Category: Blog Posts

Student Reflection: Psychology in Chicago – MPA 2018

MSP is committed to celebrating faculty and student research at regional and national conferences throughout the year.  Jared Smendik (PsyD 2) attended the 90th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association and offered this reflection. As doctorate students, we tend to have a lot on our plate: From writing papers, reading vast

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Michelle Justice (PsyD 1)

Fourth Annual Mental Health Symposium Preview

The Fourth Annual Mental Health Symposium hosted by Psi Chi will be Friday, April 20 from 12 to 5 PM.  This free event welcomes students from MSP and other local psychology programs to gain experience in presenting posters and answering questions about their research.  Michelle Justice (PsyD 1), Psi Chi

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Angel McKissic: “How I Make It Work”

“How I Make It Work” is a new blog feature designed to highlight the diversity of student experiences while attending MSP.  From students fresh out of undergrad to professionals who are retraining for a new career, MSP welcomes students wherever they are in life.  Angel McKissic (PTMA) shares her experience

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Andrea Obah

Andrea Obah: “How I Make It Work”

“How I Make It Work” is a new blog feature designed to highlight the diversity of student experiences while attending MSP.  From students fresh out of undergrad to professionals who are retraining for a new career, MSP welcomes students wherever they are in life.  Andrea Obah (MA) shares her experience

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The Dangers of Domestic Violence & Substance Abuse

As part of the 2018 Continuing Education (CE) Series at MSP, Dr. Stephanie Zoltowski, PsyD will present “The Dangers of Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse” workshop on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Dr. Zoltowski offers the following as a workshop preview.   Every 9 seconds, a woman is assaulted and 1 in 3 women and

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Student Scholarship Award Winners 2017/18

MSP is committed to contributing annually to assist in student scholarships and aid. Scholarship and financial assistance funding is supported by gifts from alumni, family, and friends. Generally, funds are disbursed in the form of tuition credit. This academic year Jared Smendik (PsyD 2), was awarded the Jill Benton Humanistic

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Ryan Blackstock, PsyD

The Game is On: Live Action Role-Playing Today

In 2006 I completed my dissertation[i] which studied individual’s experience of personality and identity through playing a sustained, self-generated character in the venue of Live Action Role-Playing (LARP). About 6 months after my work was complete, I left the LARP community. At the time, there didn’t seem to be much

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Cynthia Ransley, MA, LLP

Now What?: “I need a break from our friendship.”

Now What? is a new blog series designed to address specific issues related to coping with life’s challenges. I recently had the experience of asking a close friend for a break.  Like a lot of relationships, this ending happened suddenly (via text in a grocery store), but really had been

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PsyD Grads & Dissertation Topics 2017

Congratulations to our 2017 PsyD graduates!  Dissertations will soon be available on ProQuest for students, faculty, and staff. Roxanne Christensen Transcending the Gates of Evin: Iranian Political Prisoners’ Experience of Survival     Nicole Czech The Woman’s Experience of Being Raised by a Dieting Mother     Amanda Sternitzky Gurny

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