P s y c h L i n kPSYCHOLOGY MOURNS DR. NAMBURY RAJU

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“Nam was a great man ~ a greatscholar, mentor, and friend, whowould be embarrassed to hear ussing his praises,” PsychologyDirector Dr. M. Ellen Mitchellremembers. “When I think ofNam, many words come to mindbut the three that keep reverber-ating in my head are: integrity,intellect, and passion. These arethe things from which his great-ness flowed.”

The faculty, students, and alumniof the Institute of Psychology andthe IIT community have beendeeply saddened with the deathof Dr. Nambury Raju, Distin-guished Professor of IndustrialOrganizational Psychology. Dr.Raju died of a heart attack duringa stress test Thursday, Oct. 27, atRush University Medical Center.

Dr. Raju graduated with a Ph.D.from IIT in 1974 and thenworked for Science ResearchAssociates (SRA) from 1961–78.Nam joined the IIT psychologyfaculty in 1978 as an AssistantProfessor and was promoted toAssociate Professor and FullProfessor on the basis of hissuperlative work in the area ofpsychometric theory – a combi-nation of psychology, statisticsand mathematics - and testdevelopment. In 1993 he went toGeorgia Tech as Full Professor ofPsychology. In 1996, he returnedto IIT, where he was namedDistinguished Professor andSenior Scientific Advisor of theCenter for Research and Service.

“We all know about his greatintellect and his professionalstature - Nam was, without

dispute, a worldclass researcher ~his work changedmeasurement and isa legacy that willextend far into thefuture - he was aclear focusedthinker who gavegenerously of histime and whosedoor was alwaysopen,” says Dr.Mitchell, “Nam’sbrilliance wasreflected in and onhis students - hewas a gifted teacher whoseclasses on difficult subjectswere most highly regarded -no small achievement. Hisstudents adored him, in partbecause he adored them. Hewas an inspiration.”

Dr. Raju’s work contributedsubstantially to the develop-ment of methods to evaluateand reduce bias in tests usedin employment and educa-tional settings. He was aprolific writer and highlyinvolved in the profession:the author of over 150publications and presenta-tions, member of more than8 professional organizations,and editor or reviewer formore than 24 professionaljournals. He served on theDepartment of DefenseAdvisory Committee onMilitary Personnel Testingfrom 1989–92, and on theNational Academy ofSciences Committee chargedwith evaluating the NationalAssessment of Educational

Progress from 1996 to1998. “He was a lifelonglearner,” says his wife of40 years, Marijke. “Hewas known for his work.That’s what he wanted.”

The excellence of Dr.Raju’s work was recog-nized by the AmericanPsychological AssociationDivision of Evaluation andMeasurement and theSociety of Industrial andOrganizational Psycholo-gists, where he washonored as Fellow. Hereceived the OutstandingAchievement Award fromthe IIT I/O graduatestudents and the LewisCollege Excellence inTeaching award.

Dr. Raju supervised over35 doctoral dissertationsand 20 masters thesesand was held in thehighest personal andprofessional regard by allfor his warm heart, strong

Inside this issue:

Rehab ProgramwelcomesDr. Pat Corriganpage 13 Psych Celebrates80/10 Anniversariespage 5 Donor EstablishesPounian Endowmentpage 9 New Advisory Boardfor Centerpage 11

Nambury S. Raju, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor of I/O Psychology1937-2005

(cont. p.3)

Update from Bryan Dunn - Chairman of the Board

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The Board of Overseers joins Psy-chology in sending our deepestsympathy to the Raju family for theloss of Nam. It is a fitting tribute thatthe I/O Faculty Endowment will berenamed to honor him. The familyrequests that donations be directed tothis fund, the I/O Faculty Endowment.The Board is dedicated to working tofully endow the fund.

The Psychology Board of Overseershas been actively refocusing. We arecommitted to concentrating ouradvisory efforts to assure that we canhave, as a group, the greatest impact.One very important outcome of ourextensive meetings, conversations anddevelopment of strategies for position-ing the Institute of Psychology is theemergence of George Langlois, Ph.D.as Vice Chairman of the Board.George spent many hours working intandem with individual Board mem-bers and marketing consultant RajGupta. This work focused on thepositioning of Psychology and effec-tiveness of the Overseers. Raj, whois an adjunct professor at the KelloggSchool of Management with 25 years

of experience in creatingvalue through improvingsales, marketing andcustomer focus forbusinesses worldwide, ishelping us to optimize ourwork on undergraduateenrollment.

