Highlights

Faculty Highlights

Baltimore, MD (Fall 2024) Congratulations to Dr. Damon Bryant for receiving an NSF collaborative grant entitled “The HBCU Ujima Collective (Ujima-C)”.  This is  a two-year partnership among five HBCUs including Morgan State University, Miles College, Howard University, Tennessee State University and Winston-Salem State University.  The project focuses on building research capacity through a “Grow Your Own” model. ”

Baltimore, MD (Fall 2024).  Congratulations to the following faculty members for receiving research funding through MSU IDC Grant Award and MSU Chapter 41 funding:  Dr. R. Trent Haines and Dr. Michael Nettles.

Graduate Student Highlights

Baltimore, MD (Summer 2024).  Congratulations to Psychometric graduate students Lucy Okam, Christopher Greene, and Shamia Boone for receiving an award for their poster presentation at the Johns Hopkins University Omega Psi Society (Cognitive Science) 9^th Annual Conference.   Other presenters included Ms. Faith Hudnall (c/o 2023), Dr. Yvette Jackson (c/o 2023), and Dr. Damon Bryant (Faculty Mentor).  Their project is entitled “Self-monitoring and proprioception:  an internal and external validation study”.

Baltimore, MD (Fall 2024).  Congratulations to Micah Russell for receiving his master’s degree in Psychometrics.

Undergraduate Student Highlights

Pittsburgh, PA (November 2024).  Congratulations to Trevon Wilmer (poster presentation) and Jasmine Windham (oral presentation) for winning awards at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS). The Conference was held in Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 13th - 17th. Several psychology students and faculty attended and participated in the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists. A special treat was seeing MSU Psychology alum Damion Trotter who is currently a doctoral student at UCLA. There were over 6000 participants and it was a highly competitive conference! 

Alumni Highlights

Rockville, MD. Brandon Johnson, MHS, MCHES (c/o 2008) was appointed Branch Chief at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services, Suicide Prevention Branch in the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS).