During the academic year, the Department of Psychology hosts regular meetings for faculty, staff, undergraduate students, and graduate students.  The topics of these meetings vary, but many will focus on research.  Below you will find an archive of previous events as well as materials for upcoming meetings.

Upcoming Viking Series Events: All events are on Fridays from 3:30 to 5:00pm.

Please check back for more details:

2020-2021 Academic Year:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

April 30, 2021 - Data Blitz 

What:  Join faculty and students from the Department of Psychology in sharing their data and discoveries from this year’s research

When:  Friday, April 30, 2021 from 3:30 to 5:00pm

Where: This Viking Series event will be broadcast via Zoom*:  https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/85413479978

Currently scheduled presentations (check back regularly for updates):​​​​​​​

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Evidence for Age Similarities in Utilitarian Emotion Regulation for Performance Goals

• Presenter: Eric Allard
• Lab: ACE Laboratory
• Lab Director: Dr. Allard

Understanding the illness experience of veterans with dementia

• Presenter: Amanda MacNeil
• Lab: Dementia and Family Caregiving Research
• Lab Director: Dr. Judge

Organizational Psychology Research

• Presenter: Ashley Moroney
• Lab: Organizational Psychology Research Laboratory
• Lab Director: Dr. Horvath

Gender, attachment, and romantic relationship satisfaction: Testing novel methodology

• Presenter: John Cowan and Elizabeth Goncy
• Lab: Heart Laboratory
• Lab Director: Dr. Goncy

Masks and spoken word recognition

• Presenter: Bethany Cox
• Lab: Language Research Laboratory
• Lab Director: Dr. M^cLennan

Social psychology

• Presenter: Lauren Sedivy
• Lab: SPEAR Laboratory
• Lab Director: Dr. Vail

Attentional fluctuations in timing

• Presenter: Sophia Kyrkos
• Lab: Action Laboratory
• Lab Director: Dr. Slifkin

The relationship between student reports of social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) functioning and office discipline referrals

• Presenter: Courtney Weaver
• Lab: The C.A.R.E. Laboratory
• Lab Director: Dr. Naser

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What:  Alyssa Lombardy and Ashley Moroney, 2nd year students in the Industrial-Organizational Research specialization of the M.A. program in psychology: From Surviving to Thriving: Expanding 2020 Lessons for a Better Tomorrow  

When:  Friday, March 19, 2021 from 3:30 to 5:00pm

Where: This Viking Series event will be broadcast via Zoom*:  https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/85018789271

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What:  Dr. Kiesa Kelly: Doing it Over and Over Again, Expecting a Different Result: Graduate Admissions for Workforce Diversity​​​​​​​

When:  Friday, February  19, 2021 from 3:30 to 5:00pm

Where: This Viking Series event will be broadcast via Zoom*:  https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/86386752029

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What:  Dr. Richard M. Perloff:  The Contemporary Psychology of Hostile Media Biases:  Mediators, Moderators, and Implications for Democracy and Public Health

When:  Friday, January 29, 2021 at 3:30pm

Where:  This Viking Series event will be broadcast via Zoom: https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/89193612774

Details:   The Contemporary Psychology of Hostile Media Biases:  Mediators, Moderators, and Implications for Democracy and Public Health

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What:  Dr. Chris Bedosky; Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders: A Presentation of Symptoms and Innovations in Treatment 

When:  Friday, November 13, 2020 at 3:30pm

Where:  This Viking Series event will be broadcast via Zoom: https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/84724846905

Details:   Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders: A Presentation of Symptoms and Innovations in Treatment​​​​​​​

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What:  Morgan Minyo; Behavioral Symptoms and Unmet Needs:  Perspectives of Individuals with Dementia  

When:  Friday, October 16 at 3:30pm

Where:  This Viking Series event will be broadcast via Zoom: https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/88528013820.  

