Psychology

Chris Leupold, associate professor of psychology, will serve as the next academic coordinator for the Leadership Program, beginning with the 2010-11 academic year.

The Academic Service-Learning Advisory Committee has named Alexa Darby, assistant professor of psychology, as the 2010-2011 Service-Learning Research Scholar.

Mathew Gendle, an associate professor of psychology, has been elected to serve a three-year term as a Councilor in the Psychology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Mathew Gendle, an associate professor of psychology, and Jeffrey Pugh, the Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies, gave a poster presentation April 14 at the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference in Tucson, Ariz

Amy Overman, assistant professor of psychology, and Kimberly Duggins '10 presented their research, "Age-related differences in memory for crime information: Behavioral and electrophysiological
evidence," at the 13th Cognitive Aging Conference.

Meredith Allison, Assistant Professor of Psychology, and Elon alum Kyla Mathews '09 presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society in Vancouver, Canada.

The Charlotte Observer on March 25 published a viewpoint opinion column by Mat Gendle, an associate professor of psychology, who used his research on campus to warn readers of North Carolina's largest newspaper that tanning beds may, in fact, be addictive.

Two senior psychology majors presented their research March 27 at Wake Forest University during the 2010 Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast.

Gabie Smith, associate professor of psychology, presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association conference held in Chattanooga, Tenn., March 12-14.