When Dianna Murray-Close, assistant professor in psychology, shows the movie Mean Girls in her developmental psychology course her students tend to identify with the main character who learns the hard way that manipulation, rumor spreading and backstabbing are common tools for moving up the teenage social ladder. <more...>

An expert on anxiety disorders, Michael Zvolensky has focused much of his time untangling the interrelated relationship between anxiety and addiction. Zvolensky will give a talk on "Anxiety, Smoking, and Smoking Cessation." <more...>

The complexion of this overwhelmingly white city is undergoing a dramatic change from a continuing surge of refugees, many of whom are now encountering severe stress that officials and volunteers are scrambling to assess and address. <more...>

Victoria Marini, current graduate student in the Clinical Training Program of the University of Vermont Psychology Department, has been awarded the Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year award2 for 2008-09. <more...>

Says Department Chair William Falls, "Justin, for the last 40 years you have been an extraordinary leader, faculty advocate, scholar, teacher, and mentor in the Department of Psychology..." <more...>

With a $3.2 million grant, Sondra Solomon and Carol Miller have secured rare recognition of the problem of HIV/AIDS among rural populations. <more...>

The journal Nature recently published an article referencing phenomena that psychology professor Mark Bouton discovered-principles of extinction of fear or unwanted behaviors-without crediting his past work or publications. Far from a slight, it said a lot about him... <more...>

Kelly Rohan, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at the University of Vermont, is spearheading a $2 million study of drug-free treatments for seasonal affective disorder. <more...>

The Segal & Davis Family Foundation has made a $250,000 commitment to establish the Robert B. Lawson Green & Gold Professor of Psychology in honor of Robert B. Lawson, professor of psychology, who has announced that he will retire in May of 2010 after having served 44 years on the faculty in the Department of Psychology.<more...>

Rex Forehand was honored by the American Psychology Association "for outstanding contributions to the growth and development of the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology through research, education, and mentorship." <more...>

"We heard people start to shoot - BANG! BANG! BANG! - around us they were shooting," a Rwandan refugee told Ned Castle for In Their Own Words, his collection of images and personal histories of Vermont refugees. <more...>

Rex Forehand was honored by the American Psychology Association's with its 2008 Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training. <more...>

A scholarship fund in memory of Sara London-Hinman, daughter of Professor Miv London, will benefit the Vermont Youth Orchestra. <more...>

It is to be noted that in 1982, Laura was hired for a 2-year position. So now after 26 years, she is going to leave us. During these 26 years, Laura has served the Department, the University and the Community extensively. <more...>

Stephanie McConaughy, research professor of psychiatry and psychology, has spent nearly three decades producing research to help evaluators accurately diagnose children. <more...>

Lynne Bond, a psychology professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Psychology Department at the University of Vermont, was recently recognized for her profound impact on students both in and out of the classroom. <more...>

Not doing well in social relationships and not having close friends predicts an increase in anxiety and depression systems, says Keith Burt, of the University of Vermont. <more...>

Anorexics are at a higher risk of death by suicide than the average person because they are more likely to choose deadlier methods like hanging and jumping in front of trains, a study by lead author Jill Holm-Denoma suggests. <more...>

Deciding not to eat sounds to most people the very definition of suicide. It is perhaps no surprise then that a new study by lead author Jill Holm-Denoma concludes that when anorexics choose to take their own lives, they tend to employ some of the most lethal methods available. <more...>

Eating disorder expert and new assistant professor of psychology is bringing provocative research, and highly needed skills, to UVM and local community. <more...>

Third-year Psychology graduate student Kelly Dunn recently tested a contingency-management voucher program on a group of methadone users and found that paying them to stay smoke-free significantly increased users' abstinence from nicotine.<more...>

Mark Bouton, Ph.D. has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the oldest and most prestigious honorary society in Psychology, joining a highly select group of distinguished empirical scientists. <more...>

A number of sciences and professions have recently become aware of and concerned about the extent to which corporate funding has influenced or will influence their activities and directions, writes Wendy Pachter (UVM '84). <more...>

