Free and open to the public
 

FRIDAY, APRIL 8   1:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Bartley Hall Auditorium (Room 1011) and Bartley Hall Atrium
Map and Parking

1:00-1:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

1:15-2:15

Dr. Barbara Fiese (MS ’81)
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Professor and The Pampered Chef Ltd. Endowed Chair in Family Resiliency;

Director, Family Resiliency Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The ABC’s of Family Mealtimes:  Opportunities to Promote Health and Well-being through Evidence, Practice and Policy

INVITED SPEAKERS

2:30-3:45

Dr. Lance Kriegsfeld (MS ’94)
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Associate Professor, Psychology Department & the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley

Timing is Everything: Circadian Implications for Reproductive and Mental Health

Dr. Raymond DiGiuseppe (BA ’71)
Ph.D., Hofstra University

Professor and Chairperson, Department of Psychology, St. John’s University

Anger as a Clinical Problem

PANEL DISCUSSION ON NON-ACADEMIC CAREERS WITH A PSYCHOLOGY DEGREE 

4:00-5:00

Mr. Paul Allen, Esq (BA ’79)
J.D., University of Pennsylvania

Partner, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP; Co-Chair of the Business & Finance Department; Member of the Firm Management Committee

Law

Dr. Ann Brochin (MS ’85)
Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Private Practice, Wellesley, MA

School and Clinical Psychology

Mr. Thomas Donovan (MS ’77)

Retired Deputy Chief, Fire Prevention Division, Philadelphia Fire Department

Firefighting

Dr. Jane Kasserman (MS ’83)
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Principal, RHR International

Management Consulting

Dr. Melinda Parisi (BA ’90)
Ph.D., Fordham University

Director, Eating Disorders Program, University Medical Center at Princeton, Princeton HealthCare System

Clinical/Counseling Psychology

Mr. Wayne Robertshaw (MS ’77)

Senior Vice-President, GfK Custom Research North America

Marketing Research

Mr. Mark Servodidio (BA ’87)
M.S. (Human Resource Development), Villanova University

Chief Administrative Officer, Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Human Resources

5:15-6:30

RECEPTION AND CURRENT STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS (Bartley Hall Atrium) SEE BELOW

SATURDAY, APRIL 9   1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Bartley Hall Auditorium (Room 1011)
Map and Parking

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

1:00-2:00

Dr. George Rebec (BA ’71)
Ph.D., University of Colorado

Chancellor’s Professor, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Director, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington

From Oranges to Brains:  What We’ve Learned about Vitamin C is Leading to New Therapeutic Targets for Huntington’s Disease

INVITED SPEAKERS

2:15-3:30

Dr. David Penn (MS ’86)
Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Professor, Psychology Department;  Associate Director of the Clinical Training Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Social Cognition and Interaction Training for Schizophrenia

Dr. Patricia May Ververs (BA ’91)
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Staff Scientist, Honeywell Aerospace, Honeywell International, Inc.

Using Psychology for Avionics Design: 

From the Desktop to the Flight Deck

3:45-5:00

Dr. Michael Furr (MS ’95)
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Associate Professor of Psychology, McCulloch Fellow & Director of Graduate Studies, Wake Forest University

Obama, O’Reilly, and the Office:  On Understanding Ourselves, Understanding Others, and Being Understood

Dr. Russell Romeo (MS ’95)
Ph.D., Michigan State University

Assistant Professor of Psychology & the Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Barnard College, Columbia University

Adolescent Development and the Sculpting of the Stress Response