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Faculty-Student Research

Faculty-Student Research, Psychology, 2013-2014

Student: Tahmina Ahmed, Angie Cisneros, & Hannah Ovadia
Advisor: Dr. Cataliotti
Project: “Hearing and Seeing: A Cross Modal Experimentâ€

Student: Justin Afflitto
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Visuospatial Passive Motor Engagement and Memoryâ€

Student: Frank Bieniek
Advisor: Dr. Salter
Project: “Goal-Setting with Athletes”

Student: Chris Bober
Advisor: Dr. Ishak
Project: “Situational Subjectivity and IQ Testsâ€

Student: Chris Bober, Madison Gray & Samantha Bolan
Advisor: Dr. Salter
Project: “Ethnicity, Makeup, & Perceptions of Promiscuityâ€

Student: Melinda Disharoon
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Just another Piece of the Puzzle: How Mindfulness Affects Problem Solvingâ€

Student: Bridget Duffy
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Female Nerd Comfort Levelsâ€

Student: Alison Haight
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Music’s Effect on Context Dependent Memoryâ€

Student: Kimberly Halloran
Advisor: Dr. Cataliotti
Project: “Physiological and Psychological Measures of Stress in Student Researchâ€

Student: Melissa Jones
Advisor: Dr. Perez-Strumolo
Project: “Twitter, Aggression & Sports Obsessionâ€

Student: Kaitlyn Lane
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Exercise’s Academic Effects in College Students”

Student: Christian Lucca
Advisor: Dr. Salter
Project: “PowerPoint Effectiveness Studyâ€

Student: Kevin Manz
Advisor: Dr. Reich
Project: “Effects of a Novel Chronic Social Defeat Paradigm on Fear Conditioning and Depressive-like Behaviors in Adolescent Ratsâ€

Student: Jessica Napolitano
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Association between Speed of Processing and Prelinguistic Communication Ckills in 7-Month-Oldsâ€

Student: Shane O’Sullivan
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “How Sleep Deprivation Impacts Productivity”

Student: Jenna L. Paparozzi
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Facial Attractiveness: Symmetrical vs. Asymmetrical”

Student: Grace Pasquali
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Alcohol Use Based on 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ Students Affiliation with Family Unitâ€

Student: Joseph T. Petrillo
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “The Influence of Music on Emotional Responseâ€

Student: Kay Serna
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Eating Breakfast and Performance Level Based on Students at 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµâ€

Student: Rebecca Spero
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “Quantity vs Quality: Does the Quantity of Time You Spend Engaging in Musical Activities Relate to the Quality of Your Mental Health?â€

Student: Meghan Ryan
Advisor: Dr. Crawley
Project: “Correlation between the Stability of One’s Physical State and the Desirable Traits in a Mate as Well as Lonelinessâ€

Student: Kaela Thomas
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “The Effects of Technology on Face to Face Communicationâ€

Student: Lisa Tordo
Advisor: Dr. Perez-Strumolo
Project: “Religiosity, Self-esteem, Self-efficacy & Altruism in College Studentsâ€

Student: Michael Tursi
Advisor: Dr. Choudhury
Project: “What Is the Relationship Between Stress and Alcohol Consumption in College Students?â€

Student: Matthew Kobza
Advisor: Dr. Salter
Project: “Religion and Spirituality among Young Adultsâ€

Student: Erin Moran
Advisor: Dr. Perez-Strumolo
Project: “A Psychosocial Analysis of Behavior Problems in Childrenâ€

 

 

Student: Adam Assoian
Advisor: Shaziela Ishak
Project: “Visual guidance when army crawling under barriers”. Poster to be presented at the annual Vision Sciences Society conference, Naples, FL, May 2013.

Student: Gregory Gentile
Advisor: Shaziela Ishak
Project: “The effects of play and name information on the learning of unfamiliar objects”. Poster presented at the annual Eastern Psychological Association conference, New York, NY, March 2013.

Student: Marianella Clavelo and Roya Amirniroumand
Advisor: Shaziela Ishak
Project: “Through the hole: On the development of body and object perception”. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, July 2012

Student: Julie Haymaker
Advisor: Shaziela Ishak
Project:  “Accidents may me due to too tiny safety margins”. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, July 2012

Student: Julie Haymaker, Marianella Clavelo, and Roya Amirniroumand
Advisor: Shaziela Ishak
Project: “Through the hole: measuring functional object knowledge”. Poster presented at the 57th Annual New Jersey Academy of Science Meeting Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, April 2012

Student: Olga Bouzyla and Danielle Koeber
Advisor:
Kristin Kenneavy
Project:
“Relationship Status and Bystander Intervention”, Poster to be presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, March 2013, Boston