The following fourobjectives were identifiedby the Board as a result ofthis process:• Increase undergraduate recruitingresults• Facilitate and increase alumniengagement through development of astand-alone Psychology alumniassociation• Increase gifts generated throughfundraising efforts• Improve visibility and clarify identityof the Institute

Following a great deal of seriousconsideration and evaluation of thechallenges facing Psychology, theBoard agreed to concentrate itscollective energies primarily on theobjective of improving undergraduate

recruitment. The Boardestablished an ambitiousgoal of doubling under-graduate admissions inthe next year.

The work associatedwith this objective willnecessitate the forma-tion of a network ofsupportive alumni,willing to participate in

and assist our recruitment efforts.Our alumni are an important andcritical voice in new student recruit-ment. The Board has created analumni relations committee that willformulate a plan to leverage thistalent. We will need to deeplyunderstand our competition and moresharply define our pool of prospectivestudents.

The occasion of Psychology’s 80/10anniversaries presents us with theperfect framework in which toexpand our presence. The Board willconcentrate on developing a messagethat promotes our undergraduateprogram as a destination, rather thanan afterthought. There is a renais-sance occurring at IIT and Chicago;we would like to extend this toPsychology by connecting the energyinside the Institute to our outsideaudiences.

Watch and listen for our appeal foryou to get involved with Psychology.We will outline ways for you to helpus ensure the stature and growth ofthis excellent program. An invest-ment by our graduates will be themost critical piece in meeting ourrecruitment objectives. We aredepending on your involvement toassure the Institute’s continuingsuccess.

We are pleased toannounce that GeorgeM. Langlois, Ph.D. hasaccepted the positionof Vice Chair of thePsychology Board ofOverseers. George isPresident of Organiza-tional Strategies, Inc.(OSI), a management

consulting firm specializing in strategicplanning, employee opinion surveys,executive assessment and coaching.  Priorto OSI he was President of OrganizationalEffectiveness Consultants (OEC), anation-wide management consulting firm,for seven years.  His clients haveincluded Motorola, United Airlines,

Capitol One, TVA, and Bridgestone-Firestone.

Dr. Langlois earned his B.A. in Psychol-ogy from St. Anselm College in Manches-ter N.H. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organiza-tional Psychology from the IllinoisInstitute of Technology. He has been aspeaker at national and local conferencesand has conducted numerous workshopsand seminars for both profit and not-for-profit organizations. George has taughtgraduate and undergraduate courses atLoyola and Northwestern Universities. He is actively involved in many civic,cultural and charitable groups and alsoserves on the board of Access Commu-nity Health Network.

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PSYCHOLOGY MOURNS DR. NAMBURY RAJU

intellect, and unflagging integrity. Dr.Mitchell remarks, “His passion for hiswork was palpable to all of us, hisstudents, his colleagues, and ofcourse his family. His students were,I think, a place where his intellect, hispassion, his heart, melded together.With Nam it seemed that his family,his work, his students were all part ofthe same space.”

“If he were here, Nam might gentlyremind me that if I want to talk aboutgreatness, it should be empiricallybased,” says Dr. Mitchell with asmile. During the weeks followingDr. Raju’s death, the halls of Psy-chology were filled with shock andgreat sadness. “His many publica-tions, his book, and the success ofthose who worked with him attest tohis success and stature as a scholar.He developed formulas for assessingthe reliability within item responsetheory and methods for assessingmeasurement equivalence, andclosed-form expressions for use inDifferential item functioning re-search. Who among us can claim tohave a mathematical formula thatholds our name? Internationallyrecognized, it is unquestionable thathe achieved greatness in his field ofmeasurement and that his successcontributed to the flourishing ofothers. Contributing to the flourishingof others may, in this case, be themeasure of the man.”

