Psychology Department

Alumni and Student Accomplishments



Krista Carlson & Prof Ball at APS Conference  

 

Krista Carlson, one of the 2007 Williams Prize winners, and Prof. Chris Ball at the 2007 APS conference.

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 Krista and Dr Ball

Steve Madenberg (M.A., '86) currently works at RHR International in New York. RHR is a firm of about 70 PhD clinical, counseling, and I/O psychologists who do top-of-the-house leadership assessment and development consulting. Most of Steve's time is spent doing executive coaching work with some fascinating leaders / companies. Steve writes, "I still keep in close touch with some of the students that were there at the time. Intensity breeds close friendships!" (TOP)

Wynne E. Norton (B.A., '04) is a third year Ph.D. student in social psychology, who worked with Constance Pilkington on an Honors thesis in Psychology during her undergraduate years.  Wynne has been awarded a Pre-doctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) entitled, Efficacy of a Pregnancy, STI, or HIV Prevention Intervention to Reduce Risk Behavior. This award is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), #1 F31 MH079768-01, from September 2006 through June 2009. Wynne is currently working on this pre-doctoral award with her advisor, Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ph.D., at the Center for Health, Intervention, & Prevention (CHIP) at the University of Connecticut .

 Wynne Norton

Wynne also just saw her first publication of a scholarly article:
Fisher, J.D., Cornman, D.H., Norton, W.E ., & Fisher, W.A. (2006).  Involving Behavioral Scientists, Health Care Providers, and HIV-Infected Patients as Collaborators in Theory-Based HIV Prevention and Antiretroviral Adherence Interventions.  JAIDS. 43 :S10-S17.


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Amy Brunell Amy Brunell (MA 2002) recently received two awards at the University of Georgia, where she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Social Psychology.

One is the Dissertation Completion Grant, awarded by the Graduate School, which funds Amy for the academic year.

The second award is the Zimmer Award, given to one student per program in the Psychology Department for outstanding work.

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Set of Last Call
Sharood and Carson
Claire Sharood is wearing her W&M green sweatshirt while on the set of Last Call.
Claire Sharood is standing next to Carson, on his left side.
Recent psych graduate (May 2006) Claire Sharood spent her senior spring semester in LA as an intern for Last Call with Carson Daly. As part of the Psychology Internship she is writing a paper about her experience which focuses on creativity in group settings. She was able to blend her interests in broadcast media and psychology during this wonderful opportunity to work with NBC Universal. (6/2006)

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Kristopher Preacher
Kristopher J. Preacher (MA 1998), was hired as an assistant professor at the
University of Kansas, in Quantitative Psychology.

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1996 M.A. grad, Shelly Gable, received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her research on close relationships. Nominated by the National Science Foundation, Gable was presented the award by President Bush this past summer. Congratulations, Shelly!

Shelly Gable, a UCLA associate professor of social psychology who studies marriage and other close relationships, was honored by President George W. Bush July 26 with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. This presidential award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers early in their research careers. Click here to read the rest of the article.

Shelly Gable
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Greg Webster
M.A. alumnus Gregory Webster

M.A. alumnus, Greg Webster, winner of the 2005-2006 Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award

The Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award was established in 1979. The award was established to recognize young researchers at the beginning of their professional lives and to commemorate both the 50th anniversary of Psi Chi and the 100th anniversary of psychology as a science (dating from the founding of Wundt's laboratory). It was named for Dr. Edwin B. Newman, the first national president of Psi Chi (1929) and one of its founders. He was a prolific researcher and a long-time chair of the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Newman was a member of APA's Board of Directors, served as recording secretary of the board from 1962 to 1967, and was parliamentarian for the APA Council of Representatives for many years. He served both Psi Chi and APA in a distinguished manner for half a century. Click here for Gregory's website .........(3/2006)

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Sandy Shulmire
Sandy Shulmire
Class of 1968


Sandy Shulmire, Psy.D., was given the Labby Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Psychology by the Oregon Psychological Association at its recent Spring Conference. Sandy received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and moved to Oregon in 1979 to work as a School Psychologist for Portland Public Schools. In 1989 she enrolled in the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University and obtained her Psy.D. in 1993 while continuing to work in the schools, for Metropolitan Family Service, and in her small private practice.

 

Professional association is very important to Sandy. She has been an active member of many local, state and national organizations for psychologists and has served on the Board of the Portland Psychological Association; is a Life Member of the Association for Women in Psychology and former coordinator its Jewish Women's Caucus; and has been a member and chair of the Public Education Committee of the Oregon Psychological Association.
“Giving Psychology to the Community” has been a major part of Sandy's life.

Since 1991, she's been a member of two county firesetter intervention networks and a member of the Treatment Strategies Task Force of the Oregon Office of the State Fire Marshal. As a member of the Publication Education Committee of Oregon Psychological Association, she organized and facilitated community forums for youth which utilized the video, “Warning Signs,” developed by MTV in collaboration with the American Psychological Association as a youth, anti-violence campaign. She is a frequent contact for local media on mental health topics. She's been a board member of Mourning Resources, Inc., a non-profit agency which facilitates access to community bereavement resources, and offers a support group and an informational radio show. Sandy was a member of the local planning committee for the 1999 national conference of The Compassionate Friends, an organization for bereaved parents and siblings. She serves as a board member of TASK, an organization within Jewish Family and Child Service, whose focus is promoting disability awareness in the Jewish community and facilitating inclusion of Jewish children and adults into the activities of the larger Jewish community. She provided an in-service training, “Steps for Successful Inclusion of Children With Special Needs,” and developed resource directory of Jewish professionals who provide services to children with special needs and to their families.

Recent volunteer activities include membership in Stand for Children, the Coalition for Commercial Free Schools, and BroadArts, Inc. - a non-profit theater company. Sandy has been a Disaster Mental Health Responder for Oregon Trail Chapter of American Red Cross since 1998, serving as the DATMHR Coordinator for local disasters and an active member of the Disaster Mental Health Committee. Most recently, Sandy served as the Manager of the Mental Health activities during the Hurricane Katrina/Rita response in Portland, Oregon and she will be serving as the Mental Health Coordinator for future local disasters.

On a personal note, Sandy is the wife of Jon, mother to Jim and daughter-in law Dana, and the proud alpha dog to Lovey, her chocolate lab puppy who's in training to be a therapy dog!