Brittany Chavez, a Psychology and Criminal Justice double major, was awarded $4,000 to study in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, for the Spring 2011 semester. She will be studying Philosophy, Religion and Sociology while enrolled at the American University in Bulgaria.
Dr. Karen M. Rodrigue '96 was selected to receive the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award. The five-year, two-phase grant totals just under $1 million. It comes from the National Institute on Aging.
Janet R. Matthews, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Loyola University New Orleans, recently attended The Education Leadership Conference, an invitation only conference sponsored by the American Psychological Association.
Dr. Janet Matthews has been appointed as one of the four delegates from the American Psychological Association to an inter-organizational task force, which will consider the entire training process in professional psychology.
Allegra Hartman and David Garcia present their research on body image, disordered eating patterns, and identity development of college students at two conferences.
Dr. Erin C. Dupuis, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences was awarded the 2010 Humanities and Natural Science's Excellence in Community Service Award.
Dr. Lawrence Lewis of the Psychology department received the 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is given by the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences. The award is given to a person recognized as having achieved a high standard of excellence in the classroom.
Stacy Horn Koch '88 lives in New Orleans and is the mother of two boys. She is the executive director of Covenant House New Orleans, was recently voted one of the five finalists in an NBC special, "America's Favorite Mom."
Alison Cernich, Ph.D., graduated from Loyola in 1997. She is currently the Director of Neuropsychology at the VA Maryland Health Care System. She is also an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Michele Neumann Carroll completed a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Loyola University in 1992. After living in Mississippi, Dr. Neumann returned to New Orleans where she functions as the Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System.