Psychology Department News and Announcements
April, 2023- Laura Saldana, clinical-child psychology doctoral student, was selected for APA’s Minority Fellowship Program (https://www.apa.org/pi/mfp). The MPF is a highly competitive and prestigious honor preparing doctoral students for research and practice in psychology. Laura is mentored by Antonio Polo, associate professor of clinical psychology.
April, 2023- Antonio Polo, professor of clinical psychology, was interviewed by WTTW’s Chicago Tonight regarding his study that identified high rates of mental health difficulties among Latinx youth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March, 2023- Antonio Polo, professor of clinical psychology, was awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to conduct “Project STRIDE.” The project will train mental health counselors and counseling students of African American and Latinx backgrounds to provide mental health interventions in high-need elementary schools.
March, 2023- Susan McMahon, professor of clinical and community psychology, was interviewed by The Washington Post for a story on workplace violence against women.
March, 2023- Leonard Jason, professor of community and clinical psychology, was awarded a $842,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further his research on “ME/CFS and long COVID.”
February, 2023- Olya Glantsman, senior professional lecturer in psychology, co-authored an OP-ED piece for the Chicago Sun-Times titled, “Higher Education Can do More to Help our City’s Immigrants.”
February, 2023- St Vincent dePaul Professor of Psychology Dn. Joseph Ferrari was interviewed for the APA podcast series “Speaking of Psychology” about his work on CLUTTER.
February, 2023- Susan McMahon, professor of clinical and community psychology, was interviewed by WAVY regarding her research on
violence against teachers.
January, 2023- Jocelyn Carter, professor of clinical psychology, was interviewed by
WTTW’s Chicago Tonight regarding the importance of inclusive fitness spaces for women.
January, 2023- Anne Saw, associate professor of clinical and community psychology, was interviewed by
USA Today and
ABC7 Chicago regarding the impact of the mass violence in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay on Asian American communities.
January, 2023- Christine Reyna, professor of psychological science, published an OP-ED piece in The Crime Report titled,
“Ending The Dangerous Myth That Guns Make Us Safer.”
January, 2023- St Vincent dePaul Professor of Psychology Dn. Joseph Ferrari was interviewed on “Digital Clutter” removal for the Wall Street Journal. He also was cited on health implications of academic procrastination by
HealthDay.com, the ‘associate press for medicine’. The same story/interview on student health and procrastination appeared in
AtchinsonGlobeNOW.com.
December, 2022- Dn. Joseph Ferrari, St Vincent dePaul Professor of Psychology, was interviewed in the New York Time for an article on “task paralysis.” This term reflects when persons freeze, and are unable to move forward on task completion. The article may be found at:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/well/mind/task-paralysis.html Dn. Joe also was part of the national cable channel and show NEWSY-TV, “The Why” about ‘
Christmas and procrastinating‘. In addition, Dn. Joe posted on Psychology Today on
“Timing is Everything: Christmas and Procrastination” AND yet another - THE ATLANTIC magazine, on
defending having clutter.
December, 2022- Jocelyn Carter, professor of clinical psychology, was interviewed in the LA Times on how to identify signs of depression and anxiety in children and teenagers.
https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2022-12-06/group-therapy-depression-anxiety-children-group-therapy November, 2022- Joseph Mikels, professor of psychological science and community psychology, was awarded funding to establish the “Chicago Consortium on Healthy Aging and Longevity.” Dr. Mikels will create a network of scholars, practitioners, teachers, and other individuals and organizations that work with older adults.
