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2026 Psi Chi Professional Development Award

The Psi Chi chapter at MSP is pleased to announce the chapter award winners for this year! The purpose of the Psi Chi Professional Development Award is to promote Psi Chi members’ academic and professional excellence in psychology.  This year, Psi Chi awarded ten grants: Marwa Attia (PsyD 2) Funding toward lodging

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Dennis Brown being presented the award by Angelicia Morton

Community Impact Award for Equity and Inclusion

At this year’s Multicultural Conference for Belonging and Inclusion, the conference committee announced the recipient of the inaugural Community Impact Award for Equity & Inclusion. The Community Impact Award for Equity & Inclusion aims to recognize the outstanding contributions, actions, and/or commitment of an MSP community member related to their

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Student Scholarship Award Recipients 2025-2026

ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ is committed to contributing annually to assist in student scholarships and aid. Scholarship and financial assistance funding is supported by gifts from alumni, family, and friends. Generally, funds are disbursed in the form of tuition credit. This academic year we are pleased to announce the following recipients. Sampada Fotedar

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Dr. Brian Stogner (MSP President), Dr. Carrie Pyeatt (Staff), Carol Hanson (Staff), Dr. Tonya Martin (Board Chair), Jennifer Thomas-Spoekan (MA With ABA), and Kierra Poydras (MA '25, PsyD 1) at the symposium.

Fred Gray Symposium MA Student Reflection

Have you ever attended an event expecting to get one thing, only to leave with a conviction you didn’t know you had? This happened to me in March of 2026 when I attended the Fred D. Gray Symposium in Montgomery, Alabama. I had never heard of the symposium or Fred

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Navigating the IRB Process at MSP: 7 Tips for Getting Started

The IRB’s role is to ensure that research involving human participants is conducted ethically and that participant rights and well-being are protected. For many students, the IRB process can feel like one of the most intimidating parts of starting a research project. I remember feeling the same way when I

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Spotlight on Recent MSP Publications

Congratulations to our MSP community for these incredible scholarly contributions! It is inspiring to see faculty and collaborators advancing humanistic, clinical, and justice-oriented psychology through impactful publications. Recent Publications: Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25): Brown, V. F., Cabell, C. D., & Belton, G. S. (2026). Women

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Dr. Shepler posing with a poster at MPA.

Find MSP at MPA

This year’s Midwestern Psychological Association Conference is taking place from April 16-18, 2026 at the Palmer House in Chicago, IL. This marks the 98th meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association and will feature some of the highest-quality work in psychological sciences across the region. MSP will once again be well

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"We will also continue to emphasize the importance of living out a set of values that sees every human, regardless of their ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, or orientation as having inestimable value, amazing potential, and the right to be supported and respected."

Coping with Violence

This post was originally shared on May 25th, 2022, and was updated on March 13th, 2026, following the events that took place at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.  Since the start of the year, the United States and the world have witnessed a significant number of mass violence incidents. This

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Statement About Attack on Temple Israel

Dear Members of the MSP Community, Yesterday, our neighborhood was shaken by the attack on Temple Israel, just a few miles from the MSP campus. Though over a hundred preschool children were in the building at the time of the attack, thankfully none of them were hurt. Much is still to

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