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Behavioral Neuroscience Student Chosen as 2017 Class Marshal
Behavioral Neuroscience Student Chosen as 2017 Class Marshal By Nathan Towery Harris received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi. She enrolled in the terminal Ph.D. program at the university to work under Kenneth Sufka, professor of psychology and pharmacology, and was awarded a master’s degree along with her Ph.D. In her research, […]
Rebekah Smith to Discuss Memory Research in Copenhagen
UM Faculty Member is one of just eight invited speakers for international conference MAY 28, 2017 BY CHRISTINA STEUBE Rebekah Smith, UM chair and professor of psychology, is set to discuss her research at a June conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Thomas Graning/UM Communications Rebekah Smith, chair and professor of psychology, is among just eight […]
Psychology Professor, Carey Bernini Dowling, Receives UM College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Instructor
Faculty members lauded for excellence in challenging and guiding students MAY 12, 2017 BY EDWIN SMITH Lee Cohen (second from left), dean of the UM College of Liberal Arts, congratulates (from left) Matt Long, Carey Bernini Dowling (psychology) and Steven Davis on their teaching honors announced Friday. Photo by Thomas Graning/UM Communications The College of […]
Brittany Nielsen Receives UM Teaching Award
Brittany Nielsen (M.A., California State University, Long Beach), a graduate student in Experimental Psychology and member of the research team in the Cognition Underlying Behavior (CUB) Lab, received the 2015–2016 Graduate Instructor Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Mississippi Graduate School Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 13, 2016. In addition to a monetary award, Brittany received a Golden Apple […]
Recent Psychology Graduate Awarded Prestigious Health Fellowship
Gigi Bastien’s research on impact of Ebola virus disease to take place in Liberia MAY 19, 2016 | BY MACKENZIE QUICK A recent graduate of the University of Mississippi Department of Psychology, Gigi Bastien, has been awarded a Fogarty Global Health Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for 11 months of research in the […]
UM Study Affirms Treating Insomnia May Ease Migraines
Researchers use behavioral intervention to achieve long-term results MARCH 10, 2016 | BY CHRISTINA STEUBE Even relatively brief sessions with a sleep therapist may prove useful in relieving the frequency of migraines for chronic sufferers, concludes a study conducted by researchers at the University of Mississippi. The study is reported in the February issue of […]