Student: Christina Vega and Brooke Longo
Advisor: Kristin Kenneavy
Project: “Victims of Violence: Race and Gender”, Poster to be presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, March 2013, Boston

Student: Maeve Geraghty and David Marks
Advisor: Kristin Kenneavy
Project: “Victim Gender and Bystander Intervention”, Poster to be presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, March 2013, Boston

Student: Rebecca Panitch and Garrett Stahl
Advisor: Kristin Kenneavy
Project: “The Effect of Gender on Bystander Response to a Rape Scenario”, Poster to be presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, March 2013, Boston

Student: Matthew Adams
Advisor: Kristin Kenneavy
Project: “Affirmation Bias among Internet-Using Activists”, Poster to be presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, March 2013, Boston

Student: Jessica Alexander and T.L. Kushner (co-authors, with Kristin Kenneavy)
Advisor: Kristin Kenneavy
Project: “Student Extracurricular Participation and Bystander Intervention: A Special Case for Greeks and Athletes?” Paper to be presented at the American Sociological Association’s 107th Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, August 2012.

Student: Torin Barnes and Ashley Waldemar
Advisor: Kristin Kenneavy
Project: Poster: “Intervention in Relation to Past Experiences”, presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in New York City, Feb. 25th, 2012.

Student: Jessica Alexander and T.R. Kushner
Advisor: Kristin Kenneavy
Project: Poster: “Extracurricular Club Affiliation and Bystander Behavior”, presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in New York City, Feb. 25th, 2012.

Student: Nana Osei-Agyeman and Lyanne Prieto
Advisor: Dominique Johnson
Project: “School Desegregation in America: A Spatial Policy Analysis”, Spring 2012

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýJennifer Voelker
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýNaseem A. Choudhury
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýThe role of parenting, infant temperament, and mastery motivation in the development of problem-solving abilities in infants with a family history of Specific Language Impairment and control infants.
Product: Poster entitled “Parenting Style and Language Abilities in Children with a Family History of SLI,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýRita Palladino
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýNaseem A. Choudhury
Project: Investigation of State of the Art Technologies in Stroke Rehabilitation.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster entitled “Methods of Rehabilitation – Investigation of State of the Art Technologies in Stroke Rehabilitation,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

Students: Jessica Parascando and Rita Palladino
Advisor: Naseem A. Choudhury
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýAssessing consciousness using cortical electrophysiology in adults

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù²õ:ÌýRachael Trover and Brielle Marino
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýShaziela Ishak
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýExploring how children learn to fit objects into openings.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù²õ:ÌýPoster entitled “How Children Learn to Solve Fitting Problems,” conference for the American Psychological Society, May 2011; poster entitled “Young Children Solving Fitting Problems,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù²õ:ÌýRachael Trover and Brielle Marino
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýShaziela Ishak
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýExploring how children learn to fit objects into openings.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù²õ:ÌýPoster entitled “How Children Learn to Solve Fitting Problems,” conference for the American Psychological Society, May 2011;  poster entitled “Young Children Solving Fitting Problems,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

Students: Roya Amirniroumand and Marianela Clavelo
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýShaziela Ishak
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýExploring the psychological factors related to entrapment injuries among children.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù²õ:ÌýPoster entitled “An Examination of Children’s accuracy at Fitting the Body and Objects through Openings,” COPLAC conference in October 2010; poster entitled “Children’s Accuracy at Fitting the Body and Objects through Openings,” Society for Research in Child Development conference, March 2011; poster entitled “An Exploration of Children’s Accuracy at Fitting,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýJillian Consovoy
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýKathryn Krase
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýConducted internet searches and interviewed staff from New Jersey’s Division of Youth and Family Services as well as various school boards to determine what child maltreatment identification and reporting training is provided in New Jersey and through what means.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýResearch results are being used to design new training.

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýKim Mikiewicz
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýKathryn Krase
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýTwo large-scale data-entry projects transferring results from the SPSS analysis of child maltreatment reports in the counties on New Jersey as well as the states of the United States to an excel spreadsheet for further analysis.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýResearch results are being used in two national conference presentations given by the advisor.

