Psychological Science in the News In the news Psychologist and Patient Advocate Jenn Staples ’09, a fifth-generation Vermonter from Morrisville, began her college career at Hofstra University. But Long Island wasn’t the right cultural fit, so she transferred to UVM her sophomore year. Staples gravitated to psychology, largely through her experience growing up with an older... Training for the Real World When Catherine Dominick ’16 started working as a personal trainer at the Equinox Sports Club in Boston, she paid close attention to how veteran trainers communicated with their clients. “I could see how they used motivational interview tactics, read body language, and practiced behavior... Music Career Leads to Master's Program in Organizational Psychology Sunday Helmerich ’19 excelled academically after entering Pepperdine University in 2008, but finally faced up to the central reality of her college experience. “I had to admit to myself that I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” she said. A talented musician and composer,... Beyond the Books Have an inquisitive mind? Then chances are you would (or already do) feel right at home in UVM’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Here, everyone has the potential to be a student scholar, to contribute their own unique thread to the rich tapestry of research that is an essential element of... Professors Pioneer Research into Anxiety-Related Brain Molecule Professors Sayamwong Hammack and Victor May began as busmates. And soon their conversations on the commute sprouted into a research partnership. Hammack and May have been studying an increasingly popular molecule in the realm of neuroscience and psychology called pituitary adenylate... UVM Invests Price as Inaugural George W. Albee Green & Gold Professor Matthew Price, PhD, a leading expert in traumatic stress, has been invested as the inaugural George W. Albee Green & Gold Professor of Psychological Science at the University of Vermont (UVM). The professorship was established by Jean Rhodes ’83 and her husband Dane Wittrup in memory of the... Researchers Ask: How Do White Parents Talk About Race? As conversations about race and institutional racism sweep through the nation, Jamie Abaied, an associate professor in UVM’s Psychological Science Department, has been examining how parents — particularly white parents — continue those conversations at home with their children.... Paying People To Get Vaccinated? It Works, UVM Researcher Finds There are now two vaccines approved for emergency use in the United States to fight the coronavirus. Both require two doses, spaced about 21 days apart. Public health experts want to get as many shots into as many arms as possible to achieve widespread immunity, but they must first overcome... Spotlight On: PhD Phyu Pannu Khin “Any of us can learn to develop psychological resilience in the face of adversities,” says clinical psychology student Phyu Pannu Khin. During a pandemic, she notes, this is a particularly valuable skill for all to have. But for the resettled refugees and migrant families she treats in her PhD... The Mental Price of Pain Not too long ago, neuroscience student Julie Connor '18 was wrapping up her Honors College thesis about the relationship between physical... UVM a Finalist for National Community Engagement Award for Connecting Cultures Program In recognition of its extraordinary community engagement initiatives, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named the University of Vermont a regional winner of the 2020 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. As a regional winner, UVM will... UVM Receives $19.4 Million NIH Grant to Promote Biomedical Research and Education in Vermont The University of Vermont has received a $19.4 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health to foster biomedical research expertise among faculty at Vermont’s four-year colleges and attract students at those schools and at UVM to careers in the biomedical sciences. ... Drugs, Demons and Dancing It’s a Friday afternoon—the final day of fall semester classes—and all across campus exams and deadlines loom in the not-too-distant future. But in Fleming 101, the anxiety of finals dissipates as students file in to the lecture hall and settle in their seats for one last class of AS 096: Drugs... With Novel Technique, New UVM Study Is First to Definitively Map Early Development of PTSD Most people who experience severe trauma recover their health. But 23 percent develop PTSD, a difficult-to-treat illness that combines intrusive thoughts about the trauma, avoidance of reminders of it, low mood and an exaggerated startle reaction. Which trauma victims will develop the disorder... CAS students spend semester in Boston interning for the common good On a cloudy day in May, four UVM students arrived at the top floor of a Boston law office to give their final presentation from their just completed semester long internship – known as the Semester in the City internship program. Surrounded by family, friends, co-workers and staff from the... UVM Graduate Alum Awarded Honorary Degree The University of Vermont will award an honorary degree at the May 2019 commencement ceremony to a graduate of our General/Experimental Psychology PhD Program, Dr. Michela Gallagher. Dr. Gallagher received her PhD under the mentorship of Professor Bruce Kapp in the UVM Department of Psychology... Jom Hammack Presents The Anxious Palindrome: Stories from the Study of Stress Over the past century, many scientists have tried to understand the ways that stress may alter health. Within this history are many interesting stories that demonstrate how many key scientific discoveries occur unexpectedly, and often accidentally. Professor Jom Hammack recounts some of these... Art Entrepreneur Helps Students be Seen and Heard Mack Baker is one of those students who loves to get together with friends and toss around ideas for a new art exhibit or a new literary publication. What separates them from many of their peers is their determination to take a good idea and run with it. “If I notice a problem, or a... Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito's Research blogged about on the Psychology Today's website Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito is the senior author on a recent publication which has been highlighted in a blog on the Psychology Today website. The publication is titled, "Images of Thin and Plus-Size Models Produce Opposite Effects on Women’s Body Image, Body Dissatisfaction, and Anxiety". ... Seven Days Article Spotlights the Work of UVM's Connecting Cultures Program A July 2018 article in the Vermont weekly Seven Days calls attention to the issue of suicide in the Bhutanese refugee community, and discusses the work of Connecting Cultures, a program founded in 2007 by Dr. Karen Fondacaro, the Clinic Director in UVM's Department of Psychological... UVM Alumni Association Selects Annie Murray-Close for 2018 Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award Annie Murray-Close, associate professor of the Department of Psychological Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont, has been named by the UVM Alumni Association as the 2018 recipient of its George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award. The Kidder Award... CAS Sophomores Win Paid Internships Two students in the College of Arts and Sciences were recently selected for the 2018 Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty’s Summer Internship Program. Catherine Burgess, a sophomore sociology major from Manchester, Vt., Mariel Morel, a sophomore psychology major from Manchester, N.H... When Does Dieting Get Hard? When We're Not Hungry, Says New UVM Study When we’re on a diet, we’ll avoid cheeseburgers and ice cream and other foods we love, even though we’re ravenous and hankering for them. Once off the diet, we’ll often return to stuffing ourselves with goodies – even if we aren’t hungry. We learn self-control while we’re dieting. But a... Clinic Helps Refugees Settled In Vermont Work Through Stress, Trauma UVM's Leitenberg Center for Evidence-Based Practice Helps Refugees Settled In Vermont Work Through Stress, Trauma Many refugees who arrive on U.S. soil finally feel safe after decades of war or torture or loss of family members. But just because they're removed from physical... Student Profile: Danielle Davis Our featured student in the April 2017 issue of IMPACT is Danielle Davis, an NIH Predoctoral Fellow from the Department of Psychological Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at UVM. IMPACT: Danielle, tell our readers where you are from and what you studied...
