Robyn Shepardson wants more mental health care to be available for veterans.“They’ve experienced horrors of war that civilians cannot imagine,” said Shepardson, who earned a degree in psychology from the University of Mary Washington in 2005. “As a society, we owe it to those who have served to take good care of them when they […]
Professor of Psychological Science Miriam Liss had a study featured in an article on USA News Hub, entitled, “Are you anxious, introverted or just a ‘highly sensitive person’?”One study from the University of Mary Washington in the U.S. examined people’s relationships with their parents and their current mental health. It found that high sensitivity significantly increased […]
Professor of Psychological Science David Rettinger, director of Academic Integrity Programs at UMW, was interviewed for a CampusTechnology.com article, “Cheating Concerns in Online Courses Have Eased.”“The actual belief that their peers are cheating is one of the most important predictors of academic dishonesty,” added David Rettinger, director of academic programs at the University of Mary […]
Associate Professor of Psychological Science Laura Wilson was recently interviewed for a Vox.com article, “The School Shooting Generation Grows Up,” about survivors of the early wave of school shootings in the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s.Each survivor was trying to make sense of an experience with mass tragedy with a brain that was still developing. […]
Professor of Psychological Science David Rettinger, who is director of Academic Integrity Programs at UMW, weighed in on an article in Inside Higher Ed entitled, “Shades of Gray on Student Cheating”:When David Rettinger, president emeritus of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), looked over the Student Voice data, he was drawn to the numbers […]