Psychology Research Showcase 2025
Call for Psychology Day Poster Abstracts: Due by March 21th
The Psychology Research Showcase planning committee welcomes your abstract submissions for the Psychology Research Showcase poster sessions, which will take place on Friday, April 18 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Accepted posters will be will presented live during one of two poster sessions on Friday morning (10:00 to 11:00 am) or afternoon (12:00 to 1:00 pm) in THH 275.
The following information pertains to submission guidelines and deadlines:
- Students must submit an application for poster presentation by 11:59 PM on March 21st via our application portal.
- Please list any co-authors on separate lines in the authors area.
- Include your title and a short abstract of your research. Abstracts are limited to 250 words or fewer.
- Upon acceptance, abstracts will be posted on the Psychology Research Showcase web page
- Poster boards and pins will be provided. Due to the size of the boards, we highly recommend that posters be no larger than 36” high x 48” wide (3 x 4 ft). If your poster will be a different size, please provide its dimensions so that we can determine if it can be accommodated.
Poster Awards (awarded to first author of poster)
- Each poster will be evaluated by a panel of judges, with separate award categories for undergraduate and graduate presenters.
- Best poster award (1 graduate, 1 undergraduate): $200
- Runner-up award (1 graduate, 1 undergraduate): $100
Schedule
Morning Session: Friday April 18, 10:00 to 11:00 am
Poster # | Corresponding Author | Title | |
1 | Brandon Win Thint | Golden Years: An Assessment of Quality-of-Life in Middle-Aged and Older-Adult Populations | |
2 | Sahaj Kaur | Overparenting by Lying: Impact of Gender on Relations between Overparenting, Parenting by Lying, and Internalizing Behaviors | |
3 | Kala Davis | Prosocial Lying: Kids Say You Should, But They Won’t | |
4 | Gabrielle Gaubert | Mental Health Information-Seeking on TikTok Among Users With and Without Major Depressive Disorder | |
5 | Olivia Tesasdale | Initial Feasibility/Attitudes about Personalized Mental Health Feedback of Ecological Momentary Assessment Data Across Suicidal Ideation | |
6 | Cristian Curran | Using EEG to Examine Sleep’s Role in Memory Consolidation of Music-Paired Information | |
7 | Hannah D. Johnson | Examining the Insomnia and Suicidal Ideation Relationship: The Roles of Rumination and Military Service | |
8 | Faith Swanson | Mate Value Discrepancies and Conflict Among Partners in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships | |
9 | Adelina Jaramillo | Exploring the Link between Alcohol Use and Suicidal Ideation across Races | |
10 | Brandi Reynolds | Sexual Desire in the Face of Unmet Sexual Ideals: The Influence of Perceived Partner Responsiveness | |
11 | Caydin Hazziez | Differences patterns of college-age binge drinkers in social motives and neural responses to alcoholic images | |
12 | Justin Tran | Examining Whether Physical Activity Buffers the Relationship Between Rumination and Suicidal Ideation | |
13 | Sampada Niroula | Sleep-dependent memory consolidation contributes to the negative memory bias in depressed individuals | |
14 | Ashlynn Friudenberg | Enhanced sleep-dependent memory consolidation in individuals with highly superior autobiographical memory | |
15 | Rhonda Balzarini | Too Stressed for Sex: Understanding How Stress Impacts Sexual Quality through Depression and Partner Responsiveness | |
16 | Taylur Loera | Psychological Closeness to Preferred Suicide Methods and Suicidal Ideation: The Moderating Role of Depression/Anxiety | |
17 | Nyla Howard | Alcohol: The Underlying Effects on Mood and Personality in African American and Latinx College Students | |
18 | Itzia Cadena | Exploring the relationship between personality and GRIT in collegiate athletes | |
19 | Jordan Ross | Robustness of the Suicide Rumination Scale Across Depression Severity: A Measurement Invariance Analysis |
Afternoon Session: Friday April 18, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Poster # | Corresponding Author | Title | |
20 | Maddie Wootan | Examining Relations between Thwarted Belongingness and Suicidal Desire across Levels of Rumination and Time Spent with Others: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study | |
21 | Kesiena Oniovosa | Understanding Suicidal Participants’ Experience in Ecological Momentary Assessment Research: A Review of Open-Ended Feedback | |
22 | Ainsley Tyler | ADHD and Self-Assessment Accuracy on Cognitive and Social Cognitive Tasks | |
23 | Cice Thompson | Understanding Suicidal Ambivalence: Wish to Live/Die in Relation to Suicidal Intent Over Time | |
24 | Payten Altmeyer | The Effect of Personal Characteristics on Shopping Habits | |
25 | McKenna Hildebrandt | Sexual Communication, Satisfaction, Pleasure, and STI Prevention: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Australia and the U.S. | |
26 | Yordanos Kinfe | The Contribution of Wakeful Rest to Memory Consolidation | |
27 | Julia F. Penn | Relations Between Protective Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Ideation: Indirect Associations Through Distress Tolerance | |
28 | Cassidy Watkins | You (Don’t Want to) Handle the Truth: Responses to Prosocial Lies and Blunt Truths in a Naturalistic Feedback Scenario | |
29 | McKenna Hildebrandt | Scrolling for Answers: How TikTok Use is Associated with Questioning Mental Health Status | |
30 | Shreeya Khatiwada | Assessing the Relationship Between Resiliency, Humor-Styles, and Academic Risk Taking | |
31 | Zakiya Young | Factors influencing the experiences of first-year nursing students at program orientation | |
32 | Taehoon Kang | Event Related Potential of Musical Mnemonics | |
33 | Fabian Gonzalez | Crimes and Mental Illness: Who is Willing to Help the Formerly Incarcerated? | |
34 | Chloe Downey | Metalinguistic Explanations for Social Preferences in Monolingual and Bilingual Children and Adults | |
35 | Taylor Ann Garcia | Abortion Attitudes in Focus: Understanding Religiosity, Moral Foundations, & Political Ideologies | |
36 | Kendal Parkhurst | Examining Reasons for Living as a Buffer Between Perceived Burdensomeness and Suicidal Ideation | |
37 | Alyeska Romero | Cultural factors associated with Latinx adolescent father parenting | |
38 | Scarlett Gransee | Do Those With Exposure to Suicide Have Less Suicide-Related Stigma? | |
39 | Andrew Behnke | Are Relationship Self-Help Books "Girl Math" For Love? |