Maine Scholars Strategy Network will once again be holding their annual retreat to assess and strategize about the important work of connecting research with policy, journalism, civic organizations and broader public discourse. Co-directed by our own Dr. Jordan LaBouff, the Scholars Strategy Network is an organization that helps connect academics with policymakers so their research can […]
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Clinical psychology Ph.D. students, Morgan Tallman and Krutika Rathod, were two among the nine graduate students awarded the University of Maine Institute of Medicine 2023 summer fellowship to support their research. The fellowship includes up to a $6,000 stipend and graduate credit to facilitate student research alongside a faculty advisor. Krutika Rathod, advised by Patricia […]
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The National Science Foundation award is a significant national accomplishment and graduate student Curtis Wojcik has developed a highly innovative research program as part of this award. The planned project includes two studies aimed at exploring anhedonia—a prevalent symptom seen across several psychiatric disorders that involves a loss of pleasure and disinterest in typically rewarding […]
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Graduate student, Raegan V. Harrington, M.A., was awarded a 2022-2023 Spring Graduate Research Grant from Psi Chi, an international honor society in psychology. The grant will support direct costs of her dissertation project, Show Me You Care: Adolescent Empathy and Friendship, which is mentored by Dr. Schwartz-Mette in the Peer Relations Lab. The project will help […]
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The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) named UMaine the 2022 recipient of its Student Diversity Initiative Award, which includes $2,500 for the recruitment and retention project. Patricia Goodhines, an assistant professor of clinical psychology, and Liv Valö, a Ph.D. student who chairs the doctoral program’s graduate student Diversity Committee, are leading the effort […]
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Care for Maine’s older adults A KEY COMPONENT of the University of Maine’s contribution to research on healthy rural aging in Maine is the Cognition Aging Resiliency and Enhancement (CARE) Lab. It is directed by assistant professor of psychology Rebecca MacAulay, whose research focuses on understanding factors that increase risk and resilience to cognitive decline […]
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Congratulations to Michelle Stage, who was awarded a NASA/Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellowship for summer 2022 for “Going Where No Person has Gone Before: Supporting Diverse Identities and Perspectives in Aspiring NASA Students”. Michelle states “There is a gap in the literature exploring marginalized students’ perspectives pursuing planetary sciences. In order to support NASA’s commitment […]
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“From theory to trials to community implementation and global dissemination” by John Pachankis, Ph.D. Register HERE for the 2022 Stanley Sue Lecture Series
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been an isolating and lonely time for almost everyone. For adolescents especially, the loneliness accompanied by pandemic-related school closures and the like has led to an increase in mental health issues like depression and self-destructive behavior, according to a University of Maine-led study. Read more here.
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WMTW reported on researchers at the University of Maine who are working with schools across the state to assess how students are doing with their mental health and well-being, and what schools need to do to support them. Rebecca Schwartz-Mette is the director of the UMaine Peer Relations Lab, which goes into schools to work […]
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