New member of Psychology for Fall 2009

The Psychology Department would like to welcome Navin Viswanathan to the faculty. He will be joining us in August 2009. Navin is completing his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology this summer at the University of Connecticut. He will be teaching Introductory Psychology, Psychological Statistics and the Psychology of Language in the Fall 2009 semester.

Navin has a great web page where he describes his interests in language processing:

http://magnuson.psy.uconn.edu/people/navin/

Welcome, Navin!

Spring 2009 Student Awards

The Psychology Department would like to congratulate all May 2009 graduates. We would also like to recognize this year's winners of the Panman Scholarship, May 2009 Outstanding Graduates (who were honored at a college ceremony on May 15th, 2009), STL's Honor With Books program (recipients are honored in a bookplate placed on a newly acquired psychology book in the Sojourner Truth Library), and (a newly created award to honor Psychology students who the faculty feel have excelled in various ways):

Richard A. Panman Memorial Scholarship

Rachael Carmen

May 2009 Outstanding Graduates

Rachael Carmen
LaRae Fasano (pictured below)






















Joseph Felice (pictured below, left, with President Poskanzer)



Jaymie Lowitt (graduate student)
Mandi Palmer
Viola Silvan

Sojourner Truth Library Honor With Books

Anna Lange
Kate Remauro

Psychology Department Excellence Awards

Kira Ayers
Rachael Carmen
Allyson Conner
LaRae Fasano
Susanne Feehan
Joseph Felice
Viviana Fyffe
Daniel Gambacorta
Anna Lange
Jaymie Lowitt (graduate student)
Brittany McKeldin
Mandi Palmer
Kate Remauro
Viola Silvan
Sean Wilson
Sarah Wolfe

Finally, congratulations to Joseph Felice, co-valedictorian of the May 2009 Undergraduate class!

Student Presentations at Mid-Hudson Conference

SUNY New Paltz undergraduates presenting at the 3rd Annual Mid-Hudson Psychology Research Conference on the campus of Mount Saint Mary College, in Newburgh, NY.

(l to r) Jeffrey Cummins (I-O Psychology); Anna Lange (Psychobiology); Stacey Smiel (Business Administration-Management)