The Fount

Dr. Steve Nida, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, participated in the National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology, which was held in June on the campus of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. The goal of the conference, sponsored by the American Psychological Association, is to examine critical issues and concerns in undergraduate education in psychology and the important changes that have occurred since the last such conference in 1991. This conference established the guidelines that will direct the developmental course of undergraduate education in psychology over the next two decades. Dr. Nida was one of 56 participants in this conference, having been selected from approximately 250 applicants.

Dr. Conway Saylor, Professor of Psychology, received the Psi Chi Regional Faculty Advisor Award for 2007-2008 in the Southeastern Region. In recognition of winning the award Dr. Saylor received a check for $500.00. She will also receive an award plaque at the Psi Chi Program which will take place at the 2008 Southeastern Psychological Association Convention.

Senior Psychology major Cadet Dirk Wooten was recognized as one of several winners selected from a group of 62 presentations that were part of the Psi Chi Undergraduate Research competition, held at the recent meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Charlotte, NC. Cadet Wooten's paper was titled "Procrastination and ADHD: Is There a Connection?" Professor Steve Nida served as Cadet Wooten's mentor for this project.

Steve Nida, Professor of Psychology, attended the annual meeting of the Association of Heads of Departments of Psychology in Atlanta in November. There he delivered a presentation dealing with "what he had learned during his first five years heading The Citadel's Psychology Department."

The Clinical Counseling Masters Program in Psychology hosted its fall Field Placement Site Expo in October. Representatives from six sites where our graduate students receive clinical training were available to answer questions, and approximately 20 students attended.

Graduate students Hallie Clark and Faraday Davies will accompany Dr. Johnson, Clinical Counseling Program Director and Professor of Psychology, to the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Philadelphia in mid-November. This meeting is the most extensive presentation of empirically-supported psychotherapies in the world. Dr. Johnson will attend a workshop on treating combat-related stress in soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The South Carolina Psychological Association and The Citadel Chapter of PSI CHI (The National Honor Society in Psychology) co-sponsored the SCPA "Academic Day" at The Citadel Mark Clark Buyer Auditorium on October 9, 2007. The event brought nearly 200 students and faculty from 12 SC colleges and universities to The Citadel campus for workshops, speakers, graduate school displays, a Psychology trivia bowl, and keynote speaker Russell Barkley, an internationally acclaimed ADHD researcher. Our cadet Psychology Bowl team members distinguished themselves and the Psychology program by taking second place in the 10-team competition. SHSS support of this event was acknowledged and greatly appreciated.

Dr. Timothy Hanchon, Assistant Professor of Psychology, presented research at the American Psychological Association's 2007 National Convention in San Francisco in August. The title of his paper was "The Relations among Perfectionism, Achievement Motivation, and Psychological Adjustment."

The Psychology Department continued its active involvement in community service this fall. The Halloween Buddy Dance on October 29th was the largest on record, bringing more than 200 adults with disabilities to the Alumni Center for an energetic evening of dancing and refreshments. Nearly 100 cadets and graduate student volunteers insured that our visitors would have a safe and happy night. The next morning a dozen cadet and graduate student volunteers again combined their energies to prepare and serve lunch at the Crisis Ministries shelter for homeless men, women, and children. The next service event will be the collection of hats, gloves, socks, and toiletries for Crisis Ministries. Donations can be placed under the department Christmas tree between November 28th and December 10th.

On November 29, Dr. Kipling Williams, Professor of Psychology at Purdue University, presented the Psychology Department's annual Leverett Lecture, titled "Ostracism." This event honors the late Dr. Pat Leverett, who was a faculty member in the department of Psychology from 1995 until his death in 2005.