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Poster Session 1: 10:30 - 11:45

Field Placement, Internship, Practicum


  1. Field Placement at Bluestone Elementary School
    Kate Becker-Mowery
    Advisor: Dr. Shayna Finn
  2. Field Placement at Community Counseling Center
    Lindsay Bernstein
    Advisor: Dr. Sarah Johnson

Undergraduate Research


  1. Effects of Cyclic Sighting on Social Connectedness
    Kevin Cottrell
    Advisor: Dr. Natalie Kerr

    Honors Thesis
  2. Attachment Style and Future Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: The Moderating Effects of Emotional Expressivity, Communication during Conflict, and Self-Sacrifice
    Abigail Young
    Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo
    Honors Thesis
  3. The Development of Self-Worth Throughout Adolescence
    Lindsay Bernstein
    Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo
    Honors Thesis
  4. Comedy in the Classroom: Research Proposal for an Investigation on the Effects of Comic Creation on Memory
    Yasmin Ohanian & Maggie Allen
    Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Baker
  5. Connections Between Family Relationships, Autonomy, and Substance Use Behaviors
    Lindsey Altizer
    Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo
  6. Are Students “Punitive” in Their Requests for Content Warnings?
    Emily Triplett
    Advisor: Dr. Jessica Salvatore
  7. Pluralistic Ignorance Regarding Hazing Activities
    Jacob Kalman & Reese Eelkema
    Advisor: Dr. Kevin Apple
  8. Beliefs and Behaviors of College Students that Identify as Superfans
    Jordyn Crane & Savannah Totty
    Advisor: Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan
  9. Happy Face Advantage in Children: Human and Pareidolic Faces
    Katie Fox, Rachael Johnson, & Katelyn Morgan
    Advisor: Dr. Krisztina Jakobsen
  10. Adolescent Interpersonal Competence and Adult Romantic Relationship Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Relationship Satisfaction
    Grace Kinsky
    Advisor: Dr. David Szwedo
  11. Adult Ratings of Faces, Face-Like Images, and Objects
    Margaret Nelson & Sophia Cundiff
    Advisor: Dr. Krisztina Jakobsen
  12. Add Confetti to the Fire: Conveying Object Emoji with Time Delay Responses
    Katevonni Sorlouangsana, Jessica Johnson, & Francis Powers, III
    Advisor: Dr. Sri Siddhi N. Upadhyay
  13. Social Appraisal and Student Attention
    Lyndsay Maguire
    Advisor: Dr. Claire Lyons
  14. The relationship among oral contraceptive use, sleep, and sexual behavior
    Sureyya Sanchez, Caitlyn Hewitt, Olivia Hornung, Kailee Corbett, Kieran Donohue, Cameron McKinney, & Alex Sheffield
    Advisor: Dr. Jeff Dyche
  15. Comedy in the Classroom: Research Proposal for an Investigation on the Effects of Comic Creation on Memory
    Yasmin Ohanian & Maggie Allen
    Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Baker
  16. Choice among Supplemental Readings Leads to Less Boredom and Better Learning
    David Morales
    Advisor: Dr. Ashton Trice

Brief Talks: 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Title: Relationships among Emotional Vulnerability, Social Support, and Flourishing in Emerging Adults
Presenter: Hannah Dodson
Advisor: Dr. Claire Lyons

Title: The Forgotten Variable: Is Experimenter Gender a Missing Factor in the Reproducibility Crisis? 
Presenters: Amber Bennett, Braden Berger, Jack Nocé, and Abigail Sholes
Advisor: Dr. Melanie Shoup-Knox

Exploring Meaning of Life in Suicide Awareness Campaigns: An Investigation of Authenticity in the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM's) "The Last Photo" Video Series" 
Presenters: Paige D'Agostino and Teagan Davis
Advisor: Dr. Lindsay Harvell-Bowman

Title: Crafting the Situation to Promote Social Connection among JMU Students
Presenters: McKenna Mattingly, Maddie Roever, Liana Turturro, and Jana Donato
Advisor: Dr. Natalie Kerr

