Influencing Political Tolerance among Populists in the UK

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Stephen Black and Kirk Hawkins, Political Science In recent years, politics around the world have seen a drastic change in its elections. Not too long ago, Mexican leftist populist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador swept the elections in July 2018. It did not come as a surprise as several other countries, especially in Europe, have […]

Destined to Dominate? Exploring the Link between Prenatal Androgens and Dominance Rank in Rhesus Monkeys

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Alexander Baxter and Dr, J. Dee Higley, Psychology Introduction Prenatally, androgens are responsible for masculinizing the developing male fetus. Prenatal androgen exposure (PAE) also shapes male brain functioning and organization, and is the main underlying influence underlying sexually dimorphism, to a certain extent even in adulthood. Through its effect on the brain, PAE can influence […]

University and College Counseling Centers: Collegiate Athletes Shifting Changes In Mental Health Risk

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Lilly Bautista, Rachelle Clayson, Jared Klundt and Davey Erekson, Counseling & Psychological Services Introduction Within the college population, student athletes are often considered a unique population for mental health concerns. There are more student athletes than ever before, with over 460,000 students participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, 2016). Student athletes have access […]

Seeing the World Through Humility-tinted Glasses: Exploring Social Cognitive Explanations for Outcomes of Humility

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Chayce Baldwin and Dr. Robert Ridge, Psychology In recent years, psychological research on humility has burgeoned, highlighting the influence of humility in prominent aspects of life such as well-being (Toussaint & Webb, 2017), interpersonal relationships, and prosocial behaviors (Hilbig, Zettler, & Heydasch, 2012), as well as self-control (De Vries et al., 2013). Particularly, studies have […]

Archaeometry for the Ancestors: Stable Isotope Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Huarochirí, Perú

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Ridge Anderson, Zachary Chase, PhD, Anthropology Introduction The Huarochirí region of the central coast of Peru has been of utmost importance to Andean  anthropologists since the late 1930s discovery of the Huarochirí Manuscript. The manuscript is the only historical document we have that is written in an indigenous Andean language. Consequently, it has been one of […]

The Neurobiological Basis of Memory Specificity: The Influence of Context and Re-Encoding

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Dr. Brock Kirwan, Psychology Department Application Abstract At a general level, we know that the information that is successfully encoded in and retrieved from long-term memory is influenced by the context during encoding and retrieval. However, we do not yet know how context affects mnemonic discrimination of similar or overlapping items or events. Further, we […]

The Effects of Media on Ambivalent Sexism, Career Aspiration, and Help-Seeking Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services

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Niwako Yamawaki, Department of Psychology Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met I proposed some academic objectives that students must achieve through the research project, entitled above. First, students were expected to create three 15-minutes video clips. Through this activity, they have learned about ambivalent sexism, identified examples of ambivalent […]

Brazilian Fatherhood MEG

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Kevin Shafer, PhD and Rex Nielson, PhD Project Goals (1) An international cross-disciplinary mentored research experience with a faculty member from the School of Social Work and a faculty member from Spanish & Portuguese. Students involved in the Brazilian Fatherhood project were able to travel to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil for data collection on the project. […]

British National Identity (2015-2017)

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Applicant: Renata Forste and Co-Applicant: Miranda Wilcox The aim of this project was to examine issues of national identity in Great Britain that incorporated both research and study during London study abroad. We funded 17 students from the MEG grant to participate on study abroad during either summer term or fall semester 2016. In research […]