The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that about one-third of American adults are obese. Albion College junior Katie Pickworth hopes to use funding from the National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program to determine if there are psychological and neurological triggers that can be linked to the condition.
Kevin Zabel, ’09, thought he wanted to pursue a career as an investment manager during his days as a student at Albion College. He had an interest in psychology, too, and thought that an understanding of the relationship between one’s need for novel experiences and acceptance of investment risk could potentially provide direction when presenting a portfolio to a client.
Although Zabel didn’t pursue work as a financial adviser – he’s currently serving as the academic program coordinator for the Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture and weighing his graduate school options – his research on the topic turned into a 93-page senior thesis, and a condensed version was published in the December 2009 edition of the journal Personality and Individual Differences. Albion psychology faculty Drew Christopher, Mareike Wieth, and Jacque Carlson were also listed as authors of the paper in the journal.
November is the month for psychologists to gather, and Albion College students distinguished themselves among present and future peers at two national conferences last month. Thirteen Albion students attended the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in San Diego, with students Amanda Tilot (left) and Cindy Cardwell giving poster presentations at that conference. "It's pretty uncommon for an undergraduate to present research among the world's best neuroscientists," noted psychology professor Tammy Jechura.
We in Albion College's Psychology Department and Neuroscience Concentration congratulate our students on their accomplishments. The students listed below have met significant goals associated with their professional development.
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Karly Redburn was accepted into the Marital and Family Therapy Masters/Doctoral program at Michigan State University.
Laura Krasean was accepted by the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) for the Ph.D. program in clinical neuropsychology.
Ryan Trapp was accepted into the Masters programs in Counseling Psychology at LaSalle College and at Chatham College.
Jordan Troisi was admitted to the Social Psychology Ph.D. program at SUNY Buffalo and to the Social-Personality Ph.D. program at the University of New Hampshire.
Ross O'Hara was admitted to the Social Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Iowa.
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