Category: Research

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Presenting Your Research: Tips for Sharing Your Work with Confidence

After months of collecting data, analyzing results, and interpreting your findings, it’s finally time to share your research. Whether you’re presenting a poster at a conference, giving an oral presentation, or speaking to a community audience, presenting your work is an opportunity to contribute to the field while continuing to

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Get to Know the Research Graduate Assistant

Nosa Obaseki (MA ‘ 21, PsyD 4) Position: Research Graduate Assistant Tell us a little bit about your role. My primary role is to help make research more accessible to students at MSP by creating pathways for them to engage with scholarship in ways that feel approachable, empowering, and meaningful.

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Collecting Research Data: Tips, Tools, and Best Practices

Once IRB approves your project and your research design is in place, data collection is where the research process starts to feel real. It is also one of the parts of research that people often underestimate. Whether you are conducting quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research, taking time to prepare

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Celebrate and Share Your 2025-2026 Scholarly Accomplishments!

Congratulations to all as we continue to grow our research, service, and community outreach activities and contribute to the greater profession! The Annual MSP Research & Scholarship Report lists activities such as scholarly publications, conference presentations, editorial board service, presentations to the community, grants, and other ways students, faculty, and

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Navigating the IRB Process at MSP: 7 Tips for Getting Started

The IRB’s role is to ensure that research involving human participants is conducted ethically and that participant rights and well-being are protected. For many students, the IRB process can feel like one of the most intimidating parts of starting a research project. I remember feeling the same way when I

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Spotlight on Recent MSP Publications

Congratulations to our MSP community for these incredible scholarly contributions! It is inspiring to see faculty and collaborators advancing humanistic, clinical, and justice-oriented psychology through impactful publications. Recent Publications: Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25): Brown, V. F., Cabell, C. D., & Belton, G. S. (2026). Women

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Find MSP at MPA

This year’s Midwestern Psychological Association Conference is taking place from April 16-18, 2026 at the Palmer House in Chicago, IL. This marks the 98th meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association and will feature some of the highest-quality work in psychological sciences across the region. MSP will once again be well

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Find MSP at Division 32

This year’s APA Division 32: The Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference is taking place from March 26-29, 2026 at the Red Bluff Community Center in Red Bluff, CA. The theme of this year’s conference is “Generational Equity – Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future.” If you’ll be in attendance, make

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