Administrative Updates & Announcements
Students who
are looking for Research Assistant
positions for summer or fall have entered information about themselves, such as
interests, availability, courses taken, and GPA, in the Available RA
Database. If you are looking for an
undergraduate research assistant, you can request a copy of the database and
browse for someone with the right qualifications. Faculty and graduate students can request the
most recent updated version of the database from Mark Stellmack
(stell006@umn.edu).
Students who
are looking for Research Assistant
positions for summer or fall have entered information about themselves, such as
interests, availability, courses taken, and GPA, in the Available RA
Database. If you are looking for an
undergraduate research assistant, you can request a copy of the database and
browse for someone with the right qualifications. Faculty and graduate students can request the
most recent updated version of the database from Mark Stellmack
(stell006@umn.edu).
Awards & Accomplishments
Emeritus Professor Bruce Overmier is this year's winner of the D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. Bruce was selected from among seven nominees. Bruce will be presented with the award at the APA convention and will deliver the Hebb lecture. The meeting will be held in Toronto, Canada from August 6-9.
Here is more information about the award: The D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors a psychologist who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in behavioral neuroscience and/or comparative psychology. The candidate does not have to be a member of Division 6, but is expected to present the D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award Lecture at the 2015 APA Convention.
Congratulations to Bruce on this well-deserved honor!
Professor Pat Frazier has been selected to receive the Charlotte Striebel Equity Award from the University of Minnesota. The award "... annually recognizes a University of Minnesota faculty or staff member of any gender who goes above and beyond daily responsibilities to promote access for the common good, to undo bias and discrimination, or to build capacity for diverse and equitable campus communities" (this description is from the Women's Center website: https://diversity.umn.edu/
Professor Traci Mann was featured on ABCnews.com to discuss aspects of her new book “Secrets from the Eating Lab”. The video, titled “New Dieting Book Calls Will Power the Enemy”, highlights strategies from Traci’s book on successful healthy weight loss. The video can be found here.
Assistant Professor Moin Syed, who works in our Counseling Psychology area, has just been awarded an Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award for 2014-15. Moin received inspirational letters from his current and former students in support of his nomination for the award. We are enormously proud of his achievements as a teacher and mentor.
Graduate student Andrea Miller (Social Psychology program, advised by Gene Borgida and Chris Federico) has won the Burton Award for Legal Writing. This is a prestigious award that Andrea has received for a law review paper that brings social psychology to the area of family responsibility discrimination law. Details are below. Congratulations to Andrea on this achievement!
Department of Psychology Alumni member, Donald Eggerth (PhD '97), was awarded the Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in Counseling Health Psychology by Division 17 of the American Psychological Association. The Booz Black award is given to encourage and reward outstanding research and practice in counseling health psychology. Dr. Eggerth was nominated and awarded the Booz Black for his contributions in research and practice of counseling health psychology with a focus on health-related processes and outcomes.
Andrew Tix (PhD ’02), who is also Department of Psychology Alumni, was honored last spring with the “Distinguished Faculty Award” from the graduating students of Normandale Community College. This Spring, he was named an “Outstanding Educator” by the Minnesota State Colleges and University system in recognition of exceptional commitment to teaching, continuous professional development, and service to students, his college, profession, and system.
Emeritus Professor Bruce Overmier is this year's winner of the D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. Bruce was selected from among seven nominees. Bruce will be presented with the award at the APA convention and will deliver the Hebb lecture. The meeting will be held in Toronto, Canada from August 6-9.
Here is more information about the award: The D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors a psychologist who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in behavioral neuroscience and/or comparative psychology. The candidate does not have to be a member of Division 6, but is expected to present the D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award Lecture at the 2015 APA Convention.
Congratulations to Bruce on this well-deserved honor!
Professor Pat Frazier has been selected to receive the Charlotte Striebel Equity Award from the University of Minnesota. The award "... annually recognizes a University of Minnesota faculty or staff member of any gender who goes above and beyond daily responsibilities to promote access for the common good, to undo bias and discrimination, or to build capacity for diverse and equitable campus communities" (this description is from the Women's Center website: https://diversity.umn.edu/
Professor Traci Mann was featured on ABCnews.com to discuss aspects of her new book “Secrets from the Eating Lab”. The video, titled “New Dieting Book Calls Will Power the Enemy”, highlights strategies from Traci’s book on successful healthy weight loss. The video can be found here.
Assistant Professor Moin Syed, who works in our Counseling Psychology area, has just been awarded an Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award for 2014-15. Moin received inspirational letters from his current and former students in support of his nomination for the award. We are enormously proud of his achievements as a teacher and mentor.
Graduate student Andrea Miller (Social Psychology program, advised by Gene Borgida and Chris Federico) has won the Burton Award for Legal Writing. This is a prestigious award that Andrea has received for a law review paper that brings social psychology to the area of family responsibility discrimination law. Details are below. Congratulations to Andrea on this achievement!
Department of Psychology Alumni member, Donald Eggerth (PhD '97), was awarded the Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in Counseling Health Psychology by Division 17 of the American Psychological Association. The Booz Black award is given to encourage and reward outstanding research and practice in counseling health psychology. Dr. Eggerth was nominated and awarded the Booz Black for his contributions in research and practice of counseling health psychology with a focus on health-related processes and outcomes.
Andrew Tix (PhD ’02), who is also Department of Psychology Alumni, was honored last spring with the “Distinguished Faculty Award” from the graduating students of Normandale Community College. This Spring, he was named an “Outstanding Educator” by the Minnesota State Colleges and University system in recognition of exceptional commitment to teaching, continuous professional development, and service to students, his college, profession, and system.
