Psychology Department News
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Five Psychology faculty members (Katherine Choe, Dara Friedman-Wheeler, Thomas Ghirardelli, Jennifer McCabe, and Ann McKim) and 15 current Goucher students (Ally Abrams, Emily Caballero, Emily Collins, Annie Cosgrove-Davies, Leah Goldgar, Erica Hendrickson, Abby Litovsky, Rebecca Mark , Blair Shevlin, Jeffrey Shayne, Samantha Siwulec, Chelsea Spitzer-Morton, Allison Susser, Katrina Wheeler, and Marley Witham), along with several alums, traveled to New York City to present research findings at the Eastern Psychological Association conference, March 1-4, 2013. [full story] |

Psychology goes to 2012 Eastern Psychological Association meeting On March 1-4, four faculty members and 10 students from Department of Psychology attended the Eastern Psychological Association Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. [full story] |

Goucher Psychology goes to the American Psychological Association meeting The American Psychological Association Conference was held in Washington, DC on August 4th-7th , 2011. Dr. Tom Ghirardelli, Dr. Ann McKim, Dr. Jo Ellyn Pederson, and Dr. Katherine Choe attended the meeting. Dr. Choe's and Dr. McKim's labs presented their posters as well. [full story] |

Psychology at the Landmark Undergraduate Science Research SymposiumDr. Katherine Choe and Dr. Dara Friedman-Wheeler, along with their students, were part of the Landmark Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium. On July 22nd, student researchers and faculty members from peer colleges and Goucher College celebrated this year's meeting at Goucher. [full story] |

Psychology goes to the Association for Psychological Science meeting Dr. Jennifer McCabe and Dr. Katherine Choe attended the 23rd Association of Psychological Science with their lab members. It was held in Washington, DC on May 24-29, 2011. [full story] |

Goucher goes to 2010 Eastern Psychological Association Conference In Spring, 2010, Goucher College had three research groups presenting psychology research at the 81st Annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) in New York, NY. [full story] |

Other News
Welcoming Party for Dr. Grayman-Simpson
On Thursday September 24th, the Psychology Department and the Psych Club welcomed new professor Dr. Nyasha Grayman-Simpson. [full story]

Dr. Nyasha Grayman-Simpson joins the Psychology faculty
We welcome the arrival of Dr.Nyasha Grayman who joined the psychology faculty in the fall of 2009.
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The Arrival of Patrick LoPresto's Baby

Psychology and the Expressive Arts
On November 5th, Joanne Margolius, creator of the Magical Experiences Art Company (MEAC), performed On a Wing and a Prayer, a play demonstrating expressive art therapy. Students and faculty gathered to observe and take part in her unique form of drama therapy.
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“What can I do with my psychology degree?” This is the question looming in the minds of many psychology majors. On Wednesday, October 15, the Goucher College Psychology Club sponsored an event that answered this question for the many students in attendance.
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Dr. Carol Mills and her students have their research work accepted to a scientific journal
Dr. Carol Bergfeld Mills, who recently retired from the Psychology Department at Goucher College, just had a paper accepted to Perception.
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Retirement Celebration for Dr. Carol Mills

Dr. Jennifer McCabe joins Psychology faculty
We welcome the arrival of Dr. Jennifer McCabe who joined the psychology faculty in the fall of 2008.
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Dr. Carol Bergfeld Mills retires from Goucher College after 22 years
On May 1, 2008, the Psychology Department and the Psychology Club held a nice retirement party for Dr. Mills to acknowledge her many accomplishments. [full story]

Psi Chi Induction Ceremony 2008
On April 17th, 2008, Goucher College inducted 21 students into their Psi Chi Chapter.
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Psych Club: Counseling in Action
On Wednesday, April 16, 2008, the Psych Club and the Health Center joined forces to give students a glimpse into the world of counseling. [full story]

Eastern Psychological Association Conference 2008
Spring of 2008, Goucher College had three research groups presenting psychology research at the 79th Annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) in Boston, Massachusetts. [full story]

Psych Club: Cognition of a Musical Mind
On Monday, March 3, 2008, the Goucher College Psych Club hosted Michael Schutz, the Director of Percussion Studies at Longwood University, in Cognition of a Musical Mind.
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Psych Club: The Man Who Shocked the World
The Psych Club held its first guest speaking event of the semester on Monday, February 18.
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Psych Club: Graduate Schools for Psychology
On Thursday evening, November 29, the last Psych Club event of the semester was held on the topic of how to prepare for pursuing graduate work by Dr. Carol Mills.
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Psych Club: Surviving & Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury
The Psych Club opened the year with a presentation by Mr. Bruce Ramsay, a recovering victim of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on Monday evening, October 8, 2007.
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Psychology Brown Bag Lunch
The Department of Psychology began the school year with a brown bag lunch event held in the private dinning room of Pearlstone on September 20th. [full story]

Dr. Jo Ellyn Pederson joins Psychology faculty
We welcome Dr. Jo Ellyn Pederson who joined the psychology department as a full-time faculty member in the fall of 2007.
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Dr. Dara Friedman-Wheeler joins Psychology faculty
We welcome the arrival of Dr. Dara Friedman-Wheeler who joined the psychology faculty in the fall of 2007.
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Psi Chi Induction Ceremony 2007
The Psychology Department would like to congratulate the students who were inducted into the Goucher College Chapter of Psi Chi on April 27, 2007. Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology.
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Eastern Psychological Association 2007
Eleven students and five professors attended the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting on March 22-24, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA.
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