Rex Forehand, Betsy Hoza, and Michael Zvolensky were recognized as some of the top-producing faculty members by the Journal of Clinical Psychology <more...>

After two back-to-back victories (20-0 & 6-0) comprising a 4-and-a-half hour double header on Sunday, October 14th, the 2007 UVM Intramural Flag Football Team Champion is the Psychology Department's Team Victory! <more...>

Lucy Petrie (UVM Ph.D, '86) wanted to learn to draw. Although she had asked her husband, watercolor artist Mick Petrie, to show her how, watching him as he sketched wasn't especially helpful. <more...>

Dr. James Hudziak, professor of psychiatry, medicine and pediatrics, will be the first to hold the Thomas M. Achenbach Chair in Developmental Psychopathology. <more...>

A gift from the Burlington-based Center for Children, Youth and Families has established the Thomas Achenbach Endowed Chair in the Department of Psychiatry. <more...>

This year's annual Fall "Get Aquainted" get-together was held for the first time at Burlington's Oakledge Park. <more...>

Sara Burchard has retired from the faculty of the Psychology Department after 30 years of service. <more...>

The Board of Directors of the Vermont Conferences on the Primary Prevention of Psychopathology (VCPPP) announce that Clinical graduate student Anka Vujanovic is the first recipient of the newly created VCPPP Graduate Student Research Fund. <more...>

Current research by Betsy Hoza and others outline the tremendous social and academic challenges facing children with ADHD and the devastating financial toll on their families and society. <more...>

Dave Quickel and his wife, clinical psychologist and part-time farmer Emma Burrous (UVM Ph.D. 2004), have purchased this 32.5-acre parcel after voter-approved changes of Charlotte's land-use regulations. <more...>

John Hughes says the Burlington Free Press article ignored the Next Generation Commission's proposal to use $2 million a year from Vermont's tobacco settlement funds to pay for health care workers' education loan repayment. <more...>

The comparison of two kinds of devices, one using low-density ions and the other delivered high-density ions is important, says psychologist Kelly Rohan of the University of Vermont. <more...>

Professor John Green organized a wonderful luncheon celebration in honor of the department staff. <more...>

It is that time of year again, when despite the ratcheting up of festivities for the holidays, fully one person in five in the United States ratchets down. The cause is a now well-known but still infrequently treated disorder, winter blues or SAD, for seasonal affective disorder. Kelly Rohan of the University of Vermont found that cognitive behavioral therapy helps. <more...>

Barry Guitar has a vision: He wants to eliminate stuttering in Vermont. If children who stutter are treated before they reach school age it's possible to resolve the issue, said Guitar, a UVM professor with a joint appointment in Psychology. <more...>

Alison McLeish, Ph.D (UVM '06) examines one area where research has been invaluable in guiding treatment following devastating events, in this case Hurricane Katrina. <more...>

Laurence Thomson (UVM Ph.D '72), Director of Psychology Service at the Vermont State Hospital, argues against a plan to privatize what has been, and should remain, a responsibility of the state. <more...>

Research by Mark Bouton "has changed the way we treat people" with addictions, said Boston University psychologist David Barlow. <more...>

George Wilson Albee, a pioneer in clinical psychology who drove a cab and entered his dog's biography into a Who's Who publication, died July 8 at his Longboat Key home after a brief illness. He was 84. <more...>

George W. Albee, a former president of the American Psychological Association, has died. He was 84. <more...>

George W. Albee, a retired University of Vermont psychology professor and a nationally known advocate for changes in the American approach to mental illness, has died at his home at Longboat Key, Fla., after a brief illness. He was 84. <more...>

George Albee, known internationally as the father of the preventionist movement and a professor of psychology at the University of Vermont from 1971 to 1995, died on Saturday, July 8 at his home in Longboat Key, Fla. <more...>

A first of its kind study in the United States, by Sondra Solomon, Esther Rothblum, and Kimberly Balsam, compared same-sex couples who in 2004 got married in Massachusetts, had civil unions in Vermont or formed domestic partnerships in California. <more...>

