2024 Newsletter

Letter from the Chair

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Dr. C. Brendan Clark

The Psychology Department was able to hire four new faculty members during the 2023-2024 academic year: Adrian Martinez in the Community Program, Tetsuya Sato and Aziz Abubshait in the Human Factors Program, and Refika Sarionder as a Teaching Professor. Our department graduated thirteen students with doctorate degrees: Krystal Moroney, Ryley Skinner, Elissa Failes, Sarah McGill, Jacob Armstrong, Mouhamad Ballout, Marta Pena, Huan Quan, Dakota Scott, Monica Connelly, Paul Misasi, Jade Driggs, and Danette Abernathy. We accepted six new Ph.D. students: Cemre Karaarslan, Stephanie Hernandez, Brendan Schwartz, April Swartz, Lauren McNeil, and Hannah Borai.

The Department was awarded one new grant (PI: Lewis), produced sixteen new publications, and presented numerous conference presentations. Members of our department won numerous awards. Some highlights include Jade Driggs鈥 first-place finish at Capitol Graduate School Research Symposium for best dissertation presentation in Kansas, Bryce Summers winning the 2024 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Excellent Service Award, Kevin Duffy winning the 2024 Administrator of the Year Award, and Jade Driggs again with a first-place finish at the 黑洞社区 3-Minute Thesis Competition.

黑洞社区鈥檚 undergraduate psychology program was listed among U.S. News and World Report鈥檚 Best Undergraduate Psychology programs for the first time ever in 2024. The department plans to launch a fully online major starting in January of 2025. The 黑洞社区 psychology department continues to grow and meet the needs of our community, produce cutting edge scientific research, and provide the highest quality training and education of our students.

 

The 黑洞社区 psychology department continues to grow and meet the needs of our community, produce cutting edge scientific research, and provide the highest quality training and education of our students.
Dr. C. Brendan Clark, Psychology Department Chair

 

Department Updates

 

Community Program


Warm Welcome

Dr. Manriquez

Dr. Adrian Manriquez

At the beginning of the fall semester in 2023, we welcomed Dr. Adrian Manriquez to the Community Program. Dr. Manriquez is establishing the SALUD (Social Action, Liberation, and Underscoring Diversity) Research Team, to continue conducting research rooted in critical community psychology, with the goal of directly serving of disenfranchised communities harmed by systems of oppression (e.g., neocolonialism, structural racism, and heteropatriarchy). With his research, Dr. Manriquez aims to inform health policy and promote health equity amongst marginalized and historically underrepresented groups, particularly members of the Latinx community, as well as understand how men鈥檚 gender is related to a variety of social and public health issues (e.g., intimate partner violence), with intentions of informing and developing policies and programs that address men鈥檚 gendered socialization as it is related to such negative health outcomes. We are excited to see what Dr. Manriquez and the SALUD Research Team accomplish!


CPPSC Lab

The Contextualizing Psychological Processes for Social Change (CPPSC) Lab, led by Dr. Nabiha Chaudhary, continues in its aim of utilizing community-engaged and qualitative methods to examine the ways underrepresented populations create change in their own lives and communities across different sociocultural contexts. Graduate students in the CPPSC lab achieved much this school year. Melissa Miller successfully delivered a critical, theoretical perspective at Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) conference 2024 contending how the joint use of Intersectionality and Positive Marginality theories can improve psychologists' understanding of WoC IPV survivors鈥 psychological processes of navigating disclosure and help seeking. Areej Fatima is presenting a research poster at Midwest Ecological Conference 2024 to share how local BIPOC activists use ideas of hope and healing in conceptualizing and sustaining their activism in Wichita, KS. In 2024, Dr. Chaudhary published two sole-authored seminal works on decoloniality of gender in Lahore, Pakistan, and negotiation of femininity among Pakistani and Indian immigrants in the U.S., respectively. 

The CPPSC Lab has multiple ongoing research projects. Dr. Chaudhary, along with her students, Areej and Melissa, are writing a manuscript that documents self-care needs and strategies of women activists in Lahore, Pakistan.

Dr. Chaudhary

Dr. Nabiha Chaudhary

Currently, Dr. Chaudhary is analyzing data collected in Lahore, Pakistan exploring how women activists use culturally rooted strategies of resistance in their activism. Additionally, Dr. Chaudhary and colleagues are analyzing and writing a manuscript detailing how an arts-based intervention used with refugee youth in Wichita, Kansas promotes positive cultural identity and hope for future. Dr. Chaudhary is also working on the IRB protocol to launch a new study in Spring 2025 that will examine the role of immigrant mother-daughter relationships in navigating racism among South Asian immigrant communities across the U.S. 

The CPPSC Lab continues to develop and maintain community partnerships, specifically with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Wichita office, the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) in Lahore, Pakistan, and with Dr. Asir Ajmal, the Dean and Professor of Psychology at GIFT University, Pakistan.


Community Responses to Sexual Assault (CRSA) Research Group

Dr. Goodman Williams

Dr. Rachael Goodman-Williams

The CRSA research team, led by Dr. Goodman-Williams, continues to carry out research on the needs and experiences of sexual assault survivors and those who provide services to them. Our intervention-focused research is conducted in partnership with the Forensic Nursing Unit at Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center. Kathryn Fishwick and Samantha Smith each co-authored a manuscript with Dr. Goodman-Williams and Adventist HealthCare forensic nurse Dr. Jessica Volz in which the team analyzed over a decade of medical forensic records to understand survivors鈥 reasons for having forensic evidence collected without reporting the assault at that time. The team is currently working on an analysis of both full report and non-report kits over that ten-year period to identify victim, offender, and assault characteristics that predict reporting behaviors. Dr. Goodman-Williams received a three-year grant from the Office on Violence Against Women to expand this research to include interviews with survivors who have chosen to have a sexual assault kit collected without reporting the assault at that time. As part of the grant, the team will also be utilizing an interrupted time series design to evaluate the impact of a novel anonymous consultation call protocol developed by Adventist HealthCare on sexual assault survivors鈥 experiences of medical and legal help-seeking systems.

Our intervention-focused research has also included a national study documenting the options available in every state for sexual assault survivors who want to have forensic evidence collection without reporting the assault. Danette Abernathy, Anthony Hanna, and Katrina Henley were instrumental in this research, and all have co-authored a manuscript with these results that is currently under review. The research is also being presented by Dr. Goodman-Williams at the American Society for Criminology, and Anthony Hanna and Katrina Kenley will be joining Dr. Goodman-Williams to present the research at the End Violence Against Women International conference in the coming year. Our team is also actively engaged with sexual assault and domestic violence prevention-focused research. Kathryn Fishwick has led two manuscripts in this area that are currently under review, and Katrina Henley is conducting her second-year project with these data, as well.

Members of the CRSA research team have passed several academic milestones this year! A huge congratulations to Dr. Danette Abernathy, who successfully defended her dissertation on college students鈥 health risk behaviors, psychological well-being, and sense of belonging, in the spring of 2025. Congratulations, also, to Kathryn Fishwick and Samantha Smith, both of whom successfully proposed their dissertations on how state-level policies impact teen dating violence primary prevention (Fishwick) and clinicians鈥 perspectives on ecological interventions for sexually based offenses (Smith). We are excited to see what this coming year brings for all members of the CRSA team!


Behavioral Community Research and Action Team (BCRAT)

The Behavioral Community Research and Action Team (BCRAT), led by Dr. Lewis, has had a productive year.

Graduate student Ngoc Vuong was recently elected to serve on USD 259 School Board. Congratulations! For his practicum, he is currently evaluating a multi-million dollar project for the Community Engagement Institute. Likewise, graduate student Alex Wren is evaluating a community project for his practicum. Additionally, Alex and Dr. Lewis are participating in a grant-funded project investigating dual system youth, or youth who are both in the foster care system and in the juvenile justice system; this will also be his dissertation topic. Graduate student McKenzie James is working with KU Medical School-Wichita on a project investigating early start times for school children and its effects. McKenzie and Dr. Lewis are also working on a project with HopeNet and Bridges out of Poverty called Getting Ahead, where they are evaluating the effectiveness of this project in helping individuals get out of poverty. Graduate student Madi DeFrain is working on a project around environmental justice and mental health. They are interested in comparing green spaces in affluent and disadvantaged areas, and exploring how this may impact mental health outcomes. 

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Dr. Rhonda Lewis

Sara Leitner is working on her dissertation: Anti-Health Legislation, and its Impact on the Health and Well-Being of the Gender-Expansive Community.  She conducted a mixed methods study with the Gender-Expansive Community on the impact of Anti-Gender affirming health care is having on this community. Her results are amazing. Lastly, Dr. Lewis is the Co-PI of a NSF grant to help faculty advance in research, and the PI of a five-year Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration Grant to reduce e-cigarette use among adolescents and young adults, reduce opioid progression among young adults and promote mental health education in Sedgwick County. Way to go, BCRAT!

 

 

Clinical-Community Program


The Science of Autism and Social Identity (SASI) Lab.

Dr. M. Renee Patrick

Dr. M. Renee' Patrick

The Science of Autism and Social Identity (SASI) Lab focuses on research related to autism, gender and other identities, service delivery, and social media information on autism. The larger project, currently underway, focuses on the efficacy of different measures in identifying the presence of autism in adults. We will be looking at the differences in measures related to the intersection of autism with gender, gender identity, and other factors. Graduate students in the SASI Lab are conducting various research projects.

Graduate student Madi DeFrain is leading a research project investigating the relationship between gender identity, gender related marginalization, and reasons for seeking autism diagnostic services. Graduate student April Swartz is conducting a research project that seeks to identify the accuracy of social media information related to autism and gender identity. Projects related to service delivery include graduate student Brendan Schwartz鈥檚 research focusing on the development of a social skills intervention for adults using role play as a service delivery method and undergraduate student Beatriz Moscoso-Gomez鈥檚 survey of parent perspectives of autism services in Wichita and surrounding areas.


 

INSPYRE Lab

The INSPYRE research team, led by Dr. Slade, continues to offer Lunch Buddy Mentoring to socially excluded and bullied children in elementary schools within USD-259. Undergraduate student mentors visit their mentees twice/week and attend lunch and recess. They work toward improving their mentee鈥檚 quality and frequency of positive peer interactions. To date, most of the research on Lunch Buddy Mentoring has focused on its helpfulness for mentees.  Binh An Howard is currently conducting her second year research project looking at the benefits from participating for mentors.

Dr. Slade鈥檚 research team also continues to maintain a research collaboration with KU School of Medicine-Wichita. Dr. Slade and her team assist in evaluating the BREATHE program, which teaches social skills and behavior regulation in the context of sports and recreational activities for youth with ADHD. The BREATHE program is led by Dr. Nicole Klaus and Dr. Zachary Blackhurst at KU School of Medicine. Jonathan Larson recently published a first author manuscript evaluating the program, and recent graduate of the clinical program, Dr. Sarah McGill, is actively leading a second manuscript.

The INSPYRE research team is also continuing their monthly parenting series at the 黑洞社区 Child Development Center, coordinating with Director Jillian Hoeffer, M.Ed. In these sessions, graduate students provide psychoeducation and invite conversation on topics of interest to parents, including managing child tantrums, handling sleep issues, and fostering positive social-emotional growth. 

Dr. Samantha Gregus Slade

Dr. Samantha Gregus Slade

Members of the INSPYRE research team have been very productive this past year. A big congrats to Erah Ali, who matched at KU-School of Medicine-Wichita (APA-accredited) for internship and has successfully defended her dissertation. Makenna Snodgrass successfully published a first-author manuscript from her second-year project exploring the relationship between trauma and bullying and is in the process of publishing a second manuscript focused on her neuropsychology interests. Sarah Smith also successfully co-authored two publications this past year and was awarded a stipend from the Midwestern Public Health Training Center Field Placement for decreasing barriers to health care access in a medically underserved area, which she plans to use to support data collection for her dissertation. Robin Moore successfully delivered a talk on the roles of narrative perspective, gender, and attribution in response to disclosures of interpersonal violence at the 2023 RMPA conference in Denver, for which she received the James Synder Award for Outstanding Research in Community-Clinical Psychology from the 黑洞社区 Psychology Department. Alumna Dr. Sarah McGill followed her dream of going into private practice and obtained a staff psychologist position at Mosaic Mental Wellness.


The Behavioral Economics and Cooperation Team

Dr. C. Brendan Clark

Dr. C. Brendan Clark

Five students from Dr. Clark鈥檚 lab, the Behavioral Economics and Cooperation Team, were able to defend their dissertations from Fall 2023-Summer 2024. Krystal Moroney, Ryley Skinner, Jacob Armstrong, Mouhamad Houssein Ballout, and Marta Pena were all able to defend their dissertations and graduate. See below for project titles and links to the documents. Dr. Krystal Moroney accepted a position at Rocky Mountain Behavioral Medicine in Denver Colorado. Dr. Ryley Skinner took a position as a Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kansas Medical Center in Wichita. Dr. Jacob Armstrong accepted a position as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa Oklahoma. Dr. Mouhamad Houssein Ballout took a position as a postdoctoral Fellow at 黑洞社区鈥檚 Counseling and Prevention Services. Dr. Marta Pena took a position as an Associate Research Scientist at University of Georgia. Congratulations to all of them!

Dr. Clark鈥檚 lab finished two studies sponsored by SWAY Medical and was able to publish several manuscripts, including two led by Dr. Ballout (Assessing the relative contribution of Moral Foundation Theory, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, and Social Dominance Orientation in the prediction of political orientation and Piecing Offender Cognition: The Link between Abstract Reasoning, Aggression, and Violence), one led by Amy Briggs (Examining the Association between Cognitive Testing Results and Length of Time Incarcerated), and one led by Hannah Jackson (An exploration of the link between narcissism, masochism, and crime in a post-incarcerated sample). The lab also presented research at two conferences for the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association and the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association.

