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Psychology_2001.qxd 5/9/03 2:13 PM Page 1 PSYCHOLOGY LAFAYETTE SUMMER 2001 ■ Vol.6

CHILDS WINS JAMES P. CRAWFORD AWARD Opening Set for 2002 uring the May lumni Memorial D18 trustee-fac- Gymnasium is ulty dinner, Alan W. currently being Childs, associate transformed into professor, received the Aa state-of-the-art home for James P. Crawford Lafayette’s programs in psy- Award for his out- chology and neuroscience. standing ability in The new facility will pro- classroom instruction. vide 45,000 square feet of Childs is known for his ability space on five levels including to lead classroom discussions, par- teaching laboratories, faculty ticularly in his First-Year Seminar research laboratories, shared “Human Aggression and Social faculty- student research lab- Pathology,” and his Values and oratories, and faculty offices. Science/Technology Seminar “Patient- Completion is expected to be Practitioner Interaction: The Role of sometime in 2002. Medical Technology,” noted Members of the depart- June Schlueter in her remarks. ment were involved in “It was an honor to have been reviewing the plans and given an award named after some- meeting with the architects one whose career at the college I as the space was designed. have greatly admired,” says Childs. They provided advice based In a department of excellent teach- on experience in the current An architectural rendering of psychology’s new home. ers, it is a little embarrassing to be location and on exploring singled out in this way, and I think psychology facilities at other . Some features include an animal of it as a compliment to the depart- research area on the lower level, common meeting spaces off the entryway ment as much as to me. If I am per- of the first level, faculty offices, a lecture hall for 180, and neuroscience ceived as doing a good job in the teaching laboratories near the animal facilities. classroom, it is in large part because The building will be named for Walter Oechsle ’57 and Christa Oechsle of the support and encouragement in recognition of their commitment of $10 million. A Lafayette trustee, of my colleagues.” Oechsle is recognized as one of the premier international investment managers. Childs, who joined the Lafayette He is founding principal of Oechsle International Advisors, . For five faculty in 1980, teaches such courses years he wrote “Overseas Commentary,” a column on international invest- as introduction to psychological ing, for Forbes. science, theory and history, social psychology, and health psychology. Most recently he has been working NEUROSCIENCE GRANTS RECEIVED on an instrument that examines the nature of the relationship between wo grants totalling more than purchase state-of-the-art equipment physicians and patients. Kelly Gabos T$200,000 will benefit the neuro- for the new physiological psychology ’01 and Susan Closs ’02 have assisted science laboratories in the new head- and neurophysiology teaching labo- him as EXCEL Scholars. quarters of the psychology depart- ratories in Oechsle Hall. Chair of the Health Professions ment and neuroscience program. The The grants were obtained through Advisory Committee and Academic College received $150,000 from the the efforts of Wendy Hill, professor, Policy Committee, Childs is the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation and and Diane Elliott, Lafayette’s director health professions adviser and faculty $85,000 from the Alden Trust. of corporate and foundation relations. mentor to the men’s team. The proceeds will be used to Psychology_2001.qxd 5/9/03 2:13 PM Page 2

FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD PSYCHOLOGY articles that summer but the most important thing I did was find that Department of Psychology baby book. I had Suzi, her whole Robert W. Allan, Associate Professor class, the class before her, and the (610) 330-5291 class after her, with me in my mind Susan A. Basow, Charles A. Dana and in my heart. Professor of Psychology One of the founders of family (610) 330-5294 therapy wisely observed that even Jamila Bookwala, Assistant Professor when there is only one patient in a (610) 330-5285 session, the patient’s whole family is there. The department is going Gabrielle Britton, Assistant Professor through many changes. New profes- (610) 330-5248 sors are replacing ones you knew. Alan W. Childs, Associate Professor The rat lab you lived for is gone; (610) 330-5292 if you picture Prof. Gallup in the Wendy L. Hill, Professor, Neuroscience Pardee attic with rats, I must tell Chair Ann McGillicuddy-De Lisi you that it occurs no more. If you (610) 330-5293 see yourself in Pardee 50 or in that Ann V. McGillicuddy-De Lisi, Marshall beloved basement room, Pardee 3, R. Metzgar Professor of Psychology, ast summer I looked around my you should know that they are being Department Head Loffice and panicked. How on transformed for office space. (610) 330-5290 earth would I be able to move all the The “old” psychology that you Matthew S. McGlone, Associate materials I had accumulated over 16 knew lives on in us. The faculty and Professor years to the new psychology building students of fall 2001 are the direct (610) 330-5296 in 2002? I decided to use part of each descendants of each of you and Jeannine Pinto, Assistant Professor summer to organize my books and your professors. There is continuity (610) 330-5287 files, and throw away what I didn’t between the department begun by need. On the second day I found the Prof. Rogers, the expansion accom- John S. Shaw III, Assistant Professor baby book of Suzi Farrell ’92. Years plished by Profs. Brown, Cohen, and (610) 330-5289 ago in a child and adolescent devel- Gallup, and the department of today. Andrew J. Vinchur, Associate Professor, opment course I had asked students Each new generation of students and Assistant Department Head to get the books in which their par- professors has chosen to join this (610) 330-5288 ents recorded birth weights, first family, finding values, ideas, meth- Lori Catanzaro Vitko, Administrative words, first steps, etc. so we could ods, relationships, etc., that are Assistant compare their retrospective reports shared by all of us. (610) 330-5286 with the earlier record. I read about Every student has had an impact— [email protected] Suzi’s early accomplishments and got the quiet one we worried about; the 117 Pardee Hall to thinking about who else was in one who produced outstanding Easton, PA 18042-1781 class that year. I had to check my research; the ones who could have (610) 330-5286 memory by digging out old class ros- produced outstanding work but Fax (610) 330-5349 ters and then thought about each stu- chose to direct their energy else- dent, as I read their names. I thought where; the one who grew so much www.lafayette.edu about a lot of you that day. I did not in four years…you are at once our (click on “academics,” then throw one thing away or organize “departments and majors,” history and our future. You will be then “psychology”) one single file! a presence in every classroom, every Mary Ann Swiatek, adjunct The alumni office told me Suzi lab, in the student gathering places assistant professor, webmaster. had gotten married so she had a new being built precisely because you did name and they couldn’t guarantee not have them; in faculty offices and Psychology is published annually that the address was 100 percent laboratories. by the Department of Psychology for valid. I thought, ‘Her mother would We love hearing from you. Stop by psychology alumni and students with be furious if that book is lost.’ Aha! and say hello when you are around. the assistance of the Office of Public Her mother! I wrote to Mrs. Farrell, Send photos for our department Information. “If you still live here, could you ask album, and keep those letters coming. Suzi to give me call? I have her baby Editor: John Shaw book.” Suzi called and we talked. It was more fun than sorting through rosters and old papers. I wrote a few Ann McGillicuddy-De Lisi

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WELCOME NEW FACULTY

fter receiving a B.A. from the Britton’s research interests are neurobiology of learning AUniversity of Bombay in 1985, and memory. Her current projects include an examination Jamila Bookwala came to the United of the role of amygdala neurons in rat eyeblink condi- States. She received an M.A. in tioning. Her publications include papers on the neural psychology from City bases of learning. of in 1989, and a Ph.D. Britton will teach courses in physiological psychology, in social psychology from University quantitative methods, and introductory psychology. Some of Pittsburgh in 1995. An assistant of the reasons she chose Lafayette include “the enthusiastic professor, she comes to Lafayette Jamila Bookwala faculty, rich curriculum, the opportunity to work with from State University- interested undergraduates, and collaborating with other Abington, where she had been assistant professor since 1998. faculty at Lafayette.” Bookwala’s research focuses on numerous topics in the For the past five years Jeannine domain of aging, including family care-giving, the role of Pinto has been a postdoctoral gender in the aging experience, end-of-life issues among research associate at the Center for older adults, and the quality of intimate relationships in Molecular and Behavioral late adulthood. She has published journal articles and Neuroscience, , book chapters on these issues, and has received several and has been a visiting assistant awards and fellowships. She will teach courses in adult professor at Rutgers University and development and aging, research methods, advanced . She received a applied psychology, and introductory psychology. Jeannine Pinto B.S. in from Vassar “During my visit to Lafayette, I was impressed by the College in 1984, and a Ph.D. in psy- students’ strong interest in psychological research and the chology in 1996 from . faculty’s collegiality and professionalism,” she says. “I am Pinto’s research interests include the perception of looking forward to teaching at Lafayette and collaborating human and animal movement, and the function and with students on research.” She and her husband Abizer acquisition of category- or object-specific processes. have two daughters, Kamal Sarah and Nur Maria. She has published journal articles and book chapters After receiving a B.A. in psychology from Vanderbilt on biological motion. An assistant professor, Pinto will University in 1991 and an M.A. in teach perception, design and analysis, advanced applied psychology from Mount Holyoke psychology, and introductory psychology. “For someone College in 1994, Gabrielle Britton who finds teaching the most satisfying part of an aca- received a Ph.D. in psychology and demic career and who believes in teaching students to be neural science from Indiana University active investigators,” she says, “Lafayette is a dream job.” in 2000. An assistant professor, she Pinto and her partner, Gretchen Van de Walle, have will fill a new faculty position in neu- a 6-month-old daughter (Aidan). roscience but her “home department” Gabrielle Britton will be psychology.

