Colorado College Psychology Dept: Grads, Awards & Honors '99-'00

Psychology / Neuroscience
Graduates, Awards, and Honors
1999 - 2000
Department of Psychology
Colorado College

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Psych./Neuro. Grad 2000!!
Honors Convocation Honorees 2000
Honorary Society Inductees 2000

Poster Day Presenters 2000
Research Presentations
'00-'01 Paraprofessionals

Congratulations and Best Wishes!!! Psychology and Neuroscience Graduates 2000
Psychology		Neuroscience
Page Bendian Mahwah, NJ Noël Regina Cassidy Denver, CO John David Creswell Lincoln, NE Distinction in Psychology *cum laude* Shana Alexandra Daugherty Houston, TX# Stephanie Brook Dickerson Colorado Springs, CO Christina Escobedo Paramount, CA Spanish: Hispanic Studies/ Psychology* Gaylen Gelbhaus Denver, CO Jennifer Yvonne Gettman Greeley, CO Distinction in Psychology *summa cum laude* See link below Stacey Marie Grisham Longmont, CO Ptumporn Kalyanamitra Aurora, CO Tricia LaShanne Lewis Belize City, Belize Trisha Lindner Cincinnati, OH Jessica Lynn Marks Shorewood, MI	Jennifer Delores Martinez Orland, CA# Megan Maureen McDowell Blue Springs, MO Wesley Way McLaughlin Madison, WI Political Science/Psychology Rachel Nichols Meeker Denver, CO Sabina Sheetal Mehta Dharan, Saudia Arabia Distinction in Psychology *cum laude* Ann Toth Molteni Seattle, WA Anna Lisa Murphy Moore Salt Lake City, UT Vanita Charleen Narayana Plymouth, MN Clarissa Carlin Parker Bethesda, MD Tobias Emanuel Petersen Bloomington, MN Dara Louise Polk Portland, OR Distinction in Psychology Laura Marion Ray Memphis, TN Emily Elizabeth Roberts Bainbridge Island, WA Eve Steiner Salt Lake City, UT	Amelia Kären Adcock Lakewood, CO Shantha Jessica Bunyun Loveland, CO# Heather Donn Colorado Springs, CO Erin Grace Hendrick Denver, CO *cum laude* Jesse V. Jacobs Colorado Springs, CO Distinction in Neuroscience *magna cum laude* Elisa Suzanne Kapler Englewood, CO Distinction in Neuroscience *magna cum laude* Keli'i Ann "Rabbit" Krueger Wailuku, HI Ashton Winfield Powell Richmond, VA Ting Shen Valencia, CA Political Science/Neuroscience Peter Jack Taylor Englewood, CO Clara Angelica Vondrich McLean, VA# Distinction in Neuroscience *summa cum laude* Phillip Robyn Thor Weidner V Anchorage, AK
See The Psychology Major’s Handbook for an explanation of Distinction in Psychology. *Degree pending. #Degree granted August 13, 1999, December 22, 1999, or August 11, 2000.

Jennifer Gettman profiled by the College Relations office as one of the
"Class of 2000: Best and Brightest."
See additional links to Commencement news at What's NEWS @ Colorado College.
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Colorado College
Honors Convocation
May 9, 2000
Honors Recipients*
Psychology / Neuroscience

John David Creswell
Cornelia Manley Sabine Award
By the Department of Psychology

Jesse V. Jacobs
Elisa Suzanne Kapler
Arnold B. Scheibel Neuroscience Award
by the Department of Neuroscience

Sarah Jean Muench
William Arthur Blakely Memorial Award
by the Department of Psychology

Tobias Emanuel Petersen
Van Diest Award
an All-College Award

*Click on award names to see Honors Descriptions.

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Honorary Societies
at Colorado College
We’re pleased to announce the inductions of
Psychology/Neuroscience students into the following
Colorado College Honorary Chapters.

