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WIU Hosts Undergraduate Psychology Conference April 24
April 19, 2010
MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University's psychology department will host the 37th Annual ILLOWA Undergraduate Psychology Conference Saturday, April 24 in Waggoner Hall.
Paper presentation sessions will be held from 9-11 a.m. and from 1-2 p.m. on the first floor of Waggoner Hall. Keynote speaker Scott O. Lilienfeld, a psychology professor at Emory University (Atlanta, GA), will present "The PsychoMythology of Everyday Life: The Great Misconceptions and Misunderstandings of Pop Psychology," from 11 a.m.-noon in Waggoner Hall 054.
Student researchers and their faculty mentors are from the following participating universities and colleges: Culver-Stockton College (Canton, MO), Eureka (IL) College, Illinois College (Jacksonvillle); Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington), Knox College (Galesburg, IL), McKendree University (Lebanon, IL), Monmouth (IL) College, St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA), the University of Iowa and Western Illinois.
There are some 78 research abstracts in total. Western will have 38 student researchers represented, with 33 abstracts. Some students worked on more than one project. The students are working with eight faculty mentors: Professors Kristine Kelly, Eugene Mathis and Valerie Smead; Associate Professors Paige Goodwin, Robert Intrieri and David Lane; and Assistant Professors Melanie Hetzel-Riggin, Scott Hemenover and Sandra McFadden.
"Working with undergraduate student researchers takes resources," said Intrieri, whose teaching and research is in clinical psychology, with special interest in aging. "It's not only essential to give our students the finest laboratory equipment, but it's also important to have a department whose faculty are active in research for those students who want to go on in the field.
"Providing opportunities for undergraduate students to work two or three years in a research lab, as well as offering opportunities to present papers and abstracts at professional conferences, gives our students experience that few other collegiate undergraduates can match," Intrieri added.
ILLOWA was founded in 1973 by WIU professor emeriti James Joyce and Kermit Hoyenga, who, along with Dean Wright of Monmouth College, and Gary Francois of Knox College, established a means by which local colleges and universities could enhance interaction with each other and provide an educational research experience for their students. Western Illinois hosted the first conference in 1974 and has served as host on a four- to five-year rotational basis ever since.
Co-sponsors for the conference include the Psychology Club and Psi Chi. Western's Visiting Lectures Committee and the Council on Student Activities Fund are co-sponsors for keynote speaker Lilienfeld.
Abstracts written by Western Illinois University student researchers are available at http://homepages.culver.edu/departments/psychology/papers_2010.html#western.
Student researchers are, by county and city:
BOONE COUNTY
POPLAR GROVE (61065) -- Stephanie Cuevas, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
CHRISTIAN COUNTY
TAYLORVILLE (62568) -- Christi Meads, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
COOK COUNTY
CHICAGO (60651) -- Tyesha Chatman, Fall 2009 B.S. psychology graduate, current senior in second bachelor's finance degree program
GLENVIEW (60026) -- Joshua Wolfinsohn, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
HOFFMAN ESTATES (60169) -- Melanie Sweeney, senior, psychology and law enforcement and justice administration majors
HOMEWOOD (60430) -- Sara Glass, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
PALATINE (60074) -- Masu Omura, senior, psychology major
SCHAUMBURG (60193) -- Anglique L. Lamb, junior, psychology major, sociology minor
DEKALB COUNTY
DEKALB (60115) -- Shannon Doherty, junior, psychology major, sociology and law enforcement and justice administration minors
GRUNDY COUNTY
MORRIS (60450) -- Katie Bols, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
HANCOCK COUNTY
CARTHAGE (62321) -- Whitney Harris, senior, communication major, psychology minor
HENRY COUNTY
COLONA (61241) -- Brandon Kutmas, senior, psychology major, law enforcement and justice administration minor
GENESEO (61254) -- Andrew Hull, senior, psychology major, law enforcement and justice administration minor; Trent Martin, senior, psychology major, computer science and philosophy minors
JACKSON COUNTY
COBDEN (62920) -- Sarah Russell, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
KNOX COUNTY
GALESBURG (61401) -- Jeremy Randolph, senior, psychology major, sociology minor; Lindsey Powell, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
LAKE COUNTY
BEACH PARK (60087) -- Benicia Colon, senior, psychology major, Spanish minor
BUFFALO GROVE (60089) -- Natalie Tonozzi, junior, psychology major, sociology minor; Magda Ziajor, junior, psychology major, Spanish and women's studies minors
MUNDELEIN (60060) -- Michael Kwiatkowski, senior, law enforcement and justice administration major, psychology minor
MASON COUNTY
MANITO (61546) -- Amanda Fleeharty, senior, psychology and women's studies majors, sociology minor
MCDONOUGH COUNTY
MACOMB (61455) -- Ryan P. Roby, senior, psychology major, creative writing minor
MCHENRY COUNTY
McHENRY (60050) -- Tasha E. Daniels, senior, psychology and biology (zoology option) majors; Kate Grahl, senior, psychology major, political science minor
FOX RIVER GROVE (60021) -- Cavan Gray, junior, psychology major, human resource management minor
WOODSTOCK (60098) -- Kristin M. Schramer, psychology major, theatre minor
MORGAN COUNTY
JACKSONVILLE (62650) -- Derek Haggard, senior, psychology major, sociology minor
OGLE COUNTY
ROCHELLE (61068) -- Kelli P. Thompson, psychology major
PEORIA COUNTY
GLASSFOD (61533) -- Jessica Watkins, senior, psychology major, communication minor
PUTMAN COUNTY
GRANVILLE (61326) -- Nicole Hrasch, junior, psychology major, sociology minor
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
MOLINE (61265) -- Jessica A. Bartz, junior, psychology major, philosophy minor
SCHUYLER COUNTY
RUSHVILLE (62681) -- Kellie L. Cox, senior, psychology major, sociology minor; Jennifer R Leonhard, senior, psychology major, neuroscience minor
STEPEHENSON COUNTY
LENA (61048) -- Caitlin Kryder, junior, psychology major, kinesiology minor
WILL COUNTY
BRAIDWOOD (60408) -- Brooke Milstead, senior, psychology and mathematics majors, sociology minor
WINNEBAGO COUNTY
ROCKFORD (61109) -- Amy G. Jelinek, sophomore, psychology major, anthropology minor
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