During a memorial service at theInstitute of Psychology, faculty andstudents shared memories of Dr.Raju’s walk to the vending machine,for his coveted cup of coffee, and ofhis jar of found pennies – each one ablessing, Nam was fond of saying,and collected to remind him if howmany blessings life brought to him.His current students and those who

are now successful professionals andacademics in their own right, cited theinnumerable times he opened hishome and his heart to them. Scoresof them named him as both mentorand inspiration. “He made us believein ourselves, and showed us that wecould do more than we ever thoughtpossible,” was heard time and again.Dr. Roya Ayman, I/O ProgramDirector, notes, “For 22 years Iconsulted with Nam daily and hegraciously and generously provided

me with guidance. Every day when Icame on campus I checked to see ifhe was in his office. Now, I still lookat his door but he is not there. He willbe with me always and his sageadvice will guide me as I look ahead.”Ayman adds a thought that is ineveryone’s heart, “He is dearlymissed.”

“To be with Nam was to feel his joyfor learning and investigation, forteaching and helping students to alsobecome great. It was his caring andpassion that inspired those of usaround him and about which we feelsuch a loss,” Ellen said in her remarksat the memorial service for Nam.More than 200 people attended thefuneral service for Dr. Raju, includingPsychology alumni from around thecountry. A group of 90 peoplecongregated the following week for amemorial service on campus.

“Dr. Raju was a truly integratedperson,” remarks Dr. Michael Young,Professor Clinical Psychology.  “As Ilisten to everyone talk about hisacademic life, his professional life, hispersonal life and his family life, I amstruck by the inter-rater reliability ofeveryone’s comments. He was a verycentered person, very much the sameperson in these different contexts.That says a great deal about hisintegrity as a human being.”

In addition to his wife, Marijke, Dr.Raju is survived by two daughters,Indira Hanley and Saroja, his son-in-law Kevin, two grandchildren, abrother, Rama, and sister, Sita.

As a testament to Dr. Raju’sintegral role in the development ofthe Industrial OrganizationalPsychology program at IIT, the I/OFaculty Endowment will be re-

named in his memory. It was in-tended that Dr. Raju would hold thefirst appointment to the I/O endowedchair. “It is a fitting tribute that thisendowment will now bear Nam’sname into perpetuity and reflect hiscommitment to excellence in the fieldof psychometrics,” says Dr. BruceFisher, Director of the Center forResearch and Service.

The Raju family has asked thatmemorial gifts for Dr. Raju bedirected to the I/O Faculty Endow-ment, IIT Institute of Psychology,252LS, 3101 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL60616.

“With Nam’s death, we lost a pieceof our bedrock - someone onwhom we could depend wholly tobe there, to speak with wisdom,act with integrity and be directedby a great heart.”- Dr. M. Ellen Mitchell

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It is always challenging to look atourselves with a clear critical eye. Amilestone, like the 10th anniversary of theInstitute of Psychology, is a natural timefor reflection and analysis of where wehave been, where we want to go, andwhat it will take to get there. We are veryfortunate to have the intellectual contri-bution of a Board of Overseers, com-prised of nationally recognized leaders inthis process. It is not a coincidence thatwe are the only Psychology program withthis invaluable resource, and that we aremaking strong headway in nationalrankings and international reputation.

In spite of the many successes of ourprograms and the growth of the Institute,one of our greatest difficulties continuesto be the recruitment of undergraduatePsychology majors. While our admissionrate reflects patterns of the university as awhole, and our current undergraduatepopulation is only 49, Psychology has thecapacity to admit an additional 50students per semester, with our currentfaculty and facilities. Our problem is notjust that Psychology, as a major, issometimes lost in this technologicaluniversity, but that we have, to somedegree, failed in encouraging prospectivestudents, their counselors and highschool Psychology teachers, to feel likebeing a student at the Institute ofPsychology is an opportunity to be partof something new, growing and inspired.

We have made a concerted effort toanswer the first questions we hear frompeople outside the program, “Why studyPsychology at IIT, and what is so specialabout studying Psychology there?”

With input from our Overseers, we haveasked that question of ourselves, andhave worked hard at formulating aconsidered, critical and constructiveanswer. Why? There are a number ofquick responses: small class sizes,superior mentorship, opportunities forindependent research, nationally recog-nized graduate programs, world classprofessors, science-based curriculum andpersonalized programs of study.

