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Dr. Sarah Racine, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, presented her research on “Individuals with anorexia nervosa have difficulties regulating their emotions: Results from the emotion-modulated startle paradigm” at the 2015 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, held Nov. 12-15, in Chicago. Her presentation was part of a […]

Undergraduate student Kimberly Kraus ’16, a Psychology major, received one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University. The John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate students working with MCB/TBS faculty and conducting translational […]

By Juliana Scheiderer ’16 Human behavior can be complex, confusing, and difficult to explain. But for sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Jiuqing “Joe” Cheng this sense of mystery is why he chose to study human behavior in the first place. “I’ve been studying psychology for 15 years,” he said. “I chose this area […]

An Ohio University alum who became a well-known feminist scholar died at the age of 83, reports the Bartlesville (OK)  Examine-Enterprise. Helen Astin earned an M.S. in Psychology in 1954 from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. LOS ANGELES — Helen “Lena” Astin, a feminist scholar and […]

A professional development workshop on the assessment of children for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and nurses is Jan. 7, 2016, at Ohio University. The workshop covers the latest developments in the assessment of behavioral, social, and clinical aspects of children’s functioning. The workshop features Dr. Jerome Sattler and his latest […]

By Juliana Scheiderer ’16 Child Psychology major Miyah Grant is focused on the future. By taking advantage of dual enrollment courses in high school, she got a head start on her coursework and is graduating from OHIO in just three years. “It’s like I’m a graduating junior, “ she says. […]

The Psychology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Gregory Stuart on “The Intersection Between Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence” on Friday, Nov. 20, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 102. Stuart is Professor of Psychology at the University of Tennessee and is also adjunct professor at Brown University Department of Psychiatry and […]