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Students in the Department of Psychology have the opportunity to take part in several research projects, predominantly during their junior and senior years. Research opportunities are available through independent studies, the research 400 classes, as well as in the form of a senior thesis. The department has several rooms and labs available for research purposes.

Student Research from 2017-2022

Combs, K (‘22), Fortner, S. (‘22), & Hahn, B. (‘22). W. E. Davis, Faculty Sponsor. (2022, April). Political Beliefs and relevant Experiences Predicting Stigma Against Mental Illness and Substance Abuse. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Hosler, M. (’22), & Brown, S. (’22). W. E. Davis, Faculty Sponsor. (2022, April). The Effectiveness of Positive and Negative Persuasive Appeals to Take Action Against Human Trafficking. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Lakosky, M (‘22), Tomlin, C. (‘22), & Engle, M (‘22). W. E. Davis, Faculty Sponsor. (2022, April). Personality Traits, Adherence to COVID-19 Guidelines, and Social Anxiety. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Davis, W. E., & Pickering, M. (’24). (2022, February). A Comparison of Personality Judgments of Individuals Convicted of 15 Distinct Crimes. Poster presented at the 2022 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Virtual and San Francisco, CA.
Brooks, A. (’22), & Little, S. (2021, May-September). Effects of Achievement Orientation and an Achievement Event on Children's Mood and Drawings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (virtual).
Davis, W. E., & Paul, H (’23). (2021, April). Anti-Atheist Personality Judgments of Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy. Poster presented at the 2021 Midwestern Psychology Association Annual Conference, Virtual Conference.
Hum, C. (’20), & Little, S. (2021, April). Effects of High School Mental Health Supports on Later Symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting (virtual).
Davis, W. E., & Paul, H (’23). (2021, February). Anti-Atheist Personality Judgments of Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy. Poster presented at the 2021 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, Virtual Conference.
Brown, C. E., O’Neil, T. S. (’18), Glaskox, M. L. (’18), Stacey L. Brabenec, S. L. (’18) & Beckett, A. A. (’18). (2020, Summer). Ideology predicts morality: But verbal versus written lies don't wash! Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science APS Virtual Annual Conference.
Davis, W. E., & Paul, H. (’23). (2020, April). Anti-atheist personality judgments of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Poster accepted for the 2020 Midwestern Psychology Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. (conference cancelled due to COVID-19)
Gilbert, D. (’22), Klever, L. (’21), Lowen, N. (’21), & DiDomenico, B (’22); L. S. Crane, Faculty Sponsor. (2020, April). Gender differences in crosswalk use. Poster accepted for presentation at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL. (meeting cancelled due to COVID-19)
Turner, A. V. (’20), & Kombe, J ('20); L. S. Crane, Faculty Sponsor. (2020, April). Lecture questions in American classrooms versus Indian classrooms. Poster accepted for presentation at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL. (meeting cancelled due to COVID-19)
Davis, W. E., & Tanner, M. (’19). (2020, February). Personality and situation predictors of perceiving real-world benevolently sexist behaviors as disrespectful. Poster presented at the 2020 SPSP Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Anes, M., Fobean, K. (’18), Nowak, J. (’20), Martin, Z. (’19), & Vanhook, M. (’20). (2019, October). Minimal social group assignment and statement repetition are associated with increased truth ratings for general knowledge and ingroup-specific statements. Paper presented at the Association of Lutheran College Faculties annual meeting, Springfield, OH.
Bond, C. M. (‘16), Johnson, J. C. (‘18), Chaudhary, V. (‘16), McWhorter M. L., & Woehrle, N. S. (2019, October). Perinatal fluoxetine exposure results in social deficits and reduced monoamine oxidase gene expression in mice. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C. E., Taylor, C. S. (’20), Stephens, S. S. (’19), & Stout, A. N. (’19). (2019, May). Study or party? Gender-based attributions of Greek affiliation, academic success, and social success. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C.
