D. Catherine Walker, associate professor of psychology was recently inducted as a member of the Eating Disorder Research Society, an honor that requires nomination by a current member and demonstrated leadership as a first author in the field. At the society’s recent meeting, Walker presented three posters coauthored with students and alumni.
A. Hamilton, A. G. Deyo and D. Catherine Walker presented “Predictors of Change in Functionality-Focused and Non-Body Focused Gratitude-Based Body Image Dissatisfaction Micro-Interventions: A Mixed Methods Analysis.”
Samuel Flynn ’26, Nathalie Gullo ’21, E. Harrop and D. Catherine Walker presented “Comparing Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and Prolific Online Data Recruitment Sites in Replicating and Extending Varnado-Sullivan et al. (2020): MTurk No Longer Produces Valid Data Even With Rigorous Screening Protocols."
Nathalie Gullo ’21, Olivia Brand ’23, E. Harrop and D. Catherine Walker presented “The Impact of Weight and Race on Perceptions of Anorexia Nervosa: A Replication and Extension of Varnado-Sullivan et al. (2020)."
Dr. Andrew Burkett, professor of English, recently delivered a talk entitled, "The Living Surfaces of John Constable's Landscape Paintings" at the twenty-first meeting of the Gesellschaft für Englische Romantik (German Society for English Romanticism), held at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen, Germany. Additionally, his article, "Romanticism's Geological Media," the expanded version of his keynote address of the same title at the twentieth meeting of the GER in 2023 at Leipzig University (Leipzig, Germany), was published this month in volume 26 of Studien zur Englischen Romantik (2025): 63-91.
Jennifer Fredricks, professor of psychology, wrote a blog post, “This Is How I Teach,” for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Division 2 of the American Psychological Association.
Deidre Hill Butler, professor and chair of the sociology department, presented her research at the 110th Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 27th. Her presentation, "Black Women’s Workplace and Community Leadership Runs in the Family," was part of the panel "Moving On Up: Black Women Navigate New Professional Worlds in Desegregated America from the 1960s to the Present."
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