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Five biology students, eight psychology students, one bio professor, and several psych professors from Saint Michael's College left Wednesday, March 4, for professional meetings in Texas and Pittsburgh.
Dr. Declan McCabe of South Burlington, associate professor of biology, and his students are presenting their research at the Benthic Ecology Meetings, March 4-7, in Corpus Christi, Texas, at Texas A&M University. The students' work was done in part through grants from Vermont EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) streams project on Vermont streams last summer.
Biology students presenting at the conference are Erin Doyle of Penfield, NY., Jacqueline Cote of Auburn, N.H., Ian Meyers of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Brian Cunningham of Quincy, Mass., and Alexandra Canepa of Lakewood, Ohio.
Psychology assistant professor, Dr. Ari Kirshenbaum is taking his seven students and one student of Professor Tony Richardson to the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., March 5-8. His students are presenting research they conducted in the Krikstone Laboratory for the Behavioral Sciences at Saint Michael's over the course of last summer and last semester.
Psychology students presenting at the conference are Caitlin Adamo of Livingston, Montana, Seth J. Brown of Gorham, Maine, Jason Fuchs of Newton, N.J., Eric R. Jackson of Weare, N.H., Betsie Miltner of Irasburg, Vt., and Alicia McDonald of Holliston, Mass. Also attending and making presentations are graduates Sarah Schwarz '08 and C. E. Gilmore '08. Psychology professors Carolyn Whitney of Burlington and David Landers of Williston are also attending and presenting at the conference, with several recent Saint Michael's graduates.
Professor McCabe said, "I think the meetings will be a nice opportunity for us all and a great celebration of all these students accomplished last summer and in their four years at Saint Michael's."
PRESENTATIONS:
Benthic Ecology Meetings
T13. Cote, Jacqueline M, Declan J McCabe
A comparison of basic community ecology measures vs. stream-specific metrics applied to macroinvertebrate data from agricultural, urban, and forested Vermont streams.
T14. Cunningham, Brian, Declan J McCabe
The effect of phosphorus, total coliform and E. coli levels on benthological macroinvertebrates in the Lake Champlain Watershed, Vt.
T15. Doyle, Erin, Declan J McCabe
Land use impacts on benthic macroinvertebrates in Vermont streams.
T21. Myers, Ian E., Declan McCabe
Comparison of macroinvertebrate diversity, total abundance, and richness of EPT species sampled using kick and hand sampling techniques.
T11. Canepa, Alexandra, Declan J. McCabe
A comparison of Hester-Dendy artificial samplers and hand scrub samples of stream macroinvertebrate communities.
Eastern Psychological Association Meetings
Kirshenbaum, A.P., Schwarz, S. & Brown, S.J. (2009). Context-dependent perturbations in DRL schedule performance.
Brown, S.J., Jackson, E.J., Adamo, C., Miltner, B., & Kirshenbaum A.P. (2009). Response disinhibition induced by nicotine administration II: VI-DRL performance and sensitization.
Jackson, E.J., Brown, S.J., Adamo, C., & Kirshenbaum A.P. (2009). Response disinhibition induced by nicotine administration I: Stop-task performance and sensitization.
Adamo, C, Fuchs, J., & Kirshenbaum, A.P. (2009). Manipulations of motivation engender differential DRL-schedule performance.
Additional, faculty and recent graduates' presentations at Eastern Psychological Association Meetings:
Carolyn Whitney and Megan Murphy '07. "Surrendering Problems to God: Religious Coping Style and Correlates of Positive Well-being in College Students."
Carolyn Whitney and C. E. Gilmore '08. "Social Support from Safe Adults and Positive Psychology Outcomes Among College Students."
Carolyn Whitney and David Landers. "Increased Academic Performance for Student-Athletes with Academic Mentors: A Three-Pronged Academic Mentoring Approach."
Carolyn Whitney, S. Schwarz '08, and C.E. Gilmore '08, "Attachment Style, Loneliness, and Coping Among College Students."
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's
Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009
U.S. News & World Report rankings.