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Racine Presents ‘Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa Have Difficulties Regulating Emotions’

Dr. Sarah Racine

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 […]

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November 30, 2015 at 1:25 pmResearch

Psychology Undergrad Gets Kopchick Award to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases

Caroline Wilson, Kimberly Kraus, and Emma Kessler pose for a photo with John Kopchick after recieving their John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund awards in Nelson Commons, on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.

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 […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:20 amResearch

Graduate Student Dives Into Mysteries of Human Behavior

Jiuqing "Joe" Cheng

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 […]

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November 12, 2015 at 11:41 amNews

Psychology Alum Who Became Well-Known Feminist Scholar Dies

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 […]

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November 11, 2015 at 6:17 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Workshop on Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Assessment of Children, Jan. 7

Workshop on Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Assessment of Children, Jan. 7

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 […]

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November 10, 2015 at 11:08 amAnnouncements News

‘Graduating Junior’ Is Headed to Grad School a Year Early

Miyah Grant

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. […]

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November 5, 2015 at 4:32 pmNews

Psychology Colloquium | Intersection Between Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence, Nov. 20

Psychology Colloquium | Intersection Between Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence, Nov. 20

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 […]

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November 1, 2015 at 7:15 pmEvents