Student Spotlights
Congrats to 2017 MAPR Scholarship Receipients
2nd Year Recipient
Marieke Visser with Dr. Kelemen
1st Year Receipient
Niki Hayatbini
Congratulations to 2016 MAPR Scholarship Recipients
2nd Year Student - Chasley Jones
1st Year Students - Eileen Marin Cordivin, Trisha Flournoy, Angela Johnson, Linda-Brook Thompson
Congratulations to 2016 Graduate College Scholarship Recipients
2nd Year Student - Amanda Jones, Chasley Jones, Elia Bueno, Katelyn Stephenson, Samantha White
1st Year Students - Angela Johnson, Fatemeh Fereidooni, Linda-Brooke Thompson, Miguel Capote, Trisha Flournoy
Congratulations to 2016 Merit Fellowship
Maxwell Helfrich
Congrats Briana Cobos and Javier Arteta
on having a paper accepted for publication with the journal Pain Medicine
Arteta, J., Cobos, B., Hu, Y., Jordan, K., & Howard, K. (In Press, 2015). Evaluation on how depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between pain catastrophizing and prescription opioid misuse in chronic pain populations. Pain Medicine
2015-2016 Graduate Fellowships
Katelyn Stephenson
&
Samantha White
MA in Psychological Research Scholarships
First Year Second Year
Katelyn Stephenson Frank DePalma
Morgan Kelly
Stephen Ramos
Bryant Reininger
Candice Stanfield
2015 - 2016
Graduate College
Scholarship Recipients in
Psychological Research
Morgan Kelly
Katelyn Stephenson
Brittany Hill
Bryant Reininger
Francesco DePalma
Candice Stanfield
Elia Bueno
Stephen Ramos
Graduate College Scholarship
Recipients in Psychological Research
2014-1015 2015-2016
Javier Arteta Garcia Morgan Kelly
Michael Bell Katelyn Stephenson
Angelica Carballo Brittany Hill
Briana Cobos Bryant Reininger
Natalie DeLeon Francesco DePalma
Haley Harris Candice Stanfield
Velia Hernandez Elia Bueno
Adrienne Koller Stephen Ramos
Matthew Light
Rachel Price
Christopher Prickett Celebrity Classic Scholarship
Shannon Wilder Katelyn Stephenson
Haleigh Winfrey
& Dr. Ogletree
Presented at the
Southwestern Psychological
Association Convention
April 2015
Thesis Defense for
Natalie DeLeon
Assessing Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants Using an iPhone Application
Thesis Committee: Dr. Schepis, Dr. Graham, Dr. Haskard-Zolnierek
Thesis Defense for
Briana Cobos
The Relationship between Psychological Disorders and Medication Adherence in College Students
Thesis Committee: Dr. Haskard-Zolnierek, Dr. Howard, & Dr. Oliver
Spring 2015
Thesis Defense for
Javier Arteta-Garcia
The Dark Tetrad of Personality, Social Dominance Orientation and their Relationship in Hazing Behaviors of College Students
Thesis Committee: Dr. Davis, Dr. Osborne, Dr. Etherton
Spring 2015
Adrienne Koller

Congrats to Adrienne Koller for a successful roundtable presentation at the American Society for Criminology in San Francisco. Way to disseminate everybody!
Joe Bassili presents at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society

Joe Bassili presents at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Long Beach, California on November 21, 2014.
"How do Time of Day and Activity Levels Influence Memory and Metacognitive Accuracy" – Joseph J. Bassili and William L. Kelemen, Ph.D.
Andrew Santana at TPA Convention in Dallas

Memory and Metacognitive Accuracy Following Moderate and Heavy Bouts of Aerobic Exercise - Andrew Santana & William Kelemen, Ph.D.
Chris Prickett at TPA Convention in Dallas

Assessing Social Interactions in a Summer Day Camp for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Chris Prickett, Ting Liu, Ph.D. & Reiko Graham, Ph.D.
Javier Arteta received the "Best Poster" Award

Javier Arteta (2nd year MA student) and his mentor, Dr. Krista Howard, who received the “Best Poster” award at the Fall 2014 International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research conference. The study is titled: "Evaluation of how Depression and Anxiety Mediate the Relationship between Pain Catastrophizing and Opioid Misuse in a Chronic Pain Population." Javier completed the internship at RestoreFX last summer and utilized their patient data for this project. His paper has been submitted for publication to Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Candice Stanfield won "Best Paper" Award

Candice Stanfield and Andrew Duong presented at the IOSSBR Conference on Nov. 3, 2014 in San Antonio, TX
Candice Stanfield co-presented "The Inexplicable Sex Differences in Homeonegativity: A Proposed New Paradigm of Implicit Cognitive Systems" & Andrew Duong presented " An Ethological Analysis of Dog-Owner Play Behaviors at a Free-Roam Dog Park" at International Organization of Social Science and Behavioral Research on November 3, 2014 in San Antonio, TX
Haleigh Winfrey Presents

Presenting at International Research Conference for Graduate Students on Nov 5th at Texas State University.
Presentation: Psychology's Growth: United States vs. German, Brazil, and China