Table of Contents
- 10:30 -11:45am: Poster Session 1 (setup 10:15-10:30am)
- 12:00 -1:00pm: Brief Talks (Lunch will be served)
- 1:15 - 2:30pm: Poster Session 2 (setup 1:00-1:15pm)
Field Placement, Internship, Practicum
- Field Placement at Bluestone Elementary School
Kate Becker-Mowery
Advisor: Dr. Shayna Finn - Field Placement at Community Counseling Center
Lindsay Bernstein
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Johnson
Undergraduate Research
- Effects of Cyclic Sighting on Social Connectedness
Kevin Cottrell
Advisor: Dr. Natalie Kerr
Honors Thesis - Attachment Style and Future Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: The Moderating Effects of Emotional Expressivity, Communication during Conflict, and Self-Sacrifice
Abigail Young
Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo
Honors Thesis - The Development of Self-Worth Throughout Adolescence
Lindsay Bernstein
Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo
Honors Thesis - Comedy in the Classroom: Research Proposal for an Investigation on the Effects of Comic Creation on Memory
Yasmin Ohanian & Maggie Allen
Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Baker - Connections Between Family Relationships, Autonomy, and Substance Use Behaviors
Lindsey Altizer
Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo - Are Students “Punitive” in Their Requests for Content Warnings?
Emily Triplett
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Salvatore - Pluralistic Ignorance Regarding Hazing Activities
Jacob Kalman & Reese Eelkema
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Apple - Beliefs and Behaviors of College Students that Identify as Superfans
Jordyn Crane & Savannah Totty
Advisor: Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan - Happy Face Advantage in Children: Human and Pareidolic Faces
Katie Fox, Rachael Johnson, & Katelyn Morgan
Advisor: Dr. Krisztina Jakobsen - Adolescent Interpersonal Competence and Adult Romantic Relationship Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Relationship Satisfaction
Grace Kinsky
Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo - Adult Ratings of Faces, Face-Like Images, and Objects
Margaret Nelson & Sophia Cundiff
Advisor: Dr. Krisztina Jakobsen - Add Confetti to the Fire: Conveying Object Emoji with Time Delay Responses
Katevonni Sorlouangsana, Jessica Johnson, & Francis Powers, III
Advisor: Dr. Sri Siddhi N. Upadhyay - Social Appraisal and Student Attention
Lyndsay Maguire
Advisor: Dr. Claire Lyons - The relationship among oral contraceptive use, sleep, and sexual behavior
Sureyya Sanchez, Caitlyn Hewitt, Olivia Hornung, Kailee Corbett, Kieran Donohue, Cameron McKinney, & Alex Sheffield
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Dyche - Comedy in the Classroom: Research Proposal for an Investigation on the Effects of Comic Creation on Memory
Yasmin Ohanian & Maggie Allen
Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Baker - Choice among Supplemental Readings Leads to Less Boredom and Better Learning
David Morales
Advisor: Dr. Ashton Trice
Title: Relationships among Emotional Vulnerability, Social Support, and Flourishing in Emerging Adults
Presenter: Hannah Dodson
Advisor: Dr. Claire Lyons
Title: The Forgotten Variable: Is Experimenter Gender a Missing Factor in the Reproducibility Crisis?
Presenters: Amber Bennett, Braden Berger, Jack Nocé, and Abigail Sholes
Advisor: Dr. Melanie Shoup-Knox
Exploring Meaning of Life in Suicide Awareness Campaigns: An Investigation of Authenticity in the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM's) "The Last Photo" Video Series"
Presenters: Paige D'Agostino and Teagan Davis
Advisor: Dr. Lindsay Harvell-Bowman
Title: Crafting the Situation to Promote Social Connection among JMU Students
Presenters: McKenna Mattingly, Maddie Roever, Liana Turturro, and Jana Donato
Advisor: Dr. Natalie Kerr
Field Placement, Internship, Practicum
- Field Placement Experience at Western State Hospital
Caitlyn Hewitt
Advisor: Dr. Shayna Finn - Independent Study (PSYC 402) – Peer Tutoring in Abnormal Psychology
Jessica Johnson, Courtney Farzan, Jessica Papandon, Emily Triplett, & Sam Carberry
Advisor: Dr. JoAnne Brewster
Undergraduate Research
- Musical Training’s Relation to Working Memory Capacity and Attentional Interference
Liam Payne
Advisor: Dr. Michael Hall
Honors Thesis - The Relationship Between Early Parent-Child Relationships and College Roommate Compatibility
Rachael Stromberg
Advisor: Dr. Claire Lyons
Honors Thesis - Engaging in Politics: Early Exploration between Mindfulness and Political Engagement
Tanner Sykhammountry
Advisor: Dr. Ben Blankenship
Honors Thesis - Validation of the Avoid, Redirect, or Confront (ARC) Scale
Penny Naden, Rohan Saini, Urmi Chatterjee, & Amy Spears
Advisor:Dr. Kala Melchiori - Happiness 101: Studying the Well-Being of JMU Students
Sara Buie, Zach Baron, Sammi Blecke, Emily Bousquet, Ziah Buffington, Kaylin Carsey, Sean Cattie, Andrew Gray, Alex Hatgimisios, Shelby Heath, Kaleigh Higgins, Savannah Hughes, Ruby Loeper-Viti, Hana Mahyoub, Ryan Monroe, Caroline Morel, Heather Narvaez, Kyla Powers, Kayla Ransome, Abby Reinhardt, Bryan Rodeheaver, Khalil Turner, and Will Whited.
Advisor: Dr. Kenn Barron - Influencer Aspirations: Extraversion, Narcissism, and Social Media
Soleil Goodrich
Advisor: Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan - A Quantitative Investigation of Relational Cognitive Distortions Among the Suicidal with Traditional Terror Management Measures
Teagan Davis, Sophia Cundiff, Paige D'Agostino, Ethan Raymond, Brielle Lampf, Lizzie Bryan, Elsa Herries, Grace Kinsky, Jack Cignetti, Erin Fuller, Emily Nicholson , Anna Robinson, & Eliza Snipes
Advisor: Dr. Lindsey Harvell-Bowman - Existential Flourishing: Exploring Relational Cognition as a Mechanism to Produce More Therapeutic Experiences
Teagan Davis, Sophia Cundiff, Paige D'Agostino, Ethan Raymond, Brielle Lampf, Lizzie Bryan, Elsa Herries, Grace Kinsky, Jack Cignetti, Erin Fuller, Emily Nicholson , Anna Robinson, & Eliza Snipes
Advisor: Dr. Lindsey Harvell-Bowman - How Accurate is Deception Detection in Capital Murder 911 Calls?
Alexandra Sheffield
Advisor: Dr. Kethera Moore - Analysis of 911 Calls
Alexandra Sheffield
Advisor: Dr. Kethera Moore - What Helps and Hinders Student Transitions to JMU
Nenah Conners, Savannah Hoover, Teagan Lunn, Andrew Goldfeder, Lyndsay Maguire, Rachel Mitchem, McKenna Murphy, & Yasasvi Paleti
Advisor: Dr. Kenn Barron - Wear and Compare: The effects of Body Neutral and Positive Language
Amanda Ball
Advisor: Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan - Racial Differences with the ARC Scale
Morgan Melchor, Chubi Abu, & Emma Roberson
Advisor: Dr. Kala Melchiori - Can prepubescent children detect ovulation cues?
Rebecca Fleetwood, Annalise Kallman, Jordyn Crane, Lindsay Moody, & Anna Pierce
Advisors: Dr. Melanie Shoup-Knox and Dr. Krisztina Jakobsen
Department of Psychology
