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Assistant Professor Positions - Tenure-Track
Nov. 18, 2021
Assistant Professor Positions - Tenure-Track Kent State University’s Department of Psychological Sciences is recruiting two new tenure-track faculty members beginning Fall 2022: (1) Assistant Professor in Biological Psychology or Human Neuroscience and (2) Assistant Professor…
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Psychology Professor Explains the Black Female Experience
Sept. 7, 2021
Featured in the article “Black does Crack” from the San Diego Monitor-News, psychology professor Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., shares perspectives and knowledge of the impact of the black female experience on mental health and how it should be considered in the world of therapy.
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2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients
Nov. 30, 2020
Kent State University has announced the recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSA). Sponsored by the University Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, this award honors Kent State’s exceptional researchers and…
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Alcohol Consumption Increases During Pandemic
Nov. 19, 2020
While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by the collaboration of William Lechner from the Department of Psychological…
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Kent State’s Contributive Legacy to the Assessment of Psychopathology
Nov. 17, 2020
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, MMPI, is a standardized psychometric test that was first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1943 and quickly became the gold standard for assessing psychopathology. Kent State University has played a key role…
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Two Kent State Psychology Faculty Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership Program
Oct. 5, 2020
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected two Kent State University College of Arts and Sciences faculty members, along with two community clinicians, for Clinical Scholars, an initiative that will provide funding and…
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Kent State Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
March 4, 2020
Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
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Kent State Researcher Studies Obesity in At-Risk Youth to Help Reveal Path to Healthy, Mindful Eating
Jan. 24, 2020
Weight management can be challenging for all adolescents, but those from low-income families face added stressors that can make weight loss even more difficult. Those are the findings of Amy Sato, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, who…
Read More »2020 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award
Jan. 24, 2020
Kent State University's Department of Psychological Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett has been selected for the 2020 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award by the Anxiety and Depression Association…
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Psychology Professor Tells O, The Oprah Magazine How Black Women Suffer From Financial Anxiety
Sept. 4, 2019
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, says there is a stressful expectation for black women in corporate America to financially provide for their family.
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