Psychology Program News

On November 17th, Dr. Tom Ghirardelli and Goucher students and alums co-presented a research poster at the 2023 Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in San Francisco, CA. The poster, authored by Josh Lichti (’23), Claudine Schwartz (’23), Mariah Lees (’23), Sam Byrne (’24), Laura Juda (’24), Olive Scott (’24), and Marissa Spacht (’23) was entitled, Does Instruction on “Part-Whole” Relationships Affect Search Efficiency for a Color x Color Conjunction in a Three-Dimensional Search Display? Congratulations on this accomplishment!>On November 17th, Dr. Tom Ghirardelli and Goucher students and alums co-presented a research poster at the 2023 Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in San Francisco, CA. The poster, authored by Josh Lichti (’23), Claudine Schwartz (’23), Mariah Lees (’23), Sam Byrne (’24), Laura Juda (’24), Olive Scott (’24), and Marissa Spacht (’23) was entitled, Does Instruction on “Part-Whole” Relationships Affect Search Efficiency for a Color x Color Conjunction in a Three-Dimensional Search Display? Congratulations on this accomplishment!

Dr. Amanda Draheim, Assistant Professor of Psychology, recently published an article in the Journal of Gay Lesbian Social Services entitled, "Suicidality and discriminatory experiences with healthcare providers in LGBT emerging adults".

The Psychology Department is thrilled to welcome two new professors.

Dr. Amanda Draheim, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, was recently honored with the Best Article Award in the Psychonomic Bulletin & Review journal. This award honors individuals for the best paper published in each Psychonomic Society journal in the last year.

The Goucher community, and the psychology program in particular, congratulate Dr. Gillian Starkey (she/her) for earning tenure and promotion to Associate Professor earlier this year (press release here).