Psychology

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.

A research report authored by associate professor Mathew Gendle and Elizabeth Olszewski '09 has been published in the Spring 2010 issue of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.

The Portland (Maine) Press-Herald profiled psychology major Elianna Lantz in a Jan. 6 story on her experience with the Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound program, which the newspaper described as "an 85-day semester hiking from the Pacific Coast to the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica."