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Madison Groene says her college career isn’t defined by where she started. It’s all about where she’s going. And her next step is graduating from Ohio University in December, then on to a future she never envisioned when she was a high school student choosing a college major. She’s still […]

Carrie Hawthorn ’20 is graduating in December with a bachelor’s degree—an accomplishment made possible by her tenacity and passion and Ohio University’s online psychology degree. “It feels like it has been a long journey to get to this point, but I am so excited that I will, at least, have […]

The Ohio University community mourns the loss of Dr. Mark Alicke, Professor of Psychology, due to an accident at his home on Oct. 23, according to his obituary. “Our hearts and condolences go out to Mark’s family, friends, colleagues, and students,” says Dr. Florenz Plassmann, Dean of the College of […]

Dr. K. Jean Forney, assistant professor of Psychology at Ohio University, led a long-term follow-up of purging disorder, which is a little-known eating disorder characterized by recurrent purging behaviors, like self-induced vomiting, in the absence of binge eating. Because purging disorder was named only 15 years ago, less is known […]

The Psychology and Social Work Clinic and the Center for Intervention Research in Schools at Ohio University are offering a five-week virtual parent group for those experiencing parent burnout during the pandemic. Helping Parents Navigate Challenging Child Behavior begins Oct. 22, with five sessions on Thursdays, from 6 to 7:15 […]

Dr. Claudia González Vallejo, Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, is staying in Washington, D.C., transitioning from a State Department post to a program director position with the National Science Foundation. She will serve as Program Director in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences, in the Social, Behavioral, and […]

Ohio University News featured a study by Dr. Claudia González Vallejo and Ohio University alumna Dr. Ping Xu that reveals that humans are impatient, even down to seconds—and González Vallejo notes that the findings can be applicable to behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic. An Ohio University study seeking to understand […]