We can condense all of these into a quickphrase to answer that first question,“Why Psychology at IIT?” “Because weoffer a customized experience at anationally recognized Institute.”

A Bachelors degree from the Institute ofPsychology is an excellent basis forpursuing advanced degrees in Psychol-ogy. For students interested in a career inlaw or medicine, we can customize theprogram so that they are well prepared toapply to graduate school. Even forstudents who are unsure of what careerpath they want to take, psychology is anexcellent major because graduates havelearned important skills that translate intoall kinds of jobs.

When we examine the education offeredat the Institute of Psychology, we arevery confident that students can’t get thetype of focused, personalized attentionthey do here. Actually, we believe thatprospective students can’t get it any-where else, and that at the Institute ofPsychology, our students get moreeducational value for their dollar.

We have a wonderful program in theInstitute of Psychology; our task is topackage and promote it in a way thatcapitalizes upon the successes of ourpast decade and help continue to developa vibrant, flourishing and high-achievingstudent body. The new Web site is onestep in that communication process. Weare also looking carefully at the lettersand materials that we send to high schoolcounselors, AP Psychology teachers,students and their parents.

In addition to celebrating our 80/10Anniversary, the coming year will be oneof immense challenge of working to refineour marketing message. While you areparticipating in the many Anniversaryevents in the months to come, think aboutwhat being part of the Institute ofPsychology has meant in your life andcareer. If you’d like to share thosethoughts to help us build a strongmarketing message, we welcome you tocontact the Psychology office at312.567.3500, or psychology@iit.edu.

From the Director – Dr. M. Ellen Mitchell

Frequently Asked Questions

What can you do with an undergraduatedegree in Psychology?Our alumni have a strong record of employmentsuccess and acceptance to graduate school.People with a bachelor’s degree in Psychologyobtain jobs like admissions counselor, marketresearcher, childcare worker, fund raiser, andcustomer relations professional, to name a few.A degree in Psychology is also a great founda-tion for graduate education in psychology, law,business or medical school.

What makes studying Psychology at IITdifferent from majoring in Psychology at aliberal arts college?We think that being an Institute is an advantage;we know that we have a unique blend ofprograms. Our students think that the bestfeatures of our program are:

•Quality of the teaching and one-on-one timewith professors, even in the first year

•Small classes

•Research and internship opportunities forundergraduates

•Hands-on advising and mentoring of allstudents by full-time faculty

•Diverse and interesting students who gather inour funky campus center

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Institute of Psychology Launches Anniversary Celebration

In the coming year IIT’s Institute ofPsychology will host a series ofevents to commemorate two signifi-cant milestones: 10 years as anInstitute and 80 years of awardingpsychology degrees at IIT. Inaddition, the Rehabilitation Psychologyprogram celebrates a 40th anniversarythis year.

“We are proud of the remarkableindividuals and world-class work thathas been part of the Institute’shistory,” says M. Ellen Mitchell,Director. “This is our opportunity tofocus on the foundation that began 80years ago in Lewis University, thecore expertise we exhibit in thepresent, and our exciting future withincore areas and emerging interdiscipli-nary partnerships.”

Psychology’s celebration of 80/10Anniversary activities will include afall 2005 kick-off of its lecture serieswith the Liz Ryan Thought Leadersevent in December, an updated andinteractive Web site, a gala eventplanned for fall 2006, and otheractivities. A project to collect andwrite a comprehensive historicalretrospective of Psychology at IITwill be featured prominently on theAnniversary Web site. The anniver-sary will be an opportunity for theInstitute to reconnect with its alumni,as well as to reinvigorate efforts toexpand program support for itsacademic programs, Rehabilitationand Industrial/Organizational Psychol-ogy endowments, and student andfaculty research.

“One of the most important things wewill be celebrating is the opportunitywe were given to thrive, and thestrides we made in the past decade,”Ellen says.

The Institute’s first decade has seenachievement across Psychology’sdisciplines. Its Rehabilitation Programand Industrial/Organizational Psychol-ogy Program are each ranked amongthe top 13 and top 10 in the nation byPrinceton Reviews’ Gourman Reportand U.S. News and World Report,respectively. Award-winning research,new certificate programs, and athriving consultation center, furtherposition the Institute for continuedsuccess.

