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.<\/p>\n
Vicki Green Psychological Sciences Thesis Award<\/strong><\/p>\n This scholarship is endowed by Vicki Green, Ph.D., a department faculty member from 1995 to 2005, and now a faculty emeritus.\u00a0 There are two recipients of this scholarship.<\/p>\n Morgan Jernigan<\/strong>, a second-year student in the program, is conducting research designed to increase the field\u2019s understanding of how mass media and social media reporting of mass shootings and school shootings predict negative emotional reactions within the general public.\u00a0 Sara Kien, Ph.D.<\/a>, is her thesis chair. Max de Montel Williamson Memorial Graduate Psychology Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n This scholarship is endowed by the family of Max Williamson, a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences degree program who enriched the lives of many at NAU before his untimely death.<\/p>\n
\nSergio\u00a0Pineda,<\/strong> is a second-year student in the program who is exploring the frequency and content of prospection and their potential effects on behavior.\u00a0 Michael Alban, Ph.D<\/a>., is his thesis chair.<\/p>\n