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Experimental Psychology Graduate Student, Andrea Bazzoli, receives the Charles Allen Master’s Thesis Award from the WSU Graduate School.

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Congratulations to Andrea Bazzoli for receiving the Charles Allen Master’s Thesis Award from the WSU Graduate School. It is due to the generosity of Estate of Charles Allen that the Graduate School is able to award this scholarship.  The Graduate School Evening of Excellence will be held on April 7, 2022 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center.

Dr. Tahira Probst was listed among the top 2% for overall career and single year citations within the Business and Economics field.

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A December 2020 Stanford PLOS Biology publication ranked the world’s top scientists.  Dr. Tahira Probst was listed among the top 2% for overall career and single year citations within the Business and Economics field. Congratulations Dr. Probst!

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918

Stacy Gessler

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Stacy Gessler

Stacy Gessler

Program Coordinator-Academic Support

Contact Information

Washington State University
Department of Psychology
Johnson Tower 233
P.O. Box 644820
Pullman, WA 99164-4820

Email: stacy.gessler@wsu.edu
(509) 335-2633
Johnson Tower 233B, Pullman

Job Responsibilities and Duties

  • Prepare time, class and room schedules
  • Ronet requests
  • Graduate admissions applications
  • Schedule preliminary & final exams
  • Graduate program coordinator
  • Video conferencing
  • Process add/drop forms
  • Teacher assignments
  • Scheduling conference room (JT 235C)
  • Help organize graduate applicant interview days.

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LaToya Sutton

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LaToya Sutton

Undergraduate Advisor

Contact Information

Washington State University
Department of Psychology
Johnson Tower 221
P.O. Box 644820
Pullman, WA 99164-4820

Email: jennifer.sutton@wsu.edu
Phone: (509) 335-8526
Fax: (509) 335-5043

Job Responsibilities and Duties

Students S – Z

Provides information and advise students, faculty and staff in all matters regarding undergraduate student advising and departmental advising records. Serves as primary contact for advising inquiries, student graduation, undergraduate advising policy and procedures, and administration of the undergraduate advising system for the department(s).

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Angela Henricks

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Angela Henricks

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Washington State University, 2016

Contact Information

Email: angela.henricks@wsu.edu
Office: JT 313
Phone: (509) 335-8946
Website: Behavioral Neuroscience Lab

Classes Taught

  • Psychology 372: Biological Basis of Behavior
  • Psychology 470: Motivation

Research Interests

  • Substance use disorder and co-occurring mental illness
  • Impact of early life stressors on brain development
  • Sex differences and hormonal influences
  • Neural circuit dynamics and machine learning

Work in my lab focuses on understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of substance use disorder. We use translational approaches to identify neural circuits associated with addictive behavior and addiction development, often in the context of co-occurring mental illness. Since females have historically been understudied in preclinical addiction research, my lab is particularly focused on characterizing sex differences in the neurobiological mechanisms underlying addiction, with the aim of enhancing our ability to translate preclinical findings to clinical populations. Our ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of personalized, effective therapies for substance use disorder and mental illness in women and men.

Dr. Henricks will be considering graduate student applications for Fall 2024 admission to the Experimental Psychology PhD Program.

Selected Publications

Henricks AM, Sullivan EDK, Dwiel LL, Keus KM, Adner ED, Green AI, Doucette WT. Sex differences in the ability of corticostriatal oscillations to predict rodent alcohol consumption. Biol Sex Differ. 2019 Dec 18;10(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s13293-019-0276-0

Henricks AM, Dwiel LL, Deveau NH, Simon AA, Ruiz-Jaquez MJ, Green AI, Doucette WT. Corticostriatal Oscillations Predict High vs. Low Drinkers in a Rat Model of Limited Access Alcohol Consumption. Front Syst Neurosci. 2019 Aug 13;13:35. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2019.00035

Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Fischer AS, Henricks AM, Khokhar JY, Roth RM, Brunette MF, Green AI. Understanding marijuana’s effects on functional connectivity of the default mode network in patients with schizophrenia and co-occurring cannabis use disorder: A pilot investigation. Schizophr Res. 2018 Apr;194:70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.029

Henricks AM, Berger AL, Lugo JM, Baxter-Potter LN, Bieniasz KV, Petrie G, Sticht MA, Hill MN, McLaughlin RJ. Sex- and hormone-dependent alterations in alcohol withdrawal-induced anxiety and corticolimbic endocannabinoid signaling. Neuropharmacology. 2017 Sep 15;124:121-133. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.05.023

Henricks AM, Berger AL, Lugo JM, Baxter-Potter LN, Bieniasz KV, Craft RM, McLaughlin RJ. Sex differences in alcohol consumption and alterations in nucleus accumbens endocannabinoid mRNA in alcohol-dependent rats. Neuroscience. 2016 Oct 29;335:195-206. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.08.032

Blythe Duell

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Blythe Duell

Scholarly Associate Professor

Ph.D. Washington State University, 2008

Contact Information

Email: blythe_duell@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 315
Phone: (509) 335-5547

Classes Taught

  • Psychology 201: Degrees and Careers in Psychology
  • Psychology 230: Human Sexuality
  • Psychology 320: Health Psychology
  • Psychology 324: Psychology of Gender
  • Psychology 550: Social Psychology

Research Interests

  • Effective teaching and learning strategies
  • Social dilemmas
  • Environmental behavior
  • Human Sexuality

Selected Publications:

Madewell, A. N., Anderson, J., Duell, B., & Kytola, K. (2017, Oct.). Panel discussion on reducing math anxiety: Cognitive and behavioral tricks of the trade. Presented at the Oklahoma Network for the Teaching of Psychology, Lawton, OK.

Day, K. & Duell, B. (2017, April). The effect of stereotype threat on Native American students. Poster to be presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Posey, D. Hughes, J. S., Morshead, L. L., Woods, K. R., & Duell, B (April, 2016). Using active learning strategies in statistics and research methods. Symposium presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.

Howard, N. R. & Duell, B. (April, 2016). The anxiety of cell phones and the benefits of nature. Poster presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.

Duell, B. (2014, February). Jigsaw classroom in a college course. Talk presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Teaching Pre-conference, Austin, TX.

Callicoat, R. & Duell, B. (2014, April). Warm hands, warm heart. Poster presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Joireman, J., Truelove, H., & Duell, B. (2010). Effect of outdoor temperature, heat primes, and anchoring on belief in global warming. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30, 358-367.

Cuillier, D., Duell, B., & Joireman, J. (2010). The mortality muzzle: Effect of death thoughts on attitudes toward national security and a watchdog press. Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 11, 185-202.

Cuillier, D., Duell, B., & Joireman, J. (2009). The thought of death, national security values, and polarization of attitudes toward freedom of information. Open Government, 5(1), peer-reviewed electronic journal available at www.opengovjournal.org.

Joireman, J., & Duell, B. (2007). Self-transcendent values moderate the impact of mortality salience on support for charities. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 779-789.

Joireman, J., Kamdar, D., Daniels, D., & Duell, B. (2006). Good citizens to the end? It depends: Empathy and concern with future consequences moderate the impact of a short-term time horizon on OCBs. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 1307-1320.

Joireman, J. & Duell, B.  (2005). Mother Teresa vs. Ebenezer Scrooge: Mortality salience leads proselfs to endorse self-transcendent values (unless proselfs are reassured). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 307-320.

 Konty, M., Duell, B. & Joireman, J. (2004). Scared selfish: The culture of fear’s values in the age of terrorism. American Sociologist, 35, 93-109.

 

Susan Collins

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Susan Collins

Professor

Ph.D. Syracuse University, 2003

Contact Information

Email: susan.collins@wsu.edu
Spokane Office (Primary): 103 E. Spokane Falls Blvd, Office 414C
Phone: (206) 832-7885

Vita

Classes Taught

I am teaching the clinical and community class in the spring semester.

Research Interests

  • Substance use assessment and treatment development and evaluation
  • Community-based participatory research
  • Methods in clinical psychology
  • Harm reduction interventions for people who use substances

“I am a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology at Washington State University. I also hold affiliate faculty positions in both the Department of Psychology and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington where I also codirect of the Harm Reduction Research and Treatment (HaRRT) Center at UW Medicine’s Harborview Medical Center. I have been involved in substance use research, assessment and treatment for over 2 decades and have disseminated this work in over 60 book chapters, abstracts and peer-reviewed articles. Using a community-based participatory research approach, I work with multidisciplinary research and clinical teams, community-based agencies, traditional Native health professionals, and people who use substances to codevelop, evaluate and implement interventions that aim to reduce substance-related harm and improve quality of life for people who use substances and their communities. I am also a mother, a wife, a sister and a daughter embedded within families affected by the intergenerational experience of trauma, addictive behaviors and substance use disorder. I attended my first 12-step meeting when I was 16, and my families’ and my own lived experiences drive my desire to reduce the stigma of addictive behaviors and meet people where they are at in all aspects of my work.”

Recent Publications:

Collins, S. E., Nelson, L. A., Stanton, J., Mayberry, N., Ubay, T., Taylor, E. M., . . . the HaRT-S Community Advisory Board. (in press). Harm reduction treatment for smoking (HaRT-S): Findings from a single-arm pilot study with smokers experiencing chronic homelessness. Substance Abuse.

Collins, S. E., Clifasefi, S. L., Nelson, L. A., Stanton, J., Goldstein, S. C., Taylor, E. M., . . . Jackson, T. R. (2019). Randomized controlled trial of Harm Reduction Treatment for Alcohol (HaRT-A) for people experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder. International Journal of Drug Policy, 67, 24-33.

Collins, S. E., Clifasefi, S. L., Stanton, J., The LEAP Advisory Board, Straits, K. J. E., Gil-Kashiwabara, E., Rodriguez Espinosa, P., Nicasio, A. V., Andrasik, M. P., Hawes, S. M., Miller, K. A., Nelson, L. A., Orfaly, V. E., Duran, B. M., & Wallerstein, N. (2018). Community-based participatory research (CBPR): Towards equitable involvement of community in psychology research. American Psychologist, 73, 884-898.

Collins, S. E., Orfaly, V. E., Wu, T., Chang, S., Hardy, R. V., Nash, A., Jones, M. B., Mares, L., Taylor, E. M., Nelson, L. A., & Clifasefi, S. L. (2018). Content analysis of homeless smokers’ perspectives on established and alternative smoking interventions. International Journal of Drug Policy, 51, 10-17.

Grazioli, V. S., Collins, S. E., Paroz, S., Graap, C., & Daeppen JB. (2017). Six-month outcomes among socially marginalized alcohol and drug users attending a drop-in center allowing alcohol consumption. International journal on drug policy, 41, 65-73.

Collins, S. E., Clifasefi, S. L. & Lonczak, H. (2017). Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Program effects on recidivism. Evaluation and Program Planning, 64, 49-56. doi: 1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.05.008

Clifasefi, S. L., Collins, S. E., Torres, N. I., Grazioli, V. S., & Mackelprang, J. L. (2016). Housing First, but what comes second? A qualitative study of resident, staff and management perspectives on single-site Housing First program enhancement. Journal of Community Psychology, 44, 845-855.

Collins, S. E., Jones, C. B., Hoffmann, G., Nelson, L. A., Hawes, S. A., Grazioli, V. S., Mackelprang, J. S., Holttum, J., Kaese, G., Lenert, J., Herndon, P., & Clifasefi, S. L. (2016). In their own words: Content analysis identifying pathways to recovery among homeless individuals with alcohol use disorders. International Journal of Drug Policy, 27, 89-96.

Collins, S. E., Duncan, M. H., Smart, B. F., Saxon, A. J., Malone, D. K., Jackson, T. R., & Ries, R. K. (2015). Extended-release naltrexone and harm reduction counseling for chronically homeless people with alcohol dependence. Substance Abuse, 36, 21-33. doi: 1080/08897077.2014.904838

Collins, S. E., Clifasefi, S. L., Dana, E. A., Andrasik, M. P., Stahl, N. E., Kirouac, M., et al. (2012). Where harm reduction meets Housing First: Exploring alcohol’s role in a project-based Housing First setting. International Journal of Drug Policy, 23, 111-119. doi: 1016/j.drugpo.2011.07.010.

