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• Celebrating milestones
  May 14, 2013
  The psychology department turns 65 and celebrates the 90th birthday of Dr. Robert Lowder, a professor emeritus of psychology.
• Psychology honors student award winners
  April 8, 2013
  The department announces its 2012-2013 award winners for the Carl Smith award, Community Practicum award and the outstanding senior award.
• Alumnus establishes psychology endowment fund
  March 28, 2013
  Thomas O’Grady's ’93 donation of $50,000 will support an endowment fund for Bradley's psychology students.
• Setting the research bar high
  March 11, 2013
  Psychology professor Amy Bacon researches student alcohol behaviors in bar laboratory.
• Students help courts analyze DUI data
  March 1, 2013
  Psychology students and their professors apply research skills to help court officials analyze data on DUI sentencing.
• Two LAS students honored for community work
  December 11, 2012
  LAS students Emmanuelle Bailey-Greene, a senior in psychology, and Caitlin Pribble, a freshman studying biochemistry and French, were recently featured in the Journal Star's Most Interesting Young Person contest.
• A return to the classroom
  December 3, 2012
  Dr. Claire Etaugh returns to the Psychology Department as a full-time professor after 20 years of working in the University’s administration.
• Neuroscience teaching lab now offered
  December 3, 2012
  Associate professor Dr. Timothy Koeltzow teaches a lab course on the growing and important field of neuroscience.
• Counseling sex offenders with developmental disabilities
  November 13, 2012
  Psychology major Mackenzie Porth helps run therapy sessions for sexual offenders at a state hospital in Missouri and will intern there again next summer.
• Dr. Bacon Wins First Year Faculty Award
  September 21, 2012
  Assistant psychology professor Dr. Amy Bacon continued the department’s streak of new professors receiving Bradley’s First Year Faculty Award.
• Study Finds Psychopathic Traits Globally Present
  September 21, 2012
  Dr. David Schmitt’s worldwide research on psychopathic traits leads to discoveries about the universal nature of the structure of psychopathy.
• Politics in Action
  September 11, 2012
  In an election year, Bradley students and alumni take an active role in America's democratic process.
• Distilling Data on DUI Cases
  June 21, 2012
  Psychology students mine court records on DUIs for research projects and court officials.
• Houston Astros draft Bradley’s Bircher
  June 21, 2012
  Pitcher Joe Bircher '12 becomes 70th Bradley baseball player selected in draft.
• Psychology students, faculty attend MPA conference
  June 14, 2012
  Students present research papers in Chicago as well as meet with a dozen alumni from the department.
• Psychology alumna shares work and advice with students
  May 4, 2012
  Bradley alumna Marta Pelaez ’83 speaks about her work with sheltering victims of abuse.
• Students showcase research at Psychology Honors Colloquium
  April 27, 2012
  Thirteen honors students present research posters on a host of topics.
• Three psychology undergraduates receive summer research grants
  April 25, 2012
  Psi Chi Honors Society gives $5,000 each to three juniors for psychology studies.
• SDSU professor to speak on the rise of American narcissism
  April 24, 2012
  Dr. Jean Twenge to be keynote speaker at psychology Honors Research Colloquium.
• Lessons from the field
  March 5, 2012
  Dr. Brent Walker ’94 talks sport psychology with Bradley students.
• Alumna follows her dream to Spain
  November 23, 2011
  Laura Weidner '11 writes about her experience teaching English in a bilingual high school.
• Bradley alumna works to raise poverty awareness
  November 16, 2011
  Dr. Judith Carta returns to Bradley Dec. 2 to explain why “More Means Less” for children living in poverty.
• Psychology faculty member receives Caterpillar honor
  November 8, 2011
  Dr. Stephenie Chaudoir, through her research in HIV stigma, has merited the Caterpillar Faculty Achievement Award for Scholarship.
• Bradley alumna makes workplaces better
  October 5, 2011
  Dr. Rachel Permuth-Levine ’96 visited campus to discuss the blending of psychology and business.