FACULTY FOCUS

Robert W. Allan—With expertise in of social behavior as well as the recently received the Thomas Roy and animal learning, Allan’s research focus impact of evolution on the behaviors Lura Forrest Jones Lecture Award. is experimental psychology, animal of animals. Her particular interest learning, and behavior modification. is birds. John S. Shaw III—With expertise in psychology and the law, as well as Susan A. Basow—With expertise in Ann V. McGillicuddy-De Lisi—With in social psychology, Shaw conducts clinical and counseling psychology, expertise in developmental psychology, research on eyewitness memory, eye- Basow’s research focus is gender and McGillicuddy-De Lisi’s research witness confidence, jury decision- its effect on interpersonal perception, focuses on the cognitive development making, and lay attitudes about women and their bodies, and homo- of children, parental beliefs about genetic testing. phobia. children, and moral development. Andrew J. Vinchur—With expertise in Alan W. Childs—See cover. Matthew S. McGlone—With expertise industrial-organizational psychology, in cognitive psychology, McGlone’s Vinchur’s research focus is employee Wendy L. Hill—A physiological specialty is psycholinguistics, but he selection, psychometrics, statistics, and comparative psychologist, Hill’s also has interests in decision science, meta-analysis and the history of research focuses on the neural basis social cognition, and persuasion. He psychology.

