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This page lists news from members of the social
psychology graduate program.
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Social Psychology
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 Spring, 2008 , news: |
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| Wynne E. Norton | Profiled in gradPSYCH for her Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Predoctoral Fellows | Mar 2008 |
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| Blair T. Johnson | interviewed by Good Morning America regarding his meta-analysis of antidepressant efficacy in PLoS Medicine | Feb 2008 |
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| Fall, 2007 , news: |
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| Marcella B. Boynton | receives NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant | Fall 2007 |
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| David B. Portnoy | accepts a three-year post-doctoral fellowship at the National Canter Institute in cancer prevention starting in summer 2008 | Dec 2007 |
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| Hung-Yu (Henry) Lin | Visits program (with Prof Johnson) as a visiting scholar from National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan | Sep 2007 |
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| Sheng-Chei (Simon) Chang | Visits program (with Prof Johnson) as a visiting scholar from National Taitung University, Taiwan | Sep 2007 |
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| Seth C. Kalichman | receives new grant for "Mutlilevel Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Prevention in South Africa" | Sep 2007 |
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Aug 2007 |
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| Summer, 2007 , news: |
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| Susan M. Kiene (Alumnus) | Completes PhD, takes assistant professorship at Brown University Medical School (joint appointment in Medicine and Community Health Research) | Summer 2007 |
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| Cynthia Mohr (Alumnus) | Promoted and tenured, Portland State University | Aug 2007 |
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| I-Ching Lee (Alumnus) | Received government grant to support continued research from UConn on cultural bases for preference for inequality | July 2007 |
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| Demis E. Glasford (Alumnus) | Completes PhD, takes assistant professorship at John Jay College of Criminal Justice | June 2007
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| Spring, 2007 , news: |
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| Leanne Son Hing | Visits program (with Prof Pratto) as a visiting scholar from University of Guelph | Spring 2007 |
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| Nicole Tausch | Visits program with Prof Pratto as a Post-doctoral Fellow from Oxford University | Spring 2007 |
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| David B. Portnoy | Receives NSF Dissertation Facilitation Grant | May 2007
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Receives NSF Pre-doctoral Award |
Mar 2007 |
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Receives NIMH National Research Service Award |
Feb 2007 |
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Receives NIMH National Research Service Award |
Feb 2007 |
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Receives new NIMH Grant for HIV prevention in South Africa |
Jan 2007 |
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I-Ching Lee |
Takes assistant professorship at National Cheng-Chi University |
Jan 2007 |
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| Fall, 2006, news: |
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| I-Ching Lee | Completes PhD, and wins the department's first annual Theodore Millon award for best dissertation | Dec 2006 |
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| Tania B. Huedo Medina | Joins program as a Post-doctoral researcher at CHIP with Prof Johnson | Nov 2006
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| Mary Crawford, Jack
Dovidio, David Kenny
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New co-authored books by: Mary Crawford, Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology, John F. Dovidio, The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior, and David A. Kenny, Dyadic Data Analysis. | Nov 2006
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| Karin
Weis
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Publishes edited volume, The New Psychology of Love, with Robert J. Sternberg. | Oct 2006
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| Wynne
Norton
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Awarded NIMH
NRSA predoctoral grant to study prevention strategies to reduce HIV risk.
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Sep 2006
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| Jason Seacat
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Joins
program as a post-doc with CHIP (with Prof Fisher)
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Sep 2006
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| Samuel
Kebaya of MOI University, Kenya
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Visits
program (with Prof Fisher) until summer, 2007
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Sep 2006
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| Dr.
Landon Reid of Colgate University
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Visits
program (with Prof Pratto) until December
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Sep 2006
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| Dr.
Katherine Stroebe of Lieden University, the Netherlands
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Visits
program (with Prof Dovidio) until December
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Aug 2006
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| Lori Scott-Sheldon
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Finishes
PhD, takes post-doc at Syracuse University
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Sep 2006
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| Chandra Osborn
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Finishes PhD, takes
post-doc at Northwestern University Medical School |
Fall 2006
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| Entire program
(Seth C.Kalichman, PI)
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Receives grant
from NIMH for training doctoral sudents
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June 2006
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| Spring, 2006, news: |
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| Kerry L.
Marsh
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Receives
grant “Assessing Synchrony as a Basis for Social Connection in
Autism,” from the Cure Autism Now Foundation
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Mar 2006
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| Dr. Karin Weis
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Visits program for
2-years (with Profs Dovidio and Johnson) |
Apr 2006
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| Fall, 2005, news: |
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| Chandra Osborn
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Interviewed in UConn Advance |
Oct 2005
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| David A. Kenny
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Recipient
of the Donald T. Campbell Award for distinguished contributions in social
psychology (see UConn Advance article)
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Aug 2005
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| Felicia Pratto
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Elected a
Fellow of SPSP (APA Div 8)
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Aug 2005
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| Jennifer
J. Harman
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Completes
PhD, takes professorship at Colorado
State University
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Aug 2005
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| Dr Samer
Halabi
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Visits
program for one year (with Profs Dovidio and Pratto)
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Aug 2005
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| Spring, 2005, news: |
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| John F. Dovidio
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Research
on subtle racism profiled in UConn's Advance
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Feb 2005
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| Diane M. Quinn
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Receives
NSF grant
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Jan 2005
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| David A. Kenny
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Announces
new data analysis workshops
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Jan 2005
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| Kristina Petkova
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Visits
UConn as a Fulbright Fellow (until June, 2005)
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Jan 2005
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| Fall, 2004, news: |
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| Mary
Crawford
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Recipient,
Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant to support research in Nepal (2004-2005)
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Aug 2004
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| John F. Dovidio
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Joins
program as Professor of Psychology
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Aug 2004
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| Profiled
in APA's gradPSYCH as a Merage Fellow
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Aug 2004
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| Lucy Johnston
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Visits as
UConn guest professor, August - November 5th
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Aug 2004
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| Entire
program
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UConn social psychology program hosted the 2004 meeting of
the New England Social Psychological Association (NESPA)
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18 Sep 2004
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| Summer, 2004, news: |
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| Recipient
of NSF grant to study affordances
for cooperation as a dynamical system
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July 2004
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| Lori Scott-Sheldon
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Elected
Chair, SPSSI Graduate Student Committee (2004-2005)
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July 2004
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| Newsletter/Web
Editor, SPSSI Graduate Student Committee, 2004-2005
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July 2004
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| I-Ching
Lee, Diana Millilo, Lori Scott-Sheldon
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Recipients
of SPSSI Travel Awards
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June 2004
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| Susan M. Kiene
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Awarded SPSSI grant-in-aid
to support her research in South Africa.