• APA grants Department of Psychology prestigious award
  September 29, 2011
  Initiatives to promote a “culture of service” earned recognition from the American Psychological Association.
• Psychology graduate named 2011 LAS Distinguished Alumnus
  September 21, 2011
  Dr. Cherie Bagley ’74 reflects on her Bradley Experience and offers advice for current students.
• Assistant professor of psychology earns First Year Faculty Award
  September 21, 2011
  University recognizes Stephenie Chaudoir for strong work ethic and active approach to teaching.
• BU Hilltopics: Sheltering abuse victims
  September 14, 2011
  Marta Pelaez '83 is the president/CEO of Family Violence Prevention Services Inc. in San Antonio.
• National Science Foundation supports psychology student's research
  August 4, 2011
  Stephanie Andel earned a highly competitive research grant to study occupational health psychology. She shared her experience with "Journals from the Road."
• Bradley Psi Chi chapter wins national award
  July 22, 2011
  The 2011 Psi Chi/Ruth Hubbard Cousins National Chapter Award belongs to Bradley’s well deserving chapter of Psi Chi.
• Students and faculty present at MPA conference
  July 21, 2011
  Bradley’s largest contingent in history brings back awards and networking rewards.
• Burkart awarded Psi Chi Summer Research Grant
  July 13, 2011
  Senior Kristen Burkart received a $5,000 grant from the Psychology National Honor Society (Psi Chi) to pursue summer research.
• Psychology student earns regional award for ADHD research
  July 1, 2011
  Psychology student Caitlin Cosme may be spending her summer in a Bradley research lab, but the work she’s doing could reach far beyond the Hilltop.
• Faculty research
  August 26, 2010
  Bradley University's Department of Psychology faculty are not only excellent instructors, they are dedicated researchers as well. Many of the faculty publications and presentations listed below also involved student researchers.
• Thank you donors
  August 26, 2010
  The department’s generous friends and alumni donated a total of $4,630 over the past year. These funds support the laptop lab as well as student and faculty research.
• BU Psi Chi climbs up the Hilltop
  August 26, 2010
  It’s official. Bradley University’s Psi Chi chapter is the best in the Midwest! For the first time in its history, Bradley’s Psi Chi chapter was notified in April that it would be receiving the prestigious 2009-2010 Psi Chi Regional Chapter Award. After 42 years, it is quite an honor to finally achieve this status.
• 18th Annual Student Scholarship Expo
  August 26, 2010
  Every year Bradley University presents student scholarly work and celebrates student/faculty engagement in the annual Student Scholarship Exposition.
• New addition to the department: Stephenie R. Chaudoir, Ph.D.
  August 26, 2010
  I’m happy to be the newest addition to the psychology faculty. I joined the department in fall 2009, a few months after finishing my Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Connecticut.
• Department hosts Honors Colloquium
  August 26, 2010
  A keynote address from John Csernansky, M.D., and a poster session featuring research by psychology honors students were the highlights of the Psychology Department’s Second Annual Honors Colloquium on April 28. Csernansky, chair of psychiatry at Northwestern University, spoke about genetic influences related to the onset of schizophrenia.
• MPA experience
  August 26, 2010
  A few weeks before the end of the semester, 14 students along with Dr. Tim Koeltzow, Dr. Anthony Hermann, and Dr. Derek Montgomery traveled to the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Annual Meeting at the Palmer House in Chicago, resulting in a large Bradley presence at the conference.
• Notes from the Chair
  August 26, 2010
  Greetings from the Psychology Department.
• Celebrating Psychology
  August 26, 2010
  Celebrate Psychology is an end-of-semester signature event that gives students and faculty an opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments.
• Alumni bits and pieces
  August 26, 2010
  Some psychology alumni recently updated the Department of Psychology with their activities. The department encourages all alumni to update their information by clicking on the “Keep us Updated” link in the right-hand column of the newsletter’s front page.
• News from 2009
  April 26, 2009
  News from 2009.
• News from 2008
  April 26, 2008
  Please download our newsletter for an overview of the news that happened in 2008.