Author Archives: Marye Camp

Dr. Chrystyna Kouros recently published a research article on helicopter parenting. In a guest blog for Next Avenue, she summarizes some of her findings and provides advice. See  http://www.nextavenue.org/parenting-college-students/

Dr. Byron Zamboanga (Smith College), will give a talk entitled Why do Young People Drink, Play Drinking Games, and Pregame? The talk will be on Thursday, Sept. 21 from 4-5 pm in Dedman Life Sciences, room 131. All are welcome … Continue reading →

Photos from the Psychology Alumni Reunion held in April are available at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm16QoDh

Reggie Dupard, who received his BA from the Psychology Department in 1999, was awarded the Exemplary Alumni Award at the 2017 Psychology Graduation Ceremony. Reggie is currently the College Career Coordinator for Texans Can Academies. He has worked extensively with … Continue reading →

Dr. Chrystyna Kouros provided some expert commentary on this recent newspaper article about some of the negative effects of the fear tha tis being experienced in the Hispanic community.  See: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2017/05/24/dallas-hispanic-communities-fear-seeps-everyday-routines

The SMU Board of Trustees voted to promote Chrystyna Kouros to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure! Hurray for Chrystyna and the Psychology Department!

Congratulations to Grace Boyers and Michael Ovalle who were accepted to APA’s competitive Advanced Training Institute on Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research. Grace and Michael were two of 35 participants selected nationally to attend. SMU will be well represented! … Continue reading →

Dr. Austin Baldwin was interviewed by KERA about his research study concerning HPV vaccinations for teens and income disparity. To hear the interview go to:  http://keranews.org/post/teens-low-income-families-get-hpv-vaccine-if-parents-persuade-themselves-benefits   

As of August 1, Ernie Jouriles will become the first holder of the Dale McKissick Endowed Professor of Psychology. Ernie is a highly distinguished member of the SMU faculty. He is internationally known as a leading researcher into children’s exposure … Continue reading →

A study to appear in Psychology of Violence has been picked up multiple news outlets. The study, by psychology faculty members Alan Brown and George Holden and graduate student Rose Ashraf, assessed the impact of terminology on perceptions about physically … Continue reading →