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VIDEO: Bethany Aiena, doctoral student
Years from now when I look back at Ole Miss and what it means to me … anything I’ve learned as a clinician, anything I’ve learned as a researcher, I’ve learned from Ole Miss.—Bethany Aiena Mental Health Impact of Gulf Oil Spill The University of Mississippi Clinical Disaster Research Center plays a vital role in studying […]
Psychology scholar Kristen Hymel
Kristen Hymel got goose bumps the first time she stepped on the University of Mississippi campus as an undergraduate. Her family has a strong connection to the University; she is a descendent of Dr. Andrew Armstrong Kincannon for whom Kincannon Hall was named and of Senator J.Z. George for whom George Hall was named. With […]
Professor and author Ken Sufka offers students tips to excel
Motivated to help at-risk college students succeed in attaining their educational goals, more than 100 faculty and staff from Mississippi’s higher education institutions gathered Aug. 14 at the University of Mississippi for a day of inspiration and empowerment. The At-Risk Summit: Student Success and Persistence was held at UM’s Jackson Avenue Center. Hosted by the […]
New Clinical-Disaster Research Center
Courtesy of the Oxford Eagle The University of Mississippi’s Clinical-Disaster Research Center in the Department of Psychology is not just about educating students, it’s making a big impact on the community with a small budget. The new center has a budget of $29,663, which was approved in October 2012 by the state College Board. These […]
Carrie Smith’s Research Suggests the “First Time” Really Matters
In an exclusive article for the UK’s MailOnline, University of Mississippi instructional assistant professor in the Department of Psychology Carrie V. Smith said the circumstances of how someone loses their virginity “appears to have implications for their well-being years later.” Smith, joined Matthew Shaffer of the University of Tennessee in surveying 331 young men and women about […]
Psychology Professor’s Fulbright Studies in Tanzania
When Laura Johnson returned from her first trip to Africa—a yearlong study in Kenya as a University of Mississippi junior in 1989—the director of study abroad gave her a brochure for the Fulbright Scholar grant and told her she’d need it one day. That director was right. In January, Johnson, a UM associate professor of […]
