The Marshall Center for Christian Ministry each year selects a student, faculty member, and staff member for their dedication to Christ and exemplary service in His name.  Psychology major Betsie Phillips received the 2013 graduating senior award, and Dr. McKenzie received the faculty award. The staff award was presented to Megan Redditt, a psychologist in our Counseling Center. Congratulations to all three of you!
Dr. Susan Bell (r), with Dr. Gretchen Lohman, Dean of Retention
Dr. Susan Bell was awarded the 2013 Outstanding Advisor Award for the extensive guidance and support she gives her many advisees each year.
Congratulations to Ashleigh Barker and Kari Steffen, this year’s winners of departmental awards. Ashleigh also received the Religion Department’s senior comprehensives distinction award, the Walters Award, and the Biblical Studies Award.
Click more to view names of previous years’ recipients as well as descriptions of our annual awards. (more…)
Becca Short and Brittany Thompson
Ethan Smith
Jaime Horne
Chelsea Riney
Ashleigh Barker
Several of our psychology majors were invited to participate in this year’s campus-wide poster session, including those involved in the Honors Program, Dr. Price’s Undergraduate Research course, Service Learning courses, and our top Senior Capstone research students.
Ethan Smith completed GC’s Honors Program this year. Jaime Horne and Ashleigh Barker’s outstanding posters from Capstone were included in the session. Chelsea Riney, Betsie Phillips, Danielle Buford, Ashleigh Barker, Marc Briel, Ethan Smith, and Brooke Hurst completed Dr. Price’s Undergraduate Research course and presented their research.
Becca Short and Brittany Thompson represented the Counseling Skills class by presenting a poster on their service learning experience at Elizabeth Place, a transitional home for homeless women and children in Scott County. Congratulations to all of our outstanding students!
Ashleigh Barker
Marc Briel
Brooke Hurst
Betsie Phillips
Ethan Smith
Psych Bowl 2013
Two groups of students attended the annual KPA conference, held in Louisville, Kentucky.Under Dr. Price’s guidance, Betsie Phillips, Ashleigh Barker, Marc Briel, Brooke Hurst, and Ethan Smith presented individual research projects during the conference’s poster session.
Four additional GC students (Hannah Prassel, Kendall Wills, Kari Steffen, and Ethan Smith) participated in the annual Psychology Bowl competition, losing to overall champion Bellarmine University in the Final Four round. Great job, everyone!
The Georgetown College Psych Bowl team competed in the 25th Annual Psych Bowl Tournament, March 2013.
Dr. Price was recently elected to the Kentucky Psychological Association’s Board as the Education and Training Interest Section Representative. View her biographical sketch at the following site:
http://kpa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=589
Congratulations!
Dr. Regan Lookadoo was selected as recipient for the 2012 Liberation Award, which honors those who have made a significant impact in the effort against human trafficking in Kentucky. Please click here to read additional details. Congratulations, Dr. Lookadoo.
We are so proud of Doug McDonald, who received the prestigious President’s Award during graduation 2012. The award is give
n to the graduating senior who has successfully overcome hardship through resolute determination and drive. Doug is pictured with his wife Laura (Levy) and his daughter Clarke Elizabeth.
Dr. Rebecca Singer received the Lindsey Apple Student Life Award for her involvement with students inside and outside of the classroom. Congratulations!
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Two psychology majors will complete GC’s Honors Program this year. Part of the program’s requirements include an honors thesis, which is defended during a poster session at the end of the spring semester. Katie Rapier’s thesis is entitled An essential teleology of hope, while Kristen Snyder’s thesis title is The nature of romantic relationships: Links to self-esteem and aggression. Congratulations to these two outstanding majors!
Kristen Snyder and Dr. Singer attended the 2012 Animal Behavior Conference in Bloomington, Indiana. Along with E. Henderson, they co-authored a poster entitled Studying the development of object permanence development in dolphins and sea lions.
Morgan and Madison
2012 Psych Bowl team (with fan Shawn on left)
Two groups of students attended the annual KPA conference, held in Lexington, Kentucky. Under Dr. Lookadoo’s guidance, Morgan Floyd and Madison Wallace presented their research poster, Perspectives on rape From undergraduates at a Christian college. Five additional GC students (Elizabeth Levay, Katie Rapier, Noel Ryan, Jesse Simpson, Kari Steffen) participated in the annual Psychology Bowl competition, losing to overall champion Bellarmine University by one point. Great job, everyone!
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Singer, animal learning psychologist, who presented a poster entitled Study abroad courses serve as alternative “Animal Laboratories” during the 2012 National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology conference. She received the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Award, given to faculty who best incorporate new or innovative content into psychology courses.