In other news, Hannah Jackson was accepted into Dr. Clark鈥檚 lab in Fall of 2023, Sarah Hrenchir completed her 2YP and graduated with her master鈥檚 degree, and Amy Briggs proposed her dissertation. 


Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) Lab

Graduate students working with Dr. Zettle in the Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) Lab have met various milestones over the year, and continue in their aim to produce basic and applied clinically relevant research from a functional contextualistic perspective. Dr. Huan Quan defended her dissertation and completed her internship at the University of Miami Counseling Center this summer, and has accepted a position as .

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Dr. Rob Zettle

Grace Lyons is completing data collection on her dissertation on the impact of therapeutic metaphors, and Jonathan Larson is about to propose his dissertation on utilization of CAPS by Hispanic/Latinx vs. White students.

Human Factors Program


The Simulation, Automation Trust, and Oculomotor Laboratory (SATO Lab)

Dr. Tetsuya Sato

Dr. Tetsuya Sato

The Simulation, Automation Trust, and Oculomotor Laboratory (SATO LAB) focuses on understanding how humans interact with emerging technologies and develop innovative solutions for facilitating human-automation interaction/human-autonomy teaming. Specifically, the SATO LAB will explore different factors that influence human performance, trust, and visual attention allocation in varying domains including but not limited to surface transportation and aviation. There are three ongoing research projects.

First, we are examining the role of anthropomorphism on pilot's trust, performance, and technology acceptance towards a humanoid copilot (i.e., called Denjin) in a single pilot operation. Second, we are examining the underlying mechanisms of vigilance decrement in a partially automated driving environment. Third, we are reanalyzing data to investigate whether gaze transition entropy and stationary gaze entropy could serve as a measure of trust in automation/autonomy. Through these research projects, we aim to 1) disseminate research findings, 2) expand our network with other research scholars, and 3) develop foundations for new research project and grant proposal.


The Vision and Accessibility (VISA) Lab

The Vision and Accessibility (VISA) Lab directed by Dr. Quan Lei has seen another productive year. The lab currently has four graduate students working on different projects. Taylor Shupsky is working on his dissertation project investigating how ambient illumination and stimulus properties affect people鈥檚 multiple object tracking performance, with potential implications for jobs such as radar operators or air traffic controllers. Robert Beran completed a project investigating the accessibility-related preferences of individuals with visual impairment for autonomous vehicles. This work was presented as a poster at the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society held in Washington DC in October 2023. As his 2YP, George Altman completed a project using virtual reality as a training tool for the development of preferred retinal locus in individuals with central vision loss. George presented the project as a poster at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology held in Seattle, WA in May 2024. The project was funded by a grant from NIH through Kansas State University鈥檚 CNAP CORBE Center. Dr. Lei was invited to the site visit of the center and reported on the completion of the project in June 2024. Evelyn Wilson has made substantial progress in her 2YP investigating the effect of automation reliability on time-to-collision judgment, with important implications for the design of automated systems such as autonomous vehicles. Evelyn presented preliminary data from the project during the K-State site visit in June 2024.
Dr. Quan Lei

Dr. Quan Lei

In September 2023, Dr. Lei was invited to the FAA COE TTHP (Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance) Phase I Research Symposium held in St. Petersburg, FL and reported on a project funded by FAA that conducted a thorough review of human error methodologies as applicable to aircraft certification. The project was successfully completed thanks to great team effort between HF faculty (Dr. Carryl Baldwin, Dr. Quan Lei) and students (Monica Connelly, Stephen Monroe, and George Altman). In addition, Dr. Lei attended the Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society held in St. Pete Beach, FL in May 2024 and presented two research posters, one of his own on global motion perception in normal vision and the other with collaborators from John Hopkins on visual-auditory integration in individuals with vision and/or hearing loss. Way to go, VISA Lab!


The Visual Perception & Cognition (VPC) Lab

The Visual Perception & Cognition Lab (VPC), under the direction of Dr. Rui Ni, continues its innovative research in the areas of visual perception, cognition, cognitive training, driving, and aging. In Fall 2024, the lab welcomed a new graduate student, Lauren McNeil, who has begun her literature review on the relationship between physical exercise and cognitive development. Meanwhile, senior graduate students Bill Bui and Abbie Hutton are nearing the completion of their Ph.D. dissertations.

Dr. Rui Ni

Dr. Rui Ni

Bill's dissertation focuses on developing and validating the first user experience scale for augmented reality technology. Abbie鈥檚 research explores the acceptance of emerging Artificial Intelligence technologies among older adults.


