Colin, first year master student, recently presented updates to his master’s thesis proposal titled Non-linear Change in Perceived Risk of Mass Shooting in Response to New Information. Colin will soon begin to examine multiple biological and psychological outcomes, as well as, individual responses to various types of information regarding mass shootings. He will be examining… Read more

Recently first year master’s student, Kara, presented updates to her master’s thesis proposal titled Identifying the Tipping Points of Recognition of Alcohol Abuse Symptoms in Undergraduate Students Based on Self-Efficacy. Kara is moving towards beginning her study that will look to find what college undergraduate students define as tipping point of alcoholism for both themself… Read more

Welcome to Emilee Causey, our new undergraduate research assistant! Emilee is currently a junior at Oakland University, double majoring in psychology and sociology. She joined the lab due to her interest in positive psychology and wanted to learn how posttraumatic growth and positive psychology intertwine. Emilee plans to study various aspects of PTG, especially how… Read more