Student Awards and Accomplishments

Ithaca College Psychology students have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments. Some examples are:

Publication in the European Journal of Social Psychology--2008

• Leigh Ann Vaughn, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Sarah Hesse ('06), Zhivka Petkova ('06), and Lindsay Trudeau ('06) published an article entitled, "'This story is right on': The impact of regulatory fit on narrative engagement and persuasion," in the European Journal of Social Psychology. 

Publication in the International Journal of Humor Studies--2008

• Wimer, D. J., & Beins, B. C. (2008). Expectation and perceived humor. Humor: International Journal of Humor Studies, 21(3), 347-363.

Publication in the Journal of Research in Personality--2008

• Vaughn, L. A., Baumann, J., & Klemann, C. (2008). Openness to Experience and regulatory focus: Evidence of motivation from fit. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 886-894.

Lauren Benfante ('07) and Stephine Sawyer ('08) each received the Faculty-Student Collaboration Award from the New England Psychological Association for their poster presentations at the NEPA convention. 

• Benfante, L., & Beins, B. C. (2007, October). Self-reflection and sense of humor: The big five personality characteristics and humor. Poster session at the annual convention of the New England Psychological Association, Danbury, CT.
• Beins, B. C., McCarthy, C., Rigge, M., Rigoli, B., & Sawyer, S. (2007, October). Expectations About Humor Affect Ratings: A Generalizable Effect with Social Implications. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the New England Psychological Association, Danbury, CT. Winner of Award for Faculty-Student Collaboration.

2006 Pace University Psychology Conference--Florence L. Denmark Award for Outstanding Poster

• Katherine Lawrence, Kumar Yogeeswaren, & Zhivka Petkova. Gender Differences in Depression Across Cultures: India and the US

Publication in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology--2006

• Vaughn, L. A., Malik, J., Schwartz, S., Petkova, Z., & Trudeau, L. (2006). Regulatory fit as input for stop rules. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 601-611.

Publication in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology--2006

• Vaughn, L. A., O'Rourke, T., Schwartz, S., Malik, J., Petkova, Z., & Trudeau, L. (2006). When two wrongs can make a right: Regulatory nonfit, bias, and correction of judgments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 654-661.

2006 Eastern Colleges Science Conference--Outstanding Poster Presentation

• JooHye DellaRocca, Jennifer Hopkins, Lauren Benfante, & Leigh Ann Vaughn. The Interactive Effects of Emotion and Ease of Recall on Predictions of Behaviors of Self and Others
• Maureen Casey & Allison Hunt. College Students in Transition: Contributions to Identity

2005 New England Psychological Association Convention--Best Faculty-Student Poster

• Barney Beins, Joann Agnitti, Victoria Baldwin, Sarah Yarmosky, Amy Bubel, Keri MacNaughton, & Nicole Pashka. How Expectations Affect Perceptions of Offensive Humor