APS 2012

Dr. Miller, Dr. Timothy, and psychology students celebrate the end of a successful APS Convention by watching fireworks                         over Lake Michigan from Chicago's Navy Pier

The BYUH Psychology Department recently attended the Association for Psychological Science's 24th Annual convention in Chicago. Dr. Miller and Dr. Timothy attended the convention along with 12 psychology students and recent graduates. The students presented 11 different research projects from the department’s Neuroscience, Personal Research, and Clinical research groups, as well as several students’ PSYC 490 research projects. In addition to presenting projects, the group attended a variety of presentations and symposia explaining current research, made connections with researchers at other universities, talked with Alan Kazdin (editor of the new Clinical Psychological Science journal), and ate authentic deep-dish pizza. Attending the APS convention is valuable experience for BYUH’s psychology students and professors as it allows them to present research projects and get feedback from the psychology community, form research collaborations, keep up to date on the direction of psychology research in various fields, and form connections that can be valuable for students’ graduate school and job opportunities.

For more information on the APS convention, please see the official convention website.