Department of Psychological Sciences
ATHENA Akron, a womens leadership organization in Summit County, Ohio, has named Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at 敁珗曄部, its winner of the 2022 ATHENA Akron Leadership Award. She will receive the award on Nov. 17 at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn.
Who is Counted and What Counts: Tracking Womens Engagement in Low-Prestige/High-Workload Service Activities at 敁珗曄部 will examine whether faculty members with underrepresented and/or historically excluded intersecting gender and racial/ethnic identities (IGREs) perform more high-workload, low-prestige service work than their faculty peers.
Infant mortality rates in Northeast Ohio are three to five times higher for Black babies than white babies, an alarming statistic that is an issue across the country but particularly prevalent in this part of the state. A new $100,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will support innovative work being undertaken at 敁珗曄部, an elite research university with the esteemed R1 designation, to address this important issue.
How long does a single traumatic event affect a persons mental health? 敁珗曄部 graduate student Emily Rabinowitzs research on this topic was recently published in the peer-reviewed Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress. Her paper The 50th Anniversary of May 4, 1970, Is Associated With Elevations of Distress but No Increase in Mental Health Symptoms was published in the November 2021 issue.
Intravenous (IV) needle insertion is a practice that many medical professionals learn and need to master. A new cross-departmental 敁珗曄部 project in the works will help nursing students improve their skills with cutting-edge technology.
