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by Kristin Distel “Every day of my internship is a highlight,” says junior Glynnis Hixson, who spent her summer interning with the Athens County Courthouse’s Director of Victim Assistance. Hixson’s experience was so rewarding both for her and for her supervisors that she will continue her internship throughout her junior […]

Dr. Ryan Johnson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, co-edited The Cambridge Handbook of  Global Work-Family Interface, addressing how people manage work and family around the world. His co-editors on the book are Kristen M. Shockley, University of Georgia, and Winny Shen, University of Waterloo, Ontario. Book Description: The Cambridge Handbook of […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Early in her college planning, Casey Tisdale ’17 thought of becoming a behavioral analyst for the FBI. By the time she was a senior, she became […]

The Psychology Colloquium Series announces its preliminary 2018-19 schedule of speakers. The colloquia are Fridays from 11:50 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. in Porter 102. Sept. 14 – Dr. Danny Oppenheimer, Carnegie Mellon University, part of the Social Judgment and Behavioral Decision-Making Colloquium Series – hosted by Dr. Kimberly Rios Sept. 21 […]

An Ohio University Sleep and Cognition Study is seeking participants who are 50 years of age or older and who are concerned about their sleep or cognitive abilities. “You may be interested in participating in a study that will examine how sleep affects cognitive abilities in older adults,” says Dr. […]

Dr. Brett Peters, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, authored an article on “Making the good even better: A review and theoretical model of interpersonal capitalization” in the journal Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Abstract: When good things happen, individuals will often retell this good news to others, a […]

New research by Dr. Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, shows that sexual harassment is related to feeling threatened and wanting to maintain one’s social status. The numerous high-profile men who have recently been accused of sexual harassment may not have been simply exercising their power. Instead […]