Psychology students head to Hillsdale
by Aleka Thrash
Twenty Cornerstone students from the history and social science division attended the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference (MUPRC) for the first time on March 28.
“It is an opportunity for undergraduate students in Michigan to present the research work they have been doing,” said Nicole McDonald, professor of psychology.
Every year the conference is held at a different institution. This year it was held at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich.
“CU students in psychology, social work as well as some sociology students work across the year in a course called integrated statistics and conceive, design and gather data in to an original research project from start to finish,” McDonald said.
“This opportunity gave them the chance to present that data,” she said.
“This experience gave me a unique opportunity to see current research being completed by other undergraduate psychology students, especially those at state schools,” said Ashley Nichols, a psychology major.
The research was presented in two basic forms in terms of what the presentations looked like. The first option was a poster format, which is where students created a visual representation of a poster then people were able to come up to them and talk about their project. The other was verbal presentation.
“The experience was great. We presented a poster of our research project and had the opportunity to explain it to people, almost as if it were an art exhibit,” said Matthew Haller, a social work major.
According to McDonald, the conference created an opportunity for those who are going on to graduate school to have something on their resume and to have extra experience.
“As you get into graduate school in psychology and social work, you are expected to be involved in professional organizations and conferences — this is just a step into the profession,” McDonald said.
All of the projects presented were collaborative.
“Our students have really done well over the years in working together working through any group project, and really did a nice job of confidently presenting what they had prepared for the whole year,” McDonald said.
Jeff Winne and Nichols’ research project was “Practicing Outside the Box: Investigating Creative Strategies for School Psychologists.”
“The study looks at whether or not creative therapies are used by school psychologists in the school setting, what barriers may be present, and what current research on this topic shows,” Nichols said.
The first part of the morning was spent with students presenting their research, then after lunch a famous child development psychology researcher spoke.
“He talked about his research in the area of children’s play and development,” McDonald said. “It’s neat for students to not only get a chance to present their own research but them to also hear for a nationally renowned psychologist researcher about what kind of work he is doing.”
“Our students did such an excellent job of representing Cornerstone well, of representing their professions in a well educated manner and most importantly of just showing Christ,” McDonald said.
“We were the only Christian university there and it was just really neat to see our students step up and be confident in their work and to know that what they were doing was reflecting not only Cornerstone but Jesus Christ,” McDonald added.
Both small, private institutions as well as large universities attended the conference. Professor McDonald would like CU students to keep attending the conference and has hopes of hosting it at CU in the future.
“I would love to attend again and highly encourage others to. It is a great tool for professional development to see what others are researching and to attain some practice and rub shoulders with a few elders in the field,” Nichols said.
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