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Psychology Departmental Honors Archive

The following list includes the names of Dickinsonians who have earned departmental honors, the thesis/project title, and the year of conferral. If there is no thesis or project title, the conferring department only will be listed. Each academic department (or program) has its own criteria for awarding departmental honors. Please see the Advising Guide or elsewhere on the department’s main website for details.


Freya Mae Whittaker (2021)
COVID-19 Pandemic and Substance Use Behaviors

Margaret Xiaomei Booth (2019)
Developing Into an Impostor: The Role of Intergroup Contact and Achievement Motivation among Students of Color

Katherine Anne DeBroeck (2018)
Touch in Sexual Encounters: Perceptions of Partners' Consent

Sarah Helweg DiMuccio (2015)
The Precariousness of Manhood and Womanhood in the U.S.

Parisa Renee Kaliush (2014)
Disordered Eating in Female Collegiate Athletes: Investigating the Relationships between Coaching and Parenting Styles, Psychological Needs, and Self-Determined Motivation

Sara Anne Moss (2014)
Rethinking Recovery: Posttraumatic Growth Through Eating Disorder Recovery

Alyssa Monika Minnick (2013)
An Experimental Investigation of Fat Talk Among College Women

Loren Juliette Tyson Pease (2013)
'What Did You Do Last Night?': How Sharing Hookup Narratives Impacts Friendships and Displays Status Among College Women

Maya Caitlin Rose (2013)
The Effects of Early Diagnosis and Intervention on Success Among Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities

Peter Andrew Bruland (2012)
Effects of Diagnosis and Evidence Type on Insanity Defense Outcomes and Juror Perceptions

Maia Thi Nguyen (2012)
Limited Environmental Enrichment Blunts Methamphetamine Sensitization in Young Mice

Deana Maryann Vitrano (2012)
Comparing Perception and Imagination at the Visual Cortex

Diliana Blagovestova Funtarova (2011)
Phantom Effects, or What Happens When I Can't Get What I Want

W John Monopoli (2011)
Understanding Risks for Conduct Problems

Creighton Taylor Putnam-Majarian (2011)
Decision-making between Different Sized Choice Sets: How the Number of Available Options Affects Peak Satisfaction

Bettina Mariel Cerban (2010)
Judging Smokers: How Anger and Disgust Shape Our Moral Beliefs

Jennifer Frances Chmielewski (2010)
Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Body Image: Negotiating Intersections of Identity

Margaret Rose Tobias (2010)
Judging Fatness: The Effects of Emotion on Moral Judgment and Moral Judgment of Emotion

Elizabeth Catherine Conti (2009)
Gender Differences in Motivation, Behavior and Achievement in a Math-related College Course

Kelly Marie Anastasi (2008)
Can Information About Eating Disorders Improve College Students' Mental Health Literacy and Lower Their Agreement with Eating Disorder Stereotypes?

Julia West McGinley (2008)
Stigma and Beliefs About Eating Disorders in a Sample of College Women

Laura Michelle Rockman (2007)
Unconscious Semantic Processing of Visually Masked words by Third-, fourth-, and Fifth-grade Children

Hilary G Montano (2006)
Risk Perceptions and Relationship Intentions among Women in a Domestic Violence Shelter

Laurel Marie Peterson (2006)
Self-Efficacy and Risk Perception: Psychological Variables of Women's Adherence over a Six Week Weight Loss Program

Jessica Lauren Grinspan (2005)
Practice Enables Category Priming of Words Without (Partial) Awareness

Kymberly Dawn Lewis-Young (2005)
The Role of the Alpha1-adrenergic Receptor in Caffeine-Induced Conditioned Taste Avoidance and Discrimination in Rats

Phoebe Louise McCutchan (2005)
Bupropion Facilitates Expression of a Conditioned Place Aversion in Nicotine-Exposed Rats

Kristyn Diane DiDominick (2004)
Testing the Motivational Hypothesis: An Assessment of the Relationship between Risk Perceptions and Hypertension Medication Adherence Intentions

Allyson Meloni (2004)
Worry and Risk Perceptions about Heart Attack and stroke in Hypertensive Patients

Elizabeth Rose Corrigan (2003)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Brian Francis McGettigan (2003)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Kimberly Lynn Harris (2002)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Jennifer Davis Meis (2002)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Ryan Adam Meyers (2002)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Kara N Schultz (2002)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Sarah Ann Hower (2001)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Michelle Menuhah Deitchman (2000)
A study of the role of intermediate medial hyperstriatum ventrale in place preference learning in day-old chicks

Shea Marguerite Tate-Di Donna (1999)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Laura Ann Biesecker (1998)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Karen Hoyle Walsh (1998)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Christine Allison Graham-Rawlings (1994)
Departmental Honors in Psychology

Virginia A Brush (1965)
An Analysis of Positive Reinforcement, Discrimination, Response Competition and Anxiety in Avoidance Conditioning

John P Laszlo (1964)
The Effects of Regular Reinforcement, Intermittent Reinforcement and Verbal Instruction upon the Extinction of a Conditioned GSR