The Wichita Auditory Research Group (WARG) Lab

Dr. Carryl Baldwin

Dr. Carryl Baldwin

The Wichita Auditory Research Group (WARG) Lab, led by Dr. Carryl Baldwin, continues to engage in research related to auditory processes, aging, attention, aviation, alarms, and automation. The WARG lab has on-going externally funded research involving human interaction with automation, particularly related to attention in partially automated vehicles. Much of their work intersects with neuroergonomics 鈥 using physiological metrics of brain based activity to design and evaluate complex interfaces and systems. WARG lab graduate student members Kevin Morales, Ally Warf, Steven Chong, Rachel Sutton, Jade Driggs and Dakota Scott have accomplished much during the 2023-2024 school year.

Steven Chong is working on research related to vigilance and predictive scene analysis. Ally Warf is conducting research exploring the impact of auditory and tactile integration on memory. Kevin Morales is engaged in researching the use of signaling and spatial contiguity principles in turn-by-turn navigation guidance systems to improve spatial knowledge acquistion in virtual reality environments. Rachel Sutton is currently researching the effect of music tempo on fatigue and heart rate in younger and older adults while driving. 

Rachel won Best Poster at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ASPIRE 2024 conference, for her poster titled "Positive self-perceptions of aging are associated with higher physical activity scores." Rachel also presented posters on facilitating attentional control with sound at the International Conference on Applied Human Factors in Ergonomics (AHFE), as well as at Forum Acusticum. 

The WARG Lab sends congratulations and well wishes to Dr. Paul Misasi, Dr. Dakota Scott, and Dr. Jade Driggs, who successfully defended their dissertations and recently graduated from the program. Dr. Dakota Scott recently published 鈥淓xamining the use of interactive video-based simulators in law enforcement human performance research: A scoping review鈥 in the Journal of Experimental Criminology. Dr. Jade Driggs recently published 鈥淛udgments of Difficulty (JODs) while observing an automated system support the media equation and unique agent hypotheses鈥 in Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Dr. Driggs also won First Place Prize at the Capitol Graduate School Research Symposium at the Kansas State Capitol, the Best Technical Presentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory Discover Conference, and Human Effectiveness Directorate Field Grade Officer of the Quarter from the 117th Human Performance Wing. 



Awards and Achievements

黑洞社区 Awards

CGRS

Jade Driggs

First Place Winner of the 2023 3MT Competition & 2024 CGRS Best Dissertation

Jade Driggs won first place at Capitol Graduate School Research Symposium for best dissertation presentation in Kansas, on 鈥渞everse fundamental attribution error for automated systems: implications for Kansas agricultural operations.鈥 Jade Driggs also won first place at the  黑洞社区 3-Minute Thesis Competition, for her presentation titled "Judgments of Difficulty while Observing an Automated System Support the Media Equation Hypothesis." Congratulations, Jade!

2024 Excellent Service Award
Dr. Bryce Summers

2024 Recipient of the Fairmount College Excellent Service Award

Congratulations to Dr. Bryce Summers, Director of the Psychology Clinic, as the 2024 recipient of the Fairmount College Excellent Service Award. Dr. Summers maintains a high quality level of service to the Psychology Clinic, creates positive and productive relationships among students, community members and colleagues, and displays a genuine desire to serve others without the need for fanfare.

2024 Research Roundup Awards

In Spring 2024, psychology department faculty and graduate students gathered to recognize and celebrate excellence exhibited by members of the department throughout the 2023-2024 academic year.

 

Outstanding Research Awards

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Danette Abernathy

Steve Pratt Award
Community

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Monica Connelly

Charles Halcomb Award
Human Factors

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Robin Moore

James Snyder Award
Clinical-Community

Student of the Year Awards

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Abbie Hutton

Human Factors

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Jesse Borosky

Clinical Community

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Samantha Smith

Community

 
 
2024 PGSO Faculty Member of the Year Award

Dr. Bryce Summers (pictured right)

 

2024 Administrator of the Year Award

Kevin Duffy

 

Congratulations to all of our reward recipients!

Dr. Summers

Recent Internships and Practicum Placements


2023-2024 Internships

Name Program and Location
Jacob Armstrong
Laureate Institute of Brain Research at Northeastern Oklahoma Psychology Internship Program (NOPIP)
Sarah McGill KU School of Medicine Child & Adolescent Psychology Clinic at Wichita Collaborative Psychology Internship Program (WCPIP)
Abbie Hutton Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)
Huan Quan University of Miami Counseling Center
Mouhamad Ballout 黑洞社区 Counseling and Psychological Services at WCPIP

 

2023-2024 Practicum Placements

Name Practicum(s)
Erah Ali KU School of Medicine Child & Adolescent Neuropsychology Clinic and Prairie View
Amy Bauman KU School of Medicine Neuropsychology Clinic
Jesse Borosky International Rescue Committee
Sarah Hrenchir 黑洞社区 Counseling and Psychological Services & Wichita Psychological Services
Johnathan Larson 黑洞社区 Counseling and Psychological Services
Grace Lyons VA Medical Center PTSD Clinic
Robin Moore KU School of Medicine Child & Adolescent Psychology Clinic & MOSAIC Mental Wellness
Samantha Smith 黑洞社区 HOPE Services
Sarah Smith MOSAIC Mental Wellness & 黑洞社区 HOPE Services
Makenna Snodgrass KU School of Medicine Neuropsychology Clinic, VA Medical Center Neuropsychology Clinic, & KU BREATHE Afterschool and Summer Program

