McDaniel College Psychology Department

09/21/2023

Janel Cubbage ’14 and junior Janiah Fields were quoted in The Baltimore Banner’s coverage of a Johns Hopkins report about the rise in Black youth su***de.

Black youth su***de rates increased 144% from 2007 to 2020, with data showing that Black LGBTQ+ youth are particularly at risk, according to a new report from the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins.

04/26/2023

Students enjoying a Multicultural Food Gathering hosted by Dr. Jonathan Lasson's Multicultural Psychology class.

02/18/2023

Thank you to the parents and kids who came to our Developmental Psychology classes on Friday to demonstrate development IRL.

10/31/2022

Happy Spooky Season from the McDaniel psychology department.

06/05/2022

https://www.mcdaniel.edu/news/recent-psychology-graduate-studies-how-diii-student-athletes-coped-covid

Psychology major and women’s soccer player Lauren Murray ’22 conducted research on the coping mechanisms of Division III student-athletes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She presented her findings at the 36th Annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference and McDaniel's Inaugur...

05/03/2022

Congratulations to Syd Hinnant for eating the Griswold-Zepp award to create mental health pop-up spaces on campus to promote mental health.

Sophomore Sydney Hinnant was awarded a Griswold-Zepp award from the college for a mental health awareness and support project. The Center for Experience and Opportunity (CEO) at McDaniel oversees the Griswold-Zepp Award, which can total up to $3,000 for proposed volunteer experiences of McDaniel stu...

01/13/2022

Congratulations to Brittany Sears on the publication of her psychology honor’s project in the journal Learning & Behavior!

Under certain conditions, pigeons will reliably prefer an alternative that leads to a lower probability of food over an alternative that leads to a higher probability of food (i.e., demonstrate suboptimal choice). A critical aspect of the typical procedure is that the alternative associated with les...

11/12/2021

Are you considering presenting at a convention? Apply for Psi Chi Unrestricted Travel Grants! Applications are due December 5. https://www.psichi.org/page/unrestrictedgrantinf

10/29/2021

Happy Halloween from the Psychology Department! 🎃

06/01/2021

Congratulations to alumna Abigail Hernandez on the publication of her senior thesis in the Psi Chi Journal.

05/24/2021

CONGRATULATIONS to our Psychology graduates! You all are amazing - we had 6 majors win senior awards (some winning more than one)! We will miss you, but can't wait to see what amazing things you go on to do!