News
April 21, 2009
The Occidental College Board of Trustees has voted to promote Dr. Andrea Hopmeyer Gorman to the rank of Full Professor on the basis of her continued excellence as a teacher and mentor, productive scholar, and College citizen.
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April 14, 2009
On April 14, Dr. Dess delivered her Graham L. Sterling Memorial Lecture 
on Taste Matters: A Story of How Rats and Culture Create
Contexts for Each Other.
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General News in Psychology
Research
Conceptual Change
Dr. Andrew Shtulman recently published work on the difficulty of conceptual change in the recent issue of Educational Psychologist.
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Psychology Department
Featured Student
Graduating senior Molly Frolich has dedicated herself to the field of Psychology at Occidental and immersed herself in several facets of the discipline while pursuing a Psychology related career path. Molly has applied what she has learned in her Psychology academic work to benefit her true passion: education.
Molly Frolich
Bellingham, Washington
In the spring of 2007, Molly began playing an integral role in a research project on the peer relations of middle school students. Overseen by Professor Andrea Gorman, this three-year research project evaluates the correlation between middle school crowds and students' personal well being as well as their academic and social goals. Apart from her dedication to the project during the past three academic years, Molly has stayed at Oxy during the past two summers to continue her work with Professor Gorman.
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