As co-chairs of the NCU Psychological Association, we are pleased to bring you
the NCUPA Winter Bulletin. In this issue, we start to focus on a culture of research
at NCU. Our student co-editor describes her own experience conducting research
at NCU. Two of our part-time faculty members, Dr. Patti Barrows and Dr. Itay
Basevitch, describe their research experiences and interests. We hope that our new
faculty research profiles will give you a greater understanding of different types of
research within our discipline, as well as greater knowledge of our professors' areas
of research. The SSBS Research Committee also shares updates on what they have
been working on.
We will focus on a hot topic each issue, and Dr. McNamara has written our first
hot topic article about psychedelic medicine. We recently asked members of our
Commons community whether they would ever consider using psychedelic medicine.
Of 21 respondents, 7 people responded yes, 9 people responded no, and 5 people
responded maybe. This is an exciting emerging field, and we should stay tuned for
new research studies that will point to new psychological treatments in the future.
This issue also includes an interview with a student who is enrolled in a Master's level
internship course at NCU. Our students have the unique opportunity of practicing what
they have learned through internships with direct site supervisors. Last, Dr. Shapira
provides some good news about Dr. McNamara's Templeton Foundation grant.
During Fall 2021, APA issued an apology to people of color for APA's role in
promoting, perpetuating, and failing to challenge racism, racial discrimination, and
human hierarchy in the U.S. This is an important resolution that you all should read
here: https://www.apa.org/about/policy/racism-apology
The NCUPA is YOUR association so we invite, request, and hope you will send
in your ideas of how to make the Association more responsive to YOUR interests
and needs. Please also reach out if you are interested in submitting an essay or
interview for our next bulletin. Our email is ncupa@ncu.edu. Our Facebook page is
https://www.facebook.com/NCUPsychologyClub.
Patrick
McNamara, PhD
Sherr y Rieder,
PhD
Maria Antonia
Rodriguez, PhD
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