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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 […]
Call for Abstracts…3rd Annual UM Conference on Psychological Science
Students and Faculty, I’m happy to announce that abstracts are now being accepted for our 3rd annual UM Conference on Psychological Science. Abstracts must be submitted by Friday March 11th at 5pm (the last Friday before Spring Break). As in years past we will have poster presentations and oral talks by Honors college students, FREE […]
UM Clinical Psychology PhD Program Ranked One of Nation’s Best
The Clinical Psychology doctoral program at University of Mississippi has been ranked as one of the nation’s Best PhD Programs in Clinical Psychology by the Best Counseling Degrees website. Rankings were based on the percentage of students passing the national psychology licensure exam (Examination for Professional Practice of Psychology [EPPP]), obtaining internship placements accredited by […]
Kenneth Sufka Is Carnegie-CASE Professor of the Year
Psychology Educator Received Prestigious Honor in Washington, D.C. A respected University of Mississippi teacher and researcher is this year’s Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching-Council for Advancement and Support of Education Mississippi Professor of the Year. Kenneth J. “Ken” Sufka, professor of psychology and pharmacology, received the prestigious honor Thursday (Nov. 20) at the U.S. […]
In and Out of Africa
Laura Johnson, associate professor of psychology, has been in and out of countries in East Africa since her junior year as an undergraduate at the University of Mississippi, when she spent a life changing year in Kenya. Most recently, Johnson returned from her second Fulbright research award. In December 2012, she, her husband and their two […]
