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"Assisting faculty research (with Dr. Glidden, at Project Parenting) and taking on an ambitious SMP demanded a lot of energy and hard work, but proved to be some of the most fulfilling things I did while at SMCM. It's important to give research a try, especially if you're considering graduate studies."
- Joshua Chiapelli '04
SMP Spotlight
40 students completed an SMP in psychology in AY11-12. Congratulations to them all!
At the end of each year, mentors select particularly outstanding SMPs to be featured in our PsycSMP Showcase. 11-12 Showcase projects were written by Jacqueline Fullerton, Sasha Goluskin, Steven Morris, and Katerina Placek.
Recent presentations with student authors or co-authors (in bold)
Bailey, A.M., Sitz, L.M., Palacorolla, H.L., Burke, J.S., Milstein, J., & Frost, D.O. (2012, October). Effects of adolescent exposure to the antipsychotic, olanzapine, on classical fear and appetitive operant conditioning in adult rats. To be presented at the 2012 Society for Neuroscience Meeting.
Grein, K., & Dennison, R. P. (2012, October). The Role of Facebook in Developing Social Relationships During the Transition to Adulthood. Poster to be presented at the 2012 Society for Research in Child Development Annual Themed Meeting: Transitions from Adolescence to Adulthood, Tampa, Florida.
Milstein, J., Placek, K., Ehrig, W., Bouslog, C., Sitz, L., Frost, D.O., & Bailey, A.M. (2012, October). Prenatal fluoxetine exposure: mitigation of social, emotional, motor, and cognitive abnormalities with neonatal tactile stimulation. To be presented at the 2012 Society for Neuroscience Meeting.
Hiris, E. and Mirenzi, A. (2012, May). The role of motion and form in the sex aftereffect in biological motion. 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society. Naples, FL.
Grein, K.A, Ludwig, J.A., & Glidden, L.M. (2012, March). What past tells of present: Predicting parental outcomes across 20 years. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Ludwig, J.A., Grein, K.A., & Glidden, L.M. (2012, March). The Down syndrome advantage in the transition to adulthood. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Morris, S.N., Stanton, R.D., Kurtz, K.J., & Levering, K. (2012, March). Revising Shepard, Hovland and Jenkins (1961) and the Type II Advantage. Poster presented at the Twenty-Fourth annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Flynn, E.D., Miller, E.D., Palacorolla, H.L., Tatem, K.S., and Brady, A.M. (2012). Self-administration of cocaine does not alleviate behavioral abnormalities in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia. 2011 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner, Washington DC: Society for Neuroscience, in press.
Bailey, A.M., Holmes, A., Piantadosi, P. (2011, November). The effects of orexin A in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nBM) on olfactory discrimination acquisition and reversal. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; Washington, D.C.
Cammarata, E., Kallarackal, A.J., Cai, X., Thompson, S.M., & Bailey, A.M. (2011, November). Consolidation of spatial memory in the water maze is disrupted in animals exposed to chronic unpredictable stress (CUS). Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; Washington, D.C.
Miller, E.D., Tatem, K.S., Placek, K., and Brady, A.M. (2011, November). Effects of self-administered or experimenter-administered cocaine on behavioral abnormalities in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; Washington, D.C.
Parr, C., Kallevang, J., Fomum-Mugri, L., McDowell, K. A., & Yarowsky, P. J., Bailey, A. M. (2011, November). Investigation of working memory and hippocampal dependent tasks in an environmentally-induced model of parkinsonism. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; Washington, D.C.
Placek, K., Turek, K.C., Fullerton, J.N., and Brady, A.M. (2011, November). Relationships between behavioral abnormalities and set-shifting impairments in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; Washington, D.C.
Tracy, M.G., Turek, K.C., Bailey, A.M., Brady, A.M., Milstein, J., & Frost, D. O. (2011, November). The effects of adolescent olanzapine exposure on behavior in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; Washington, D.C.
Tracy, M., Turek, K., Bailey, A. M., Brady, A. M., Vinish, M., Milstean, J., & Frost, D.O. (2011, November). The effects of adolescent olanzapine exposure on behavior in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; Washington, D.C.
Klapper, S., & Dennison, R. P. (2011, October). Exploring kawaii in a sample of Japanese college women: A mixed-methods study. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference in Emerging Adulthood, Providence, Rhode Island.
Glidden, L.M., Grein, K.A., Ludwig, J.A., Powlison, M.B., & Painter, K.A. (2011, August). Predicting parental perceptions of the transition to adulthood for sons and daughters with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Paper presented at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.Glidden, L.M., Draheim, A.R., Bamberger, K.T., & Kersh, J. (2011, June). Parent and athlete perceptions of Special Olympics participation: Utility and danger of proxy responding. Invited presentation at Special Olympics Global Scholars Conference, Athens, Greece.
