Georgia Southern Psychology Department

10/30/2025

Learn more about how Psychology Department faculty and students are working to improve rural mental health.
https://www.georgiasouthern.edu/2025/10/27/georgia-southern-psychology-faculty-receives-195000-federal-grant-renewal-to-expand-behavioral-health-services-in-rural-georgia

05/03/2025

We are very proud of our nominees for the College of Graduate Studies Averitt Awards: Cynthia Ware (M.S. in Experimental Psychology) and Amanda Bradley (M.S. in Behavior Analysis) were nominated for the Excellence in Graduate Research Award and Alyssa Klas (M.S. in Exp Psyc) was nominated for the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. Thank you for representing us well!

05/02/2025

Kudos to our students at the Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium (GS4) that were held earlier this week. Molly Self received the Undergrad Oral Presentation Award! Victoria Grim, Amanda Bradley, Devon Dashnaw, and Felicia Tilles received honorable mentions for their Graduate Poster Presentations! Joshua Richardson, Antonea Johnson, Pamela Kplivi, Caden Stalnaker, Nicholas Dillard, Samira Farmer, and Tyler Smith received the first place award and Nicholas Dillard and Antonae Johnson received the third place award for Undergraduate Poster Presentations at the Armstrong Campus GS4! Alyssa Klas received the second place award and Monika Krah received the third place award for Graduate Poster Presentations at the Statesboro Campus GS4. Well done, all!

04/30/2025

Psychology faculty received honors at the CBSS annual meeting! Congratulations to Nicolette Rickert (CBSS Distinction in Teaching Award), Kayla Randall (CBSS Distinction in Research Award), and Drew Bulla (CBSS Award of Excellence)!

04/25/2025

Congratulations to each of the presenters at our research celebration! Shelby Madden, Banner Cook, Audrey Molter, Ezra Greidinger, Eliza Hamby, andMarisa Kortright (pictured in the photos). Others who coauthored these projects include: Emma Fayette, Haley Senn, Ny’Asia Jones, Janet Paradise, Rachel Williams, Barididum Kponi, Lanier Daughtry, and Makalaya Washington. Well done, all!

04/21/2025

Congratulations!

Students from Georgia Southern University’s psychology program have earned nationally competitive travel awards two years in a row, showcasing their research on an international stage.

03/27/2025

We have great students! Kudos to Heaven Divinity, Carmen Ford, and to their advisor, Dr. Wickline!

Students from Georgia Southern's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ psychology program have won nationally competitive travel awards for their research two years in a row. Heaven Divinity ('24) and Carmen Ford ('24) won the Council on Undergraduate Research's (CUR) Social Science and Psych...

10/08/2024

Dr. Karen Naufel is one of two 2024 recipients of the APA's Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Presidential Citation. Congratulations Karen! The STP president presents this annual award to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to STP and/or the teaching of psychology, and it represents the association's highest award in teaching. Amazing!

06/19/2024

Congratulations to psych graduates Edie Grice and Zamaria Ball!

🎉 We are excited to introduce our United Way SEGA summer interns, Edie Grice and Zamaria Ball! 🌟

Both are students in the GSU Masters of Public Administration Program who bring fresh perspectives and energy to our team.

Join us in welcoming them as they gain hands-on experience and apply what they have learned within their program.

We are so grateful for our summer interns! 🌞

05/13/2024

Kudos to Donovan Edward in being a recipient of the 2024 American Psychological Association Division 44 Distinguished Student Contribution Award! This award is given to a "graduate student in psychology who has made a distinguished contribution to research or practice, or who has performed exceptional service to the division". Congratulations, Donovan!

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05/08/2024

Congratulations to Archita Birla for being awarded the 2024 Georgia Psychological Foundation Berman-Gard Award for her dissertation titled: "Does social support moderate the effect of racial microaggressions on South Asian American young adults' wellbeing?" The GPF Berman-Gard Award is awarded to support excellence in student research focusing on disadvantaged, underserved, or disenfranchised populations.