Administrative Updates and Announcements
The Department of Psychology is excited to welcome Dr. Iris Vilares from University College London and the Virginia Tech Carillion Research Institute. Iris will be joining our faculty in the Cognitive and Brain Sciences area as an Assistant Professor. Please feel free to welcome Iris at idongavi@umn.edu
We're also excited to welcome Dr. Richard Landers from Old Dominion University. Richard will be joining us as the John P. Campbell Distinguished Professor of I-O Psychology. If you would like to reach out to welcome Richard, his email address is lande065@umn.edu
We're happy to announce that we've hired our newest IT staff member, Silke Moeller, to the Department of Psychology. Silke is the new Academic Technologist who will be working with department faculty, staff, and students to identify, develop, and implement digital solutions for teaching and learning. Silke is coming to us from working in instructional technology at the UM School of Kinesiology, and will be located in N211 Elliott Hall. You can welcome Silke at smoeller@umn.edu
Psych Undergraduate Advising has launched a new online research contract for undergrad students (4993/5993). In collaboration with PsyIT, they launched the new contract in late August using Knack for contract submission and approvals. The new online research contract makes it easier for students to submit contracts, for faculty members to sign off on contracts, and for our Psych Advising staff to monitor the process and assist with registration in PSY 4993/5993 for Undergraduates. If you have any questions about the new online Undergraduate Research Contract, please contact psyadvis@umn.edu. Visit z.umn.edu/5993 for more details.
The Office for Public Engagement is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2019 University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Awards (OCSA). The OCSA recognizes faculty, staff, students and University-affiliated community members who have made significant, demonstrable contributions to the public good through research, teaching, and/or public service. Nominations for awards are due by 5 p.m., Friday, December 14th, Full nomination guidelines can be found on the award's web page.
Awards and Accomplishments
Congratulations to our 2018-2019 Quell Scholars! The Quell Foundation works to educate communities about issues and concerns surrounding mental health, promoting open, judgement-free dialogue. This scholarship was established by Quell Foundation's Project Access as a means of fulfilling its mission to increase the talent pipeline through scholarship awards to students entering the mental health care profession, to expand the delivery of needed mental health care services, and to promote reformation to extend the scope of clinical behavioral health professional services. Department of Psychology students Hanna Boleman, Brianna Lundgren, and Abigail Runyon were selected by the Undergrad Awards committee after a competitive application process.
Adjunct Professor Brian Engdahl PhD, Minneapolis VA Brain Sciences Center, and holder of the Anderson Chair for PTSD Research, was recognized on August 24th during the national convention of the American Legion by their TBI / PTSD Committee for “unwavering commitment to our nation’s veterans, and for inspiring us with your motivating words during our 100th national convention”.
Co-edited by Adjunct Professor Ken Winters, A scholarly book on the contemporary health issues on marijuana, was just recently published. Sabet, K.A. & Winters, K.C. (2018) (Eds.). Contemporary health issues on marijuana. New York: Oxford University Press.
Graduated
Congratulations to our recent Department of Psychology Ph. D graduates!