Outreach

Undergraduate Internships and Community Outreach

Junny Kim gets to have an amazing experience in psychology—she gets to see it in practice. Junny volunteers at the Evidenced Based Treatment Center of Seattle, where clients receive treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). She finds Dialectical Behavior Therapy, the treatment developed by UW Psychology’s own Dr. Marsha Linehan, “absolutely fascinating—I learn more each day about different areas of psychology because of the hands-on exposure that I get through doing an internship.” This field experience has the potential to turn into a job for Junny when she graduates in June 2009 with her BS in psychology. The clinical and research experience she’s gaining will also give her an advantage when applying to graduate programs in clinical psychology.

Psychology Major, Skyler Leonard with one of his students

Another psychology senior, Skyler Leonard, has been interning at Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center where he works with adults and children with developmental and physical disabilities. He has learned a great deal about people with disabilities, their families, and the obstacles they face, and has gained a tremendous respect for all of his students. Most importantly, says Skyler, “I have made friendships that will last a lifetime.” Skyler’s work at Little Bit confirmed his interests in education and developmental psychology, which he’ll be pursuing next fall as a corps member in Teach for America.

Junny and Skyler are two of the 52 lucky students who are participating in the Psych 497 Internship/Fieldwork program this winter quarter. Through this opportunity, students can partner with campus and community organizations to serve as interns. Students have the chance to gain valuable training and work experience in the fields of counseling, social services, criminal justice, education and human resources. In conjunction with the field experience, the Psych 497 program helps students to further define their educational and career goals by encouraging the exploration of larger academic questions which relate to the work they are doing at their internship sites.

Psychology majors are working in such diverse community based settings as Ryther Child Center, The Children’s Museum, Crisis Clinic and the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Students also volunteer through UW campus organizations such as the Experimental Education Unit and the Pipeline Project, both of which allow volunteers to work with children in formal and informal educational settings. In just winter quarter 2009 alone, these students are volunteering and interning a total of 1220 hours.

“absolutely fascinating—I learn more each day about different areas of psychology because of the hands-on exposure that I get through doing an internship.” – Junny Kim (Psychology major) If you are interested in working with a UW Psychology student intern, please contact Tracy Maschman Morrissey in psychology advising at: tmasch@u.washington.edu or (206) 543-3365

Partnering with the Community: Early Childhood Education

During 2008 Fall quarter, our Allen Edwards Endowed Lectureship in Psychology partnered with the Evergreen School to host two exciting public lecture series on the UW campus.

In October, renowned developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik (Professor, University of California, Berkeley) discussed a theory of mind approach to the study of cognitive development. In particular, she described how children use probabilistic evidence to infer causality. Carol Dweck (Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford) discussed the role of children’s mindset on motivation, and the impact this has on learning and achievement.

In a second lecture series, held in November, Rena Subotnik (Director of the Center for Gifted Education Policy, APA’s Education Directorate) discussed policy issues relevant to the development of programs and services to gifted youth. Also, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang (Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute; Assistant Professor of Education at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California) focused on her interdisciplinary work that connects study of the mind and brain during development.

All of these speakers spent additional time visiting the Psychology Department as well as the Evergreen School. This proved to be a wonderful way to connect psychological science with important educational issues facing our community. http://www.evergreenschool.org/

Fourth Annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture Series

Research Serving Humanity

The Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures bring prominent, nationally - recognized psychologists to the University of Washington to co-present with faculty experts from the UW Department of Psychology. This year, the series focused on addiction prevention and treatment, social interaction, and human language. These and prior Edwards’ lectures can be viewed on UWTV and online at: http://tinyurl.com/bpqobh This free, public series is made possible by a generous bequest from Professor Allen L. Edwards. Next year’s lecture series will be held on February 17, 24, and March 3, 2010--so please save those dates!!

February 18, 2009 Addiction and the Mind

problems, as evidenced by the high rates of smoking and drinking as well as the widespread use of legal and illegal drugs. Dr. Marlatt discussed the results of a treatment study designed to prevent relapse in patients in substance abuse programs. The treatment program combines mindfulness meditation with cognitive-behavioral coping skills.

Dr. Brewer focused on the neurobiology of addiction including how stress plays a role in relapse and how mindfulness-based relapse prevention training affects the brain and the addictive process.

G. Alan Marlatt Professor and Director, Addictive Behaviors Research Center Department of Psychology Adult Clinical Program University of Washington

Judson Brewer Medical Director, Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Yale University

February 25, 2009 Social Networks: How Simple Parts Make Complex Systems

Drs. O’Donnell and Fewell share an interest in the division of labor among members of social groups. Both focus on social insects as model research systems for exploring how individual behavior is integrated to yield complex, adaptive behavior at the group (colony) level. Their talks covered recent advances in exploring how the behavior of complex systems results from interactions among simple parts. This approach seeks unifying themes in systems ranging from groups of friends and business partners, neurons in a nervous system, birds in a flock, and arrays of computers on the internet. It also looks at how we can use network models to understand a wide range of complex systems that impact our daily lives.

Sean O’Donnell Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Animal Behavior Program University of Washington

Jennifer Fewell Professor, School of Life Sciences Co-Director, Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity Arizona State University

March 4, 2009 Language and The Brain

Human language allows us to convey a seemingly unlimited set of meanings to other people. This remarkable ability underlies many of our species’ most distinctive behaviors. Drs. Osterhout and Emmorey are trying to understand how the human brain enables us to learn and use language with so much facility. In this lecture, they discussed how they are investigating this question through non-invasive brain imaging and by studying brain function in both hearing and deaf people

Lee Osterhout Professor, Department of Psychology Cognition and Perception Program University of Washington

Karen Emmorey Professor, School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Director, Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience San Diego State University

About Allen L. Edwards

Professor Allen L. Edwards was affiliated with the University of Washington Department of Psychology for half a century, from his arrival in 1944 as an associate professor until his death in 1994. He was an outstanding teacher, researcher, and writer, credited with changing the way modern psychological research is done by introducing statistical techniques to the science.

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Staff Accomplishments

Carrie Perrin (Director of Student Services) was quoted in the recent University Week “Two new councils bring UW advisers together to collaborate, consult”

Graduate student Erika Feldman, Senior Academic Advisor Vicky Burke, and Media Lab Director Jon Hauser created a Web site giving students a big picture view of the psychology major that was highlighted in University Week. Beth Kerr is quoted in the article. The site is among the projects featured at the May 6, 2009 Symposium on Teaching and Learning. “Learning goals projects among 41 poster presentations at Symposium on Teaching and Learning,”

Michele Jacobs, Shannon Ford, Amanda Patrick and Jon Hauser at the 2009 Distinguished Staff Awards

Jon Hauser (Media Lab Director), Shannon Ford (Clinic Manager) and Amanda Patrick (Program Coordinator) were nominated for the 2009 University of Washington Distinguished Staff Award Team for the Psychological Services and Training Center. Michele Jacobs (Administrator) was nominated for the UW 2009 Distinguished Staff Award.