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Psi Chi Chapter Awards

The Psi Chi chapter at MSP is pleased to announce the chapter award winners for this year!

The 2022-2023 Outstanding Member was Erin Stockwell (MA). Erin received this award for her hard work and dedication to the chapter as the chair of the end-of-year event committee. 

The chapter also awards a number of professional development grants each year. The purpose of the Psi Chi Professional Development Award is to promote Psi Chi members’ academic and professional excellence in psychology.  This year, Psi Chi awarded 13 grants:

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Chris Bernardo (MA ’20, PsyD 3)

Registration to attend and present at the 2023 Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology conference. 

Poster Presentation: The traditional male gender role: It harms all of us and impedes therapy 

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Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 2)

Registration to attend and present at the 54th Annual International Convention for the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi). 

Poster presentation: The development of the Vicarious Trauma of Black Americans Scale (VTBAS)

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Devon Kardel (PsyD 2)

Purchase of a subscription to Geek Therapeutics in order to take advantage of online continuing education offerings. 

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Erica Medina (PsyD 2)

Costs associated with attending the APA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. 

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Erin Stockwell (MA)

Registration to attend and present at the 2023 Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology conference. 

Poster presentation: A pilot group psychotherapy intervention for adolescents with high ACEs

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Jamal Ghazi (MA ’21, PsyD 2) 

Purchase towards airfare to attend the APA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. 

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Jared Boot-Haury (MA ’19, PsyD 4)

Registration to attend and present at the 2023 Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology conference. 

Panel presentation: Intersectional asexual and transgender/gender diverse identity experiences: A thematic analysis

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Jeff Binder (MA ’19, PsyD 2) 

Registration to attend and present at the 2023 Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology conference. 

Panel presentation: How does cultural responsibility impact the lived experience and well-being of mental healthcare providers? 

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Natalya Zerka (MA ’21, PsyD 2)

Costs associated with attending the APA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. 

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Reba Meagher (MA)

Registration to attend and present at the 2023 Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology conference. 

Poster presentation: The dual relationship between trauma and chronic pain.

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Sarah Weber (PsyD 2) 

Registration to attend online ADOS-2 Clinical Workshop sponsored by Western Psychological Services. 

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Sierra Gillis (MA ’19, PsyD 4)

Purchase of SPSS statistical software. 

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Vinnie Mangiapane (MA ’21, PsyD 2)

Purchase towards lodging while at the 2023 Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology conference. 

Panel presentation: How does cultural responsibility impact the lived experience and well-being of mental healthcare providers?