Assistant Professor of Psychology Nathan Foster has published “Self-Regulated Learning of Principle-based Concepts: Do Students Prefer Worked Examples, Faded Examples, or Problem Solving?” in the journal “Learning and Instruction.” (Foster, N. L, Rawson, K. A. & Dunlosky, J. (2018). The paper follows three experiments, as participants learned how to solve probability problems under practice conditions involving Find out more »
Two St. Mary’s College students win undergraduate awards
Two students conducting their St. Mary’s Project research with Aileen Bailey, professor of psychology and Aldom-Planseon Honors College Professor, have received grants to support their work. Marilyn Steyert ’18 was awarded an undergraduate research grant from Sigma Xi. Her grant is for $918 (Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research) to support her research on “The role Find out more »
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Initiates Four-Year Transformations Project
On behalf of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Transformations Project, consultant Bridget Gourley recently spent two days with St. Mary’s College chemistry and biochemistry faculty, and consultant David Strohmetz spent two days with psychology faculty. This was the initial visit of the CUR team, with the goals to introduce the external consultants to the Find out more »
Professor Williams published in APA Handbook of the Psychology
Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Nutt Williams is co-author of the article “Feminist Critique of and Integration With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Treatment Models” in the “APA Handbook of the Psychology of Women: Vol. 2. Perspectives on Women’s Private and Public Lives,” edited by C. B. Travis & J. W. White (2017).
Ertman Published Based on His Research at Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Psychology and international languages and cultures (Chinese) major Benjamin Ertman ’18 has authored a paper with Eduardo Romano, senior research scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Ertman interned under Romano at the institute over the summer of 2016 where he was tasked to conduct basic research including data manipulation and initial tabulations Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Participates in Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations Project
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Transformations Project will kick off this weekend, October 27-29, at The College of New Jersey, where the CUR-recruited consultants and departmental teams will begin their sustained work together for the next four years. Attending the meeting on behalf of St. Mary’s College is administrative co-lead of the project, Christine Find out more »
St. Mary’s Project Becomes Basis of Article Published in Science Journal
“Just for Women? Feminist Multicultural Therapy with Male Clients,” an article based on 2015 graduate Jake Wolf’s St. Mary’s Project with Professor of Psychology Libby Nutt Williams, was recently released in the scholarly, social and behavioral science journal Sex Roles. Co-authors include St. Mary’s College alums Megan Darby ’17, Jonathan Herald ’16, and Catherine Schultz ’16. The exploratory study focuses Find out more »
Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Nutt Williams published
Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Nutt Williams was recently published in the special 125th anniversary section of Journal of Counseling Psychology. The article, co-written by Jairo Fuertes of Adelphi University, titled “Client-Focused Psychotherapy Research,” focuses on how therapy works and what makes it so effective, with special attention made to the client. According to the article, Find out more »
Professor Featured, Student Published in Key Reporter
Elizabeth Nutt Williams, professor of psychology, is featured in The Key Reporter, Phi Beta Kappa’s publication for news and alumni relations. The feature story titled, “Breaking Down Barriers in the Sciences,” is written by St. Mary’s College senior Allison Barrett ’18, an English/psychology double major. Barrett has two additional feature stories planned, one featuring Aileen Find out more »
Bailey and Research Student Receive Grant for Project
Aileen Bailey, professor of psychology and Aldom-Plansoen Honors College Professor, and Zoey Forrester-Fronstin’17 were selected as recipients of a Psi Chi 2016-2017 Spring Undergraduate Research Grant for Forrester-Fronstin’s project, “The influence of Orexin Antagonist, SB-334867, on Cognition.” Bailey described the project as an extension of research previously done in her lab and published as “Orexin receptor activity in Find out more »
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