectionism. These student research projects were mentored by Dr. Chris Malone and Dr. Lisa Nawrot in the Psychology […]

Psychology Department offers summer courses

The Psychology Department is offering the following new courses this summer: Psy 290 (Positive Psychology) and Psy 390 (Forensic Mental Health). In addition, the following will also be offered: Psy 463 (Abnormal Psychology), Psy 342 (Learning and Memory), Psy 220 (Social Behavior, this is a LASC 5 course), Psy 261 (Personality), Psy 323 (Industrial/Organizational Psychology), Psy 317 (Alcohol and Drug […]