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CUA Online News

Senior Psychology major, Craig Mariconti, is interning in the Publication Department at the Association for Psychological Science here in DC. He wrote the cover article for the February issue of APS's monthly publication the Observer, Understanding the Disconnect on Global Warming (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2467).

Look here for Mullen Library update including newly acquired psychological journals and books.

Interested in becoming part of our Alumni database? See the Alumni page for details.

A scholarship fund has been established to honor the memory of Dr. Wright, called the Dr. Tom Wright Scholarship Fund. Contributions should be made out to CUA, with a note that it is for the Wright Scholarship, and can be sent to Office of Advancement, CUA, Washington DC 20064.

Congratulations to Dr. Marcie Goeke-Morey

who received the 2008 Provost’s Teaching Award.

Speaker Series

Click here to see a list of recent and upcoming departmental speakers

Graduate Student Awards

Clinical PhD Ben Rodriguez is now a tenured Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University. Starting in January, 2009, he will be an associate editor for The Journal of Clinical Psychology. [October 2008]

Congratulations to Michele Schottenbauer! Michele, a current Ph.D. student in clinical psychology, has been selected to receive the APA Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12) Excellence in Research student award at the 2006 annual APA convention in New Orleans for her dissertation: Expert Therapists and Practicing Clinicians - Reported Prototypical Treatments of Trauma.

Congratulations to Alicia Santana! Alicia, a current Ph.D. student in clinical psychology, has been awarded an APA Minority Fellowship. The fellowship's overall objective is to support the training of promising researchers in the area of health disparities research. The award provides financial support, professional development activities and professional guidance to students pursuing doctoral degress in psychology.

Congratulations to Marian Tanofsky-Kraff! Marian, who received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from CUA in 2003, has been awarded the Annual Early Career Investigator Best Paper Award from the Academy of Eating Disorders for her article: Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Faden, D., Yanovski, S.Z., Wilfley, D.E., & Yanovski, J.A. (2005). The perceived onset of dieting and loss of control eating behaviors in overweight children. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 38, 112-122.

Recent Graduates

Congratulations to our M.A. and Ph.D. graduates!

Those receiving degrees in 2006:

Ph. D. Degree

May, 2006

Kathryn N. Nelson, Clinical Psychology: The Development and Pilot Test of a Measure that Assesses Effective Interventions with Suicidal Outpatients

Michael J. Piller, Applied Experimental Psychology: Acquisition of Route and Survey Spatial Knowledge in Transparent and Opaque Virtual Environments: Effects of Goals, Alignment and Secondary Tasks

Anne A. Weissenberger, Clinical Psychology: Parental Understanding of and Impact on Child’s Adjustment in the Aftermath of a Suicide Attempt

October, 2006 (Anticipated)

Renata Cerqueira, Clinical Psychology: Intimate Partner Violence: Processes of Change, Severity of Violence, and Re-abuse

Veronica H. LaSalle-Ricci, Clinical Psychology: The Hoarding Dimension of OCD: Psychological Comorbidity and the Five-Factor Personality Model

Michele A. Schottenbauer, Clinical Psychology: Expert Therapists and Practicing Clinicians: Reported Prototypical Treatments of Trauma