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Class of 2001 Honors Theses Students who plan to graduate with type threat responses to math Self-reports have become impor- departmental honors select a topic achievement tests in 1st-8th grade tant measures of performance in of research prior to their senior boys and girls. She expected to find a variety of work settings. Garvey year. They complete the thesis with that stereotype threat would not investigated whether two types of the guidance of a faculty adviser appear in girls until after their self- information—Perceived System and then defend it orally before concept had become differentiated to Knowledge (PSK) and Comparative a faculty committee. They must include a sense of self-esteem in math Performance Information (CPI)—can also have at least a 3.0 GPA in as distinct from verbal, social, athlet- improve the accuracy of self-reports the major. Eight majors successfully ic, and other areas. Although she relative to supervisor ratings and completed their honors theses. found that differentiation of chil- objective measures of performance. dren’s self-concepts did vary in the In a very ambitious study in which Kimberly Bassi anticipated manner with age, girls participants worked on editing tasks with Wendy Hill who were reminded of the stereotype in groups of six people, she found “Does the about sex differences in math per- that the correlations between self- Frequency and formance did not score lower on the reports and supervisor ratings were Timing of math test than boys or than girls who larger when either PSK or CPI was Prenatal Light were not exposed to the stereotype. provided to the participants. Cues Affect the Onset of Kelly Gabos Kerri Holick withWendy Hill Circadian with Alan “The Role of Estrogen in the Rhythms in the Domestic Chicken Childs Anti-depressant Effect of Exercise (Gallus domesticus)?” “Modeling and in Female Mice” Bassi examined whether pulses Perceptions of Exercise has been shown to of light during incubation would be Risk on College enhance serotonin transmission and to enough for chicks to develop circadian Students’ exert antidepressant effects. The goal rhythms. For her experiment, some Seatbelt Use” of Holick’s research was to determine chicks received 10 minutes of light Gabos’ study whether either exogenous or endoge- every hour for 12 hours of the day involved her driving participants nous levels of estrogens in female mice during a specific three-day interval around campus while they sat in would influence the efficacy of swim- during incubation. Other chicks were either the front or back seat of her ming exercise as an antidepressant incubated in total darkness. She car, and she did or did not wear her treatment. Mice were tested either assessed the chicks’ circadian seat belt. She also asked participants during diestrous or estrous and some rhythms after hatch by measuring to imagine automobile trips of vari- were given exogenous injections of their body temperatures during the ous lengths and to indicate the likeli- estrogen. Mice swam for 30 minutes morning and evening. Chicks given hood of wearing a seat belt, and to a day, six days a week, for two weeks. light cues during either days 13-15 estimate the possibility of being in She found that estrogen apparently or 16-18 of incubation had higher an accident, based on trip length. She had no effect on the tail suspension body temperatures in the morning found that participants were signifi- test, the dependent measure used to than the evening, which indicates cantly more likely to wear a seat belt assess depression in mice. that they had circadian rhythms. when sitting in the front seat of the Chicks given light cues during days car and when she wore hers. On the Angela Neal 10-12 of incubation did not exhibit questionnaire, people said they were with Matthew rhythms. These results indicate that significantly more likely to wear a McGlone the endogenous clock is sensitive to seat belt on a long trip as opposed to “Stereotype short pulses of light during prenatal a shorter one, and thought they were Threat and days 13-18. more likely to be in an accident on a Gender longer trip. These results suggest that Differences Jennifer Fleming with Ann social pressures play an important in Political McGillicuddy-De Lisi role in seatbelt use, and they can be Knowledge” “Effects of Stereotype Threat on used to help design educational pro- Neal investigated a new explana- Boys’ and Girls’ Standardized Math grams to increase seatbelt use among tion for the well-documented gender Test Performance” high school and college students. gap in political knowledge surveys. Stereotype threat is a phenomenon Government and political science in which a member of a group that Michelle Garvey with Andy Vinchur scholars have long noted that men is stereotyped performs poorly on an “Effects of Comparative Performance tend to achieve higher accuracy than assessment when reminded of that Information and Perceived Systems women in surveys of civic and political stereotype. Fleming investigated stereo- Knowledge on Performance Ratings” knowledge. Traditionally, the gap has

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been characterized as a reflection of Harassment” Conditioned Reinforcement and women’s lack of interest in politics. Sexual harassment is a problem Its Effects on Temporal Response She explored the possibility that the both in the workplace and in acade- Distributions” gap might be due in part to cues mia. Watt examined participants’ Much of everyday behavior is, in operating in a telephone survey that perceptions of student-to-student one form or another, under the influ- remind females of the gender stereo- sexual harassment. She manipulated ence of time as portrayed by clocks. type impugning their political knowl- three independent variables—attrac- This is true for pigeons as well. As edge. She found that overt cues tiveness of the actor, attractiveness of an analogue of human behavior, (telling the respondents that the survey the target, and harassment severity— Woythaler used a clock stimulus was sensitive to gender differences in in written scenarios involving potential (a light behind a response key that political knowledge) and subtle cues sexual harassment among students. changed to brighter and brighter (whether the survey administrator is Her results support the “what is values during a 30-second trial) to male or female) had a negative influ- beautiful is good” stereotype in that test the effects of changing the value ence on female but not male respon- in many cases participants were more of the clock whenever pigeons pecked dents’ performance. Her results likely to find an attractive actor less the response key. Pigeons’ key-peck- suggest that these aspects of political sexually harassing than an unattrac- ing was dramatically depressed by knowledge surveys can inadvertently tive actor. Her results indicate that this alteration of the clock stimulus render them intellectually threatening people take attractiveness into con- suggesting that the correlation of to women. sideration when determining whether clock with the passage of time is sexual harassment has occurred, even important to the process of organiz- Alisa Watt with John Shaw though attractiveness is legally irrele- ing pigeon behavior. This is certainly “The Effects of Actor Attractiveness, vant to that determination. true of human behavior as well, Target Attractiveness, and Harassment thereby strengthening the analogue’s Severity on Student Perceptions of Keith Woythaler with Robert Allan status as a useful scientific method. Student-to-Student Peer Sexual “Setup: A Re-Examination of