Bernstein, J.E., Kircher, D.M., and Brady, A.M. (2011, June). Developmental exposure to low doses of bisphenol-A: Sex-dependent behavioral effects in adult offspring. Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK.
Hiris, E., Lewis, C., and Dantrassy, L. (2011, May). The sex of voices (sometimes) influences the perceived sex of biological motion. 23rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Washington, DC.
Glidden, L.M. Powlison, M.B., Painter, K. A., Ludwig, J.A., & Grein, K. (2011, March). Continuity and change in parent perceptions of transition at two time points. Paper presented in L.M. Glidden (Chair), Symposium on Transitions to Adulthood: Diverse Family Perspectives, 44th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD, San Antonio, TX.
Mirabile, S. P., & Fiackos, J. (2011, March). Emotional Competence in Early Childhood:Separate skills or related processes? Poster presented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Mirabile, S. P., & Thompson, B. N. (2011, March). Skills-based Assessment of Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood: Description and validation of a novel measure. Poster presented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Bailey, A. M., Fomum-Mugri, L., McDowell, K. A., & Yarowsky, P. J. (2010, November). Investigation of non-motor related behavioral and cognitive changes in an environmentally-induced model of Parkinsonism. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; San Diego, CA.
Hernandez, A.E., Smith, E.S., Cammarata, E.M., and Brady, A.M. (2010). Behavioral abnormalities in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia following cocaine self-administration. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting: San Diego, CA.
Kallarackal, A., Cai, X., Gaylor, K., Bailey, A. M., Thompson, S. M. (2010, November). Serotonin mediated potentiation in area CA1: Altered in depression and critical for antidepressant action. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting; San Diego, CA.
Kircher, D.M., and Brady, A.M. (2010, November). An investigation of the behavioral effects of perinatal bisphenol-A exposure in comparison to disruptions observed in animal models of schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting: San Diego, CA.
Konka, K., & Bailey, A.M. (2010, November). Investigating the effects of postnatal exposure to Prozac on adult rat motor and emotional behavior. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting: San Diego, CA.
Glidden, L.M., Bamberger, K.T., Turek, K.C., Hill, K.L., & Powlison, M.B. (2010, July). Families who adopt children with developmental disabilities: Focus on fathers. Poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Adoption Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Kallarackal, A., Cai, X., Gaylor, K., Bailey, A. M., Thompson, S. M. (2010, July). Serotonin mediated potentiation in area CA1: Altered in depression and critical for antidepressant action. Poster presented at the 2010 Serotonin Club Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Hiris, E. and Ewing, K. (2010, May). The perceived sex of biological motion displays is influenced by adaptation to biological motion but not adaptation to static faces. Journal of Vision, 10(7):781, 781a http://www.journalofvision.org/content/10/7/781 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society. Naples, FL.
Bramble, A. (2010, April). Barkley Training: A look at parent-child interactions in families with ADHD. Poster session presented at the 4th Annual L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Conference at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Duecker, A. (2010, April). The relationship between personality and student engagement in activism. Poster session presented at the 4th Annual L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Conference at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Hill, K. (2010, April). Teacher attitudes towards standardized testing. Poster session presented at the 4th Annual L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Conference at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Watters, S.M. (2010, April). Studying abroad: How international education changes students. Poster session presented at the 4th Annual L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Conference at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Bamberger, K.T., Hill, K.L., Turek, K.C., & Glidden, L.M. (2010, March). Micro-data co-validation of the Behavioral Inventory for Parents-Coder Impressions (BIP-CI). Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Hill, K.L., Powlison, M.B., & Glidden, L.M. (2010, March). "Don't tell me what to do!:"Family income and personality predict child-parent interactions. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Marian, C. & Stanton, R. (2010, March). The role of cognitive complexity in dissociating rule-based and information-integration category learning. Poster presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
Turek, K.C., Bamberger, K.T., & Glidden, L.M. (2010, March). Influence of religious orientation and personality factors on parents' views of the transition to adulthood. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Heiland, C. T., Hernandez, A. E., and Brady, A. M. (2009, October). An investigation of sex differences in behavior in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion rat model of schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
Hiris, E. and Lewis, C. (2009, May). Perceived temporal synchrony: Interaction between a continuous audiovisual stream and a discrete audiovisual event. Journal of Vision, 9(8):718, 718a, http://journalofvision.org/9/8/718/ 9th Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society. Naples, FL.