Psychology experiment, ca. 1962

Psychology experiment, May 1955 Dr. Boder conducts experiment

Dr. Don Tepas, Psychology

Historical photos used with permission from theIIT Archives, Paul V. Galvin Library

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For the last month, Jack Spani, AssociateDirector, Psychology Admissions, hasbeen working closely with a professionalconsultant to help shape and focus theInstitute’s message to high schoolstudents. Psychology has solidified themarketing message about who we are andwhat we offer to students. This will notchange the way Psychologyrecruits prospective students, itchanges the way we tell peopleour programs. One of the impor-tant outcomes of the work withthe consultant is a streamlinedmessage to assist in recruitingefforts, which is shared below.

Psychology alumni and friends are animportant first line of contact withteachers and guidance counselors.Alumni who know teenagers can helpspread the word about Psychology anddirect people to Jack Spani at 312.567.8945or spanij@iit.edu or psychology@iit.edufor more information.

Why study psychology at IllinoisInstitute of Technology?

Simple, you can get a customizededucational experience at a nationallyrecognized Institute.

A customized experience in which youcan:

Share your passions with a facultymentor. Your first year you will spend abit of time crystallizing your hopes andplans with the aid of our talented faculty.After you have focused you goals, youcan select a new faculty mentor whoseinterests match your own.

Engage in meaningful discussions withother smart people. We purposely keepour classes small so that you can reallylearn from and interact with some of thebest Ph.D. professors in the country.

Expand your education with a variety ofindependent research opportunities.Every undergraduate student is guaran-teed to participate in or run an actualresearch project before you graduate.That’s real-world, practical experience thatwill help you start your career, and/or getinto the graduate college of your choice.

Accelerate your professional advance-ment by opting to completing a DualDegree Program in our nationally rankedRehabilitation Counseling Program(Ranked #5 in the nation) or our Indus-trial/Organizational Psychology Program(Ranked #13).

What a medical school is to a university,the Institute of Psychology is to IIT.Supported by a professionally accom-plished Board, we are a full-fledgedInstitute complete with world-renownedfaculty and groundbreaking research. Weoffer a select group of handpickedstudents the environment to grow andexplore a myriad of opportunities. Weinvite you to discover more about theexciting possibilities.

New Marketing Message for Undergraduate Recruiting

What do you mean when you say you teach the “science” of Psychology?Psychology is a profession with many different paths that are informed by scientific research. Ourstudents have research opportunities and learn to be critical thinkers who can tell the differencebetween hype and fact. We award a B.S. degree, as opposed to a B.A.

What is a customized program of study?We encourage and support our students to develop their professional goals and we tailor their programto achieve those unique individual educational and professional goals. We are able to do this because weare small. Students who wish to pursue forensics, medicine, or human relations, to name a fewexamples, are positioned for those careers in the planning of their degree program.

What exactly is an “Institute?”An Institute is like a college with multiple programs rather than departments. We are part of IllinoisInstitute of Technology, which is a private university. Supported by research faculty and a prominentBoard of Overseers, we award B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.’s, degrees in Psychology, Rehabilitation counseling,Industrial Organizational Psychology, Personnel and Human Resource Development, and ClinicalPsychology.

Is it difficult to get into the Institute of Psychology?We are considered a competitive school. We hand pick our psychology students and evaluate eachapplication fully; the university requires a minimum ACT/SAT of 24/1150 (respectively) and a GPA of3.0/4.0 for admission.

Are you accredited and nationally ranked?IIT is accredited, and graduate programs of the Institute of Psychology have additional accreditation.Respectively, our graduate programs in Rehabilitation Counseling and Industrial/Organizational areranked 5th and 13th. The same faculty who helped us earn our national rankings teach our undergradu-ate students.

Why go to a “Tech” university for psychology?Technology drives lifestyle and people give technology its meaning. What better place is there tolearn about these most important matters?

What is the size of the University?The total student enrollment at IIT is approximately 6,337, with over 1,983 undergraduates and 200graduate and undergraduate students in the Institute of Psychology.

