http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/ en Copyright 2009 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:27:20 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 5803=Awards|5466=Faculty News| Dear Psychology Community, More good news about Nathan Kuncel. He has been awarded the Cattell Early Career Research Award from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. He will give the Cattell Award address at the Society's 2010 meeting in Atlanta next September. More information about the award can be found at: http://www.smep.org/awards/cattell-award Congratulations to Nathan on this recognition of his accomplishments! -Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/10/nathan_kuncel_wins_cattell_ear.html 199855 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:27:20 +0000 Dear Faculty Colleagues, Tom Brothen has been a faculty colleague on campus for many years, and has worked closely with us in Psychology for the past three years. It's my pleasure and privilege to tell you that Tom is now a full faculty member in Psychology. Please join me in welcoming Tom to our faculty! -Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/10/tom_brothen_now_full_faculty_m.html 197570 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:40:14 +0000 It's my pleasure to let you know that Brian Connelly (Psychology PhD '08 in I/O Psychology, Advisor: Deniz S. Ones) is the winner of the 2009 Tanaka Award for best dissertation from the Association for Research in Personality. This is a highly competitive award, previously won in 2008 by Kristian Markon (MN Psychology PhD '07 in Clinical, Advisor: Robert Krueger) and in 2007 by PIB faculty member Colin DeYoung. Congratulations to Brian, and his advisor Deniz! We can certainly be proud of the continuing accomplishments of our Ph.D.'s. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/06/brian_connelly_wins_dissertati.html 184178 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:00 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, Clelia Anna Mannino, a graduate student in our social psychology program, is one of 20 students nationally to receive a Fulbright Full Grant to Italy. Her dissertation will investigate how Italy’s changing cultural climate is shaping and redefining conceptions of community, and how this complex process links to identity and nationalism. Mannino received a bachelor's in psychology and Italian from Mount Holyoke College in 2004. We all congratulate Ms. Mannino for winning this prestigious fellowship. -Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/05/clelia_anna_mannino_receives_f.html 180763 Mon, 18 May 2009 21:54:07 +0000 Dear Psychology colleagues, It's a pleasure for me to tell you that Stephan Dilchert, one of our recent Ph.D's, has been awarded the Graduate School's Best Dissertation Award 2009 in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Here are a few details: Advisor: Deniz Ones Thesis title: Measurement and Prediction of Creativity at Work Date of defense: July 31, 2008 Stephan is now an Assistant Professor of Management, Baruch College (City University of New York) Stephan recently received another award; a paper that he wrote in 2007 while a student at the Department of Psychology has just won the "James C. Johnson Student Paper Award" of the International Personnel Assessment Council. The paper is titled “Assessment Center Dimensions: Individual Differences Correlates and Meta-Analytic Incremental Validity.” This is a very competitive award in I/O Psychology. We all take pride in Stephan's accomplishments, as we do with all our Ph.D.'s. -Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/05/stephan_dilchert_awarded_grad.html 179936 Mon, 11 May 2009 18:55:46 +0000 Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating the winners of the CSPR area's Research Day Poster Fair. Posters were judged in two categories: Graduate and Undergraduate/Post-Baccalaureate. The Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award winner is Justin Jobelius, who is mentored by Chris Patrick. The title of his poster was Reduced P300 amplitude in criminal psychopathy is related to factor 2 of the PCL-R: Evidence from a simulated gambling task. The Best Graduate Student Poster Award winner is Daniel Goldman, who is mentored by Bruce Cuthbert. Daniel presented two posters: RSVP, Please: Randomized Valence in Rapid Serial Visual Presentation of Emotional Pictures and Quick Pics: Blocked vs. Randomized Valence in Sustained Emotional Picture Presentation. We wish Justin and Daniel the best of luck with their future endeavors. Thanks to those of you who participated in this and other aspects of Research Day. We hope to see you again next year! Regards, Monica Luciana Director, T32 Training Program on Neurobehavioral Aspects of Personality and Psychopathology http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/05/dan_goldman_justin_jobelius_cs.html 179255 Tue, 05 May 2009 15:26:02 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, Our faculty continue to distinguish themselves nationally and internationally. Congratulations to Niels Waller and Deniz Ones! --Gordon Niels Waller: Niels will be the Keynote Speaker at the upcoming 2010 European Conference on Personality (20-24 July) organized by European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP). The conference takes place in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. Deniz Ones: Deniz writes: “I was honored with two competitive awards at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the American Psychological Association). First, one of my poster presentations (co-authored with a 2008 Minnesota graduate) was singled out, based on high ratings from referees, for the ‘Featured Top Posters’ special presentation at the conference. Our submission was one of 28 (out of a total of 879) recognized in this way. Also, current IO graduate students Winny Shen and Adam Beatty (co-author: Professor Sackett) received the same award for a paper that was completed for the meta-analysis doctoral seminar I taught last year. Second, our research project “Developing a Taxonomy of Green Behaviors at Work,” conducted in collaboration between Professor Deniz Ones (U of MN), Professor Stephan Dilchert ( Baruch College , City University of New York) and Dr. Andy Biga (Procter and Gamble), was honored with a highly sought, competitive SIOP grant award for