RIT Department of Psychology

Congrats to our 2021 Masters degree students in Experimental Psychology! L-R: Justin Bell, Kassidy Colton and Brittany Blose. We wish you the best in your careers and Ph.D. programs!

Congrats to our 2020 undergraduates at commencement! From left to right: Dr. Joseph Baschnagel, Anjali Gottipaty, Eleni Gogos, Jessica Wegman, and Jennifer Schmitz.

Congrats to our graduating 2021 Class School Psychology students on getting your Masters degrees! Mary Kate Inzinga, Amy Joseph, Emily Joslyn, , Alexa Schillaci and Hannah Simmons. So proud of them as they go on to a successful careers all as School Psychologists!

Kelsey Beers, a recent addition to our psychology program as a second major has been awarded the Alfred L. and Ruby C. Davis Scholarship. Congrats Kelsey!

2021 Language Science and Computational Linguistics Student Excellence Award -Matthew Altobelli has been recognized as one of the recipients of the 2021 Language Science and Computational Linguistics Student Excellence Award! Matt was nominated by his faculty mentor, Dr. Tina Sutton, for the innovative research of his master thesis and will receive a prize of $150 and an award certificate. Congrats Matt Altobelli!

Psychology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Awarded to Kaitlin Gunther. This SURF study will examine the extent to which goldfish can visually discriminate between pictures of goldfish and other stimuli, including geometric shapes and other fish species (e.g., guppies). Our study will be done in the RIT Comparative Cognition and Perception (CCP) Lab (https://www.rit.edu/delonglab/). Previous studies in the CCP Lab have shown that goldfish have the ability to recognize 2D and 3D objects such as geometric shapes (circles vs. rectangles) and other animals (turtles vs. frogs). We will train and test seven to ten goldfish using a two-alternative-forced-choice task. This study will provide insight into whether goldfish recognize other members of their species using vision.

Congratulations 2020 RIT Psychology Graduates!!

Stephanie Godleski, Assistant Professor of Psychology, and Ammina Kothari, Associate Professor in the School of Communication, presented their research on adolescents’ and young adults’ use of social media for mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Social BRIDGES e-conference on society, psychology, and behavior during and post COVID-19 lockdown. The conference is organized by the Institute of Psychology at the Bundeswehr University Munich.

RIT undergraduate students present their research and innovative ideas at the Online Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Presentations will be available for viewing July 30 August 6, 2020. Visit our Online Gallery Ryan Alicea, The Impact of Player Motivation on Problematic Gaming Behavior Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Houston Alix Janssen, Emotional Impacts of Different Grading Methods Advisor: Tina Sutton... Janessa Morelli, Object Recognition Memory in Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Advisor: Dr. Caroline DeLong Nuria Osman, Gender Differences In Emotional Regulation College of Liberal Arts Advisors: John Edlund & Stephanie Godleski Jessica Wegman, Can North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) Categorize 2D Objects? Advisor: Dr. Caroline DeLong See more

Sam Feck & Rebecca J. Houston- Associations Between Cannabis Use Characteristics, Impulsivity, and Mindfulness Researchers from the @RITtigers Health and Addictions Research Center investigated associations between cannabis use patterns, impulsivity, and #mindfulness. #RSMj2020

RIT / News July 23, 2020 A paper on the effects of eye-contact in remote communication derived from a master’s thesis introduction is being cited in guides for workplace meetings and online teaching. The paper authors are Leanne Bohannon ’07 (psychology), ’10 (experimental psychology); Andrew Herbert, a professor in the Department of Psychology; Jeff Pelz, the Endowed Professorship in RIT’s Center for Imaging Science; and Esa Rantanen, associate professor in the Department of Psychology. https://www.sciencedirect.com///abs/pii/S0141938212001084

Experimental Psychology Students Ashley Buck & Katey Sackett, along with Psychology professor Dr. John Edlund and RIT alum Kathleene Lange published in the Journal of Positive Sexuality https://journalofpositivesexuality.org/

Don't miss our student's Senior Project Poster Session! Wednesday Dec 18. 1pm-2:15pm

We had a fun time at our annual Ice Skating Party with the Psychology Department and Criminal Justice!

Ryan Hildebrandt and Abby Williams presented their posters in the Graduate Showcase on Nov 22nd! Ryan Hildebrandt (Faculty Mentor: Tina Sutton) Investigating Emotion-label and Emotion-laden Words in a Semantic Satiation Paradigm... Abby Williams (Faculty Mentor: Tina Sutton) Why Do Emotion Words Capture Our Attention?

Come see the poster presentations of Ryan Hildebrandt and Abby Williams in the Graduate Showcase! https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/graduateshowcase/ Graduat...e scholarship at RIT represents an incredibly rich and diverse body of workresearch, technological discovery, design, and creativity. During the week of November 18th the RIT community will come together to celebrate this diversity of thought + practice during Graduate Education Week & Showcase. The Showcase will allow students to share their intellectual achievements touching the world. Presenters will expound on globally impactful discoveries they have made. The Graduate Showcase is slated for Friday, November 22nd, 2019. The daylong event will include traditional research presentations, group project discussions, engineering and design demonstrations, and visual arts presentations.

RIT's Psychology department's annual "Breathe" event in October provided Stress Relief to students with Chair Massages, Yoga classes, a nutrition expert and Biofeedback professor along with mental health resources and relaxation techniques.

Lots of fun at the annual Fall Social! @ Lovin Cup Restaurant. Dept of Psychology-Graduate Experimental psychology students.

Congrats to 2 of our psychology students- Tiffani Bragg and Amanda Jerge as they became part of the 2019 Legacy Leaders! The criteria is based on students who are actively involved and engaged women in the RIT Community. The Legacy Leaders from the Center for Women and Gender were honored at the 2019 Women’s Career Achievement Dinner April 22 in the Gordon Field House celebrating the accomplishments of women.