Students and Faculty Present at the 2007 Psychological and Educational Research in Kansas (PERK) Conference

A number of students and faculty presented research at the 2007 PERK conference at Newman University in Wichita. Tara Maneth and Sabrina Schwindt's paper entitled The Relationship Between Coping Skills, Self-Esteem, and Gender won the award for best undergraduate empirical paper, and Brandi Day's poster entitled The Importance of Play-Based Assessment won Best graduate Thoretical/Lit Review.

Other presentations included:

Jessica Patterson - The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Cell Phone Use
Kris Fox - The Internet; Social Networking and Psychological Measurements
Heath Marrs, Melissa Barb, Julie Ruggiero - Gender Differences in Reasons for Majoring in Psychology
Ken Olson - Personality Engagement and Social Mood
Janett Naylor, Todd Leahy and Carrie Nassif - The Staggering Epidemic of American Indian Suicide Rates: Causes and Consequences