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George Holden, Psychology, to speak at congressional briefing on corporal punishment in public schools

SMU NEWS Originally Posted: November 13, 2015 SMU Professor and Psychology Department Chair George Holden will speak before a congressional briefing titled “Spare the Rod: Protect the Child” from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Washington D.C. Holden, a leading expert on parenting, discipline and family, will participate in a panel designed […]

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Psychology professors Thomas Ritz and Alicia Meuret awarded a $2 million NIH grant to help develop a pediatric asthma monitor

Originally published: November 3, 2015 DALLAS (SMU) – A pair of SMU psychology professors working with University of Maryland engineers have been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant that will bring nearly $2 million to their joint project to create a wearable device for pediatric asthma patients that helps them avoid asthma triggers. The […]

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Meet Dedman College Faculty during Family Weekend

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015 2:00PM 3:00PM DALLAS HALL 1ST FLOOR ATRIUM Dedman College, the heart of SMU houses the vital disciplines the underlie great accomplishment. Denman College offers 85 exciting majors and minors in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Their award winning faculty will be available to discuss their teaching and research interests. READ […]

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Professor David Rosenfield, Psychology, Climbs Tenure Ladder Twice in 3 Decades

The Chronicle of Higher Education Originally Posted: September 28, 2015 The first time David Rosenfield went up for tenure, in the late 1970s, an academic career lay before him. The second time, 30 years later, he was trying to reclaim it. Mr. Rosenfield’s first bid succeeded. In 1980 he became an associate professor of psychology […]

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George Holden, Psychology, how does it affect parents to spank their own children?

GeekDad Originally Posted: August 24, 2015 My Kids Don’t Remember Being Spanked, But I Can’t Forget I grew up in a house that spanked. Such punishment was usually reserved for the strongest of offenses–deliberate disregard for household property, or, more often, when my brother or I used force on each other. I don’t distinctly recall […]

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Virgin America CEO / Dedman College alum David Cush on KERA-TV “CEO” this Friday at 7:30p CST

KERA-TV CEO, Aug. 7 7:30 p.m. Virgin America CEO David Cush tells host Lee Cullum why there is such a fight for access to gates at Love Field and how fierce competition in the Dallas market is driving fare wars. Cush warns of potential dangers to the industry due to sweeping consolidation. Learn how Virgin […]

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George Holden, Psychology, study cited in a story about parents’ unconscious influences on child’s career interests

Fast Company Originally Posted: June 19, 2015 HOW YOU MAY BE UNCONSCIOUSLY SHAPING YOUR CHILD’S CAREER CHOICES YOU MAY THINK YOU’RE ENCOURAGING YOUR CHILD’S DREAMS, BUT RESEARCH SHOWS THE TINY WAYS WE MAY BE NUDGING THEM IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. BY GWEN MORAN Ever since your son or daughter was little, you’ve been showering him or […]

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Andrea L. Meltzer, Psychology, At peak fertility, women who desire to maintain body attractiveness report they eat less

Three independent studies find women near peak fertility who desire to maintain body attractiveness are motivated to eat less — unlike women who are not near ovulation, using hormonal birth control, or not motivated to maintain body attractiveness Biology isn’t the only reason women eat less as they near ovulation, a time when they are […]

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Alan Brown, Psychology, great story, do you mind if I steal it?

New York Magazine Originally Posted: May 29, 2015 So maybe you didn’t really get a glimpse of Drake during New Year’s in Vegas; that actually happened to your cousin. As it turns out, passing off someone else’s memories as your own is fairly common, at least among the undergraduate participants of a new study published […]

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The most talked about articles in Clinical Psychology — Elsevier

Congratulations to Lorelei Simpson Rowe , Ernest N. Jouriles and Renee McDonald, Department of Psychology. Their research “Reducing Sexual Victimization Among Adolescent Girls: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of My Voice, My Choice,” is among the most talked about articles in Clinical Psychology over the past 6 months. Read below for the full story. ————————————————————————————————– Elsevier May 29, […]