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Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Larissa Ferretti ’09 present research at international conference
April 15, 2011
Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Larissa Ferretti '09 made two presentations at the recent meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Montreal, Canada.
Cindy Fair, Taylor Morrison ’10 publish research in Midwifery
April 15, 2011
Associate professor Cindy Fair and Elon alumna Taylor Morrison '10 have co-authored an article published in Midwifery based on Morrison's Elon College Fellows project, “The relationship between prenatal control, expectations, experienced control, and birth satisfaction among primiparous women."
Psychology students present at regional conference
April 11, 2011
Psychology majors Sarah Borowski ‘11, Brittany Bowers ‘12, Elizabeth N. Palmer ‘11, and Traci Weisberg ‘11 presented their research at the 36th annual Carolinas Psychology Conference on April 9. The conference - one of the longest running undergraduate research conferences in the nation - took place in Raleigh and was hosted by Meredith College.
Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and alumni Larissa Ferretti make two presentations at International Conference on Child Development
April 6, 2011
Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Larissa Ferretti (Class of 2009) presented research on children's early numeracy in two presentations at the Society for Research in Child Development in Montreal, Canada last week. One of the presentations was based on part of Larissa's honors thesis while she attended Elon. She is now a graduate student at Auburn University, pursuing a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies.
Meredith Allison and senior Laura Sweeney present at international conference
March 23, 2011
Meredith Allison, assistant professor of psychology, presented two posters at the fourth International Congress on Psychology and Law in Miami, Fla. Laura Sweeney '11 was a co-author on one poster that was based on her SURE project on criminal stereotypes.
Buffie Longmire-Avital to serve as statistical methodologist for NIH grant project
March 6, 2011
Buffie Longmire-Avital, an assistant professor of psychology, will serve as the statistical methodologist for a recently funded National Institute on Drug Abuse $200,000 grant. She will be collaborating with Ian Aronson, the primary investigator for the study at the National Development and Research Institutes in New York.
Career Moves: Relationship with Career Services helps secure job in Hawaii
February 28, 2011
As a student with more interests than she could count, Elon University senior Meredith Naughton found that simply having someone to consult about the future made her job hunt easier. She’s now headed to Hawaii to begin work with struggling teens – and she gives much of the credit to Career Services.
Elon faculty, alumni publish research on cholesterol and impulse control
February 21, 2011
A report authored by associate professor of psychology Mathew Gendle, Kim Glazer ’08, Liz Olszewski ’09 and University Wellness coordinator Cindy Novak has been published in the spring 2011 issue of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.
Amy Overman gives invited talk on successful brain aging
February 14, 2011
Amy Overman, an assistant professor of psychology, was an invited speaker on Feb. 8 for the Women's Club at Twin Lakes Retirement Community.
Psychology students present at Sigma Xi International Research Conference
January 31, 2011
Six psychology majors presented research this fall at the Sigma Xi International Research Conference, held in Raleigh, N.C.