Students Work One-on-One with Faculty

n Lafayette’s EXCEL Scholars program, students assist Longmire, a resident adviser and member of the Ifaculty with their ongoing research. During this past Association of Black Collegians, plans to attend graduate academic year, for example, Amy Scott ’01 and Matthew school in psychology. McGlone explored why people use euphemisms and how Researching the relationship between confidence and they are created. accuracy in testimony among court witnesses, Tana Zerr ’02 Through a series of studies, McGlone and Scott arrived worked with John Shaw, assistant professor of psychology. at various explanations. “Lafayette is a great place to do They studied the effect of responding to pressure situa- a project like this,” says Scott, who graduated with a tions in a courtroom. double major in psychology and art. Professors are very For an internship associated with the course Advanced enthusiastic and encouraging.” Applied Psychology, Zerr worked with troubled girls aged A music teaching assistant, Scott was a member of the 9 to 13 at the Bethlehem location of Kidspeace, a national Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers. She was treasurer organization that helps children in crisis. A Marquis of Straight Edge club and a member of the LAF Film Scholar, she is a member of Lafayette Christian Fellowship Committee. and LEAP (an environmental awareness group). Also working with Matthew During the summer, Yahna Maurer ’02 assisted Robert McGlone was Buffie Longmire ’02. Allan in studying the effect of visual stimuli on the behavior They studied the psychological con- of pigeons’ pecking. They used a computer-generated mov- cept known as stereotype threat. In ing-dot stimulus. The visual stimulus moves from left-to- particular, they studied the impact right across a computer monitor with food delivered to the of perceived stereotypes on academic birds when they reach the end of the left-to-right sequence. performance on different genders Maurer hopes to earn a Ph.D. in educational psychology. and ethnic groups. “I chose Lafayette over other colleges and “For years we have seen discrepancies in test scores because I really liked the personalized approach that profes- for different groups,” says McGlone. “Our research sors here take in their teaching. I have had so many oppor- hopes to show that these differences are not related tunities here that I wouldn’t have had anywhere else.” to biology or genetics but instead to the suggestion A Marquis Scholar, Maurer is a Writing Associate, of negative stereotyping.” and a member of the riding club and QUEST.