Poster Session 2: 1:15 - 2:30 pm

Field Placement, Internship, Practicum


  1. Field Placement Experience at Western State Hospital
    Caitlyn Hewitt
    Advisor: Dr. Shayna Finn
  2. Independent Study (PSYC 402) – Peer Tutoring in Abnormal Psychology​
    Jessica Johnson, Courtney Farzan, Jessica Papandon, Emily Triplett, & Sam Carberry
    Advisor: Dr. JoAnne Brewster

Undergraduate Research


  1. Musical Training’s Relation to Working Memory Capacity and Attentional Interference
    Liam Payne
    Advisor: Dr. Michael Hall
    Honors Thesis
  2. The Relationship Between Early Parent-Child Relationships and College Roommate Compatibility
    Rachael Stromberg
    Advisor: Dr. Claire Lyons
    Honors Thesis
  3. Engaging in Politics: Early Exploration between Mindfulness and Political Engagement
    Tanner Sykhammountry
    Advisor: Dr. Ben Blankenship
    Honors Thesis
  4. Validation of the Avoid, Redirect, or Confront (ARC) Scale
    Penny Naden, Rohan Saini, Urmi Chatterjee, & Amy Spears
    Advisor:Dr. Kala Melchiori
  5. Happiness 101: Studying the Well-Being of JMU Students
    Sara Buie, Zach Baron, Sammi Blecke, Emily Bousquet, Ziah Buffington, Kaylin Carsey, Sean Cattie, Andrew Gray, Alex Hatgimisios, Shelby Heath, Kaleigh Higgins, Savannah Hughes, Ruby Loeper-Viti, Hana Mahyoub, Ryan Monroe, Caroline Morel, Heather Narvaez, Kyla Powers, Kayla Ransome, Abby Reinhardt, Bryan Rodeheaver, Khalil Turner, and Will Whited.
    Advisor: Dr. Kenn Barron
  6. Influencer Aspirations: Extraversion, Narcissism, and Social Media
    Soleil Goodrich
    Advisor: Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan
  7. A Quantitative Investigation of Relational Cognitive Distortions Among the Suicidal with Traditional Terror Management Measures
    Teagan Davis, Sophia Cundiff, Paige D'Agostino, Ethan Raymond, Brielle Lampf, Lizzie Bryan, Elsa Herries, Grace Kinsky, Jack Cignetti, Erin Fuller, Emily Nicholson , Anna Robinson, & Eliza Snipes
    Advisor: Dr. Lindsey Harvell-Bowman
  8. Existential Flourishing: Exploring Relational Cognition as a Mechanism to Produce More Therapeutic Experiences
    Teagan Davis, Sophia Cundiff, Paige D'Agostino, Ethan Raymond, Brielle Lampf, Lizzie Bryan, Elsa Herries, Grace Kinsky, Jack Cignetti, Erin Fuller, Emily Nicholson , Anna Robinson, & Eliza Snipes
    Advisor: Dr. Lindsey Harvell-Bowman
  9. How Accurate is Deception Detection in Capital Murder 911 Calls?
    Alexandra Sheffield
    Advisor: Dr. Kethera Moore
  10. Analysis of 911 Calls
    Alexandra Sheffield
    Advisor: Dr. Kethera Moore
  11. What Helps and Hinders Student Transitions to JMU
    Nenah Conners, Savannah Hoover, Teagan Lunn, Andrew Goldfeder, Lyndsay Maguire, Rachel Mitchem, McKenna Murphy, & Yasasvi Paleti
    Advisor: Dr. Kenn Barron
  12. Wear and Compare: The effects of Body Neutral and Positive Language
    Amanda Ball
    Advisor: Dr. Monica Reis-Bergan
  13. Racial Differences with the ARC Scale
    Morgan Melchor, Chubi Abu, & Emma Roberson
    Advisor: Dr. Kala Melchiori
  14. Can prepubescent children detect ovulation cues?
    Rebecca Fleetwood, Annalise Kallman, Jordyn Crane, Lindsay Moody, & Anna Pierce
    Advisors: Dr. Melanie Shoup-Knox and Dr. Krisztina Jakobsen

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