Psychology Department Updates Summer 2023

07/31/2023

University of Akron Counseling Psychology Program

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  • 2023 Counsel of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP) - Outstanding Training Program Award for Diversity, Inclusion, and Advocacy
    • In recognition of demonstrated excellence in promoting diversity, inclusion, and advocacy within your program and the communities in which you all serve.
      • The recruitment and retention of students from diverse backgrounds.
      • The longstanding Professional Development Day and its focus on diversity-oriented topics.
      • A curriculum that includes 5 courses devoted to advocacy and diversity.
      • Faculty whose research and service demonstrate an awareness of and commitment to DIA related concerns.
      • Students who support and celebrate the program for its commitment to DIA related concerns and who in turn engage in service and advocacy as well.

Dr. Phil Allen

  • Co-PI, High Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Cerebellum and Brainstem in Type I Chiari Malformation: Associations with Cognitive Function and Symptomatology, Conquer Chiari Foundation Grant

Dr. Dawn Johnson

  • 2022 Buchtel College Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
  • Co-PI, Trauma Informed Care Planning from Summit County
    • The purpose of this project is to complete a county wide environmental scan of trauma informed care initiatives in Summit County and to develop a strategic plan to assure that all county-funded services that may work with individuals with opioid use disorders are sustainably trauma-informed.
  • Co-PI, Computerized Intervention for Reducing Intimate Partner Violence for Perinatal Women Seeking Mental Health Treatment from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • The primary aim of this study is to develop and evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and initial efficacy of a brief HIV prevention intervention for transgender women with recent intimate partner violence.
  • Co-I, Computerized Intervention for Reducing Intimate Partner Violence for Perinatal Women Seeking Mental Health Treatment.
    • The purpose of this study is to test whether an online intervention compared to an attention, time, and information matched control condition will be associated with lower frequency of IPV among perinatal women seeking mental health treatment within a 12 month follow-up period.

Dr. James Diefendorff

  • 2023 Buchtel College Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research (pictured below).

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Dr. Suzette Speight

  • 2023 Buchtel College Dean’s Leadership Recognition Award for her leadership in the college surrounding inclusivity, diversity, and equity (pictured above).

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  • Recipient of the 2023 Counsel of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP) Lifetime Achievement Award (pictured above).
    • In recognition of significant and longstanding contributions to education and training in counseling psychology.

Dr. Jennifer Tehan Stanley

  • named Deputy-Editor-in-Chief of Innovation in Aging.

Dr. Meghan Thornton-Lugo

  • 2022 Reviewer of the Year for the Journal of Business and Psychology

Graduate Students 

  • Katelyn T. Frey (ADA doctoral student)

    • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
    • Spring 2022 Grant-in-Aid Recipient
    • Award in the amount of $1000
    • The Development of an Ageist Microaggression Taxonomy