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ALUMNI UPDATE

Herman H. Spitz ’48: Retired director Michael LeWitt ’70: An emergency tration from Seton Hall University. of research, E.R. Johnstone Training room physician in , Memories: “Training my rat, Dusty, and Research Center, Spitz continues LeWitt is married with two daugh- to press the bar!” to work from his home office. He ters and one son. Memories: Great received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology teachers— Gallup, Brown, Cohen, Amy Lusk ’88: Lusk received an and attended the Graduate School Berkowitz, and Rothberg; “recruiting M.B.A. in human resources from of Education, . subjects for my honors thesis on and is working He is married, has two children, birth order; seeing video tape and toward an M.A. in psychology at and one granddaughter. Memories: camera for the first time; Berkowitz’s Montclair State University. She is Herbert Rogers’ invigorating classes, provocative experiments; Rothberg’s manager of compensation at Main including trips to Vineland School counsel and wisdom as my adviser.” Line Health System/Jefferson Health for people with mental retardation, System in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Memories: and to Allentown State Hospital Alan McFarland ’72: With a private “McGillicuddy-De Lisi’s clock neck- which ended with the abnormal practice in Annandale, Va., McFarland lace, Cohen’s blunt manner and kind psychology course exam “for which received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology heart; excellent teachers, my immatu- we had to diagnose patients. Dr. from Catholic University. He has one rity in handling counseling with Rogers is the reason I went into son, Taylor. Memories: The lab rats Basow, who told me I’d make a psychology.” with the colorful rings on their tails; wonderful psychologist and asked long evenings at Burt and Bea Cohen’s ‘why don’t you come to class?’” Samuel H. Osipow ’54: Professor house; honors seminars; field trips to emeritus of psychology, Ohio State Allentown State Hospital. John S. Malshan ’88: Vice-president University, Osipow retired in 1998 and C.O.O. of Main Street after 31 years. He received a Ph.D. Peter Mitchell ’72: Employed at Companies, an independent food in psychology from Syracuse Messagepath.com, Mitchell received service company serving restaurants, University. He is married and has a Ph.D. from Stevens Institute of cafes, and bakeries, Malshan received had three sons (one deceased), one Technology. He is married and has an M.B.A. at Temple University. He daughter, and two grandchildren. one son. Memories: “Howard Gallup is married and has three children, was a great teacher and a big posi- including twins, for whom he says no Peter Donovick ’61: Professor of tive impact on my education and classes could ever have prepared him. psychology and director of the career choice.” Memories: Chris Wilson, rat training, Environmental Neuropsychology Burt’s eye exercises. Lab, State University of New York- Laurie Cohen Berman ’76: Berman Binghamton, Donovick is the chief has a private psychology practice. Patricia Ronca Evangeles ’89: neuropsychologist at United Health She received a master’s in counseling Mother of two—4-year-old Ashley Services Hospitals and supervising from University of Pennsylvania. She and 2-year-old James Jr. Memories: neuropsychologist at Elmira has been married for 21 years and “Alan Childs really made me want Correctional Facility and Central has two children. Memories: Great and feel I could do it.” New York Psychiatric Center. He education and devoted professors. received a Ph.D. in physiological Tara Fleming Albaum ’92: First psychology from University of Stacey Weiss DeMichele ’87: A mid- grade teacher in Bronx, N.Y., Albaum Wisconsin. Memories: Friday after- dle school counselor at Pennridge received an M.S. in elementary educa- noon Psychology Club meetings with Central Middle School, DeMichele tion from Hunter College. She is mar- Howard Gallup and Burt Cohen; earned an M.Ed. in counseling and ried to Gary Albaum ’92. Memories: “Howard’s unlimited enthusiasm certification in Rat lab, my “cool chick” study, and Burt’s unfailing sarcastic wit.” counseling from . working with Wendy Hill, spending She is married and has one daughter. Saturday mornings cleaning the cages. Bob London ’63: Retired, London Memories: “I really enjoyed learning, received his M.B.A. from Columbia especially about human behavior. I Jo-Ellen P. Holbrook ’95: Attending University and was a member of also really appreciated guidance from St. John’s University School of Law, the President’s Program at Harvard Christopher Wilson. I am proud of Holbrook is a clerk for the New University Graduate School of Business- my degree from Lafayette–it has York State Appellate Division, 2nd Retail. He has been married for 36 served me well.” Department. She is married to Jeff years and has three children, one of Holbrook. whom is a 1988 graduate. Memories: Michelle Tempkin ’87: Assistant “Professors Brown, Gallup, and Cohen director of development at Cancer Beth Anne Jenkins ’95: Jenkins constantly trying to convince every- Care of , Tempkin received an M.A.T. from Johns one that psychology was a science.” received an M.A. in public adminis- Hopkins University and is complet-

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ing a C.A.G.S. in severe and profound Eileen Leacy ’95: A guidance coun- Lafayette disabilities. She is working in special selor at Brookline High School, “ education in the public schools in Brookline, Mass., Leacy received an has broken Anne Arundel County, . M.A. in school counseling from Boston She has a 2-year-old son, Jacob. College. Memories: Basow’s Psychology away from of Gender class, being a rat lab proctor, the pack, Randi Rosen Lapp ’95: Lapp Psychology Club, the availability and received an M.S. in communication dedication of professors. and its disorders and is a speech language pathologist for the League for the Jill Harmon ’96: Harmon received national reputation has Hard of Hearing, Manhattan. She a master’s in social work from New begun to truly represent was recently married. Memories: York University and is employed “Working on my advanced research with Catholic Charities in Perth the college’s uniqueness independent study with McGillicuddy- Amboy, N.J. Memories: Hill’s class- in the academic world. DeLisi on a weekly basis, rat lab es—“they have helped me a lot in ” with Allan, and organizational my studies and internships for my —Barron’s Guide to the psychology with Vinchur.” master’s and now in my job, espe- cially psychopharmacology.” Most Competitive Colleges

