The Department of Psychological Sciences welcomed Eric Cerino, Ph.D., to the Mountain Campus during the first faculty meeting of the semester. Dr. Cerino joined the faculty in August 2021, and taught Adult Development and Aging (PSY 344) and Abnormal Psychology (PSY 215) online during the fall semester. 
In addition to teaching several sections of Adult Development and Aging during the spring semester, Dr. Cerino will be… Read more
Research
Psychological Sciences Students Earn People’s Choice Award for the 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Symposium
Claire Groves and Abigail Klein earned the People’s Choice Award for the 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Symposium for their poster, Adjusting to college during the pandemic: Is grit or resilience more important? The award was made by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities following the event.
The two students explored whether Grit and Resiliency influenced the relationship between COVID-19 stress and adjustment to college. The research was conducted under the supervision… Read more
Dr. Ann Huffman Coauthors Article on Mentorship and Career Optimism
Ann Huffman, professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and the WA Franke College of Business, co-authored with NAU alumni, Kristine Olson, the article, “The relationship between mentor support experiences and STEM graduate student career optimism” published in Career Development International. The article examines the role that mentorship and gender have in graduate students’ career optimism. The findings of the study provide evidence that mentor support experiences are significantly linked to career optimism via self-efficacy and school satisfaction… Read more
Graduate Student Award Recipients Announced
The Department of Psychological Sciences is pleased to announce the recipients of two of its awards available to students in the Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences degree program.
Vicki Green Psychological Sciences Thesis Award
This scholarship is endowed by Vicki Green, Ph.D., a department faculty member from 1995 to 2005, and now a faculty emeritus. There are two recipients of this scholarship.
Morgan Jernigan, a second-year student in the program, is conducting research designed to increase the field’s understanding… Read more
Department Celebrates Outstanding Seniors
The Department of Psychological Sciences celebrates students’ successes throughout the year and is particularly pleased to acknowledge its Outstanding Seniors for the fall 2020 semester. These individuals were chosen for their stellar academic records and activities related to psychological sciences.
Oksana Ball was lauded for her work in Dr. Ann Rumble’s research lab in which she, and another member of her research team, gathered police body camera footage for an ongoing policing project, trained behavioral coders, and completed a poster… Read more
Dr. Wayment Coauthors Major Consensus Report on Concussion Education
Heidi A Wayment, PhD, Chair Department of Psychological Sciences is a co-author on a major consensus report (Improving concussion education: Consensus from the NCAA-Department of Defense Mind Matters Research & Education Grand Challenge) published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The work is also being co-published in the Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Wayment and her NAU colleagues (Ann Huffman, Debbie Craig, Monica Lininger) along with other grant awardees from the National Collegiate Athletic… Read more