Jared received his BA in Psychology in 2013, and is finishing his Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences from Northern Arizona University this May, 2019. In fall 2019, he will be entering a doctoral program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Portland State University, pursuing a degree in psychology. Although he has varying… Read more
Student Accomplishments
Psychological Sciences Students Receive Hooper Undergraduate Research Awards
Three psychological sciences projects were recently announced as recipients of 2019–2020 Hooper Undergraduate Research Awards.
Chandler Barteau, Brooke Cox, and Emma Stanley (Faculty Mentor: Nora Dunbar, Ph.D.)
The Importance of Safe-Spaces for LGBTQ+ Individuals.
Sarah Kline (Faculty Mentor: Chad Woodruff, Ph.D.)
Determining Factors of Beta Enhancement and Suppression.
Dakota Moore (Faculty Mentor: Larry Stevens, Ph.D.)
Cultural Meaningfulness as a Moderator of the Relationship between Compassion and the Experience of Suffering.
The HURA program encourages participation of undergraduate students in research,… Read more
Callie Patterson Accepted to Doctoral Program
Callie received her BS in Psychological Sciences in 2016 and will be completing her MA in Psychological Sciences from Northern Arizona University in May 2019. This fall, she will be entering the doctoral program in the School of Public Health at Indiana University, pursuing a degree in Health Behavior. Callie’s interests are centrally focused on how dimensions of human sexuality 
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Michele Lee Earns Prestigious CSW Award
Michele Lee, a second-year student in the Master of Arts in Psychology Sciences degree program was selected for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Outstanding Achievement and Contribution Award in the Student category. This award honors a Northern Arizona University student who has made outstanding contributions to women’s leadership development and towards advancing the status of women at Northern Arizona University.
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Two Department Faculty and Former Student Publish in Teaching of Psychology
Meliksah Demir, Ph.D., Nora Dunbar, Ph.D., and former NAU student Shelby Burton authored the article Professor-Student Rapport and Perceived Autonomy Support as Predictor of Course and Student Outcomes in the January edition of Teaching of Psychology, the American Psychological Association’s flagship journal for educators in the field. One of the conclusions resulting from their research was that “providing professors with opportunity to enhance rapport and autonomy may improve student success.” Ms. Burton is now a fourth-year doctorate student in… Read more
Cynthia Ortiz Accepted to Doctoral Program
Cynthia Ortiz graduated in December, 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Sciences, a minor in Spanish, and as a part of the Honors College. She was recognized as an Outstanding Senior in her last semester at NAU and was a member of the Vaping and Novel Substance Use Research Group under the direction of Sumner Sydeman, Ph.D. for several years before graduating.
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