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Matthew Bolton and Nayla Wofford, psychology majors, selected to attend the 16th Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students

Matthew Bolton, a senior psychology major  and Nayla Wofford, a junior psychology major, were selected to attend the 16th Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS).  Now in its sixteenth year, ABRCMS is one of the largest, professional conferences for underrepresented minority students, military veterans, and persons with disabilities to pursue advanced training in science, [...]

Matthew Bolton and Nayla Wofford, psychology majors, selected to attend the 16th Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students2019-12-15T14:51:16-06:00

Students and faculty attend the Fifth Black Undergraduate Student Conference in Psychology

Seven undergraduate and two doctoral students attended the Fifth Black Undergraduate Student Conference in Psychology hosted by the Department of Psychology at Virginia State University.   Dr. Aisha Asby mentored the scholarly research presented at this conference. Holmes, A., Stovall, J., Belcher, J., Williams, M., Asby, A. & Dickson, D. (April, 2016). Knowledge of AIDS/HIV amongst [...]

Students and faculty attend the Fifth Black Undergraduate Student Conference in Psychology2018-02-23T13:00:42-06:00

Najla Wilson, Kayla Graves and Matthew Bolton attend the 73rd Annual Beta Kappa Chi National Honor Society Conference.

Three undergraduate students along with  research mentor, Dr. Derek Wilson, attend the 73rd Annual Beta Kappa Chi National Honor Society Conference held at Hampton University.  Students presented research on identity development and STEM career choices among students attending an HBCU. Wilson, N., Graves, K., Bolton, M. & Wilson, D. (March, 2016). The racial-science identity: Exploring [...]

Najla Wilson, Kayla Graves and Matthew Bolton attend the 73rd Annual Beta Kappa Chi National Honor Society Conference.2016-12-12T16:51:36-06:00

Dr. Myrna Cintron received Panther Research Institute Program, Summer Mini-grant

 Dr. Myrna Cintron, Ph.D.(Justice Studies Department), P.I. and Dr. Michael Nojeim, Dept. of Political Science (Co-PI), received a Panther Research Institute Program, summer mini-grant ($10,000). Their research proposed to conduct three focus groups with Latino adults. The goal of the research was to elicit opinions about unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexican borders and about immigration [...]

Dr. Myrna Cintron received Panther Research Institute Program, Summer Mini-grant2019-12-15T14:51:16-06:00

Five students and two faculty attend SWPA

 Five graduate students traveled to Wichita, Kansas in the spring to present research at the Southwestern Psychological association (SWPA) convention. One student, Shauna Richards, who is in the Master of Science in Juvenile Forensic Psychology program described it as "four days of amazing interactions and cognitive contemplations."   Courtney Mosley and Dr. Joe Dickson presented on [...]

Five students and two faculty attend SWPA2019-12-15T14:51:16-06:00

Dr. Camille Gibson earns Felix Fabian Founder’s Award

  Dr. Camille Gibson has long taken the goal of increasing the visibility of the College of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University seriously.  Years of service to the university and to justice studies garnered her the Felix Fabian Founder’s Award this academic year from the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice. She has also been [...]

Dr. Camille Gibson earns Felix Fabian Founder’s Award2019-12-15T14:51:16-06:00

Dr. Pamela Martin, recently co-authored a book titled African Americans and Depression: Signs, Awareness, Treatments, and Interventions

  Julia F. Hastings, M.S.W., Ph.D., Lani V. Jones, M.S.W., Ph.D., and Pamela P. Martin, Ph.D. co-authored a book titled African Americans and Depression: Signs, Awareness, Treatments, and Interventions. The book examines the realities of depression among African Americans, and the various ways in which sufferers and their families address, or don’t address, it. The [...]

Dr. Pamela Martin, recently co-authored a book titled African Americans and Depression: Signs, Awareness, Treatments, and Interventions2019-12-15T14:51:16-06:00

Gibson and colleagues receive grant from the Hogg Foundation.

Dr. Camille Gibson and colleagues were awarded a grant from the Hogg Foundation to evaluate the significant role that faith plays in the lives of African Americans. The goals of this initiative are to expand African American faith-based programs and ministries in Texas to include mental health. Dr. Gibson, an associate professor of Justice Studies, [...]

Gibson and colleagues receive grant from the Hogg Foundation.2014-09-28T14:09:33-05:00

Alumni News – Clinical Liaison for the American Psychology-Law Society’s Graduate Student Committee

In July, Karen Lane, a recent graduate of the Master’s Juvenile Forensic Psychology Program, has been appointed as the Clinical Liaison for the American Psychology-Law Society's Graduate Student Committee. She is the first student from Prairie View A&M University to be elected to a position on this committee. Her duties include maintaining an internship database [...]

Alumni News – Clinical Liaison for the American Psychology-Law Society’s Graduate Student Committee2019-12-15T14:51:16-06:00

Alumni News – Several recent graduates presented research at the 46th Association of Black Psychologists International Convention

Several recent graduates, Ri'Ana White, Eryka Boyd, and Natasha Jones along with Taniesha Murray, a rising senior, presented at the 46th Association of Black Psychologists International Convention in Indianapolis in July 2014. Their presentation was titled “Cultural Factors as Determinants for Positive Psychological Functioning;” and all these students were mentored by Dr. Derek Wilson.

Alumni News – Several recent graduates presented research at the 46th Association of Black Psychologists International Convention2019-12-15T14:51:16-06:00