Dr. Heinz Ansbacher, whose encounters with the psychologist Alfred Adler in 1930, first in a lecture hall and then in a therapy session, led to a lifetime of scholarship devoted to his work, died Thursday at his home in Burlington, Vt. He was 101. <more...>

Heinz Ansbacher, one of the world's leading experts on Adlerian psychology and a professor at the University of Vermont from 1946 to 1970, died on Thursday, June 22. Professor Ansbacher was living at his longtime home on East Avenue, adjacent to the UVM campus, and was 101 when he passed away. <more...>

Heinz L. Ansbacher, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Vermont, died Thursday, June 22, at his home on East Avenue, Burlington, at the age of 101. <more...>

Secretary of Administration Michael K. Smith Announces Appointment of Susan W. Besio, Ph.D. (UVM'86) as Director of Health Care Reform Implementation. <more...>

On Friday, May 19, 2006, following the Graduate College Hooding Ceremony, the Psychology faculty, graduate students, staff and friends will process from John Dewey Hall to Ri Ra Irish Pub and then perhaps on to the Vermont Pub and Brewery. <more...>

Karen Fondacaro, Ph.D has been offered and has accepted the position as Director of the Behavior Therapy and Psychotherapy Center at the University of Vermont, starting July 1, 2006. <more...>

Susan Crockenberg, Ph.D, an internationally recognized authority for her cutting edge, state-of-the science research on infant temperament and parenting, has been selected a University Scholar. <more...>

Marc Kessler and Rik Musty are retiring from the faculty of the Psychology Department at the completion of this spring's semester. A celebration for each of them will be held on May 5. <more...>

Gloria Stratton's valentine died more than 15 years ago, so the 87-year-old woman was shocked when a quartet called 4 The Moment showed up at her door singing a harmonic rendition of "I Love You Truly." <more...>

As both an amateur musician and a passionate fan, Professor Mark Bouton is a jazz enthusiast with an intellectual bent - both music theory and an encyclopedic knowledge of history (he can reputedly name all of the members of Miles Davis' bands) inform his post-bebop taste. <more...>

University of Vermont clinical psychologist Kelly Rohan says light therapy is certainly a good way to treat SAD, but she points out that it is not convenient for everyone and that long-term compliance with the therapy is low. <more...>

Sally Pollak, Free Press Staff Writer, conducted an Online interview with Kelly Rohan about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). <more...>

The 48-year-old man Sondra Solomon treated turned down a job because he feared that a co-worker would be gay. He was upset that gay culture was becoming mainstream and blamed most of his personal, professional and emotional problems on the gay and lesbian movement. <more...>

UVM psychologist Betsy Hoza's work aims to improve the lives of children with ADHD socially - and comprehensively. <more...>

Rex Forehand, Ph.D is to be awarded the "Trailblazer Award" by the Parenting and Families Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). <more...>

Social psychologist and University Scholar Carol Miller is an expert in the complexities of how people experience - and sometimes overcome - social stigmas. <more...>

Kelly Rohan, assistant professor of psychology, has found that cognitive-behavioral therapy has some advantages over light boxes for treating SAD. <more...>

With teachings at the universities of Minnesota, Michigan, Chicago and Columbia, and with consultant work in China and Turkey, it can be argued that philosopher John Dewey is world-renowned for his accomplishments in the education field. <more...>

Jennifer Cox McNeil (UVM '80) and Robert McNeil have donated a very generous gift to the Department of Psychology to establish The McNeil Prevention and Community Psychology Fund. <more...>

On Saturday September 24, 2005, Vermont Cares hosted its annual AIDS Walk in Burlington's City Hall Park, and the "Dewey Occupants" participated. <more...>

Richard (Rik) Musty, Professor of Psychology, received a "special award" from the International Association for Cannabis as Medicine at the Association's annual meeting in Leiden, Netherlands held September 9-10. <more...>

Jeanine Cogan (UVM '93) pushed for support of legislation that would help people with eating disorders receive better treatments. <more...>

Former UVM Professor Esther Rothblum has been awarded the first Laura Brown Distinguished Contribtion Award from Division 35 (Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Issues) of the American Psychological Association. <more...>

The Psychology Department said bon voyage to Esther Rothblum by hosting a Going-Away party in her honor at the Billing Students Center. <more...>