scientist-practitioner collaborations. As part of this research, we are establishing indicators of environmentally conscious behaviors among employees, managers, and senior leaders, with special emphasis on those behaviors that support green performance in the workforces of innovative organizations. The overarching goal of this project is the development of a comprehensive taxonomy of environmentally friendly (and destructive) behaviors and their prediction from an individual worker’s perspective. “ http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/04/kudos_to_niels_waller_and_deni.html 176109 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:23:57 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, Bill Iacono was recently awarded a prestigious NIH MERIT award. This award is testimony to the very high esteem in which Bill's research is held by the research community. We all congratulate Bill on this splendid recognition. NIH describes the MERIT award as follows: "The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognizes researchers who have demonstrated superior competence and outstanding productivity in research endeavors by the highly selective award, the MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award. MERIT Awards provide long-term support to investigators with impressive records of scientific achievement in research areas of special importance or promise. Less than 5 percent of NIH-funded investigators are selected to receive MERIT Awards. Initiated in 1987, the MERIT Award program extends funding to experienced researchers who have superior grants and who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to and success in research. The principal feature of the program is the opportunity for such investigators to gain up to ten years of grant support. The MERIT Awards are intended to provide such investigators with long-term, stable support to foster their continued creativity and spare them some of the administrative burdens associated with frequent preparation and submission of research grant applications." -Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/03/bill_iacono_awarded_prestigiou.html 172243 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:51:26 +0000 Dear Colleagues, Congratulations to Bruce Overmier for receiving another important honor. Please see the details below. --Gordon Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology (American Psychological Foundation Award coordinated by Division 1) The 2009 Arthur W. Staats Lecture will honor Bruce Overmier, University of Minnesota, for his integrative approach to research. This work spans specialties of learning, memory, stress, and psychosomatic disorders (and their biological substrates) and with both animal (fish, birds, mammals) and human client volunteers (with Down's Syndrome, Korsakoff's Syndrome, or Alzheimer's Disease). Dr. Overmier will present the Staats Lecture at the American Psychological Association Convention in Toronto. The General Psychologist, Volume 43, No.2-Fall, 2008, page 11 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/02/bruce_overmier_honored_by_arth.html 164643 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:13:58 +0000 Dear Colleagues, It's a pleasure for me to announce that Nathan Kuncel has been appointed Dunnette Chair in Psychology, effective Fall 2009. This appointment honors the memory of our distinguished faculty colleague Marvin Dunnette. The Chair includes funds to support Nathan's ongoing research. Join me in congratulating Nathan for this splendid recognition! --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/01/nathan_kuncel_appointed_dunnet.html 163937 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:12:21 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, I'm delighted to tell you that Andrew Oxenham has won the 2009 National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award. Andrew was cited "For profound and rigorous contributions to our understanding of the relationship between auditory perception and its underlying physiological mechanisms." This is among the most prestigious awards for researchers in the general area of experimental psychology. You can read more at: http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_troland We all congratulate Andrew on this wonderful recognition! --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2009/01/andrew_oxenham_wins_natl_acad.html 163920 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:39:34 +0000 Congratulations to Administrator Guillermo De Paz. He received a 2008 Outstanding Service Award for his exemplary commitment and hard work for the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Psychology. Presentation of the award took place at the Dean's Employee Recognition Reception on Monday, December 1, 2008 in Memorial Hall at the McNamara Alumni Center. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/12/guillermo_de_paz_wins_outstand.html 160425 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:53:28 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, I'm delighted to tell you that Yuhong Jiang has been awarded a McKnight Presidential Fellowship. This 3-year award from the University of Minnesota recognizes exceptional accomplishments by newly tenured faculty members. According to the award letter: “This program is targeted specifically to the most promising faculty granted tenure and promotion to associate professor. Funding was available to make five faculty selections based on this year’s promotion and tenure dossiers. The McKnight Presidential Fellow Award recognizes your accomplishments and supports your ongoing research and scholarship. Selection criteria include an identification by internal and external reviewers as leaders in their field; potential to build programs that will be in the top tier internationally; ability to advance University priorities; and growing national or international reputation as evidenced by record of scholarship, publications, external funding, invited presentations and symposia addresses, significant awards, or other evidence of recognition for research and scholarship.�? This award brings added distinction to the Department and is marvelous recognition for Yuhong’s many accomplishments. We all congratulate her on this splendid honor! --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/12/yuhong_jiang_awarded_mcknight.html 159450 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:27:01 +0000 Dear Colleagues, Bruce Overmier has been elected to the board of a major international organization for science. The International Council of Science ('ICSU', see www.ICSU.org) is an organization of 29 International Unions of Science and 114 National Academies of Science or Ministries of Science. It organizes multi-discipline international programs in science. In October, Bruce Overmier was elected to the Executive Board; the Executive Board is composed of 6 officers and 8 ordinary members. Bruce is the only “social scientist�? on the Board. Nobel Prize winning chemist, Yuan Lee was elected President- Elect at the same meeting. We congratulate Bruce on election to this important post and thank him for his international work on behalf of science (including social science.) -Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/11/bruce_overmier_elected_to_icsu.html 156381 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:25:11 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Bill Iacono has won another major award. He is the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award from SSCP (Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, http://www.bsos.umd.edu/sscp/.) Past winners from our department are Irv Gottesman, Paul Meehl and Norm Garmezy. Congratulations to Bill for this recognition and for bringing further distinction to our Department. -Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/11/bill_iacono_receives_2009_sscp.html 156379 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:24:32 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, Zhicheng Lin, a grad student in our Cognitive and Biological (CAB) program, has won a prestigious Early Researcher Award from APA. He is the recipient in the Basic Science category for 2008. Our congratulations to Zhicheng for this splendid recognition. --Gordon -------- Award Winners Announced by Amy Pitta The APA Science Student Council (APASSC) established the Early Researcher Award in 2004 to recognize students who have demonstrated outstanding research ability early in their graduate careers. In 2008, the APASSC presented two $1,000 awards - one each for applied and basic science - to the following recipients: Faith Brozovich received an Early Researcher Award in Applied Science for her paper entitled Post-Event Processing: Self-Evaluation of Performance in Social Anxiety. A third-year doctoral student at Temple University, Brozovich's research focuses on cognitive biases in anxiety disorders, specifically the role of post-event processing in maintaining social anxiety through memory and interpretation biases. As Brozovich explains, "socially anxious individuals play these interactions over in their heads in a maladaptive way, reconstructing them over time so that their memories for these events become more and more negative." Upon completion of her clinical graduate work, she would like to obtain a faculty position at a university and continue this line of research. She plans to use the award funds to travel to several conferences this year. Zhicheng Lin, a second-year doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, received an Early Researcher Award for Basic Science. His paper, entitled Binding and Attentional Selection in Face Recognition, reflects his curiosity over how the brain allows us to interpret visual input. Lin describes his research as aiming to "blur the borders between vision, cognition, and emotion…to better understand how the brain enables us to make sense of sensory inputs and select behaviorally relevant information to guide adaptive decision making." Lin would like to use the award funds to help promote his research, including such activities as mailing preprints and giving talks. He plans to become a professor at a research university upon graduation. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/11/zhicheng_lin_wins_apa_early_re.html 156376 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:20:30 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, I am delighted to tell you that the Society of Vocational Psychology presented Jo-Ida Hansen with their Lifetime Achievement Award (their highest honor). Jo-Ida is only the fourth recipient of this prestigious award. John Holland (MN PhD, 1952) was the first recipient. The tradition of excellence continues. Congratulations to Jo-Ida for this wonderful recognition of her accomplishments. Best, --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/08/joida_hansen_presented_with_li.html 139669 5803 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:46:34 +0000 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to tell you that Josh McDermott has been selected to receive the University of Minnesota Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award for 2008-09. The Award recognizes postdoctoral scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research, scholarship and/or creative activities on a national or international level and acknowledges scholars who have made optimal use of the postdoctoral appointment by actively pursuing opportunities and resources to enhance their intellectual and professional development. Josh has been working on auditory perception with Andrew Oxenham and lab colleagues. He has been studying mid-level audition, including source separation, texture perception, and the psychoacoustic basis of music. Congratulations to Josh! This award to Josh is a timely reminder of the excellence of postdocs in the Psychology department and the critical roles they play in many of our research programs. Best, --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/07/josh_mcdermott_selected_to_rec.html 137067 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:24:59 +0000 I am happy to report that Irv Gottesman has received the Alexander Gralnick Investigator Prize from the American Psychological Foundation of APA. The Gralnick Prize is given biennially to “exceptional individuals working in the area of serious mental illness". It comes with a $20,000 research stipend. Irv will accept the award at the upcoming APA convention, where he will also be giving an invited plenary address. Irv received his Ph.D. from and is currently a Senior Fellow in our Department. Please join me in congratulating Irv on receiving this prestigious award. Gordon Legge http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/07/irv_gottesman_awarded_gralnick.html 134328 5803 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:08:19 +0000 The winner of SPSSI's (The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) Applied Social Issues Internship Award for the 2008 competition is Mark Snyder. The Kurt Lewin Memorial Award is presented annually to honor "outstanding contributions to the development and integration of psychological research and social action." As this year's recipient of the award, Dr. Snyder has accomplished these goals in every way. The 2008 Award Committee consisted of Dr. Brenda Major, University of California, Santa Barbara (Chair); Dr. Daphne Bugental, University of California, Santa Barbara; Dr. Jack Dovidio, Yale University; and Dr. Louis Penner, Hudson-Webber Cancer Research Center. