Author Archives: Marye Camp

Courtney Underwood received the Psychology Department’s Exemplary Alumnus Award at the Psychology Department’s 2016 Graduation Ceremony. She majored in Psychology and graduated from SMU in 2005.  After working in commercial real estate for several years, she became a leader in … Continue reading →

“Promoting the well-being of women and children in Pakistan: A psychological perspective” Dr. Iftikhar N. Hassan Wednesday, April 27 noon Yarborough Conference Room (ET-13th floor)

Bridging the Word Gap: Applying New Findings to Community-based Early Intervention. Talk by Dr. Margaret Owen, U.T. – Dallas The talk will be  in the Yarborough Room (1334) in Expressway Tower.

Margaret Sala has been awarded a 3-year NSF graduate fellowship.  These fellowships are very competitive. Congratulations Margaret!

Rose Ashraf won the prize for best graduate student paper at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Human Development, in Denver, on March 18.  Her talk was based on her master’s thesis and titled: Harsh verbal discipline … Continue reading →

Chelsey Werchan (along with Juliet Kroll, three undergraduates, and mentor Thomas Ritz) received a Dean’s Award for her study presented at Research Day. The title was “Oral nitrate supplementation during final exam stress: Associations with cold symptoms and exhaled nitric … Continue reading →

On January 1, Dr. Holden began serving a two-year term as the Board President of Family Compass, the leading child abuse prevention agency in North Texas. Family Compass offers a number of evidence-based parenting programs to families at risk, including … Continue reading →

Dr. Ernie Jouriles was recently appointed an incoming Associate Editor of Developmental Psychology, one of the major APA journals. Congratulations, Ernie!

The study by professors Simpson Rowe, Jouriles, and McDonald entitled: Reducing sexual victimization among adolescent girls: A randomized controlled pilot trial of My Voice, My Choice, published in Behavior Therapy was cited by Elsevier as one of the five most … Continue reading →

Dr. Holden, the Chair of Psychology Dept., has been invited to give a briefing on Capitol Hill concerning the problem of corporal punishment of children. The briefing will occur on Nov. 18th.