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

Kirstyn Golden of Westbury Presented at the Psychological Association Annual Meeting

2016 Mar 16

Kirstyn Golden of Westbury was among eleven University of Scranton students, nine faculty and staff members, and two alumni presented research projects and led workshop sessions at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting held in March in New York City.

The students who presented were: Kerry Buckhaults, a sophomore from East Meadow, New York; Shreya Patel, a junior from Scranton, Pennsylvania; and seniors Corey Calpin of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Adrianna Damato of Fort Lee, New Jersey; Timothy DiVietri of Massapequa, New York; Melisa Gallo of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Kirstyn Golden of Westbury, New Jersey; Shannon Herrmann of Hopewell Junction, New York; Tyler Milewski of Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania; Bryan Nolan of Throop, Pennsylvania; and Alyssa Rodemann of Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Milewski, Buckhaults, Patel, Gallo and Patrick Orr, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at the University, presented "Rosemary aroma has no effect on word recall or recognition."

Nolan, Calpin and Thomas Hogan, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University, presented "Freeware for item analysis of tests."

Herrmann, Rodemann and Dr. Hogan presented "Psychological factors in life expectancy projections."

Golden and Christie Pugh Karpiak, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University, presented "Social behavior predicts rapid response to behavioral treatment for autism spectrum disorders."

Rodemann and Danielle Arigo, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at the University, presented "Perceived health and life expectancy in college students."

Damato and Rodemann, with Jill Warker, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at the University, and Simon Fischer-Baum, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Rice University presented "Limits on learning positional constraints in visual sequences."

DiVietri, University of Scranton class of 2015 graduate Bridget Hanley of East Islip, New York, and Jessica Nolan, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at the University, presented "She who teaches learns: Benefits of a Jigsaw activity in a college classroom."

Hanley, Eugeniu Grigorescu, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at the University, and Dr. Hogan presented "Do online courses yield lower student ratings on selected course evaluation items?"

University of Scranton class of 2015 graduate James Moran of Toms River, New Jersey, Barry Kuhle, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at the University and T. Joel Wade, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Bucknell University, presented "Evidence for pro-cuckoldry tactics in heterosexual males: The psychology of an interloper."

At the conference, University of Scranton psychology professors John Norcross, Ph.D., and Dr. Hogan also presented the workshops about preparing for and applying to graduate school for psychology.

The Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) was founded in 1896 and is the oldest of the regional psychological associations in the United States. Its sole purpose is to advance the science and profession through the dissemination of professional information about the field of psychology, according to its website. EPA achieves this goal by conducting its annual meeting where its members present the latest advances in professional and scientific work to their colleagues.