Scholarships and Awards for Undergraduate Students

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Academic Year 2008-2009
Undergraduate Awards, Honors, Fellowships

Departmental Research Showcase
The following psychology majors presented their research at the annual Psychology Departmental Research Showcase:

1. Alexandra Basilakos: “Lobeline Decreases Methamphetamine-Induced Hyperactivity in Male and Female Periadolescent Rats”
   Mentor: Dr. Steven Harrod

2. Casey O’Neill: “The Rewarding Properties of Sugar in an Animal Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders”
   Mentor: Dr. Sandra Kelly

University Discovery Day
The following psychology majors won awards for their research presentations at the annual USC Discovery Day:

Creative and Oral Presentations

Social Science 1

1^st Place: Jeremy May, Senior, Experimental Psychology – Sumter, SC
Mentors: Dr. Amit Almor, Psychology
Salience Matters: An fMRI Study of the Repeated Name Penalty

Poster Session

Neuroscience 1

1^st Place: Casey O’Neill, Senior, Experimental Psychology – Charleston, SC
Mentors: Dr. Sandra Kelly, Psychology
The Rewarding Properties of Sugar in an Animal Model Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

2^nd Place: Alexandra Basilikos, Senior, Experimental Psychology –Greenville, SC
Mentor: Dr. Steven Harrod, Psychology
Lobeline Decreases Methamphetamine-Induced Hyperactivity in Male and Female Periadolescent Rats

Psychology, General

1^st Place: Rebecca Ridgeway, Junior, Experimental Psychology –Blythewood, SC
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Swan, Psychology
Gender Differences in University of South Carolina Student Perceptions of Campus Sexual Assault

2^nd Place: Ruthellen Thompson, Sophomore, Experimental Psychology – Damascus, MD
Mentor: Dr. Douglas Wedell, Psychology
Effect of Context on Policy Endorsement: How Impressionable Are We?

3^rd Place: . Afotey Quaye, Junior, Experimental Psychology – Hartsville, SC
Mentor: Dr. Amit Almor, Psychology
Attention and Conversing

Psychology Department Awards – Awarded each spring

Jason Bird and Tyler Greer – Psychological Service Award
  (Awarded for meritorious service to the department, university, and psychology as a whole)
Jennifer Yehl – M. Kershaw Walsh Award for Academic Achievement
  (Awarded to the graduating senior with the highest GPA)
Casey O’Neill – Roger W. Black Award for Psychological Research
  (Awarded for outstanding research conducted within the field of psychology)
Lauren Ballina – Rising Senior Award
  (Awarded to an outstanding senior-to-be)

Academic Year 2007-2008
Undergraduate Awards, Honors, Fellowships

Some of our outstanding psychology majors:
Stephanie Maddox, Jessica Maples, Ashley Harrell, Carrie Schwartz

Departmental Research Showcase
The following psychology majors presented their research at the annual Psychology Departmental Research Showcase:

1. Codi Black: "Social anticipation and play behavior in the Valproic acid animal model of autism." - Sandra Kelly, mentor.


2. *Cale Bonner: "The effect of perinatal ethanol exposure on the CB1 receptor in the rat amygdala and hippocampus." – Sandra Kelly & Charlie Lawrence, mentors


3. Stephanie Maddox: "Effects of damage to the prefrontal cortex on trace eyeblink conditioning following VTA inactivation." – B. Oswald, D.A. Powell, & S. Buchanan, mentors.


4. Rebecca Ridgeway: "Changing Carolina: College men can make a difference." – Suzzane Swan & Christopher Allen, mentors


5. Brittany Skiles & Jessica Maples: "Parenting and interaction style effects on smoking behavior among adolescents with ADHD." – Kate Flory & Ben Hankin, mentors


6. Anna Smith: "Family environment and its effects on risk for adolescent cigarette smoking." – Kate Flory, Ben Hankin, & Michelle Segal, mentors.

University Discovery Day
The following psychology majors won awards for their research presentations at the annual USC Discovery Day:

Psychology Division

1^st Place: Rachel Bingaman
Mentors: Dr. Benjamin Hankin, & Ms. Emily Wetter, Psychology
Excessive Reassurance Seeking and Insecure Attachment as Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms: A 2 year prospective study of youth

2^nd Place: Daron Jolley & Kristin Arnold
Mentors: Dr. Kate Flory & Ms. Kerrie Glass, Psychology
Exploring Self-report and Friend Report Differences in Social Competence of Adolescents with ADHD

3^rd Place: Eric Bowers
Mentor: Dr. Amit Almor, Psychology
Reference and Representation: The Neural Structures involved in Referential Processing

Neuroscience Division

2^nd Place: Lauren Codi Black
Mentor: Dr. Sandra Kelly, Psychology
Social anticipation and play behavior in an animal model of autism

Psychology Department Awards – Awarded each spring

Carrie Schwartz – Psychological Service Award
  (Awarded for meritorious service to the department, university, and psychology as a whole)
Ashley Harrell – M. Kershaw Walsh Award for Academic Achievement
  (Awarded to the graduating senior with the highest GPA)
Jessica Maples - Roger W. Black Award for Psychological Research
  (Awarded for outstanding research conducted within the field of psychology)
Amy Parnell – Rising Senior Award
  (Awarded to an outstanding senior-to-be)

Other Honors

Stephanie Maddox - 2008 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG)

Fellowship which is funded and sponsored through the Department of Defense. Funding is for three years including full tuition, and stipend for a total of over $150,000. She worked the past 3 years at the Dept. of Veterans' Affairs under the supervision of Dr. Don Powell and Dr. Barbara Oswald.

Michelle Conaty – 2008 David L. Burggraf Award

This is given annually by the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society to honor the top adult student at USC.

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