Kharisma Thomas said she spent thousands of hours on Illinois State’s website. A bit of an exaggeration, but she’s that excited about starting her first year on campus.
Our Newest Redbirds: Chicago native finds power in education
Unit: Psychology
One child, one home: Alumna works to reform foster care
Not a terribly popular thing to say around a table of foster parents. Meyer’s next sentence was even more powerful: If they were looking for someone to transform the U.S. child welfare system—starting with their Midwestern nonprofit—she could do it. Fifteen years later, Meyer has stayed true to her word as CEO of Anu Family
Pause for applause: Christine Mitchell-Endsley
Christine Mitchell-Endsley, Ph.D. ’03, earned the 2016 Illinois School Psychologists Association Ted Smith Practitioner of the Year award.
Lab studies explore technology and relationships, teach research methods
Susan Sprecher researches the impact technology has on the process of getting acquainted.
Women’s and gender studies’ student spotlight: Michelle Grzybowski
Michelle Grzybowski is currently finishing up her master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology as well as her women’s and gender studies graduate certificate.
UIC professor to speak on context memory and aging, April 29
The Department of Psychology and the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences (CBS) Colloquium Series will present a talk, titled “Context Memory and Aging: Support From Self-Referencing,” with Eric Leshikar, Ph.D., Friday, April 29, at 2 p.m. in 48 DeGarmo Hall. Leshikar is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Photos: Redbird scholars at Illinois State Research Symposium
More than 500 Illinois State undergraduate and graduate students distilled months of hard work into posters that they displayed Friday at the University Research Symposium.
School Psychology Institute examines culture, diversity in schools
Kris Varjas, director of The Center for Research on School Safety, School Climate, and Classroom Management at Georgia State University, will be the keynote speaker for the 19th Annual School Psychology Institute at Illinois State University on Monday, April 18.
Alum named Illinois’ top school psychologist for 2016
Illinois State University alumna Christine Mitchell-Endsley recently earned the Illinois School Psychologists Association’s Ted Smith Practitioner of the Year Award.
Penn State professor to speak on study of motor control, April 15
Illinois State’s Department of Psychology and the Institute for Prospective Cognition will present a talk, titled “The Cinderella of Psychology,” with David A. Rosenbaum on Friday, April 15.