New Students and PhD Graduates


2023-2024 Ph.D Graduates


Community
Danette Abernathy
  • Advisor: Rachael Goodman-Williams
  • Dissertation Title:

Human Factors
Dakota Scott
  • Advisor: Joel Suss
  • Dissertation:
Monica Connelly
  • Advisor: Joel Suss
  • Dissertation:
Paul Misasi
  • Advisor: Carryl Baldwin
  • Dissertation:
Jade Driggs
  • Advisor: Lisa Vangsness
  • Dissertation:
Clinical-Community
Krystal Moroney
  • Advisor: C. Brendan Clark
  • Dissertation:
Ryley Skinner
  • Advisor: C. Brendan Clark
  • Dissertation:
Elissa Failes
  • Advisor: Samantha Gregus Slade
  • Dissertation:
Sarah McGill
  • Advisor: Samantha Gregus Slade
  • Dissertation:
Jacob Armstrong
  • Advisor: C. Brendan Clark
  • Dissertation:
Mouhamad Ballout
  • Advisor: C. Brendan Clark
  • Dissertation:
Marta Pena
  • Advisor: C. Brendan Clark
  • Dissertation:
Huan Quan
  • Advisor: Robert Zettle
  • Dissertation:

 

 

 

Fall 2024 - New Students 


Clinical-Community 
  • Cemre Karaarslan Polat
  • April Swartz
  • Stephanie Hernandez
  • Brendan Schwartz
Community
  • Hannah Borai
Human Factors
  • Lauren McNeil

Grants, Publications, & Conference Proceedings


Grants

In 2023, Dr. Quan Lei received a pilot grant ($72,670) from the Kansas State University Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity (CNAP) Center, funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH, ). 

In 2023, Dr. Rachael Goodman-Williams was awarded two grants, one from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women ($411,943), and another from the Department of Justice Bureau Assistance ($73,255).

In 2024, Dr. Rhonda Lewis received grants from Sedgwick County ($53,000) the National Science Foundation ($349,000), and SAMSHA ($374,000).

The Psychology Department had a total of $557,868 in grants in 2023 and a total of $776,000 in grants in 2024, as well as 38 publications and 15 presentations in the 2023-2023 academic year! GO PSYCHOLOGY!

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Publications & Conference Proceedings


2023-2024

Publications

Ali, U., Cure, L., Lewis, R. K., Rattani, A., Hill, T., & Woods, N. K. (2024). Examining rurality and social determinants of health among women with GDM: a 15-year comprehensive population analysis. BMC Women's Health, 24(1), 467.

Altman, G., & Lei, Q. (2024). Development of Preferred Retinal Locus with Simulated Central Vision Loss in Virtual Reality. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 65(7), 1120-1120.

Ayd谋n, Y., Uysal, 陌., Zettle, R. D., & Quan, H. (2024). Turkish Adaptation of the Self-as-Context Scale: A Preliminary Examination of Its Psychometric Properties. Journal of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy and Research.

Ballout, M. H., Briggs, A., Armstrong, J., & Clark, C. B. (2023). Assessing the relative contribution of Moral Foundation Theory, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, and Social Dominance Orientation in the prediction of political orientation. Revista Interamericana de Psicolog铆a/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 57(3), e1756-e1756.

Ballout, M. H., Skinner, R., Eichman, L., & Clark, C. B. (2023). Piecing offender cognition: The link between abstract reasoning, aggression, and violence. North American Journal of Psychology, 25(3).

Bauman, A., Martinez, K. A., Moroney, K. J., Piros, H., Clark, C. B., & Cropsey, K. L. (2023). Examining the association between cognitive testing results and length of time incarcerated. North American Journal of Psychology, 25(2).

Campbell, R., Engleton, J., Gregory, K., Goodman-Williams, R., & Javorka, M. (2024). 鈥淚t Made Me Feel Like Someone Wasn鈥檛 Doing Their Job:鈥 Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Victim Notifications and Institutional Betrayal by the Criminal Legal System. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 25(1), 99-112.

Campbell, R., Gregory, K., Goodman-Williams, R., Engleton, J., & Javorka, M. (2024). Community-based advocacy in 鈥渃old case鈥 sexual assault prosecutions: A qualitative exploration of survivors鈥 and advocates鈥 experiences. Qualitative Social Work, 23(1), 126-144.