Details:  Behavioral Symptoms and Unmet Needs:  Perspectives of Individuals with Dementia

​​​​​​What:  Dr.  Michael J. Zickar; Politics in the Workplace:  Politically-based Incivility in 2020​​​​​​​

When:  Friday, September 25 at 3:30pm

Where:  This Viking Series event will be broadcast via Zoom: https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/934226454.  

Details:  Politics in the Workplace:  Politically-based Incivility in 2020

What:  Data Blitz

When:  Friday, April 3rd at 3:30pm

Where:  The Data Blitz will be broadcast via Zoom: https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/934226454.  

Details:   Data Blitz.pdf

Currently scheduled presentations (check back regularly for updates):

Presenter: Evan Basting

• Lab:  The HEART Laboratory
• Title: A Meta-Analysis Exploring the Effect of Parent-to-Child Aggression on Later Dating Abuse in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Presenter: Lucas Hamilton

• Lab:  Aging, Cognition, and Emotion (ACE) Laboratory  
• Title: Testing Theoretical Postulates of Emotional Reactivity and Recovery Across Adulthood and Old Age

Presenter: Mike Horvath

• Lab:  Organizational Psychology Research Laboratory
• Title: The Role of Offender Religiosity in Reactions to Workplace Offense

Presenter: Morgan Minyo

• Lab:  Dementia and Family Caregiving Laboratory
• Title: Understanding the Behaviors of Individuals with Dementia Through a Person-Centered Care Approach

Presenter: Amir Poreh

• Lab:  Neuropsychology and Memory Assessment Laboratory
• Title: Using AI to develop scales for the identification of psychiatric conditions

When:  CANCELLED

The Department of Psychology Viking Series Event featuring Shane Mauss, scheduled for Friday, April 10, 2020 has been cancelled.  Click here for updates from the CSU Coronavirus Response Team.

Where:  FT 303 (Fenn Tower Ballroom)

What:  Shane Mauss

Details:   Event Flyer.pdf

When:  CANCELLED.  

The Department of Psychology Viking Series Event, Snapshots: Pictures of Juvenile Justice, by Judge Kristin Sweeney, scheduled for Friday, March 27, 2020 has been cancelled.  Click here for updates from the CSU Coronavirus Response Team.

Where:  UR 254 (Bonda Room)

What:  Judge Kristin Sweeney; Snapshots:  Pictures of Juvenile Justice  

Details:   Event Flyer

When:  Friday, February 14, 2020 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Where:  UR 254 (Bonda Room)

What:  Analysis of Age-Related Cognitive Functioning Using Cognitive Reliability and Time to Failure Rate Theory  

Details:   Event Flyer.pdf

When:  Friday, January 24, 2020 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Where:  UR 254 (Bonda Room)

What:  The Multiple Facets of Adaptive Emotion Regulation

Details:  Event Flyer

When:  Friday, November 22, 2019

Where:  Mather Mansion 113 (MM 113)

What:  A Lecture on the importance of motor control to psychology, neuroscience, and daily living

Details:  Event Flyer

When:  Friday, October 11, 2019

Where:  The Bonda Room (UR 254)

What:  A Lecture on the Open Science Framework

Details:  Event Flyer

When:  Friday, May 3, 2019

Where:  The Bonda Room (UN 254)

What:  Data Blitz:  Sharing Data & Discoveries

Details:  Event Flyer

When:  Friday, March 22, 2019

Where:  Fenn Tower Ballroom (FT 303)

What:  Dr. Marilyn S. Mobley; A Question of Priorities:  Pathways to Diversifying the Faculty

Details:  Event Flyer

When:  Friday, February 8, 2019

Where:  The Bonda Room (UN 254)

What:  Dr. Brooke N. Macnamara Flyer; Examining Predictors and Theories of Skilled Performance Variance

Details:  Event Flyer

When:  Friday, January 22, 2019

Where:  The Bonda Room (UN 254)

What:  Pizza & Psychology:  A Mixer for Students, Faculty, Staff and Part-time Instructors

Details:  Event Flyer