Welcome to the Psychology Department's News & Events webpage. We are pleased to acknowledge the contributions, achievements, and awards of the students and faculty within the department.
PRESENTATION AT THE ANNUAL AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, TORONTO, CANADA, AUGUST 6-9, 2009
Dr. Jim Regan and Psychology graduate student, George Ferriell will be presenting a symposium, "Attitudes toward Mental Illness on Assertive Community Treatment Teams" and a poster entitled, "Open Source Course Management Programs: Caveat Emptor".
Dr. Regan is also leading a study for Marist College on a multi-university study being coordinated by the University of Michigan that will be surveying students and faculty on the use of Sakai (ilearn).
Dr. Gail Pereira Do Carmo will present a poster entitled, "Female mice exhibit anxiety-like behavior after exposure to pain and an immune challenge". Dr. Pereira Do Carmo conducted the study on a Summer Research Grant awarded by Marist College and in collaboration with Dr. Gary Boehm at Texas Christian University.
Marist College Psychology graduate student, Laura Sciacca and psychology undergraduate majors Courtney Jackson and Anny Bonilla assisted with data analysis and are be co-authors on the poster.
Dr. Ryan Kinlaw will present, "Early Parenting Mediates the Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Children's Externalizing Behavior and Parent School Involvement."
Psychology junior, Jeffry D'Angelo, and Dr. Linda L. Dunlap will be presenting "The Impact of Use of Online Resources on Student Attendance and Academic Standing."
Congratulations to the following faculty for their academic achievements:
Dr. Sherry Dingman, Associate Professor of Psychology, who was appointed by the American Psychological Association (APA) to be one of its representatives to the United Nations (UN). Dr. Dingman will perform her duties at the UN office based in New York City, NY.
Dr. Gail Pereira Do Carmo, Assistant Professor of Psychology, was appointed as a Member of the Committee on Abuse Liability Testing (CALT) for The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). According to the CPDD criteria, "The CALT serves as a conduit for communication between the CPDD Board of Directors and the Drug Evaluation Committee. The CPDD serves as an interface between the FDA, DEA, WHO, and the NIH institutes."
Dr. Pereira Do Carmo published a paper in February 2009, entitled "The selective non-peptidic delta opioid agonist SNC80 does not facilitate intracranial self-stimulation in rats" in the European Journal of Pharmacology. In May 2008, Dr. Pereira Do Carmo also published a paper entitled "Behavioral Pharmacology of the Mu/Delta Glycopeptide MMP2200 in Rhesus Monkeys" in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Both peer-reviewed publications were based on Dr. Pereira Do Carmo's postdoctoral research with Dr. Steve Negus at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
The 3rd Annual Mid-Hudson Psychology Research Conference will be held on April 4th, 2009 at Mount Saint Mary College in the Hudson Valley, New York. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Alan Kazdin, President of the American Psychological Association. For questions about the conference, e-mail the conference coordinator Dr. Paul Schwartz at schwartz@msmc.edu. Click here to view conference website.
World renowned linguist, Noam Chomsky, of the Department of Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be delivering a lecture on "The Biolinguistic Perspective" at Bard College. The lecture will take place on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 2:00 pm at the Olin Auditorium. For more information, please contact Barbara Luka luka@bard.edu 845-758-7223
