2005

2006-2007 Awards and Acknowledgements:

Members of the psychology department were award and recognized in a variety of ways this past year

Eric Amsel: Awarded the Carnegie/CASE 2006-2007 Utah Professor of the Year. Invited to give talks (Utah System of Higher Education, New Faculty Retreat, Ogden City Schools After School Program, Math Colloquium, WSU Adjunct Retreat, and Counseling Center) and was the Commencement Speaker for the graduates of General Studies. Invited to serve as a submission reviewer for RMPA, JPS, SRCD and JOGS.

Aaron Ashley: Served as an invited reviewer for New Ideas in Psychology.

Todd Baird: Invited to serve as a Supervisor to two candidates for clinical licensure.

Lauren Fowler: Her research with a student was selected for presentation at the Council on Undergraduate Research, Posters on the Hill in Washington, D.C. She also served as a proposal reviewer for NSF-REU grants, and was an invited speaker at a conference for REU programs.

Azenett Garza: Reviewed a manuscript for Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Invited to give a talk sponsored by Women’s Studies, celebrating Women’s History Month.

Richard Grow: Invited to give in-service talks on Psychological Evaluation for counselors working at Vocational Rehabilitation and on the MMPI for the WSU Counseling Center.

Joseph Horvat: He was invited to serve as a reviewer for NMS, RMPA and APA.

Theresa Kay: Served as an invited reviewer for submissions to RMPA and the Journal of the Null Hypothesis.

Maria Parrilla de Kokal: Received a Diversity Recognition Award for contributions by the WSU Academic Affairs Diversity Action Committee. She was invited to give talks to the Foster Grandparent Program, the Hispanic Area Council, and MEChA.

Leigh Shaw: Invited reviewer of manuscripts submitted to Social Development, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, New Ideas in Psychology, John Wiley Publishers, and the Jean Piaget Society.

Matthew Schmolesky: Gave an invited presentation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and Technology Fellows.

2006-2007 Grants

Members of the psychology department were very productive in writing grants.

Eric Amsel: Awarded a Hemingway Collaborative Grant (with Gail Nikalson and Brian Streckline) and was a collaborator on a second one (by Matt Schmolesky, Lauren Fowler, Ron Meyers, and Jim Hutchins). He was also awarded the first Jennings Olsen Faculty Development Award and was a faculty advisor for an Undergraduate Research grant (Shane Bench).

Aaron Ashley: Awarded a Hemingway New Faculty Grant and was a collaborator on a Hemingway Collaborative Grant (by Matt Schmolesky, Lauren Fowler, Ron Meyers, and Jim Hutchins).

Lauren Fowler: Her NSF-REU grant was renewed for another three years. She was awarded a Hemingway Collaborative Grant (with Mathew Schmolesky, Ron Meyers, Jim Hutchins and other collaborators).

Azenett Garza: Awarded a Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth grant.

Richard Grow: Awarded a grant from the Veterans Administration to perform vocational testing.

Theresa Kay: Awarded a Weber Writes award..

Leigh Shaw: Awarded a Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth grant and a Weber Writes grant.

Matthew Schmolesky: Awarded a Hemingway Collaborative Grant (with Lauren Fowler, Ron Meyers, Jim Hutchins and other collaborators).

2006-2007 Presentations and Publications

Members of the department are not only teachers but scholars who contribute the the discipline through presentations and publications.

Eric Amsel: One article was accepted for publication in a refereed journal and an invited book chapter was completed. He and his students gave talks at Utah Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Weber State Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rocky Mountain Psychology Association, Society for Research in Child Development, and Jean Piaget Society,

Eliason, K., Osborn, J. D., Amsel, E., Richards, S.C. (In press). Incidence and progression of retinopathy of

prematurity in Hispanic and white infants. Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology

and Strabismus

Amsel, E., & Kay, T. (In press). After introductory psychology: the next course preparing psychology freshmen

and sophomores for undergraduate research. In R. Miller, B. Beins, B. Rycek, M. Ware, E. Balcetis, R. Smith, &

S. Burns (Eds.) Promoting the undergraduate research experience in psychology.

Aaron Ashley: One article was accepted for publication in a refereed journal and a book chapter was published.

Ashley, A., & Carlson, L. A. (In Press). Encoding direction when interpreting proximal terms. Language and

Cognitive Processes.

