Administrative Updates & Announcements
Psychology Undergraduate Advising is pleased to welcome another new staff member for Spring Semester 2015! Tessa Loeffler, a sophomore psychology major, will be joining our team as a Student Office Assistant.
There will be a temporary change in administration within the Department of Psychology. Effective immediately, Jonathan Gewirtz will assume the position of Director of Graduate Studies. Jonathan will hold this position through the Spring 2015 semester while Gordon Legge is on a single semester leave. Please direct any questions to Jonathan or to Robin Peterson.
Are you looking for an undergraduate student to assist you with your research? Do you want to quickly identify a student with the background and skills that you need? Then request a copy of the Available Undergraduate Research Assistant List! Students who are looking for Research Assistant positions have provided their interests, GPA, completed coursework, and contact information, all of which has been compiled in the convenient and popular "spreadsheet" format. The list has been completely updated following the fall, 2014 semester and currently contains information from 39 students. To request a copy of the list, please contact Mark Stellmack, stell006@umn.edu.
There will be a temporary change in administration within the Department of Psychology. Effective immediately, Jonathan Gewirtz will assume the position of Director of Graduate Studies. Jonathan will hold this position through the Spring 2015 semester while Gordon Legge is on a single semester leave. Please direct any questions to Jonathan or to Robin Peterson.
Are you looking for an undergraduate student to assist you with your research? Do you want to quickly identify a student with the background and skills that you need? Then request a copy of the Available Undergraduate Research Assistant List! Students who are looking for Research Assistant positions have provided their interests, GPA, completed coursework, and contact information, all of which has been compiled in the convenient and popular "spreadsheet" format. The list has been completely updated following the fall, 2014 semester and currently contains information from 39 students. To request a copy of the list, please contact Mark Stellmack, stell006@umn.edu.
Awards & Accomplishments
Professor Richard Lee was recently interviewed for an article titled "Instant Americans: What happens when transnational adoptees learn about race?" in TalkingPointsMemo.
Professor Gordon Legge has been selected to receive the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research. Helen Keller Laureates are selected by an international panel of biomedical researchers and physicians. The Prize ceremony occurs at the annual convention of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in May.
Professor Mark Snyder has been invited to be a featured speaker at the University of Minnesota's "Minne-College" in Naples, Florida on January 17th, 2015. The title of his presentation is "Who Gets Invoted and Why: The Psychology of Volunteerism".
Christopher Berry, who received his PhD in I/O Psychology in 2007, has been named the winner of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology's Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Science Award. Chris did his doctoral work under the direction of Paul Sackett, and is now an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at Indiana University.
Two of our senior staff members, Guillermo De Paz and Terry Klosterman, have received CLA Outstanding Service Awards for 2013-14.
Kristi Kay Logan
Advisor: Nathan Kuncel
Dissertation: Exploring the Construct Validity of Principal Ratings as a Measure of Teacher Performance Using Meta-Analysis.
Xiaoyan Qin
Advisors: Wilma Koutstaal and Stephen Engel
Dissertation: When Remembering and Perceiving Collide: The Effect of Visual Distraction on Long Term Memory Retrieval.
Professor Gordon Legge has been selected to receive the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research. Helen Keller Laureates are selected by an international panel of biomedical researchers and physicians. The Prize ceremony occurs at the annual convention of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in May.
Professor Mark Snyder has been invited to be a featured speaker at the University of Minnesota's "Minne-College" in Naples, Florida on January 17th, 2015. The title of his presentation is "Who Gets Invoted and Why: The Psychology of Volunteerism".
Christopher Berry, who received his PhD in I/O Psychology in 2007, has been named the winner of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology's Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Science Award. Chris did his doctoral work under the direction of Paul Sackett, and is now an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at Indiana University.
Two of our senior staff members, Guillermo De Paz and Terry Klosterman, have received CLA Outstanding Service Awards for 2013-14.
Graduated
Congratulations to our December 2014 Ph. D graduates!
Kristi Kay Logan
Advisor: Nathan Kuncel
Dissertation: Exploring the Construct Validity of Principal Ratings as a Measure of Teacher Performance Using Meta-Analysis.
Xiaoyan Qin
Advisors: Wilma Koutstaal and Stephen Engel
Dissertation: When Remembering and Perceiving Collide: The Effect of Visual Distraction on Long Term Memory Retrieval.
Upcoming Events
Friday, May 8, 2015
4-6pm at the Campus Club,
Coffman Memorial Union
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the annual recognition celebration for psychology undergraduate students. This annual event recognizes our outstanding undergraduate achievements and graduating seniors. Those recognized will include:
Spring 2015 Degree Applicants
Mortensen Scholarship & Award recipients
Donald G. Paterson Scholarship Award
Select CLA, University and National Scholarship recipients
Outstanding achievement in the Major Project: The Sharon Borine Award
Sharon Borine Thesis Award
2014-15 UROP recipients
Donor Awards for Psychology Undergraduate Engagement recipients
2014-15 Psi Chi Inductees
Please forward any questions to Holly Hatch-Surisook hhatch@umn.edu.
RSVP instructions will be distributed later this Spring term via email.
Thank you for your support of our undergraduate students!