Frequently Asked Questions(continued)

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Her family is full of attorneys, so noone would have guessed that shewould be a psychologist, saysMaureen Lacy, Ph.D. with an engag-ing smile. “It’s not that I was ex-pected to be a lawyer too; there wasjust no consideration that I would beanything else. This is not what Ithought I would be doing, but I lovemy job. I love the cultural diversity ofthe client base here, and I never seethe same thing day to day.”

Dr. Lacy is a clinical neuropsycholo-gist and Director of PsychologyTraining at the University of ChicagoMedical Center. Her interests are inrehabilitation and examination of thecognitive aspects of neurological andmedical conditions. “I love the purescience of neuropsychology, which isthe specialization that focuses on thebiological, injury, and disease relatedrelationship of the brain and behav-ior,” she says. Maureen holds clinicstwo days per week, seeing patientswith a wide variety of issues, con-ducting diagnostics and developingindividualized treatment plans. She

also heads the university externshipprogram, which provides comprehen-sive training for advanced psychologygraduate students.

The University of Chicago, where shehas about 14 colleagues in neuropsy-chology, is small compared to otherIvy League university hospitals, notesMaureen. The size of the departmentallows for a great deal of collabora-tion and research within the hospital.Her current research projects includethe cognitive aspects of increasedintracranial pressure, cognition andneuro-oncology, and intervention forepilepsy.

Before Maureen went to the Univer-sity of Chicago, she worked at CookCounty Jail, where the task was tostabilize and treat chronic mentally illoffenders. The job was frustrating,she says, because of problemsinherent in the system. “Offenderswere released, given a quarter anddropped on the street. We would seethem back in a matter of months.Since I’ve left, much needed after-care programs have been estab-lished,” she says.

Neuropsychology Career Choice for Alum

When she was a clinical psychologystudent, Maureen received 15 offers,from around the nation, for intern-ships, which she interprets as affirma-tion of the reputation of the Instituteof Psychology. “The strength of theInstitute is really in the individualattention that is part of everyone’seducation here. My class was aclose-knit group and that was what Iwas looking for in graduate school. Ialso knew that I wanted to be inChicago; I grew up here and havealways felt drawn to the great neigh-borhoods.”

IIT is in Chicago ~ how safe is the campus?IIT is located in Bronzeville, just 10 minutes south of downtown Chicago.Bronzeville and Bridgeport (just west of campus) are two of the fastestchanging, trendiest neighborhoods in the city, with large populations ofstudents, young professionals and artists. Full-time, academy trained publicsafety officers patrol the campus 24 hours a day in marked patrol cars, andon bicycles and foot patrol. Our campus is ranked as the 2nd safest campusin all of Illinois and is the safest in the city.

Will I be able to pursue my extracurricular activities and sports atIIT?There are more than 140 clubs and special interest groups on campus. Thesports center has men’s and women’s basketball, cross-country, swimming/diving, and soccer as well as men’s baseball and women’s volleyball andthere are 10 teams at IIT as well as several intramural and club sports. Wehave fraternities and sororities; 70% of our students live on the campus.

What is the tuition and what types of financial aid are available?Undergraduate Tuition and fees $23,590Living Expenses $9,000 (includes healthinsurance, books & supplies, personal expenses, transportation costs andon-campus room and board)

Undergraduate Total $32,590

All students are automatically reviewed for eligibility and over the past tenyears, 100% of psychology incoming freshman have received some aid, weeven have our own scholarship, the David J. Vitale Scholarship Fund forespecially high-achieving psychology undergraduates. For more informa-tion see: http://admission.iit.edu/frontend/merit.asp.

Where can I get additional information, schedule an interviewand arrange for a campus tour?

Contact our Psychology recruiter, Jack Spani, spanij@iit.edu or312.567.8945 or on MSN IM username spanjac@yahoo.com.

Frequently Asked Questions (continued)

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Clinical PsychologyAlumni News

Dr. Michael Belcher (Clinical 1973) has begun his partial retire-ment. He closed his outpatient private practice after 30 years, andonly sees current patients that live in one of his residentialfacilities. He is actively marketing his remaining residentialfacilities for the mentally ill and hopes to sell them before yearend. He has converted his hobby, playing harmonica, into abusiness that keeps him active attending various harmonica andblues festivals. He started the “Harp for the Troops” programand has a goal of providing more than 20,000 free harmonicas toUS troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Check out his website athttp://www.HarpDepot.com.