Campbell, R., Gregory, K., Goodman-Williams, R., Engleton, J., & Javorka, M. (2023). Victim notification protocols for untested sexual assault kits: Survivors鈥 and advocates鈥 perspectives on law enforcement-led outreach methods. Violence Against Women, 29(15-16), 3101-3125.

Campbell, R., Javorka, M., Engleton, J., Fishwick, K., Gregory, K., & Goodman-Williams, R. (2023). Open-science guidance for qualitative research: An empirically validated approach for de-identifying sensitive narrative data. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(4), 25152459231205832.

Chaudhary, N. (2024). A tale of two generations: Indian and Pakistani immigrant women鈥檚 negotiation of femininity. Asian American Journal of Psychology.

Chaudhary, N. (2024). Examining meaning-making and decolonial resistance in Pakistani women's stories of navigating coloniality and gender. Feminism & Psychology, 34(2), 207-227.

Cui, Z., Sato, T., Jackson, A., Jayarathna, S., Itoh, M., & Yamani, Y. (2024). Gaze transition entropy as a measure of attention allocation in a dynamic workspace involving automation. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 23405.

Drew, A. L., Gregus, S. J., Steggerda, J. C., Slep, A. M. S., Herrera, C., Cavell, T. A., & Spencer, R. (2024). Pre-existing parental stress and youth internalizing symptoms predict parent-reported COVID-related stress in military families. Military Psychology, 36(4), 367鈥375.

Driggs, J., & Vangsness, L. (2024). Judgments of Difficulty (JODs) While Observing an Automated System Support the Media Equation and Unique Agent Hypotheses. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 00187208241273379.

Faith, M. A., Boone, D. M., Stromberg, S., Fritz, A., Rodriguez, J. H., Gregus, S., & Healy, A. (2023). Links between children鈥檚 COVID-19 fear and parents鈥 parenting stress, overprotective parenting, inconsistent discipline, and COVID-19 communication. Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Goodman-Williams, R., Clark, S. L., Campbell, R., & Ullman, S. E. (2024). Longitudinal patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among sexual assault survivors: A latent transition analysis. Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy, 16(4), 586.

Goodman-Williams, R., Volz, J., & Fishwick, K. (2023). Reasons for not reporting among sexual assault survivors who seek medical forensic exams: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 08862605231211926.

Gregus, S., Smith, S. L., & Cavell, T. A. (2024). Supporting the chronically bullied child: A competency-based framework for elementary school teachers. Journal of School Violence, 23(3), 293鈥307.

Larson, J. M., Gregus, S., Ali, E., McGill, S. K., Blackhurst, Z., Sensenbaugh, J., & Klaus, N. (2024). Preliminary outcomes from an after-school treatment program for children with ADHD. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 0(0), 1鈥14.

Lei, Q., & Reeves, A. (2023). Numerosity depends on normalized contrast energy: Review and square-root law model. Vision Research, 211, 108280.

Lei, Q., Gage, R., Kersten, D., & Legge, G. E. (2024). The effect of illumination on the visibility of steps and ramps for people with low vision. Optometry and Vision Science, 101(6), 399-407.

Lewis, R. K., Redger-Marquardt, C., & Fischer, K. (2024). Providing Faculty-to-Faculty Support: Moving the Needle Forward in Service-Learning From Limited Exposure to Implementing a Campuswide Program. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 28(2).

Low, S., Gregus, S., & Van Ryzin, M. J. (2024). How innovative instructional methods can reduce peer victimization: Considerations for novel intervention targets. In Handbook of School Violence, Bullying and Safety (pp. 542鈥555). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Lyons, G. A., Zettle, R. D., & Petts, R. A. (2024). Investigating Determinants of Client Psychotherapy Preference: An Analog Study. Journal of cognitive psychotherapy, 38(3), 227鈥242.

Manriquez, A. L., & Mankowski, E. S. (2024). Latinos鈥 intimate partner violence, abuse, and interventions: Developing a LatCrit analysis and critique. Journal of Latinx Psychology.

Manriquez, A. L., & Mankowski, E. S. (2024). Social ecological predictors and correlates of Latinos' IPV behaviors: A systematic review and critique of the research literature. American Journal of Community Psychology.

McGuire, A. P., Howard, B. A. N., Burns, C., Zambrano-Vazquez, L., & Szabo, Y. Z. (2024). Biopsychosocial correlates and individual differences for eliciting moral elevation in veterans with PTSD: An experimental case series. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(1), 33-42.

McGuire, A. P., Rodenbaugh, M., Howard, B. A. N., & Contractor, A. A. (2024). Response styles to positive affect during a positive psychology intervention for veterans with PTSD and moral injury: Preliminary results from a moral elevation intervention pilot trial. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. 