November, 2022- Anne Saw, associate professor of clinical and community psychology, was interviewed in Block Club Chicago regarding her advocacy efforts to pass the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act and why Asian American history education will help promote Asian childrens’ identity development.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/11/01/chicago-teachers-can-now-attend-free-workshops-to-better-teach-asian-american-history/ October, 2022- I-O doctoral program Alum Shanique Brown (now, Wayne State University faculty member) was selected by the journal Group Dynamics for a new role, awarding her their first Editorial Fellowship for Members of Historically Excluded Groups. Read about the two year Fellowship: Group Dynamics: Theory Research, and Practice editorial fellowship for members of historically excluded groups (apa.org)
October, 2022: Megan Greeson, associate professor of clinical and community psychology, was awarded a grant from the US Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women to conduct a study. titled “Sexual Assault Survivors' Experiences Seeking Civil No Contact Orders.”
September, 2022- Leonard Jason, professor of community and clinical psychology, published an op-ed in MedPage Today regarding lessons learned from research on ME/CFS that are applicable to long COVID.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/100788 September, 2022- Molly Brown, associate professor of clinical and community psychology, was interviewed for a story in the Chicago Tribune to comment on prevalence estimates of homelessness in Chicago and local advocacy efforts to address homelessness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-homelessness-increase-report-20220920-nmfrgnivrvexhg6iia4otsggkm-story.html September, 2022- Leonard Jason, professor of community and clinical psychology, published a commentary in the Chicago Tribune regarding his work on the National Institutes of Health’s “RECOVER Commonalities with Other Post Viral Syndromes Task Force.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-long-covid-19-20220912-42gktniwobbcbblcbs56l6r7zu-story.html August, 2022- Leonard Jason, professor of community and clinical psychology, is a 2022 DePaul University Spirit of Inquiry Award honoree. The award acknowledges leadership and commitment to intellectual inquiry, and the university’s excellence in research award.
https://resources.depaul.edu/newsline/sections/campus-and-community/Pages/spirit-of-inquiry-2022.aspx?utm_campaign=Daily_08182022&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EOACLK August, 2022- Joanna Buscemi, associate professor of clinical psychology, was interviewed on WTTW Chicago Tonight about the cost of insulin for Medicare and non-Medicare users following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
https://news.wttw.com/2022/08/17/law-caps-monthly-insulin-cost-medicare-users
July, 2022- Dn. Joe Ferrari, St Vincent dePaul Professor of Psychology, was appointed to the Editorial Board of Integratus: Journal of Catholic Psychotherapy.
June, 2022- Quin Lei, clinical-community psychology doctoral student, was selected for the Dalmas A. Taylor Memorial Summer Minority Policy Fellowship from the “Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues” (APA, Div. 9). The fellowship is awarded to only one applicant annually and provides intensive training on strategies to influence public policy.
May, 2022- Christine Reyna, professor of psychological science and community psychology, was interviewed on WBBM Newsradio regarding psychological factors associated with mass shooters.
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/depaul-professor-researches-the-psyche-of-a-mass-shooter May, 2022- Molly Brown, associate professor of clinical and community psychology was interviewed in two articles for the Crain’s Chicago Business Forum on Homelessness.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-homelessness/homelessness-multifaceted-issuehttps://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-homelessness/chicagos-policies-homelessness-continue-evolve May, 2022- Jocelyn Carter, professor of clinical psychology, was interviewed on ABC7 Chicago TV News on talking to children about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX, as well as gun violence, broadly.
https://abc7chicago.com/11895094/ May, 2022- Christine Reyna, professor of psychological science and community psychology, was interviewed on NPR’s “Illinois Public Media” program The 21st, to discuss her research related to extremism and the great replacement theory. Link to the story below. https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/extremism-and-the-great-replacement-theory
May, 2022- Anne Saw, associate professor in clinical and community psychology, appeared on ABC7 Chicago news regarding the integration of Asian American history education at Skinner North Classical School in accordance with the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act. https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-asian-american-history-pacific-heritage-month-2022-skinner-north-teaach-act/11886066/
May, 2022- Anne Saw, associate professor in clinical and community psychology, appeared on ABC7-TV news on 5-5-22 at 4:30 p.m. She was interviewed about her research on mental health in the AAPI community. The interview focused on the impact of racism on mental health, timed with “Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness” month. https://abc7chicago.com/11821402/