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/07/mark_snyder_wins_2008_kurt_lew.html 134275 5803 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:07:11 +0000 Congratulations go to Professor Rich Lee who was elected as a Fellow of the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA) this year. Additionally, he was selected to receive the Okura Community Leadership Award which is given to an individual who “demonstrates outstanding community service and/or leadership that benefits the Asian American community.�? This is great recognition for Rich's contributions. Best, --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/07/prof_rich_lee_honored.html 134042 5466 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:08:46 +0000 The Asian American Studies Department is pleased to announce that Department of Psychology professor Rich Lee has received the Asian American Psychological Association's prestigious K. Patrick Okura Award for community service and leadership. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/07/professor_rich_lee_received_k.html 133993 5803 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:06:40 +0000 Clinical Science doctoral student Lindsay Nelson was chosen by peer review as a 2008 Student Grant Competition Winner. The Student Caucus of the Association for Psychological Science presents awards for research each year. There were four winners of this award, and winning students were given the opportunity to present their research in a session at the 20th Annual APS Convention in May in Chicago. Have a look at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/apssc/awards/grant_2008.cfm for information about Lindsay's research. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/06/aps_research_award_to_lindsay.html 130908 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:42:00 +0000 Dear Psychology Colleagues, Bruce Overmier has a truly honorific summer ahead of him. He is scheduled to receive TWO honorary doctorates. Congratulations Bruce! On June 18, the University of Montreal will confer an honorary doctorate on Bruce. He will deliver remarks at the university convocation. On August 29, the University of Bergen (Norway) will confer an honorary degree on Bruce, doctor honoris causa. The award letter reads “ … particular emphasis was placed on your central role in psychological research within fields such as learning studies, memory, stress and psychosomatics, your important contributions to research politics, as well as your long term and valuable cooperation with the University of Bergen.�? We all take great pride in this splendid international recognition of Bruce’s wide ranging contributions to psychological science. --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/05/bruce_overmier_to_receive_two.html 128775 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:11:03 +0000 Dear Colleagues, Please join us in congratulating Magdalena Wojtcazk and Christophe Micheyl. Magdalena and Christophe are Research Associates in the Department. Both were approved this week to use the working title of Research Assistant Professor. We are very proud of their records of accomplishment! Sincerely, Monica Luciana and Gordon Legge Chair's Office http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/05/magdalena_wojtcazk_and_christo.html 127602 Thu, 08 May 2008 17:12:37 +0000 It's a pleasure for me to tell you that John Campbell is a recipient of the 2008 University-wide award for Outstanding Directors of Graduate Studies. Most of us in Psychology already know of John's enormous contributions over the years to the quality and vitality of our graduate program. It's certainly fitting that the University has now recognized John for this crucial contribution. Please join me in congratulating John for this splendid recognition. --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/05/professor_john_campbell_wins_o.html 126721 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:58:18 +0000 Psychology department chair, Gordon Legge will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) on June 1, 2008. Conferral by the Board of Trustees will take place at the commencement ceremonies for the State College of Optometry. This is a high honor given to a select few. As the degree criteria states, “the eminence of the person must be widely recognized by the leaders of the field, which the person may represent.�? Please join us in congratulating Gordon for this extraordinary honor. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/03/legge_to_receive_honorary_doct.html 118671 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:39:16 +0000 I'm delighted to tell you that Holly Hatch-Surisook has won a 2007-08 John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising. This is a highly competitive, university-wide award. Please join me in congratulating Holly on this splendid recognition for "...sustained and substantial contributions to undergraduate education at the University of Minnesota ..." As most of you know, Holly has played the key role in building our academic advising program. We have a program in which we can take great pride, thanks to Holly's creativity, hard work and commitment. Just think about how many Psychology students have benefited from Holly's advice, and from the input they have received from our excellent advising staff. We all take pride in this wonderful recognition of Holly's contributions to our department and university. --Gordon http://blog.lib.umn.edu/psy/psychair/2008/03/holly_hatchsurisook_has_won_a.html 118034 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:10:40 +0000