Wittenberg University Department of Psychology

Psychology students took part in the Connections Symposium and other campus events Friday, April 21st (here is the Symposium program https://www.wittenberg.edu/sites/default/files/media/provost/ConnectionsSymposiumSchedule2023-Rev4.pdf).

PSYC's Dr. Billy Davis was in charge of this inaugural event showcasing student research, art and music.

There's also one picture of students at the Concerned Black Students annual Cookout, which was also held April 21st.

Dr. Stephanie Little was at MPA with alumni Lexi Spence and Rinn Ramcke as coauthors! Here's Lexi in action.

Honors Convocation awards were presented this week.

Please see the award descriptions and pictures of our PSYC students - they've won awards ALL OVER CAMPUS!

Congratulations to these students!

Dr. Billy Davis presented a talk in
Wittenberg's series of Martin Luther King, Jr. D
ay events titled The Psychology of American Racism. Dr. Davis has worked on and presented this talk for a few years now.
Great students attendance and you may even see President Frandsen here!
(No surprise; President Frandsen has been at earlier similar PSYC events for MLK Jr. Day.)

The Psychology department is pleased to welcome Dr. Gwynne Davis as a new Assistant Professor in our behavioral neuroscience line.

Dr. Davis has been a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2022-23 academic year and we've already seen her outstanding abilities as a teacher-scholar.

This Fall Gwynne taught a First Year Seminar on historical developments in neuroscience. One technology topic in the FYS was optogenetics. As Gwynne & students studied opto's development they asked important questions about how scientific credit is awarded.

https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/01/optogenetics/

Gwynne's research area is generally in rodent models of human behavior. One recent publication that shows some of her wide interests is here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26247-2

The Psychology department is excited to welcome Gwynne and know she'll continue to be an inspiring teacher and a great guide for student research.

Alumni and current students and homecoming court members and snacks - Oh was it a good time for PSYC's first organized tailgate...ever? [I'll go to the booth on that one, subscribers, and get back to you] I had several more great shots that were unfortunately blurry, maybe because I was laughing so much. The camaraderie was wonderful.

We had great turnout to hear our stimulating alumni panel talk about their time at Witt - and their paths since then!
Panelists were (L to R): Joe Brumfield '07, Kelsey Fobean '18, Jenn Archilla '11, and Alexa Konowal '15

Alumni - are you tailgating with us this Saturday? 10 am - 2 pm!

Students in Dr Little's PSYC 351B (Mental Health Practice lab) volunteering at Springfield City Schools' Mental Health Fun Fair on Saturday, Sept 24th.
Students created and led the following activities: journaling, yoga, mental health jeopardy, making stress balls and coloring.

Wittenberg's NAMI chapter hosted QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) training on September 20th and as you can see the event was well-attended. Thank you to NAMI student leadership and to faculty sponsor Dr. Billy Davis for their coordination of this important educational event.

EVENTS!

PSYC is hosting an alumni panel on Friday, September 30th at 4 pm.

PSYC thanks Dr. Little for organizing this Homecoming panel with people who will talk about finding their path while at Witt and after.

AND - we're tailgating! 10 am - 2 pm Saturday, Oct 1st!

Dr. Lauren Crane served as editor for this new volume and wrote a chapter in which she describes conducting research with two years of Psychology 400 seminar students. The list of student authors referenced in the chapter is extensive: Odysse Davis, Alyssa Stout, Alex Sheppard, Seneca Neal, Grace Runyon, Gabby Cox, Mike Dureska, Mercedes Harris, Amy Knauer, Melissa Latto, Morgan Malanca, Lizzie McNeill, Olivia Roberson, Jubileen Kombe, Antonia Turner, Sara Sullivan, and Cassidy Taylor.

Congratulations, Dr. Crane!