Faculty and Staff News 2013 - 2014
Artist Tyree Guyton and Executive Director Jenenne Whitfield of the Heidelberg Project met with Dr. Dickson's doctoral seminar on Leadership and Executive Development on Jan. 29th. They shared about the challenges of leading a large, mostly volunteer organization, and about the core values that drive their work at the Heidelberg Project. It was a vibrant Q&A time, with questions flowing both directions. We are grateful for Mr. Guyton and Ms. Whitfield's willingness to come share with this doctoral seminar.
Shelly Seguin, an Academic Services Officer in the Department of Psychology, has been recognized by the Michigan College Personnel Association (MCPA) with their Excellence in Leadership Award for 2013.
MCPA is Michigan's comprehensive professional development organization for college student educators, and is an affiliate of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). Members come from a wide array of student and academic affairs functions, and from institutions all over the state of Michigan. Members work in areas such as Academic Advising, Residence Life, Career Services, Student Activities, Multicultural Services, and many others. In addition, members represent over 40 different institutions across the state of Michigan, including both 2-year and 4-year as well as private and public institutions.
The award that Shelly has received, the Excellence in Leadership Award, is given to a MCPA member that has demonstrated continuous and sustained leadership to the profession of student affairs. MCPA notes that "The recipient of this award is honored for their professional commitment to service through significant, continued and unselfish service/leadership activities that have benefited the profession and association." Recipients have held leadership positions at state, regional and national levels in professional associations and have been recognized as leaders in both scholarly and practitioner roles.
Shelly was recognized for the innovative contributions that she has made to advising within the Department of Psychology, including PASS (our peer mentoring program), the extensive Blackboard site for majors that we offer, and other innovations in reaching out to provide students with information needed for their success; for her excellence in teaching, including her service as departmental coordinator for PSY 2300 (Psychology of Everyday Living); and for serving "as an 'unofficial' mentor to many new advisors... [and being] willing to guide and lend her expertise to new professionals in the industry without expecting anything in return."
Congratulations Shelly!
Congratulations to Lisa Rapport, continuing her program of collaborative research with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, and with the University of Michigan. She is Co-Investigator on a 3-year ($594,035) grant from NIDRR with Claire Kalpakjian, at the UM Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department. Dr. Rapport is also Co-PI with Robin Hanks (a Psychology Ph.D.) for a 3-year ($591, 060) NIDRR Grant titled "Prevention of Long-term Consequences of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury."
Professor John Woodard has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. It is the official journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, an organization of over 3,700 international members from a variety of disciplines. The editorial board is comprised of internationally known experts with a broad range of interests. JINS publishes empirically-based articles covering
all areas of neuropsychology and the interface of neuropsychology with other areas, such as cognitive neuroscience. Theoretically driven work that has clinical implications is of particular interest.
Mark A. Lumley, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, is the invited, DISTINGUISHED LECTURER at a conference on health psychology being held at Orebro University in Sweden on September 18-19. Dr. Lumley, who is internationally known for his research on stress and emotions in people with chronic pain, will be presenting his latest theories and treatment studies, which are aimed at reducing pain and improving health by having patients emotionally process and resolve conflict and trauma.
Congratulations to Scott Bowen. He has won a Faculty Advisor Leadership Training Grant from Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology. This award will cover his expenses to a training program held in Atlanta, GA in August.
Congratulations to Annmarie Cano - Winner of the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award.
The Award honor faculty members who are recognized by their departments and graduate students as superb graduate mentors. Four awards are made annually in the areas of natural sciences and engineering; the health sciences; social sciences, education and business; and the arts and humanities.
Professor Boris Baltes has been elected a Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of APA). Each year, SIOP elects approximately 12-14 Fellows representing both academic and practitioner sides of the field, and SIOP Fellows "are distinguished industrial and organizational psychologists who have made an unusual and outstanding contribution to the field".
Dr. Baltes joins Larry Williams, professor of I/O Psychology and Management, and Al Bass, emeritus professor of our department, as SIOP Fellows currently affiliated with Wayne State.
Assistant Professor Christopher Trentacosta was a guest on WDET's Craig Fahle Show on January 2, 2013. The topic was "Are some children born anti-social?" Dr. Trentacosta believes both nature and nurture appear to be significant factors in early antisocial behaviors of adopted children, and he is conducting research in this area of study.
Listen to the Interview