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await.Commencement 2017Learn more about the schedule, speakers and moreAlaa Alshaibani, psychology major Alaa Alshaibani '17 By Genny Boots ’18 When Alaa Alshaibani was a sophomore at PLU she seriously considered dropping out. She was lost after realizing her lifelong dream to be a doctor, wasn’t what she truly loved. “I realized that it was not my vocation,” Alshaibani said. “And that is one of my favorite PLU vocab words.” It was thanks to her professors that she got through her existential crisis — and found

Capstone Presentations Meet the Web Posted by: Marcom Web Team / June 3, 2019 June 3, 2019 By Jeannette ShimkoCommunications Coordinator, Division of Social SciencesTACOMA, Wash. - Dept. of Psychology -Two recent Psychology graduates created websites as their final capstone projects. Naomi Lapp: BDD – An Educational Guide to Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder  An in-depth look at body dysmorphic disorder and its symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, support, and other resources. Charlotte Willis

Collaborative COVID-19 Research Posted by: guerreay / July 21, 2020 July 21, 2020 By Anna Leon-GuerreroDean, Division of Social SciencesPsi Chi, the International Honors Society for PsychologyPsi Chi, the International Honors Society for Psychology, recently announced a Network for International Collaborative Exchange (NICE) research proposal (https://osf.io/gdske/) to study beliefs and coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This proposal was authored by Dr. Corey Cook (PLU Psychology) and

Dr. Laura Shneidman awarded research grant from Templeton Foundation Posted by: tpotts / November 24, 2020 November 24, 2020 Dr. Laura Shneidman, Assistant Professor of Psychology (PLU), Dr. Rebekah Richert (PI, UC Riverside) and Dr. Elizabeth Davis (UC Riverside) have been awarded a five-year grant from the Templeton Foundation to join the Developing Belief Network. The network is a research initiative designed to bring together a network of scholars interested in cross-cultural study of the

The Evolution of Behavior Posted by: tpotts / November 12, 2021 November 12, 2021 Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,” will explore how evolved social goals, or fundamental motives, influence the use of stereotypes and appraisals of

it will be housed in the Mortvedt Library until Sept. 24.I Am Psyched! is a multimedia initiative launched by the American Psychological Association Women’s Programs Office to explore the history and contemporary contributions of women of color in psychology as they engage in psychological science, practice and social justice. The I am Psyched! National Tour got started in early 2017 with an installation at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The exhibit traveled across America to 12

her athletic and coaching careers began, Hacker explained, not in soccer as most assume. True, she’s served as the sport psychology consultant for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team since 1995. And true, under her tenure the team won two gold medals and a silver in the past three Summer Olympics. But it was in field hockey that Hacker competed at the national level 10 times. It was where her PLU coach career began, and where during her second year as head coach, the women’s team qualified for

Pacific Lutheran University Professor Invited Speaker at United States Naval Academy Posted by: Marcom Web Team / June 18, 2019 June 18, 2019 By Pacific Lutheran UniversityTACOMA, WASH. (June 18, 2019) — PLU Dept of Psychology faculty, Dr. Corey Cook, presents research at the 1st national discussion on sexual assault and sexual harassment at America's colleges, universities, and service academies.A PLU psychology professor may be shaping future sexual harassment/assault prevention practices and

, McFadden ‘11 landed a position as a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Institute of Global Health in New Haven, Connecticut, where she spends her time analyzing factors that have caused child vaccination rates to decline in many parts of the country.Not that poring over such data was always her forte. Her passion was kindled years ago as a psychology undergrad at PLU — even if she had to overcome her initial dread of statistics and methods first. “I was terrified to take that class because I never

journey to the MSK program. What is one fun fact about yourself? One fun fact about me is that I am related through the family tree to Amelia Earhart, an aviation pioneer. What inspired you to join the MSK program at PLU? I have a strong desire to deepen my competence in the field of Kinesiology, specifically sport psychology.  I majored in business for my undergraduate (BBA ’18) at PLU, but minored in exercise and sport psychology and that is really when I figured out that I wanted to pursue a