Dr. Lookadoo received a prestigious grant from the Jenzabar Foundation to bring awareness of human trafficking to the state of Kentucky. The grant has allowed her to organize Kentucky’s first-ever Human Trafficking Conference, which will occur March 23rd and 24th, with a pre-conference concert the evening of March 22nd.
The Jenzabar Foundation awards grants to organizations who “support the good works and humanitarian efforts of student leaders serving others across the global community.”
Congratulations to department chair Dr. Jennifer Price, winner of the prestigious Curry Award, given to the faculty member that best exhibits three elements of faculty life: service to faculty, excellence in scholarship, and dedication to students.
Read more about Dr. Price, the Curry Award, and the 2012 Founder’s Day event.
Psi Chi members volunteered during the 8th annual Buddy Walk fundraiser, sponsored by the Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky. The walk, held during National Down Syndrome Awareness Month each October, encourages acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome. Funds raised increase awareness and education for local families, caregivers, medical and educational professionals in the surrounding community (http://volunteer.truist.com/uwbg/org/10246917740.html).
Students who participated include Alyssa Potter, Kristen Greenfield, Chelsea Denham, Blythe Graden, and Kayleigh Riddell. Faculty included Drs. Bell, Castaneda, and Singer.
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It is with great sadness that we report the death of Brittnee Harris (pictured with Dr. Jay Castaneda), 2010 Georgetown College graduate and psychology major. Brittnee received the department’s Mark Eddy Award for 2010 and the College’s Deborah Courage Award. Please read on to read Dr. Castaneda, Dr. Lookadoo, and Mrs. Torie Brown Hundley’s reflections of Brittnee and to view her obituary. (more…)
Congratulations to Becky Hellman, who was crowned GC’s 2010 Homecoming Queen during the football game’s halftime program. Becky is a senior from Hodgenville, majoring in psychology. She is pictured with this year’s king, Perry Dixon.
Becky was crowned by the 2009 queen, Ciera Mills, who was also a psychology major. In fact, four of the last five Homecoming Queens have been psychology majors (Becky; Ciera; Calie Goins; Anna Fraley).
Congratulations to all of our seniors, who graduated May 15th. It was quite a day for the psychology department! We had the second greatest number of majors graduating and the greatest number of minors graduating. Click Continue reading to view photos of recognized psychology members. (more…)
Congratulations to four (!) psychology majors, selected as finalists for Georgetown College’s 2010 Outstanding Student Leader Award. The finalists included Jennifer Bowling, Danielle Harrison, Ciera Mills, and Madison Osborne. Further congratulations to Ciera Miller, who won the Award.
Left to right: Ashley Wright (Indiana University), Ashley Perkins (UK), Dr. Bell, Sarah Flynn (UK), and Ashleigh Gray (UK).
National Association of School Psychologists annual conference in Chicago. Click Continue reading to view photos from the conference. (more…)
Congratulations to Katie Rapier, who received honorable mention for her research poster presentation at the 2010 Kentucky Psychological Association conference in March.
View information regarding students’ presented posters. (more…)
View photos from the conference. (more…)
McKenzie received the Cawthorne Award for Excellence in Teaching at Commencement 2008 from Provost Rosemary Allen and President Bill Crouch.
Congratulations to Dr. Karyn McKenzie, who received the 2008 Cawthorne Excellence in Teaching Award. Continue on to read about her delivered lecture, entitled “Humans’ Capacity for Cruelty: The Milgram Studies.” Click Continue reading to read about Dr. McKenzie and her lecture. (more…)
Pictures of our psychology majors and minors from Homecoming Weekend 2008. We miss you! (more…)
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View photos from the fun and delicious event! (more…)
Congratulations to psychology/religion major James Bush, 2008 graduate, who received the 2008 President’s Award and to psychology major Ashleigh Gray, 2008 graduate, who received a 2008 Phi Kappa Phi scholarship for graduate school.
Erin Roberts, Brooke Reed, Dr. Susan Bell, Ashleigh Gray, and Sarah Flynn
Dr. Bell sponsored students’ (Brooke Reed and Ashleigh Gray’s) research, entitled Perceptions of School Psychology: Undergraduate advisors’ role in recruitment, during the 2008 National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.
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The Psychology department congratulates Dr. Rebecca Singer upon her successful dissertation defense at the University of Kentucky on March 24, 2008. The title of her dissertation is: The effect of prior effort on reward value. Dr. Singer received the University of Kentucky’s 2008 Nietzel Award for Research.
