Senior psychology students present research projects
December 4, 2007
Article by Holly Bass, Editor in Chief, The Lance | Photos provided by Dr. Geoffrey W. Sutton
Front: Kathryn Ward, Priscilla Yokomizo and Jessica Lee. Back: Lisa-Marie Brown, September Sherwood, Amber Wilson, Luke Davidiuk and Nathan Burns.
Luke Davidiuk, Amber Wilson, September Sherwood and Lisa-Marie Brown take a break from making presentations at the Midwest Christian Psychology Conference.
Republished with permission from The Lance, Evangel University's student-produced newspaper. Article originally published Nov. 30, 2007, Vol. 53, Issue 12.
After hours and hours of hard work, nine students in the psychology program’s Research III course presented projects they have been working on for the past year.
On Nov. 27 and 29, Luke Davidiuk, Kathryn Ward, September Sherwood, Priscilla Yokomizo, Jessica Lee, Lisa-Marie Brown, Amber Wilson, Giselle Stadler and Nathan Burns, all senior psychology majors, presented their projects, which is the last requirement to finish the class.
The group also presented projects on Dec. 1 at the Midwest Christian Psychology Conference at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo. The projects started last semester for the students in the Research II class. The students started out brainstorming ideas and began tentative studies.
“This year it really got put into action,” Brown said. Then in Research III, the students collected the data for their individual projects and wrote a paper and prepared a PowerPoint and poster presentation regarding their project. These projects help the students learn research design and statistics.
Brown’s project, “Zeal and the Juvenile Delinquent: Hope as a Predictor of Fervor after Adjudication,” examined 11 to 17-year-olds in juvenile detention to see how their attitude, while in the center, affects their lives after they are released.
Brown said the project was hard work but said it helped her to become more dedicated and disciplined.
The class is taught by Dr. Geoffrey W. Sutton, associate professor of psychology. “It was all their own ideas, I just guided them along the way,” Dr. Sutton said.
The Research III class is designed to help prepare students for a doctorate program and prepare the students with research and presentation skill, Dr. Sutton said.
“I’m really proud of our students,” Dr. Sutton said. “It’s a clear statement about what we’re about at Evangel, integrating faith and learning.”
These projects will also be presented at the Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention, March 14-15, 2008