Student Achievements

May Chao '06, MA '07 is featured in Reuters Health in an article titled "Weight worries rise in boys, especially minorities." Chao conducted the research for her study at Wesleyan. Using national survey data collected between 1995 and 2005, a team of researchers, led by Chao, found that white high school girls were more likely than their African-American peers to diet, exercise vigorously, use diet pills or purge in an attempt to lose weight. In contrast, the study found, black and Hispanic boys were more likely to take weight-control measures than white boys were. Story in The Wesleyan Connection. Prof. Ruth Striegel-Moore was her mentor.

May Chao '06, MA '07 finds that male adolescents are at increased risk of developing eating disorder symptoms. Story in The Wesleyan Connection.  Prof. Ruth Striegel-Moore was her mentor.

David Gallo '95 was named one of the "Rising Stars" of today's young psychological scientists who have made great advancements in science, in the October 2007 issue of the Association for Psychological Science.  Prof. John Seamon was his mentor.

Max Wu '08 worked with Steve Stemler, assistant professor of psychology and Cynthia Matthew, research associate in psychology, on a project titled "The Concept of Responsibility Within Organizational Structures," as part of the new Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC)-sponsored apprenticeship program.

Elise Herrig '10 worked on a project entitled "Decision Making in Discrete Number and Continuous Amount Judgments" with Hilary Barth, assistant professor of psychology, as part of the new Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC)-sponsored apprenticeship program.

Ariel Ballinger '07 presented her thesis research project at the 2007 Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, held in Boston, MA from March 29th to April 1st. Ballinger's poster presentation, coauthored with Professor Hilary Barth, was entitled "Counting, Estimation, and Approximate Nonverbal Arithmetic in Young Children."

Brittany Speisman '07 has won the first place award for her research paper in the college division of the 2007 BrainDance Competition sponsored by the Institute of Living in Hartford. Her paper examines the association between post traumatic stress disorder and chronic physical conditions in a nationally representative sample of adults. Along with a $500 prize, Brittany has been invited to present her work at the awards ceremony on April 25.