Billings, F. J., Spealman, B., & Tickle, J. J. (2009, March). Fear appeals and vaccine acceptance: A focus on the Human Papillomavirus. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Glidden, L.M., Kersh, J., & Draheim, A.R. (2009, March). “It Makes Me/Him/Her Happy”: Similarities of Athlete and Parent Perceptions of Special Olympics Participation. Symposium paper presented at the 42nd Annual Gatlinburg Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Adamson, A. & O'Donnell, D. A. (2008, August). Measuring intercultural sensitivity among Japanese and American college students. Poster presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Hughes, C. & O'Donnell, D. A. (2008, August). Does study abroad impact undergraduates' attitudes about international education? Poster presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Kummer, S. (2008, April). Sympathy for the Devil: The influence of a prior offense on future expressions of sympathy for the offender. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Allentown, PA.
Glidden, L.M., Corrice, A.M., & Natcher, A.L. (2008, March). "This One Will Do It": Longitudinal Predictions of Adult Sibling Caretaking. Paper presented in A. Kaiser (Chair) Siblings of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: Relationships, Life Choices and Caregiving. Symposium presented at the 41st Annual Gatlinburg Conference, San Diego, CA.
Corrice, A.M., Glidden, L.M., Black, C.S. (2007, August). The Down syndrome advantage: Fact or fiction? Poster presented at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Jobe, B.M., & Glidden, L.M. (2007, August). Maternal worries and rewards in the transition to adulthood. Poster presented at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Leech, H. (2007, April). Women's rights in the Gambia: An analysis of Gambian newspapers. Poster session presented at the 2nd Annual L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Conference at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Zakielarz, B. (2007, April). Correlates of boundary structure and aspects of dream content. Poster session presented at the 2nd Annual L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Conference at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Coster, J., Jobe, B.M., & Glidden, L.M. (2007, March). Predicting marital satisfaction from initial maternal depression and burden of care. Poster presented at the 40th Gatlinburg Conference for Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Burkman, L., & Tickle, J. J. (2007, March). Stereotypes of psychotherapists in film. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Corrice, A.M., Glidden, L. M., & Jobe, B.M. (2007, March). Predicting the depression and well-being of mothers rearing children with developmental disabilities. Poster presented at the 40th Gatlinburg Conference for Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Leech, H., & Tickle, J. J. (2007, March). Revealing the dynamics of online social networks. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Natcher, A.L., Jobe, B.M., & Glidden, L.M. (2007, March). Personality, coping style, and adjustment of parents rearing children with developmental disabilities. Poster presented at the 40th Gatlinburg Conference for Research in ID/DD, Annapolis, MD.
Bailey, A. M., Kallarackal, A. J., Chen, M. , & Simard, J. M. (2006, October). Apamin significantly improves spatial cognition in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis 1. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Calhoon, G.G., & Brady, A.M. (2006, October). The effects of cognitive intervention in adolescence on behavioral abnormalities in a neurodevelopmental rat model of schizophrenia. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Tranen, N.S. (2007, February). How to find the perfect match. Lecture session presented at the Mid-Atlantic Association of College and University Housing Officers Spring Conference, Allentown, PA.
Saul, R.D., Wiest, M.K., & Brady, A.M. (2006, October). Spatial working memory deficits in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion rat model of schizophrenia. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Calhoon, G. G. & Brady, A. M. (2006, April). The effects of cognitive intervention in adolescence on behavioral abnormalities in a rat model of schizophrenia. Poster presented at the SYNAPSE Meeting, Davidson College, Davidson, NC.
Saul, R. D., Wiest, M. K., & Brady, A. M. (2006, April). Effect of a neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion on working memory in rats. Poster presented at the SYNAPSE Meeting, Davidson College, Davidson, NC.
Berger, S. & Van Abbema, D. L. (2006, March). Relationship between attachment and perceived vs. expected intimacy in relationships. Poster presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Hawes, R. J., & Koenig, C. S. (2006, March). The self-fulfilling prophecy in college athletics. Poster presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
McQuighan, L., & Tickle, J. J. (2006). The nature of infidelity in romantic relationships. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD, March 2006.
Stephens, T. & Hiris, E. (2006, March). Invisibility and fading in motion-induced blindness as static dot size increases. Poster presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Van Abbema, D. L., Tranen, N. S., & Day, G. M. (2006, March). Does report method impact narrative content? Comparing oral and typed reports of the same events. Poster presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Van Abbema, D. L., & Tranen, N. S. (2006, January). Story time in the Child Development course: Using the portrayal of gender in children's books to teach about gender development. Poster presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL.
Grisham, C. & Van Abbema, D. L. (2005, October). Therapeutic horseback riding for Autistic children: Literature review and research proposal. Poster presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Group Meeting 2005 of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. St. Mary's College, St. Mary's City, MD.
Kallarackal, A. & Bailey, A. (2005, October). Olfactory discrimination learning in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis. Poster presented at the Society of Neuroscience 2005 Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.
Bailey, A. M. & Shutty, M. L. (2005, October). The effects of muscimol injections on learning set formation in rats. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA.