Collins, S. E., Malone, D. K., Clifasefi, S. L., Ginzler, J. A., Garner, M. D., Burlingham, B., et al. (2012). Project-based Housing First for chronically homeless individuals with alcohol problems: Within-subjects analyses of two-year alcohol-use trajectories. American Journal of Public Health, 102, 511-519. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300403

 

 

Elizabeth Canning

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Elizabeth Canning

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016

Contact Information

Email: elizabeth.canning@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 210
Phone: (509) 335-9127
Website: BOLD Lab

Classes Taught

  • Psychology 350: Social Psychology
  • Psychology 550: Social Psychology

Research Interests

  • Achievement motivation
  • Social inequality and diversity
  • Social-psychological interventions in education and organizations

Research in Dr. Canning’s lab focuses on how to create equitable and inclusive contexts that stoke motivation, persistence, and achievement—so that all groups flourish and reach their full potential. Our lab investigates subtle messages about belonging, value, talent, and ability that are communicated by institutions, employers, instructors, parents, and peers. These messages can be communicated verbally—in the form of lectures or one-on-one interactions—and nonverbally—by the materials, policies, and practices put forth by those around us. Some messages communicate the nature of ability (e.g. “only some people are naturally talented”) and some messages communicate what is valuable or useful (e.g. “this information will be important in your future career”). We also design and test interventions that mitigate or reinforce these messages to reestablish a sense of belonging, confidence, and engagement for stigmatized groups. This approach consists of controlled laboratory experiments, randomized intervention studies, and longitudinal, field studies. Our goal is to build social-psychological theory in the lab and translate that theory into practice with interventions in the field.

Dr. Canning will be considering graduate student applications for Fall 2024 admission to the Experimental Psychology PhD Program.

Selected Publications:

Canning, E. A., LaCosse, J., Kroeper, K. M., & Murphy, M. C. (in press). Feeling like an imposter: The effect of perceived classroom competition on the daily psychological experiences of first-generation college students. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Canning, E. A., Murphy, M. C., Emerson, K. T. U., Chatman, J. A., Dweck, C. S., & Kray, L. J. (2019). Cultures of genius at work: Organizational mindsets predict cultural norms, trust, and commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0146167219872473

Canning, E. A., Priniski, S. J., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2019). Unintended consequences of framing a utility-value intervention in two-year colleges. Learning and Instruction, 62, 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2019.05.001

Canning, E. A., Muenks, K., Green, D. J., & Murphy, M. C. (2019). STEM faculty who believe ability is fixed have larger racial achievement gaps and inspire less student motivation in their classes. Science Advances. 5(2): eaau4734. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4734

Canning, E. A., Harackiewicz, J. M., Priniski, S. J., Hecht, C. A., Tibbetts, Y., & Hyde, J. S. (2018). Improving performance and retention in introductory biology with a utility value intervention. Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(6), 834-849. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000244

Harackiewicz, J. M., Canning, E. A., Tibbetts, Y., Priniski, S. J., & Hyde, J. S. (2016). Closing achievement gaps with a utility-value intervention: Disentangling race and social class. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 111(5), 745-765. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000075

Tibbetts, Y., Harackiewicz, J. M., Canning, E. A., Boston, J. S., Priniski, S. J., & Hyde, J. S. (2016). Affirming independence: Exploring mechanisms underlying a values affirmation intervention for first-generation students. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 110(5), 635-659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000049

Canning, E. A. & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2015). Teach it, don’t preach it: The differential effects of directly communicated and self-generated utility-value information. Motivation Science, 1, 47-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000015

Harackiewicz, J. M., Canning, E. A., Tibbetts, Y., Giffen, C. J., Blair, S. S., Rouse, D. I., & Hyde, J. S. (2014). Closing the social class achievement gap for first-generation students in undergraduate biology. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106, 375-389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000075