Piros, H. I., Bauman, A., & Clark, C. B. (2023). An exploration of the link between narcissism, masochism, and crime in a post-incarcerated sample. Journal of the National Medical Association, 115(5), 488-495.

Sato, T., Jackson, A., & Yamani, Y. (2024). Number of interrupting events influences response time in multitasking, but not trust in automation. The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology, 34(4), 208-224.

Scott, D., Blake, D., & Suss, J. (2023). Examining the use of interactive video-based simulators in law enforcement human performance research: A scoping review. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 1-40.

Snodgrass, M. A., Smith, S. L., & Gregus, S. (2024). Understanding children and adolescents鈥 experiences being bullied: A mixed-methods study. Trends in Psychology.

Xu, J., Hutton, A., Dougherty, B. E., & Bowers, A. R. (2023). Driving difficulties and preferences of advanced driver assistance systems by older drivers with central vision loss. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 12(10), 7.

Xu, J., Shaw, K., Hutton, A., & Bowers, A. R. (2023). Effects of vision impairment, collision warning system and secondary task involvement on driver workload and hazard responses. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 64(8), 1989-1989.

Zambrano-Vazquez, L., Szabo, Y. Z., Mitchell, T., Lange, L., Howard, B. A. N., Houdegbe, J. B., & Seim, R. W. (2024). Starting early: Case study of mentoring for undergraduate training through the Veterans Health Administration and implications for promoting equity. Psychological Services. Advance online publication. 

Zettle, R. D., Larson, J. M., & Quan, H. (2024). Comparing the Incremental Predictive Validity of Self-as-Context-Related Measures. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Zettle, R. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2023). Progression of ACT. The Oxford Handbook of acceptance and commitment therapy, 3-24.

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

Ali, E., Moore, R.A., & Gregus Slade, S. (2023, October). Cultural value orientation as a predictor of adolescent bullying behavior. [Poster presentation]. Presented at the 2023 World Anti-Bullying Forum, Raleigh, NC.

Altman, G., & Lei, Q. (2024). Development of preferred retinal locus with simulated central vision loss in virtual reality. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science65(7), 1120-1120. Presented at ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2024.

Armstrong, J.D., Smith, S.L., Hrenchir, S., Moore, R.A., Roe, J., Danh, D., Smith, S., & Clark, C.B. (2024, April). A pilot study examining the acceptability, outcome, and usability of a gamified approach to interpersonal skills training. [Poster presentation]. Presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Baldwin, C.Sutton, R. (2023). Using music to facilitate attentional control and restoration. Forum Acusticum.

Baldwin, C.Sutton, R. (2024). Using sound to facilitate attentional control and restoration. International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE).

Beran, R., Wu, Y. H., & Lei, Q. (2024, September). Preferences of Individuals With Different Levels of Visual Impairment for Autonomous Vehicles. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 1718-1719). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Gutzwiller, R. S., Gilbert, M., Drescher, T. J., Ferguson-Walter, K. J., Mikanda, N., Johnson, C. J., & Scott, D. D. (2023). Frustration, confusion, surprise, confidence, and self-doubt: Cyber operators鈥 affects during a realistic experiment. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 233鈥239.

Hrenchir, S., Wallace, T.M., Kim, J., & Clark, C.B. (2024, April). Alabama Corrections: Examining the link between overcrowding and violence from January 2000 - February 2023. [Poster presentation]. Presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Hutton, A., Bui, B., & Hubener, V. (2023, October). Design and development of an augmented reality interface for space exploration. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (p. 21695067231192648). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

James, M.L. & Lewis, R.K. (2024). University student engagement: Psychological well-being, suicidality and student belongingness. [Poster presentation]. Presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Lewis, R.K., Wren, A., DeFrain, M., James, M.L., Vuong, N., & Canare, R. (2024). Religious behaviors, stress & well-being among college students in the Midwest. [Poster presentation]. Presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Lewis, R.K., Wren, A., Vuong, N., James, M.L., & DeFrain, M. (2024). How Psychological Science Contributed to DEI鈥檚 Undoing. Presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Philadelphia, PA.

Moore, R.A., Smith, S., & Demers, J.M. (2024, April). Examining Defensive Attribution Theory: The role of narrative perspective and gender in sexual assault vignettes. [Oral presentation]. Presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Snodgrass, M., Slade, S. G., Smith, S., & McGill, S. (2023). Understanding children and adolescents鈥 experiences being bullied: A mixed methods study. Poster session presented at: World Anti-Bullying Forum; 2023 October 25-27; Raleigh, NC.

Sutton, R., Hart, T., & Baldwin, C. (2024). Positive self-perceptions of aging are associated with higher physical activity scores. ASPIRE鈥攖he HFES International Annual Meeting.