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Undergraduate Research

Undergrad Research

Many of our Psychology majors choose to enroll in an independent study course each semester, which requires them to actively engage in a research project.

Here's a recent sampling of undergraduate research projects completed by Psychology majors:

  • Michael Barry: "Research Practicum in Cognitive Development"
  • James Bauman: "Effect of Posture on Cognitive and Mood Factors"
  • Emma Daley: "Social Psychology of Attitudes Toward Beneficiaries of Affirmative Action"
  • Christine Eldredge: "Research in Deja Vu"
  • Elizabeth Greene: "The Mental Health Institution: Past, Present and Future"
  • Timothy Hauser: "Face Perception"
  • Stephen Hill: "Social and Organizational Perspectives on Police Psychology"
  • Timothy Horstman: "Research in Visual Perception"
  • Kendra Klein: "Integrative Medicine and the Role of Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care"
  • Samuel LaCasse: "Marine Mammal Behavior"
  • Samantha LaRue: "Studies in Development: Mother and Child"
  • Jessica Mahon:"Assessment of Childhood Self-Concept"
  • Alessandra Raimondi: "Political Psychology"
  • Elizabeth Raynor: "The Insanity Plea: Public's Perceptions and Their Effects on the Law"
  • Tyson Reuter: "Research Practicum in Psycholinguistics"
  • Alycia Roberts: "Readings in Neuropsychology"
  • Emily Rubin: "Exploring the Woman's Role in Leadership"
  • Cory Turner: "Social Psychology of Marketing"
  • Ashley Yull: "Research Practicum in Language Development"

Faculty & Student Conference Presentations

Students and faculty often engage in collaborative research projects and present their findings during a national conference. HWS faculty and students have presented orginial research at conferences of the Society for Research and Child Development, the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, just to name a few.

Here are several recent conference presentations given by faculty and students:

  • Coakley, A., & Wolfe, U. (2008, May). A dissociation between haptic and visual distortion of perceived length. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
  • Fugère, M. A., Iuzzini, J., Cathey, C., Carpinella, C., & Greene, E. (2009, February). Associations with affirmative action and diversity policies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
  • Greenspon, J. M., & Currier, L. A. (2006, May). Song-discrimination in adult male canaries based on syntax. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
  • Greenspon, J. M., Schnackenberg, A. S., Abroms, M., & McDermott, A. R. (2008). Sexual responsiveness of female canaries increases to repeated exposure of conspecific song. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
  • Jones, S. M., Iuzzini, J., & Art, A. (2009, February). Color-blind racial attitudes negatively impact interracial interactions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
  • Kingery, J.N., Marshall, K.C., & Erdley, C.A. (2009, April). The relation of pre-transition adolescent loneliness to psychosocial and academic functioning at the beginning of middle school. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
  • Marshall, K.C., Kingery, J.N., & Erdley, C.A. (2009, April). The impact of number of feeder elementary schools on adolescents' psychosocial and academic adjustment to middle school. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
  • Wolfe, U., Gerhard, H.E., LaCasse, S. , & Maloney, L.T. (2008, May).  Estimates of performance in a visuo-motor task are accurate, but not after joint movement is constrained. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
  • Wolfe, U., & Carpinella, C. (2008, August). Psychophysical evidence for face-centered visuo-tactile neurons in humans. Poster presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception, Utrecht, Netherlands.

CLUBS

The Psychology Society and Active Minds are student-run organizations that may be of interest to students studying psychology.

For more information about these organizations or to learn about starting your own psychology-themed club, contact Cully Seamans (seamans@hws.edu) in the Office of Student Activities.