psychological science

Participate in research survey

Posted by on April 25, 2019

You are invited to participate in a survey about linguistic perceptions as a part of a research project. The survey is open to faculty, students and staff at S&T. By participating, you will be eligible to win one of ten $10 Amazon gift cards. The research project has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and results of this survey will be used for research purposes only. Your participation in the survey is voluntary, and your responses will be kept anonymous and confidential. Completing the web-based survey should take no more than 15 minutes. Take the survey here.

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Student named ‘rising star’ for advocacy work

Posted by on April 2, 2019

Mullin Evans received the “Rising Star” award from Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of South Central Missouri at the organization’s volunteer appreciation dinner on March 22 in Houston, Missouri. Evans is a senior in psychological science at S&T.

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Smart living networking session planned today

Posted by on March 4, 2019

The second of three smart living networking sessions for this semester will be held 3-4:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, in the Mizzouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center. Come listen to smart living hires and those who have received smart living seed funding to learn about research in the smart living area. There are some spots left if you would like to pitch your idea for smart living.

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How do students learn?

Posted by on February 21, 2019

The next early career faculty forum, open to all pre-tenure and pre-promotion faculty, will be a discussion on the topic, “How Do Students Learn?” 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in Room 203 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Dr. Merilee Krueger, associate teaching professor of psychological science, will lead the forum.

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What is grit?

Posted by on February 14, 2019

Dr. Susan Murray, professor and chair of psychological science, and Stephanie Dukes, a sophomore psychology student, will present the psychological colloquium lecture 2-2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Room 121 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Their lecture is titled “What is grit and can we increase it in college students?”

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Experiential, service learning awards go to four

Posted by on January 8, 2019

Dr. Devin Burns, Lt. Oscar Kemp, Dr. Kathleen Sheppard and Jacob Sherry received awards for their roles in service and experiential learning.

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Seed funding goes to six collaborative research projects

Posted by on January 8, 2019

Missouri S&T’s Center for Science Technology and Society (CSTS) recently providing seed funding for six interdisciplinary research projects.

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34 faculty members honored for outstanding teaching

Posted by on December 4, 2018

Thirty-four Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty members will receive the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2017-18. The winners will be recognized at a ceremony tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 4).

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S&T to honor 28 faculty for excellence

Posted by on December 4, 2018

Twenty-eight S&T faculty members will receive awards for excellence and achievement in teaching, research and service at a ceremony tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 4).

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Belfi publishes on psychomusicology

Posted by on December 4, 2018

A research paper by Dr. Amy Belfi, assistant professor of psychological science, on how damage to part of the brain’s prefrontal cortex can affect memories evoked by music, was published in November in Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, a journal of the American Psychological Association.

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