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Kirstyn Golden
  • Counseling
  • Class of 2018
  • Westbury, NY

Kirstyn Golden of Westbury Graduates from the Honors Program at The University of Scranton

2016 Jul 1

Kirstyn Golden of Westbury, graduated summa cum laude from The University of Scranton's Honors Program. Students in the Honors Program pursue a rigorous education that stresses independent work through close engagement with professors and other honors students, including the preparation, presentation and defense of a research or creative project during their senior year.

A psychology major, Golden's thesis was "Social Behavior Predicts Rapid Response to Behavioral Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders.", completed with the guidance of faculty mentor Christie P. Karpiak, Ph.D., professor of psychology.

Digital image: Class of 2016 graduates of The University of Scranton's Honors Program, one of the Jesuit university's programs of excellence, gathered on campus recently for a luncheon. From left: Kirstyn Golden and Joseph Kraus, Ph.D., director of the Honors Program.