Student Awards & Achievements

Awards:

Department of Psychological Sciences Outstanding Psychology (I-O Concentration) Graduate Student Award:

• • Casandra 'Faith' Rollins (2021)
  • Bryan Coyne (2020)
  • Andrew Rowland (2017)
  • Chase Bolton (2016)
  • Jody Lecheler (2015)
  • Jessica Johnston-Fisher (2014)
  • Tessa Seidler (2014)

Department of Psychological Sciences Outstanding Psychology (Psychological Science Concentration) Graduate Student Award:

• • Shelby King (2021)
  • Ava Fergerson (2020)
  • Olivia Adkins (2016)
  • Leah Shulley (2015)
  • Kerry Duck (2014)

Department of Psychological Sciences Outstanding Senior:

• • Sarah Cotney (2021)
  • Mequeil Howard (2020)
  • Chloe Meehan (2019)
  • Lauren Bailes (2016)
  • Mandi Martin (2015)
  • Olivia Adkins (2014)
  • Allison Steen (2014)

Department of Psychological Sciences Outstanding Junior:

• • Mia Kendrick (2021)
  • Allyson Copeland (2020)
  • Andrea Anderson (2019)
  • Eliza Laves (2018)
  • Jasmine Ernst (2016)
  • Lauren Bailes (2015)
  • Natalie Perkins (2015)

Department of Psychological Sciences Undergraduate Excellence in Research Award:

• • Allyson Copeland (2021)
  • Andrea Anderson (2020)
  • Anna Siewers (2019)
  • Hayden Hickey (2016)
  • Brittany Groh (2015)
  • Mandi Martin (2015)
  • Michael Baxter (2014)
  • Kaitlyn Snyder (2014)

Department of Psychological Sciences Undergraduate Service Award:

• • Katherine Matheson (2021)
  • Sarah Elder (2020)
  • Shelby King (2019)
  • Kaitlyn Barriere (2018)
  • Ava Fergerson (2017)
  • Alana Treon (2016)
  • Kelsey Thomason (2014)

Department of Psychological Sciences Academic Achievement Honors:

• • 2021 (Allyson Copeland; Hannah Martin; Heather McKinney; Katee McKinney)
  • 2016 (Susan Breidenich; Jamie Doctrow; Catherine Woosley)
  • 2015 (Shelby Adams; Jamie Doctrow; Mandi Martin; Kaitlyn Snyder)

Completed Honors Theses:

Rachel Archer (Chair: Dr. Aaron Wichman). Mood and Experience: Effects of Ostracism on Diathesis Activation. (Spring 2014)

Charles Bolton (Chair: Dr. Reagan Brown). Adjusting Multiple Correlations for Regression Overfitting and Indirect Range Restriction (Spring 2014)

Brittany Groh (Chair: Dr. Stephen O’Connor). Impact of Working Alliance on Clinical Outcomes in Veterans Enrolled in Suicide-specific Group Therapy. (Fall 2015)

Hayden Hickey (Chair: Dr. Amber Schroeder). Organizational Justice and Social Media in the Employee Selection Process. (Spring 2016)

Abigail Lewis (Chair: Dr. Amber Schroeder). Self-referencing Effects of Social Networking on Judgments in an Employment Context (Spring 2014)

Mandi Martin (Chair: Dr. Amy Brausch). Anxiety, Uncertainty, Distress Tolerance, and Eating Disorder Symptoms as Related to Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Young Adults. (Fall 2015)

Grace McCullough (Chair: Dr. Amber Schroeder ). The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Leadership Emergence and Leadership Styles (Spring 2015)

Kaitlyn Snyder (Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Lemerise) - Is Younger Really Better? Age Differences in Emotion Perception (Spring 2015)

Grants:

Adams, S. C. (2016). Participation in organizational health and wellness programs. WKU Graduate Student Research Grant. ($1,057 funded). Faculty mentor: Dr. Schroeder

Adams, S., & Tiernan, B. N. (2013). An ERP investigation of the error related negativity in individuals with sensation-seeking personalities. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Barnes, L., & Schroeder, A. N. (2013). Personality analysis on Facebook: Examining the ability to "fake good" on social media profiles. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Burke, L., & Lemerise, E. A. (2015). Effect of emotion type and intensity on younger adult emotion recognition. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Day, R., & Schroeder, A. N. (2013). Social media and hiring practices. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,600 funded)

Ernst, J., & Lemerise, E. A. (2015). An analysis of the types of feedback provided by preschool teachers to children. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Floyd, P. N. & Brausch, A. M. (2016). The Role of College Involvement and Belongingness in Explicit and Implicit Suicide Ideation in College Students. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Galbraith, S. (2016). Developing a model of and assessment tool for organizational citizenship behaviors in a virtual work environment. WKU Graduate Student Research Grant. ($980 funded). Faculty mentor: Dr. Schroeder

Gatti, A., & Schroeder, A. N. (2013). Core self-evaluations as a predictor of workplace incivility. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,600 funded)

Hickey, H., & Schroeder, A. N. (2015). Inequity and social media in employment. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded).

Lengeman, K., & Schroeder, A. N. (2013). An examination of leader communication quality on subordinate performance outcomes. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Lewis, A., & Schroeder, A. N. (2013). The impact of rater self-referencing and social norms on performance appraisals. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Martin, M., & Brausch, A. M. (2015). The relationships between intolerance to uncertainty, eating disorder behaviors, and non-suicidal self-injury: A mixed methods study. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($5,500 funded)

McCullough, G., & Schroeder, A. N. (2014). Emotional intelligence (EI): The influence of EI on leader emergence. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Perkins, N., & Brausch, A. M. (2015). The effect of masculinity and femininity on eating behavior. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($4,500 funded)

Seidler, T. S. (2014). The effect of emotional intelligence and physical attractiveness on employee evaluations. WKU Graduate Student Research Grant. ($1,500 funded). Faculty mentor: Dr. Schroeder

Sivek, N. (2015). Understanding thesis engagement. WKU Graduate Student Research Grant. ($610 funded). Faculty mentor: Dr. Shoenfelt

Snyder, K, & Mienaltowski, A. (2013). Effects of emotion type and intensity on older adults' emotion recognition accuracy. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($2,600 funded)

Steen, A., Luttrell, M., & Mutter, S. A. (2013). The effect of reward motivation on item and associative memory. WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Internal Grant. ($5,900 funded)

 

Faculty Awards & Achievements 

Awards

Teeters, J.B. (2022). WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.

Burch, K.A. (2022). WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Advising.  

Shake, M.C. (2021). WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Advising.

Brausch, A.M. (2020). University Award for Excellence in Advising.

Brausch, A.M. (2020). WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Advising.

Brausch, A.M. (2017). University Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity. 

Brausch, A.M. (2017). WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.

Brausch, A. M. (2015). WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering Junior Faculty Research Award.

Shake, M. C. (2015). WKU Office of Sponsored Programs "Prolific Proposer."

Shoenfelt, E. L. (2013). Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award (Lifetime Achievement Award for Teaching, Mentoring, & Advising).

 

 

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