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  • Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Hecht and Hayley Russell

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    Lucie Henrich ’25, Ellen Becken ’25, Lauren Hecht (Psychological Science), and Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) received a research grant from the Association of Applied Sport Psychology for their project, “Attentional Focus in Long and Short Distance Track Runners,” in which they will use speak-aloud methodology to explore what D-III runners look at and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell, Rachel Flynn, and Lauren Hecht

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    Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science), Rachel Flynn (Library), and Lauren Hecht, (Psychological Science) presented “Critical Consumption and Production of Psychological Information” at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Annual Conference on Teaching.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Hecht and Hayley Russell

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    Lauren Hecht (Psychological Science) Annika Anderson ’24, Teegan Jass ’24, and Hayley Russell, (Health and Exercise Science) gave a presentation titled “(Re)Building an Effective and Sustainable Peer Educator Program” at the Annual Conference in the First Year Experience in Seattle, WA. Lauren and Hayley shared their experience developing and leading the Peer MALT program, while…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Hecht

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    Lauren Hecht (Psychological Science) presented a poster “‘On Your Left’: Bicyclists’ Commands Impact Receivers’ Responses,” co-authored by Jacob Christenson ’21, at the Association of Applied Sport Psychology Conference in Orlando, FL.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell and Lucie Holmgreen

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    Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) and Lucie Holmgreen (Psychological Science) presented a webinar on student-athlete and coach mental health to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference coaches.

  • Madeline Harms (Psychological Science)

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    Madeline Harms published an article, “Adolescent Suicide Attempts and Ideation Are Linked to Brain Function during Peer Interactions,” in Psychiatry Research. The article outlines a study that demonstrates that depressed adolescents with high suicidal ideation and adolescents who previously attempted suicide show unique patterns of brain activity during a virtual peer interaction compared to healthy adolescents…

  • Janine Wotton (Psychological Science)

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    Janine Wotton was awarded an R21 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Special Emphasis Panel for Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards. The research, using neural network based algorithms to classify mouse behavior, will be conducted at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. The title of the grant…

  • Lucie Holmgreen (Psychological Science)

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    Lucie Holmgreen co-authored an article, “BRIGHTEN Heart intervention for depression in minority older adults: Randomized controlled trial” in Health Psychology.

  • Patricia Reeder, 2018 Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Winner, Psychological Science Department

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    Patricia Reeder was selected as the 2018 recipient of the Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching. The award honors the memory of two Gustavus students and members of the Student Senate, Greg Swenson and Holly Bunn, who were killed in a car accident in 1989. Presented each year at Honors Day, this is the only award…

  • 2017-18 Matthias Wahlstrom Lecture

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    Please join us Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Beck Hall 101 for the fourth annual Matthias Wahlstrom Lecture. Marie Walker, Professor of Psychological Science, will present her talk entitled “Liberal Arts and Diversity.” President Rebecca Bergman will introduce Walker, and refreshments will be provided for conversation after the lecture.