psychological science
41 S&T faculty members honored for outstanding teaching
Forty-one faculty members have received the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2016-17. The winners were recognized at a ceremony in November. The Outstanding Teaching Award is given each year to faculty members by the Outstanding Teaching Award committee, which bases its selections on student evaluations.
Read More »Stone presents on online education at HFES conference
Dr. Nancy Stone, professor of psychological science, presented her work, “Online Education: The How, Who, Where and When” at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual conference in October in Austin, Texas.
Read More »Professor publishes textbook on applying psychology to design
Nancy J. Stone, professor of psychological science, has a new textbook this fall, “Introduction to Human Factors: Applying Psychology to Design.”
Read More »Four faculty awarded Smart Living seed funding
Four Missouri S&T faculty members have been awarded seed funding for two interdisciplinary projects related to S&T’s Smart Living signature area. The awards were selected from 13 proposals from 11 departments and 29 faculty members. Smart Living co-directors Dr. Bruce McMillin and Dr. Nancy Stone selected the winning proposals in consultation with the associate deans of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business and the College of Engineering and Computing. The recipients and their projects are:
Read More »24 faculty honored, see photos online
Twenty-four Missouri S&T faculty members were honored for excellence and achievement in research, service and teaching during an awards ceremony Feb. 21 on campus. Each award winner received a monetary stipend funded by industry and alumni contributions. View photos from the event on Missouri S&T’s Flickr account. The 2016 Faculty Excellence Award was presented to:
Read More »Stone quoted by BBC reporter on workspace challenges
Dr. Nancy Stone, professor of psychological science, was quoted in an article about challenges employees face when working in open-concept spaces. The article, “The Solution for Open Office Frustration,” by Bryan Borzykowski, was published Nov. 29 on BBC Capital.
Read More »Campus members publish in ASQ journal
A Missouri S&T group recently published a paper titled “Blending the Best of Both Worlds: Overcoming Skepticism in a Hybrid Engineering Course” in the American Society for Quality’s Quality Approaches in Higher Education. The group is comprised of Dr. Susan Murray, interim chair of psychological science and professor of engineering management and systems engineering at S&T; Julie Phelps, instructional designer in educational technology at S&T; and Kelly Jones, an adjunct instructor at Webster University and training manager at Nestle Purina in St. Louis.
Read More »Henslee publishes articles about drinking during St. Pat’s
Dr. Amber Henslee, assistant professor of psychological science, has published two journal articles about her research into drinking during St. Pat’s. According to Henslee’s research into college student health-related behaviors, there isn’t as much drinking as people think. Her articles appear in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs and Addictive Behaviors.
Read More »Two visiting faculty lectures in April
Dr. Jessica Irons, associate professor of psychology at James Madison University, will give two visiting faculty lectures at S&T. The first lecture, about teaching validity and its importance in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 3, in the Ozark Room of the Havener Center.
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