Congratulations to Denise Ealy!

With great excitement, we congratulate Denise Ealy who has both defended her thesis entitle, “Creativity, Flexibility, and Aging”, and accepted a position as a Neuroimaging Scheduler at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. This is a competitive research position that will allow her to grow as a researcher and an academic.

Denise, you have a bright future ahead of you! We look forward to our continued collaboration going forward!

Student presentations at 2023 MPA meeting

In April 2023, several students presented ongoing research at the 2023 Midwestern Psychology Meeting in Chicago. Graduate student researcher Liz Key and undergraduate URECA scholar Ericka Allen presented a data update on factors associated with the development of a leadership identity status.

Congratulations to on excellent presentations and representing the lab and MTSU!

Student presentations at the 2022 MTPA meeting

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Denise Ealy presenting on creativity and aging.

On April 23rd, MTSU hosted the annual 2022 Middle Tennessee Psychological Association meeting. Graduate student researcher Denise Ealy presented a review on creative process theories and how creative activity can act as a buffer against the stresses of normative aging. Undergraduate research assistants Rachel Strong and Erika Allen presented recent data from a study on the relation between social support and leadership identity formation.

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Rachel and Erika presenting on leadership identity formation.

Congratulations to Denise, Rachel, and Erika on providing excellent presentations, and thank you for representing the lab at this student conference!

Congratulations to Dominic Roby!

Congratulations to Dominic Roby who has acccepted a coordinator position at Vanderbilt Medical Center’s Memory and Alzheimer’s Center. This is a great step for him as he develops additional skills prior to applying to medical schools. He will be missed but we look forward to the great things that he will accomplish going forward!

Congratulations to Kristen Platt!

Congratulation to Kristen Platt who was accepted into the University of Texas at Dallas Ph.D. program in Cognition and Neuroscience where she will be working with Dr. Chandramallika Basak and Dr. Denise Park! We will miss her but expect her to go on to do great things! Best of luck to you and I look forward to our continued collaboration!

Keynote presented at the Middle Tennessee Psychological Association

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On June 20th, the annual meeting for the Middle Tennessee Psychological Association was held at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro. I was honored to give the keynote address at the conference and enjoyed discussing aging research with all of those who attended. For those interested, a copy of the presentation slides are provided in the presentation section of the page!

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