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Allison Sharrock is spending her final semester at Ohio University interning with the Adult Parole Authority, a branch of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. As an intern Sharrock assists with paperwork, observes supervision meetings between offenders and parole officers, helps offenders complete different supervision requirements, and takes advantage […]

Dr. Dominik Mischkowski was featured across social media as part of the eCampus Spotlight Sunday series. Mischkowski, a visiting assistant professor of psychology in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, teaches PSY 2120 Research Methods in Psychology for eCampus. Spotlight Sunday asked him a few questions so students […]

From Research Communications Dr. Steve Evans is the principle investigator on a newly funded project to develop and study the efficacy of a web-based tool to help school clinicians implement evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems. The a $300,000 grant from Ohio University is one […]

Psychology graduate student Kristina Carter and Dr. Claudia González Vallejo presented their research on consumer nutritional judgment and food labels at the 2017 38th Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment  and Decision Making in Vancouver, Canada. Carter presented a poster on their research titled “Nutrient-Specific System v. Full Fact […]

by Kristin Distel Amanda D’Agostino ’18, who is majoring in OHIO’s Psychology Pre-Physical Therapy program, has been accepted to two physical therapy doctoral programs. She gives her Ohio University mentors and professors credit for helping her navigate the vast, exciting opportunities available to students in this major. Currently, D’Agostino plans […]

Dr. Brett Peters was the lead author on a study of “Partners’ attachment insecurity predicts greater physiological threat in anticipation of attachment-relevant interactions” published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Peters is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. Abstract: This study examined whether anticipating interacting with a […]

Dr. Mark Alicke, Professor of Psychology, authored a column in Psychology Today headlined “What If a Mass-Murderer Has No Motive?” …What the search for motive is about, I think, is the psychological well-being of the rest of us who have to live with the possibility that such events could occur […]