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Kent State’s Contributive Legacy to the Assessment of Psychopathology
Nov. 17, 2020
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, MMPI, is a standardized psychometric test that was first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1943 and quickly became the gold standard for assessing psychopathology. Kent State University has played a key role…
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Two Kent State Psychology Faculty Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership Program
Oct. 5, 2020
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected two Kent State University College of Arts and Sciences faculty members, along with two community clinicians, for Clinical Scholars, an initiative that will provide funding and…
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Honorary Degree Conferred Upon Renowned Neuroscientist Alumnus
Aug. 10, 2020
Kent State University has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on alumnus Earl K. Miller, Ph.D., a world-renowned neuroscientist.
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Kent State Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
March 4, 2020
Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
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NSF Grant Supports Kent State Researchers’ Plan to Help Students Improve Study Habits
Feb. 3, 2020
The “C” in “college” might as well stand for “cramming.” Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term. Researchers and faculty at Kent State University, however, are…
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Kent State Researcher Studies Obesity in At-Risk Youth to Help Reveal Path to Healthy, Mindful Eating
Jan. 24, 2020
Weight management can be challenging for all adolescents, but those from low-income families face added stressors that can make weight loss even more difficult. Those are the findings of Amy Sato, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, who…
Read More »2020 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award
Jan. 24, 2020
Kent State University's Department of Psychological Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett has been selected for the 2020 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award by the Anxiety and Depression Association…
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Empathy Researchers to Speak at Kent State on Dec. 5
Nov. 20, 2019
The Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, in partnership with the national public radio affiliate WKSU 89.7 FM and the KSU Brain Health Research Institute, will host the first of a two-part distinguished speaker series…
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Psychology Professor Tells O, The Oprah Magazine How Black Women Suffer From Financial Anxiety
Sept. 4, 2019
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, says there is a stressful expectation for black women in corporate America to financially provide for their family.
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NIH Funds Kent State Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
Aug. 8, 2019
A Kent State University researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
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