Neal, S. (’20), Ramcke, K. (’21), Spence, E. (’20), & Zysik, G. (’20); L. S. Crane, Faculty Sponsor. (2019, April). Photographical affect and their variation. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Martin, Z. (’19), Ramcke, K. (’21), Turner, A. (’20), & Wenner, E. (’21); L. S. Crane, Faculty Sponsor. (2019, April). Academic and campus party culture participation. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Goins, E. (’21), Henderson, J. (’21), & Martin, Z. (‘19) ); L. S. Crane, Faculty Sponsor. (2019, April). Gender norms when choosing literature. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Bertsch, E. (’19), Cleveland, C. (’19), McCarthy, E. (’19), & Pohlabel, M. (’19); W. Davis, Faculty Sponsor. (2019, April). Fear the FOMO: Fear of missing out in college students. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Johnson, J. (’17), & Little, S. A. (2019, April). Sleep, goal orientation, and state anxiety on attentional emotional bias. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
McClean, C. (’19); S. Little, Faculty Sponsor. (2019, April). Therapeutic alliance in pediatric occupational therapy. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Oliver, R. (’19); S. Little, Faculty Sponsor. (2019, April). Impact of anxiety disorders and symptoms on party affiliation. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Brown, C., Foster, N. (’17), Kaplan, J. (’17), Laney, B. (’17), & Smith, J. (’17). (2018, April) Mindset and framing effects in athletic and academic contexts. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Cox, G. J., (’18), Davis, O. M. (’18), Dureska, M. S. (’17), Harris, M. D. (’18), Knauer, A. B. (’18), Latto, M. H. (’18), Malanca, M. A. (’17), McNeill, E. J., (’18), & Roberson, O. K. (’17); L. S. Crane, Faculty Sponsor. (2018, April). Comparing high school classrooms in the United States and India. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Crane, L. S., Mishra, R. C., Davis, O. M. (’18), George, L. E. (’18), Cox, G. J., (’18), Dureska, M. S. (’17), Harris, M. D. (’18), Knauer, A. B. (’18), Latto, M. H. (’18), Malanca, M. A. (’17), McNeill, E. J., (’18), & Roberson, O. K. (’17). (2018, July). Patterns of language use in Indian and American high schools. Paper to be presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Guelph, Canada.
Fobean, K. (’18); M. Anes, Faculty Sponsor. (2018, April). Repetition-induced acceptance of ingroup, outgroup, and world facts in a minimal group paradigm. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Genetin, A. (’18), & Little, S. (2018, April) The impact of advertisement type on body satisfaction and mood. Poster presented at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
George, L. E. ('18) & Crane, L. S. (2017, September). Historical thought and textbooks: Comparing the United States and India. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Ohio Council for the Social Studies, Cincinnati, OH.
Johnson, J. (’18) & Woehrle, N. (2018, April). Mood effects of chronic mild sleep deprivation in juvenile mice. Poster present at the Psi Chi session of the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Brookings, J. B., & Burns, K.* (2017, April). The incremental predictive validity of intellectual disengagement: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Wilson, Z.* (2017, April). Interpersonal styles and writing centers. Poster presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Memphis, TN. (Jeff Brookings, Faculty Sponsor)
Brown, C., Bond, C.*, Bittinger, M. A.*, & Burns, K. L.* (April, 2017). Conformity with majority and minority opinions regarding academic budget cuts. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Bowen, K.* (April, 2017). Dispositional and situational attributions within classroom language socialization in India and the U.S. Poster presented at the 2017 Ohio Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, John Carroll University. (Lauren Crane, Faculty Sponsor).
O’Neil, T.*, & Glaskox, M.* (April, 2017). Auditory distraction and taste differentiation. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Lauren Crane, Faculty Sponsor).
Barcus, K.*, Simmons, M.*, & Walker, T.* (April, 2017). Predictors of stigma surrounding attempted suicide in college students. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Stephanie Little, Faculty Sponsor).
Weathers, M. T.*, Stone, H.*, Gerrity, M.*, Daniel, D.*, & Meier, H.* (April, 2017). Comorbidity in college students with ADHD and the protective role of athletics. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Stephanie Little, Faculty Sponsor).
Allen, E.*, Anderson, C.*, & Hughes, E.* (April, 2017). Effects of N-Acetylcysteine on OCD-like behaviors in mice. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Nancy S. Woehrle, Faculty Sponsor).
Snyder, C.*, Havens, C.*, & Martinez, N.* (April, 2017). Relationship between subconcussive head injuries and attentional deficits. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Nancy S. Woehrle, Faculty Sponsor).