Student: Matt Adams
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýHenri Lustiger-Thaler
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýOnline network analysis for the film Memory after Belsen.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýFace Book strategy for the film

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýEmanuel Alvarez
Advisor: Marta Vides Saade
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýResearch, development, and organization of multi-media instructional material on criminal justice negotiation and trials, in Spanish, providing examples of plea negotiation, witness presentation, opening and closing statements.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýMulti-media instructional material

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù²õ:ÌýJennifer Leavy, Jessica Parascando, Chris Pivko, and Stephan Dalal
Advisor: Joseph Cataliotti
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýLightness Contrast Effects and Superseers.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù²õ:ÌýPoster entitled “Lightness Contrast Effects and Superseers,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011; poster entitled “Lightness Contrast Effects and Superseers,” Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Cambridge, MA, March 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýJennifer Leavy
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýJoseph Cataliotti
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýAlternative Predictors of College Academic Success.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù²õ:ÌýPoster entitled “Alternative Predictors of College Academic Success,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011; poster entitled “Alternative Predictors of College Academic Success,” Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Cambridge, MA, March 2011

Students: Erich Jost and Francisco Montes
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýKristin Kenneavy
Project: Data cleaning, entry, and analyses for a study on students’ attitudes toward, and behavior surrounding, power-based personal violence.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPaper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association Meeting, August 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù²õ:ÌýEric Wuethrich and Crystal Barron
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýKristin Kenneavy
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýData cleaning, entry, and analyses for a study on students’ attitudes toward, and behavior surrounding, power-based personal violence; analysis of pre- and post-test survey data to detect statistically significant changes in attitudes among students who participated in the Women’s Centers VIP Training Session.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýReport to the S.A.F.E. Coalition of Bergen County, May, 2011

Students: Paul Toronidis, Craig Brandegee, Nana Osei-Agyeman
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýDominique Johnson
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýCreation and organization of a dataset, identification of different sources of varied data, hypothesis development, and a briefing of relevant United States Supreme Court cases for a project entitled “School Desegregation in America: A Spatial Policy Analysis.”

Student: Valerie Picinich
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýMichael Bitz
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýAssistance in the research of digital platforms and technologies applicable to literacy building, youth development, and other sectors of K12 education and in the integration of these technologies into the advisor’s course.

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýVictoria Blume
Advisor: Leah Warner
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýFirst Impressions and Perception of Single Individuals.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster entitled “First Impressions and Perception of Single Individuals,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýAmanda Swanson
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýLeah Warner
Project: The Relationship between Personality Attributes and Facebook Activities.
Product: Poster entitled “The Relationship between Personality Attributes and Facebook Activities,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù²õ:ÌýHeather Barreto, Mariana Posada, and Kristin Gosse
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýLeah Warner
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýReactions to Feedback.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýTalk on “Reactions to Feedback,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýWendy Levine
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýChristina Reich
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýEffects of Chronic Social Defeat on Hippocampal-Dependent Fear Conditioning in Adolescent Rats.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster entitled “Effects of Chronic Social Defeat on Hippocampal-Dependent Fear Conditioning in Adolescent Rats,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýMichelle Fried
Advisor: Christian Reich
Project: Investigating Perceived-Sixty-Second Accuracy in Relation to Temperature Stress.
Product: Poster entitled “Investigating Perceived-Sixty-Second Accuracy in Relation to Temperature Stress,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýGregory Mihalik
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýChristina Reich
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýChronic Stress regulation of the Endocannabinoid System: Effects on Hippocampal Synaptic Physiology.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster entitled “Chronic Stress regulation of the Endocannabinoid System: Effects on Hippocampal Synaptic Physiology,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýWilliam Hagen
Advisor: Gordon Bear
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýAre Males Predisposed to Have Higher Levels of In-Group Loyalty and Out-Group Hostility Than Females?
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster and talk entitled “Are Males Predisposed to Have Higher Levels of In-Group Loyalty and Out-Group Hostility Than Females?”, Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýMarianela Clavelo
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýDonna Crawley
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýSecond Language Proficiency and the Critical Period.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster entitled “Second Language Proficiency and the Critical Period,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýElisha Gordon
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýDonna Crawley
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýSexual Behaviors of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ Undergraduate Students.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýTalk and poster entitled “Sexual Behaviors of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ Undergraduate Students,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýJames Lasky
Advisor: Robert Becklen
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýThe impact of the environment on psychological attitudes and well-being.
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster entitled “The impact of the environment on psychological attitudes and well-being,” Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011

³§³Ù³Ü»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýCaitlyn Ferreira
´¡»å±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýNicholas Salter
±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýAre You Hot Enough for the Job?
±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù:ÌýPoster entitled “Are You Hot Enough for the Job?”, Psychology Student Research Symposium of 69É«ÇéÊÓÆµ, April 2011