The Players:

From left to right, front row:  Rava Chapman (Alabama State University), Melanie C. Page, Ph.D. (Project Director), Chiquita Burke (St. Augustine's College)

Second row: Jessica Brophy (Benedictine College), Lily Pesin (California State University, Fresno), Caitlin Szalay (Berea College; funded primarily by Psi Chi), Mia Tran (Georgia Southern University; funded primarily by Psi Chi), Fedora Binley (The University of the South), Tom Prevete (Muhlenberg College), Leslie Richardson (pink shirt; University of Rochester), Ashley Tempel (Purdue University)

Back row: Gus Diggs (Christopher Newport University), Anna Prescott (Grinnell College), Sargent Shriver (University of Alaska, Fairbanks), Amy Vander Holt (Northwestern College).
 

The Projects:

Each student presented a poster and a 15 minute talk on what they did over the summer. 

 
Anna's project was with Dr. Cindy Reese.  She presented "The Influence of Individual Differences on Prospective Memory".
 
 
  
Ashley's project was with Dr. Cynthia Hartung.  She presented "Gender Bias in Ratings of Disruptive Behavior Disorders".

  
Chiquita's project was with Dr. Amanda Harrist. She presented "School and Home Profile of Relationally Manipulative Children".

Also pictured are Dr. Harrist and HDFS graduate student, Julie Rutledge

  
Fedora's project was with Dr. Steve Harrist.  She presented "Sincerely Yours, The Effectiveness of Letter Writing in Motivating Forgiveness in Interpersonal Conflicts and Increasing the Perceived Quality of a Relationship".



Gus' project was with Dr. Amanda Harrist.  He presented "Physical and Relational Aggression as Predictors of Early Onset Substance Use". 

 
Mia's project was with Dr. Page.  She presented "A Cross Cultural Evaluation of Implicit Leadership in American and Asian Students: Effects of Attachment Style, Transformational leadership, and Personality.". Psi Chi award student.

Caitlin's project was with Dr. Page.  She presented "Bullying: Assessment of Measures and of the Relationship Between Bullying and Empathy.". Psi Chi award student.
    
Sargent's project was also with Dr. Page.  He presented "Moral Cognition and the Objective Correlates of a New naturalized Ethics".

  

Rava's project was with Dr. Page.  She presented "Analysis of the influence of music videos on self-esteem, body-image, and eating habits in young women in college". Also pictured is Lifespan Developmental Graduate Student, REU02, and current graduate student mentor in the program, Adelina Longoria.

 

Tom's project was with Dr. Steve Harrist.  He presented "Blogs: Exploring the Use of Online Journals and Social networking Websites".

Leslie's project was with Dr. Kennison. She presented "Rating Noun Compounds: What Lice, Eggs, and Teeth Whitener have in Common  "
 
Jessica's project was with Dr. Alex Bishop. She presented "Psychological Well-Being of Aging Prisoners"

Lily and Amy worked with Dr. Marie Dasborough. They presented "The Effects of Leader-Member Exchange and Majority/Minority Status on Organizational Behavior and Emotions"

 

 

 

The audience listens raptly!


The Parties:

Mid-Summer Pool party at the Harrist's

Celebrating the end of the summer at Dr. Page's