Kreuz, R. J., & Ashley, A. (2006). Nonliteral language, persuasion, and memory. In H. Pishwa (Ed.), Cognitive

aspects of language and memory (pp. 425-443). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Lauren Fowler: She and her students gave talks at the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, Weber State Undergraduate Research Symposium, National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Western Psychological Association, Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill, American Psychological Association.

Azenett Garza: Published one article in a refereed journal and one article is under review. Her and her students gave talks at Weber State Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rocky Mountain Psychology Association, National Career Opportunities in Research Education and Training, National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Western Psychological Association.

Carpenter, S., Zárate, M. A., Garza, A. A. (2007). Cultural pluralism and prejudice reduction. Cultural Diversity

and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 13, 83-93.

Jetten, J., Schmitt, M., T., Branscombe, N. R., Garza, A. A., & Mewse, A. J.(Under Review) Group

commitment in the face of pervasive discrimination: The role of legitimacy appraisals. Cultural Diversity and

Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Joseph Horvat: Published a paper in a refereed online journal. He gave talks at The 4th International Conference in the Humanities and at the American Psychology Association.

Garside, G., & Horvat, J. (2006). From trepidation to transformation. C. G. Publisher, 4, 7.

Theresa Kay: Submitted an article to a refereed journal and a book chapter. She was awarded a Weber Writes award but had to relinquish it. She and her students gave talked at the Rocky Mountain Psychology Association.

Kay, T. S. & Rangel, D. K. (under submission). NDSD as practicum option. Teaching of Psychology.

Amsel, E., & Kay, T. (In press). After introductory psychology: the next course preparing psychology freshmen

and sophomores for undergraduate research. In R. Miller, B. Beins, B. Rycek, M. Ware, E. Balcetis, R. Smith, &

S. Burns (Eds.) Promoting the undergraduate research experience in psychology.

Leigh Shaw: Published one paper in a refereed journal. She was awarded a Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth grant and a Weber Writes grant. She and her students gave a talk at the Society for Research in Child Development.

Shaw, L. A., & Wainryb, C. (2006). When victims don’t cry: Children’s understandings of victimization, compliance,

and subversion. Child Development, 77, 1050-1062.

Matthew Schmolesky: Published two papers in referred journals, one report in a conference proceedings, and was the subject of an AAAS advertisement in Science.

Schmolesky, M.T., DeZeeuw C.I., DeRuiter, M.M., & Hansel, C. (2007) The neuropeptide CRF regulates transmission and plasticity at the climbing fibre-Purkinje cell synapse. European Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 1460-1466.

Schonewille, M., Luo, C., Ruigrok, T.J., Voogd, J., Schmolesky, M.T., Rutteman, M., Hoebeek, F.E., De Jeu, M.T., and De Zeeuw, C.I. (2006) Zonal organization of the mouse flocculus: Physiology, input and output. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 497, 670- 82.

Schmolesky, M.T. (2006) Invited Science and Technology Fellowship advertisement for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Science, 314, 1208.

Schmolesky, M.T. (2006) Health and Nanotechnology: Economic, Societal, and Institutional Impact. Published Report on the Perspectives on the Future of Science and Technology (PFST) Conference convened by the U.S. Department of State and the European Commission, 29-35.

2006-2007 Applied Practice

Members of the department continue to practice their clinical skills in the community.

Todd Baird: Has an independent counseling practice.

Richard Grow: He has a independent Psychological Consulting practice.

Teri Kay: Has a clinical case load at Axis-One in Ogden.

2006-2007 Community Service

Members of the department are professionally involved and engaged in the local, national, and international community.

Eric Amsel: Serves on the board of directors of the Treehouse Children's Museum, is the Board Vice President of the DaVinci Academy of Sciences and Arts and is Vice President of the Jean Piaget Society. He is also Associate Editor of New Ideas in Psychology.

Lauren Fowler: Re-elected as a counselor to the Council of Undergraduate Research for 3 years and to the National Council of Undergraduate Research board of governors for 3 years.

Joe Horvat: Elected as the first advisor to the newly formed Phi Alpha Omega, the American Psychological Association’s Division 45 (Society of the Scientific Study of Ethnic Minority Issues) minority students’ honors society.

Maria Parrilla deKokal: Serves as an executive council member on Ogden Weber Community Action Partnerships, and is a committee member on Weber Human Services Committee and the Foster Grandparent, Senior Companion, and Retired and Senior Volunteer Programs. She also Chair of the Ogden City School District Hispanic Community Committee and served as co-chair of the Diversity Planning Committee.