Lynne Bond has been named UVM Woman of the year for 2005. <more...>

Carol Miller has been named University Scholar for the 2005-06 academic year. <more...>

When Vermont became the first state to allow civil unions, the research possibilities for University of Vermont psychologists Kimberly Balsam (pictured), Esther Rothblum, and Sondra Solomon blossomed. <more...>

With the $20,000 Alexander Gralnick Award, Courtenay Harding (UVM '84) is drawing on the mentoring she got as an undergraduate researcher to help a new generation of psychologists. <more...>

University of Vermont psychologists Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solomon who conducted a landmark study of gay and lesbian couples joined in civil unions will launch a follow-up study to document changes among study participants since they exchanged vows. <more...>

Are New Year's resolutions hopeless efforts, undermined by our own brain chemistry, or can pure determination lead to success? Professor Mark Bouton believes the latter. <more...>

Psychologists such as Bruce Copeland (UVM '74) are becoming parenting coordinators to help divorcing parents focus on their children's needs. <more...>

Professors Tim Stickle and John Green organized a wonderful luncheon celebration in honor of the department staff. <more...>

As a social psychologist interested in the psychology of art, Herb Leff has turned his researcher's gaze on a subject close at hand: himself. <more...>

Interventions such as nicotine replacement therapy and counseling don't treat their panic-related symptoms or even panic disorder when they try to quit, says Professor Michael Zvolensky. <more...>

Professor Bill Falls studies mice to better understand the neural systems involved in the acquisition, expression and inhibition of conditioned fear. <more...>

Max (UVM '57), Ben, Ted (UVM '68), and Charles Ansbacher have given the University of Vermont an endowed gift of $350,000 to establish the Heinz and Rowena Ansbacher Green and Gold Professorship In Psychology. <more...>

Baby steps: Psychology Professor Susan Crockenberg studies how babies react to novelty - and how parents can help babies with certain temperamental traits cope. <more...>

A group of 16 from UVM - Professor Lynne Bond and her students - attend special classes at the University of Havana, tour Cuban institutions, and sample life in Havana. <more...>

Professors Sondra Solomon and Esther Rothblum are launching a follow-up study to discover what has changed among study participants since they exchanged vows. <more...>

Professor Rex Forehand receives grant to evaluate an intervention program aimed at preventing emotional and behavioral problems in children whose parents suffer from depression. <more...>

Jean Rhodes, Professor of Psychology at the Universiy of Massachusetts, Boston, has endowed an annual $500 award honoring retired University of Vemont Psychology Professor George W. Albee. <more...>

Psychology professor Rex Forehand, a leading authority on raising what exasperated parents might call "difficult" children, has a lanky frame, measured speaking cadence and fondness for knits, qualities that recall television personality Fred Rogers. <more...>

The Women's Studies department celebrated its 20th anniversary at the university, by awarding its first-ever Women of the Year Awards, among them Phyllis Bronstein and Sondra Solomon. <more...>  <image>

Nobel Peace Laureate and UVM Psychology alumna Jody Williams '72 shared the passion and pain of a career in activism in a campus lecture on April 13. <more...>

It is with great sadness that the Psychology Dept. notes the sudden passing of one of its most senior faculty, John Burchard. John died in his home surrounded by his family on Saturday, January 18 after a short bout with congestive heart failure. <more...>

Not long after finishing his doctorate, John Burchard didn't have enough money to buy backpacks for his family to use while hiking. So, in the mid-1960s, he built the frames himself out of ash wood and webbing from a clothes-line. <more...>

Research shows that adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder smoke at twice the rate of normal adolescents and as adults, they have a harder time quitting than their counterparts without ADHD. Neuroscientists like Alexandra Potter, a post-doctoral associate in psychiatry, want to know why smoking is so attractive to the ADHD population. <more...>

Harold Leitenberg, Ph.D will be given The Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy's 2003 award for Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Educational/Training Activities at their 9th Annual Awards and Recognition Presentation. <more...>

Professor Robert Lawson has been awarded the 2003 Kidder Faculty Award. <more...>