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Psych student wins APF dissertation scholarship
4:29 p.m., Oct. 16, 2006--Meghan McAuliffe, a graduate student in clinical psychology, has won a prestigious 2006 American Psychological Foundation (APF)/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Scholarship. The $1,000 award is to be used to assist with research costs for McAuliffe's dissertation. “I felt honored and privileged that the foundation had chosen to support my work,” McAuliffe said. “I'm interested in doing research that can make a difference and this award will help me do that.” McAuliffe's research focuses on how teacher behavior toward students affects children's peer relations. “I'm looking at how a teacher's behavior toward one child impacts the way the other children behave toward that child,” she said. McAuliffe said she's always been interested in aggressive behavior in children and what, especially in the school environment, affects it. She said being selected for the scholarship from among so many important works reaffirms the value of her research. She began collecting data in September in 12 second-grade classrooms in three schools and in a district in Delaware. From September-January, she will be interviewing second-graders, having teachers and parents fill out questionnaires and observing in the classroom. The money from APF will help fund that work. McAuliffe's faculty advisor, Julie Hubbard, associate professor of psychology, said, “Meghan is so deserving of this award. Her dissertation project is based on a compelling hypothesis, is methodologically rigorous and has great potential to inform educational policy and teacher training. I have been honored to be a part of Meghan's development, and have no doubt that she will be very successful in her future career endeavors.” APF is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization that advances the science and practice of psychology as a means of understanding behavior and promoting health, education and human welfare. Its online newsletter Psychological Science Agenda will publish an article about McAuliffe and the other winners in its October edition. Article by Barbara Garrison |
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