Accomplishments
July, 2009
 | Amy Bradfield Douglass has been awarded a three-year research grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of interaction between interviewers and eyewitnesses in obtaining testimony. Read more about her research project here. |
Comings & Goings
Nancy Koven and Amy Bradfield Douglass will be on leave for the Fall 2009 semester. They will resume teaching in Winter 2010.
Georgia Nigro will be on leave from teaching for the psychology department for the Winter 2010 semester and Short Term 2010. She will be filling in as the interim director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships during this time.
Michael Burman has ended his one-year contract teaching for Bates and has started his new tenure-track job with the psychology department at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. He can be reached at his new email address MBurman@une.edu.
Rebecca Fraser-Thill is on leave from the department for the foreseeable future as she pursues her writing projects, including a Developmental Psych textbook. Although she no longer has an office on campus, she can still be reached through her Bates email address rfrasert@bates.edu, but her response may be delayed.
Helen Boucher's research leave has ended, and she will resume teaching in Fall 2009. Welcome back!
Student Awards
We are pleased to announce the following award recipients for the Class of 2009:
Robert S. Moyer Prize in Experimental Psychology
Rachel Pelle Ogilvie '09 has won the Robert S. Moyer Prize in Experimental Psychology. Awarded annually to the graduating senior who, by vote of the faculty of the Department of Psychology, has completed the most outstanding experimental psychology project for a senior thesis. Funded by an endowment established by Catherine A. Lee in honor of her husband, a member of the psychology faculty for thirty-two years. View the abstract for her project here.
Richard V. Wagner Prize in Psychology
Isabel Smith Alexander '09 has won the Richard V. Wagner Prize in Psychology. This award is given annually to the graduating psychology major who, by vote of the faculty of the Department of Psychology, has completed the best thesis or project on issues related to peace, conflict resolution, or social justice. The prize was established by the psychology faculty in recognition of Professor Wagner's thirty-four years of teaching and service to Bates, including twenty-five years as chair of the department.
Check out the Student Awards Archive for winners from previous years!