Psi Chi
The National Honorary in Psychology

Mary Brown
David Creswell
Jennifer Gettman
Carolyn Hodges
Sabina Mehta
Anna Moore
Jennifer Pearson
Katherine "Katie" Supinger

Phi Beta Kappa
The National Honorary for Seniors

Jennifer Gettman
Jesse Jacobs
Elisa Kapler
Clara Vondrich

Blue Key
The National Honorary for Juniors and Seniors

Melody Hrubes
Katherine "Katie" Supinger
Donovan Tracy

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Psychology and Neuroscience Poster Day
We recognize the following list of students completing
Senior Theses or Independent Study Projects
for their hard work and dedication
to the science of psychology:

Erin Brown~
The influence of ways of presenting advertisements on memory

David Creswell#
Effects of a pre-serve routine intervention with college volleyball players

Stephanie Dickerson+=
Effects of abandonment, maltreatment, and institutionalization on Costa Rican children
(Research funded by a grant from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.)

Jennifer Gettman-
"Mere exposure": Gender differences in the negative effects of priming a state of self-objectification
Poster presented at The 25th Annual Association for Women in Psychology Conference
March 9 - 12, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah

Jesse V. Jacobs^
A quantitative Golgi analysis of dendrite and spine systems in four regions and two layers of Human cerebral cortex: A case study
(Research funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes through the
Hughes Undergraduate Research Program of the Colorado College.)

Elisa Kapler^
Cell packing density in Brodmann's areas 10 and 18 of the Human cerebral cortex

Wes McLaughlin-
Flow and self-consciousness

Rachel Meeker+
The effect of educational setting on support for voice, level of voice and depressive symptomatology

Sabina Mehta~
Effects of marital status on parent perception of child well-being
Poster presented at The 70th Annual Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
April 14 - 16, 2000, Tucson, AZ and awarded the GUR Undergraduate Research Award (picture below).

Clarissa Parker^
The effects of environmental enrichment on Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) psychological well-being

Dara Polk#
Gender and sport differences in the perception of physical and mental aspects of athletics

Katy Preshaw~
The effect of auditory mode of presentation and semantic content to irrelevant speech effect

Sharon Sann^
Regional dendritic variations in spine-free nonpyramidal neurons: A quantitative Golgi study in Humans

Ting Shen^
On May 5th, Ting Shen was continuing research
at the Neuroscience Research Institute at UC-Santa Barbara.

Advisors: #Kristi Erdal, *John Horner, ^Bob Jacobs, -Tomi-Ann Roberts, +Tricia Waters(=ACM Project), and ~Cathey Weir.

Explore The Psychology Major’s Handbook for more information regarding Research Opportunities.

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CONGRATULATIONS!
...to the following students presenting undergraduate research projects (and winning awards!) at conferences.

1999-2000

Clara Showalter
Sabina Mehta ('00)
Pictured below is Sabina receiving the GUR Undergraduate Research Award for her senior thesis project..
Go Sabina!
The 70th Annual
Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association
April 14 - 16, 2000
Tucson, AZ

Also in attendance was
faculty sponsor and
presenter Catherine Weir.

Beth Dyer ('99)
Katie Friesen ('99)
Society for Research
on Adolescence Conference
March 30 - April 2, 2000
Chicago, IL

Also in attendance was faculty sponsor and presenter Tricia Waters.

Jennifer Gettman ('00)
Cathleen "Cassie" Manly ('99)
The 25th Annual
Association for Women in
Psychology Conference
March 9 - 12, 2000
Salt Lake City, Utah

Also in attendance was faculty sponsor and presenter Tomi-Ann Roberts. The aforementioned attendees presented research by faculty member Tricia Waters and Brooke Duntiz-Johnson ('99).
27th Annual Feminist Psychology Conference in Vancouver, BC
June 2002.

Sabina receiving the
2000 RMPA GUR Undergraduate Research Award.

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