Doctoral student Rachel DeWald (Psychology, Brain Health) received the Spring 2022 cover artwork award for the Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal. The Office of Undergraduate Research solicits student submissions for the award to have a student-designed cover for each spring and fall issue. The competitive award intends to foster student…

Shane Kraus, Kaelyn Griffin, Bailey Way, Todd Jennings (all Psychology) and colleagues published six papers this summer.  The first paper (Predictors of compulsive sexual behavior among treatment-seeking women) was published in Sexual Medicine. The second paper (The Holistic Recovery Capital in Gambling Disorder Index: A pilot study) was…

Aldo Barrita (Psychology) is the recipient of the 2022 Dr. Richard A Rodriguez Student Travel Award sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 44 Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. This award seeks to support engagement with LGBTQ+ people of color issues in psychology by defraying…

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, and Anthony King (all Psychology) recently published an article in the Asian American Journal of Psychology  titled "Everyday Racism Increase for Asian Americans in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Their findings strongly indicate that Asians in the U.S. perceived a change in everyday racism…

Anthony King, Ting Tong, Donna Sim, Michelle Strong, Aldo Barrita, Danielle Le, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented their research on the connection between adverse childhood experiences and addictive behavioral patterns in adulthood at the American Psychological Association's Division 50 Conference for the Practice of…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) was awarded the 2022-23 Crossing Latinidades Melon Humanities Fellowship funded by the Mellon Foundation. This fellowship provides an annual stipend, along with resources and training to enhance research focused on Latinx communities exploring and reimagining comparative frameworks that move beyond the single-…

Lauren Schmidt, Kavita Batra, Allison G. McNickle, Douglas R. Fraser, Deborah A. Kuhls, Paul J. Chestovich (all Medicine), and Rachael Robnett (Psychology), along with Lynde Lutzow of Temple University Hospital, presented their research, “Implicit Bias Affects Surgical Technical Skill Evaluations” at the Association for Surgical Education annual…

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt and Aldo Barrita (both Psychology) co-authored a book chapter "Racial Microaggressions and Self-Esteem" in the recently published book The Psychology of Inequity : Motivation and Beliefs edited by the late Jean Lau Chin, Yolanda E. Garcia and Arthur W. Blume. The book chapter summarizes recent findings…

Aldo Barrita (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a study "Bullying, Depression, and Parental Acceptance in a Sample of Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Youth" in the Journal of LGBT Youth. Results showed that, on average, Latinx sexual and gender minority youth reported rarely experiencing parental acceptance, frequently experiencing…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and international colleagues recently published a paper, "Emerging Experience with Selected New Categories in the ICD-11: Complex PTSD, Prolonged Grief Disorder, Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder," in World Psychiatry.  Kraus and Peer Briken (Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry…

Anthony King, Ting Tong, Danielle Le, Donna Sim, Aimy Paulsen, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented their grant-funded research, "Associations Between Problem Gambling and Other Problematic Behavioral Patterns in Nevadan College Students," at the 15th Annual Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling at the Suncoast…

Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (English, Psychology, Interdisciplinary Studies) was awarded a Los Angeles Review Board ( LARB ) Publishing Workshop Fellowship from June 27 to July 30. The Los Angeles Review of Books will host the fifth annual LARB Publishing Workshop, guiding a new cohort of students through the world of publishing with…