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July 2004
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| Susan M. Kiene
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Awarded National
Institute of Mental Health National pre-doctoral Research Service Award
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June 2004
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| Spring, 2004, news: |
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| Chandra Y. Osborn
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Awarded
National Institute of Mental Health National pre-doctoral Research Service
Award
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May 2004
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| Jennifer J. Harman
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Awarded
APA Division 38 (Health Psychology) research grant to investigate HIV risk in
formerly incarcerated individuals and their partners
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Mar 2004
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| Susan M. Kiene
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Elected
to a member-at-large position on the SPSP graduate
student committee
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Feb 2004
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| David A. Kenny
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Announces
new data analysis workshops
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Jan 2004
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| Kerry L. Marsh
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Announces
that Lucy Johnston will
visit UConn as guest professor (Fall, 2004)
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Jan 2004
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| Jennifer J. Harman
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Awarded
new SPSSI grant-in-aid
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Jan 2004
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| Natalie Dove Smoak
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Begins
position as a post-doctoral researcher (with Blair
Johnson and Kerry Marsh)
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Jan 2004
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| Fall, 2003, news: |
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| Jeffrey D. Fisher
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Hosted
conference on “Social Psychology of Reconciliation” at CHIP.
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Oct 2003
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| Jeffrey D. Fisher
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Awarded
new NIMH grant, “Changing Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence
Behavior.” [List|NIH]
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Oct 2003
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| Agocha,
Fisher, Johnson, Kalichman, Marsh
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UConn Advance article on CHIP.
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20 Oct 2003
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| Anthony
Lemieux
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Interviewed
in UConn Advance; Completes PhD; takes professorship
at SUNY-Purchase
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Aug 2003
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| Josephine
Korchmaros
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Completes
PhD, takes professorship at Southern
Illinois University (story on page 3 here).
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Aug 2003
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| Angela Walker
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Takes
professorship at Quinnipiac
University [story].
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Aug 2003
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| Mary
Crawford
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Publishes
4th edition of Women
and Gender: A Feminist Psychology
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Aug 2003
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| Summer, 2003, news: |
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| Demis
Glasford
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Member-at-Large,
SPSSI Graduate Student Committee (2003-2005)
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July 2003
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| Constantine Sedikides
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Visits as
UConn guest professor.
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July-Aug 2003
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| Jennifer
Harman
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Awarded
NIMH NRSA predoctoral grant to study relationship factors in HIV
transmission.
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Aug 2003
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| David A. Kenny
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Hosts
NSF-funded Workshop on the Social
Relations Model; more planned for future.
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June 2003
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| Lori
Scott-Sheldon, Demis Glasford
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Awarded
APS student
grant to study situational factors in purchases of condoms.
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June 2003
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| Spring Semester, 2003, news: |
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| Susan
Kiene
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Awarded
APA Division 38 (Health Psychology) research grant to investigate how
cultural values influence condom use in Puerto Rico.
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Mar 2003
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| Lori
Scott-Sheldon
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Named to
review board, Journal of Social
Psychology.
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Aug 2002
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| Bede Agocha, Gayle
Bessenoff, Blair Johnson, Kerry Marsh
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Received UConn large faculty
grants.
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Feb 2003
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| Jennifer
Harman
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Elected President,
SPSP Graduate Student Committee.
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Feb 2003
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| Chandra
Osborn
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Elected
member-at-large of the SPSP Graduate Student Committee
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Jan 2003
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| Fall Semester, 2002, news: |
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| Blair T. Johnson
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Awarded NIMH
Grant on HIV prevention
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Dec 2002
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| Lori
Scott-Sheldon
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Awarded SPSSI
travel grant; Elected Student Member at Large, SPSSI Council; Chair-Elect,
SPSSI Graduate Student Committee (6/03-5/04)
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Aug 2002
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| Blair T. Johnson; Chandra Osborn
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Awarded
SPSSI grant-in-aid.
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Sep 2002
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| Seth C. Kalichman
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Awarded
World AIDS Foundation grant
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Aug 2002
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| Spring Semester, 2002, news: |
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| Jennifer
Harman
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Elected
Student-Member-At-Large, SPSP; student
newsletter editor.
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Feb 2003
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| David A. Kenny
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Named Distinguished
Professor, a title held by very few UConn faculty members (see photo); awarded UConn research excellence award
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Apr 2002
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Note. Social psychology program members are encouraged to relay news to the webmaster for display here and/or on personal pages within this site. SPN=Social Psychology Network; CHIP=Center for Health/HIV Intervention & Prevention; CIRA=Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS; SPSP=Society for Personality and Social Psychology; SPSSI=Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; NIH=National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation. |
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