Washington College Psychology Program

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Washington College Psychology Program

• Spring Open House for Prospective Students
• Saturday March 29, 2003

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Washington College

• College
• Small, Select, Liberal Arts
• Faculty
• Dedicated teachers professionally active
• Curriculum
• Three tracks
• General
• Clinical Counseling
• Behavioral Neuroscience

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Psychology Faculty

• Social Psychology
• Kevin McKillop, Ph.D.
• Cognitive Psychology
• George Spilich, Ph.D.
• Clinical/Counseling Psychology
• Lauren Littlefield, Ph.D.
• James Siemen, Ph.D
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Katherine Cameron, Ph.D.
• Michael Kerchner, Ph.D

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Psychology Faculty

• Social Psychology
• Kevin McKillop, Ph.D.
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• George Spilich, Ph.D.
• Clinical/Counseling Psychology
• Lauren Littlefield, Ph.D.
• James Siemen, Ph.D
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Katherine Cameron, Ph.D.
• Michael Kerchner, Ph.D

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Psychology Faculty

• Social Psychology
• Kevin McKillop, Ph.D.
• Cognitive Psychology
• George Spilich, Ph.D.
• Clinical/Counseling Psychology
• Lauren Littlefield, Ph.D.
• James Siemen, Ph.D
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Katherine Cameron, Ph.D.
• Michael Kerchner, Ph.D

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Psychology Faculty

• Social Psychology
• Kevin McKillop, Ph.D.
• Cognitive Psychology
• George Spilich, Ph.D.
• Clinical/Counseling Psychology
• Lauren Littlefield, Ph.D.
• James Siemen, Ph.D.
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Katherine Cameron, Ph.D.
• Michael Kerchner, Ph.D

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Psychology Faculty

• Social Psychology
• Kevin McKillop, Ph.D.
• Cognitive Psychology
• George Spilich, Ph.D.
• Clinical/Counseling Psychology
• Lauren Littlefield, Ph.D.
• James Siemen, Ph.D
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Katherine Cameron, Ph.D.
• Michael Kerchner, Ph.D.

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Psychology Faculty

• Social Psychology
• Kevin McKillop, Ph.D.
• Cognitive Psychology
• George Spilich, Ph.D.
• Clinical/Counseling Psychology
• Lauren Littlefield, Ph.D.
• James Siemen, Ph.D
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Katherine Cameron, Ph.D.
• Michael Kerchner, Ph.D.

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Visiting Psychology Faculty

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Michael G. Ruscio, Ph.D.

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WC Psych Curriculum
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WC Psych Curriculum
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WC Psych Curriculum

• Three Tracks
• General Experimental
• Clinical/Counseling Concentration
• Behavioral Neuroscience Concentration
• Common Core Experience
• Introduction to Psychology
• Statistics
• Research Design Methodology
• Minimum of 3 Laboratory Courses
• Capstone Senior Thesis

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WC Psych Curriculum
The Senior Thesis Project - an independent
empirical research project of the students own
design - sometimes of publishable quality -
without doubt, a distinguishing characteristic of
WC graduates
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Psychology Facilities

• Social Psychology Laboratory
• Animal Learning Cognition Lab
• Psychopharmacology Biopsychology Laboratory
• Laboratories in Human Cognition, Biofeedback,
  Sensation Perception
• Clinical Interview and Assessment Laboratory
• Internships in the Community

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Psychology Resources

• 78,000 - MRI Grant 64 Channel Topographic EEG
  Lab
• 35,500 - ILI Grant Psychopharmacology Animal
  Cognition Labs
• 22,000 - ILI Grant Eye Movement Pupillometry
  Lab
• 10,000 - Computerized Cognitive Neuroscience
  Behavioral Assessment Lab

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Speaker Series
2001 Jessie Ball duPont Behavioral Neuroscience
Speaker Series Oliver Sacks, M.D. (Awakenings)
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Psychology Students
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Psychology Students

• gt 40 student co-authored conference presentations
  per year
• American Psychological Society
• Eastern Psychological Association
• Society for Neuroscience
• Etc

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Educational Community Outreach

• Brain Awareness Week
• Upper Shore Mental Health Clinic
• Crossroads Community
• Radcliff Creek School
• Psi Chi Psychology Club

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Our Students Speak!

• Let them tell you in their own words what they
  have accomplished

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ETS Psychology Major Test (1)

• Nationally ranked in performance on the
  Psychology Major Field Test - Average Percentile
  Ranking 2002

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ETS Psychology Major Test (2)
OverallAverageNational Percentile Ranking
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Student Graduate School Admissions

• Jonas Johnson - Clemson University
• Donald Stranahan - Univ. of Maryland Medical
  Coll.
• Lanae Arnold - Thomas Jefferson University
  Hospital
• Kyle Geissler - University of Illinois
• Nicole Lopez - Loyola College, MD (M.A.)
• Kristi Masimore - Argosy University
• Nicole Velte - Loyola College, MD (PsyD)
• Nicole Zenewitz - Eastern Connecticut State
  College

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Student Graduate School Admissions

• Vicki Smrcka - USMRICD Kennedy Krieger Inst.
• Gillian Hue - Emory University
• Erin Madden - Univ. Alabama-Birmingham
• Quincy Miles - JHU Juvenile Research Ctr.
• Julie Hurley - Tufts University
• Carissa Laguarina - Monmouth University
• Meredith Lutz - Drexel University
• Heidi Nadler - University of Pennsylvania
• Rebecca Stephenson - Univ. of Rochester

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Student Graduate School Admissions

• Melissa Christine - Chicago Prof. School of
  Psych.
• Marianne Rodney - Univ. of Delaware
• Erin Reed - Towson University
• Eric Johnson - Texas AM
• Elizabeth Doppler - Suffolk University
• Amy Hartsock - UMBC
• Jessica Villecco - Towson University

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Graduate School Admissions 03

• Leora Ramiro Neuroscience
• Cornell University, Lehigh University Rutgers
• Kelly Beakley Clinical
• University of Denver, Chicago School of
  Professional Psychology. Temple University, U
  Penn.
• Melanie Mitchell Clinical
• Argosy University
• Liz Dunlap School Psychology
• Towson
• Jen Craley Clinical
• Indiana U pf PA Temple
• Rebecca Sirman School Psychology
• Delaware
• Arial Paskin Clinical
• Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
  (USUHS)

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Jobs for the class of 03 (so far)

• Courtney Alfes clinical assistant
• Amanda Hare Research Assistant _at_ Harvard or NIH
• Jen Courson Financial Planner American Express

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Washington College

• 2000-2010
• Introductory Laboratory
• Interdisciplinary Courses
• Expand Internship and Research Experiences for
  Undergraduates
• Renovation and Expansion of the Dunning-Decker
  Science Center

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Snazzy new facilities
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Construction begins 4-03!
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Washington College Department of
Psychologyhttp//psychology.washcoll.edu

• Thank You

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Washington College Department of
Psychologyhttp//psychology.washcoll.edu

• KCameron2_at_washcoll.edu
• MKerchner2_at_Washcoll.edu
• LLittlefield2_at_washcoll.edu
• KMcKillop2_at_washcoll.edu JSiemen2_at_washcoll.edu
• GSpilich2_at_washcoll.edu

Drop us a line!
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Questions?