Category: Blog Posts

Ceresnie Aaron. PsyD, LP

Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Aaron Ceresnie

Dr. Ceresnie joins the MSP faculty as an adjunct professor in the Master’s program, teaching Research Foundations. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan Where did you go to school for your undergraduate and graduate degrees? I attended Michigan State University where I earned a

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Kevin Keenan, PhD

Faith and Skepticism in Science

The replication of research results is a cornerstone of science. If research findings can’t be reproduced by other researchers what confidence can we have in  “scientific” findings?  A large scale replication study reported in the September issue of the eminent journal Science has caused quite a stir. This study, a

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Timothy Franke

Steps Towards Student Research: Get Involved!

In a follow-up to Dr. Shepler’s recent blog post encouraging students to consider extracurricular research opportunities, current PsyD student, Timothy Franke, shares helpful tips for how to get involved.   One of the most common reasons for entering a PsyD program over a PhD program is the emphasis that PsyD

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Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Franklin Sollars

Dr. Sollars is a long time faculty member at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology. He recently decided to devote more time to his private practice and is now an adjunct faculty member in the masters program. Dr. Sollars has worked in the fields of psychology and mental health for

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Nicole Tacoma, PsyD

Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Nicole Tacoma

Dr. Tacoma is an adjunct faculty member at MSP. She teaches Psychotherapy with Children in the MA Program. Hometown I grew up in Midland, MI. Favorite book (non-academic) I have an aversion to “favorites” I’ve never had a favorite anything. HOWEVER, I really like the book Water For Elephants by

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MA Program Synthesis

The MSP Master’s program has a long-standing tradition called ‘synthesis’, which challenges students to distill their learning of a phenomena into the purest essence possible.  Most courses have a class-synthesis at the end, and at the end of the program, students have 3-5 minutes to synthesize their entire MA program. 

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Psi Chi Executive Board

Psi Chi Executive Board

This time last year, MSP had an Honor Society. The goal was to transform into a Psi Chi Chapter but there was a lot of work to be done in order for that to happen. Thanks to the Executive Board of the MSP Honor Society, the Psi Chi Chapter of

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Dr. La-Toya Gaines

Faculty Spotlight- Dr. La-Toya Gaines

As an adjunct faculty at MSP, Dr. Gaines teaches and supervises master’s level students. Dr. Gaines is in practice in Ann Arbor specializing in eating disorders in adults and adolescents. She also works with families and individuals coping with divorce and blended family issues. Hometown Detroit Favorite book (non-academic) Better

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Aging in Prison

During the month of June we are featuring a series of posts focusing on aging from our aging-certificate faculty and current doctoral students to celebrate our new Certificate in the Psychology of Aging and Well-being. As the prison incarceration rates continue to rise so do the ages of the imprisoned

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