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Student Achievement Noted INDUCTS NEW MEMBERS he winner of this year’s Herbert examined when biological rhythms, TW. Rogers Psychology Prize was such as eating and sleeping, are hirty-five students were inducted Kimberly Bassi. The award is given established in domestic chicks. Tinto Psi Chi, the national honor to the most outstanding senior Neligan was a Writing Associate society for psychology, in April. They psychology major. and graduated cum laude. She plans were Kenya T. Allen ’02, Jodi A. Kathryn Neligan received the to work in a psychology-related field Antonelli ’02, Michael D. Baldoni ’02, Burton H. Cohen Prize, awarded to for a year or two before attending Sarah M. Ballard ’03, Mark S. a senior who has demonstrated the graduate school. Barnett ’01, Jill C. Beneviste ’01, inclination, intellectual curiosity, deter- Students who graduated summa Kelley E. Borradaile ’03, Katherine A. mination, and potential to become cum laude include Kelly Gabos, Case ’03, Maureen A. Charleroy ’01, a dedicated, creative, selfless teacher. Michelle Garvey, Angela Neal, Amy Jessica A. Chiarini ’01, Kyle E. Culver Bassi graduated magna cum laude, Scott, and Keith Woythaler; magna ’01, Courtney A. De Thomas ’02, is a member of Psi Chi and Phi Beta cum laude—Kerri Holick, Leslie Laura M. Feeney ’02, Susan E. Ferry Kappa, and was president of the Kilpatrick, and Kathryn Morrison; ’03, Jennifer L. Fleming ’01, Maria Psychology Club for two years. cum laude—Jaclyn Cavanagh, Kyle A. Golub ’01, John C. Hammond She was involved in many research Culver, Melissa Daly, Maria Golub, ’03, Lauren V. Holloway ’02, Jill M. projects. In 1998-99 she worked as an Erica Platt, Megan Thomas, Alisa Krapf ’03, Buffie M. Longmire ’02, EXCEL Scholar with John Shaw on a Watt, and Rebecca Waxman. Jessica L. MacDermant ’02, Sharon project involving lay attitudes about In addition, the following students L. McDonald ’03, Clifford C. Michaels genetic testing for inherited diseases. She were inducted into in ’02, Linden R. Mills ’02, Mark J. coauthored an article on this research 2001—Leslie Kilpatrick, Kimberly Palmieri ’02, Benjamin N. Persofsky for Journal of Health Psychology. Meehan, Angela Neal, Amy Scott, ’01, Briana M. Rinchiuso ’03, Chad She worked as an EXCEL Scholar Alisa Watt, all seniors, and Tana F. Ritchie ’02, Kimberly A. Rubenfeld with Wendy Hill on projects that Zerr, a junior. ’03, Andrew C. Saunders ’02, Meredith L. Smit ’03, Eric A. Stauffer ’02, Jeffrey L. Weinstein ’02, Ryan M. Wilcoxon ’02, Tana K. Zerr ’02. Officers for 2000-01 were Leslie Lafayette is a place of academic excellence and opportunity, where every student can realize Kilpatrick, president/secretary, and his or her full potential. Four years of The Lafayette Experience means discovery both in and out of the classroom, through student-centered, active learning that combines the highest Matt Coble, vice president/publicity academic standards with diverse extracurricular programs. Lafayette graduates are prepared officer. Faculty adviser is Matthew for success and leadership by one of the nation’s most academically competitive and respected McGlone. The requirements for institutions. induction into the are: The Lafayette Experience consists of four key elements: 1) registration as a psychology major ■ Student-focused teaching and mentoring by an exceptionally qualified faculty, or minor, A.B. or B.S., or neuroscience committed to each student’s success. major, B.S., 2) completion of three ■ A challenging, broad-based academic curriculum that offers strong programs semesters of college, 3) completion in the liberal arts, sciences, and . of nine semester hours in psychology ■ A small college environment with large college resources. coursework, 4) cumulative GPA of 3.00, 5) GPA of 3.00 in psychology ■ A friendly residential community offering an exciting social life with a broad spectrum of extracurricular activities. courses, and 6) rank in the upper 35 percent of the candidate’s class.

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