Allison Crean and her husband recentlyrelocated to Easton, Pennsylvania. Flynnand Fletcher, six month old twins, areadjusting well to their new home.

Select Papers and Presentations

Ayalon, L. & Young, M.A. (2005). Racial group differences inhelp-seeking behaviors. Journal of Social Psychology. 145, 391-403.

Coleman, M., Young, M.A. (2005, November). The reliability andvalidity of a culturally sensitive measure of stress in AfricanAmerican women. Poster presented at the Association forBehavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, DC.

Enggasser, J., Young, M.A. (2005, November). Prospectivesupport for a diathesis-stress model of seasonal affectivedisorder. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral andCognitive Therapies. Washington, DC.

Freese, M., Young, M.A., Zamorski, S. (2005, November). Genderdifferences in positive and negative affect and the PANASscales. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Associa-tion for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, DC.

Fliss, M., Young, M.A. (2005, November). How do seasonalvegetative and cognitive /affective symptoms contribute todistress and impairment? Poster presented at the Association forBehavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, DC.

Mitchell, M.E., Nanotechnology and Humanity, Invited address,Argonne National Labs, Argonne, IL, May 2, 2005.

Mitchell, M.E., & Cameron, N.C., Human Issues inNanotechnology, Invited address, NanoCommerce and Semi-Nano Forum, Chicago, November 2, 2005.

Sher, T.G. (2005).  Couples, illness, and coronary artery disease. Invited paper presented at the European Association for Cogni-tive and Behavioral Therapy.  Athens, Greece, September 23.

Young, M.A., Enggasser, J. (2005, November). What Moods DoMood Inductions Induce: Reactivity of Dysfunctional Attitudesas a Function of Changes in Positive Affect and Negative Affect.

Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and CognitiveTherapies. Washington, DC.

Young, M.A. (2005, October). The relationships among symp-tomatology, distress, and impairment in seasonal depression.Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society forResearch in Psychopathology, Coral Gables, FL.

Zamorski, S., Young, M.A., Freese, M. (2005, November).Generating weekly mood ratings from daily mood experiences.Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association forBehavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, DC.

Dissertations

Violet Theodos, “Pediatric oncology patients and their parents:Does marriage moderate the relationship between coping and thechild’s adjustment to illness” (T. Sher, advisor)

Christina Blodgett Dycus, “A study of the Rey complex figurecopy and cerebral blood flow” (R. Schleser, advisor)

Janine Rogers, “Stress in mothers and fathers of infants withsingle suture craniosynostosis” (J. Hopkins, advisor)

Greg Stasi, “Differential effects of a content-orientedmetacognitive instructional program and a process-orientedmetacognitive instructional program” (R. Schleser, advisor)

Alyssa Epstein, “Acute alcohol and nicotine interactions in menand women” (T. Sher, advisor)

Sarah Landsberger, “Efficacy of computer-assisted cognitivetraining in individuals with serious psychiatric disorders” (M.Young , advisor)

Industrial/OrganizationalPsychologyAlumni and Faculty NewsJohn Skinner and Scott Morris received the 2004 Robert J.Wherry Award for the best paper at the IOOB conference.  Theywere recognized for their presentation entitled “Proposal for aMonte Carlo Examination of Applying Meta-Analytic Methods tothe Assessment of Adverse Impact.”  The award was presentedat the Plenary Session of the 2005 SIOP conference.

Dr. Mark Frame (Ph.D. 2003), Assistant Professor at University ofTexas Arlington, received the best Ph.D. Dissertation award fromAmerican Society of Training and Development.

Dr. Allan Witt (M.S. 1982), Associate Professor at University ofNew Orleans, was recognized as a Fellow of the Society ofIndustrial and Organizational Psychology.

Eyal Ronen was recognized as IIT’s outstanding graduateteaching assistant in 2005.

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I/O Scholarship Celebrates Alum's 55 Years With IIT

Dr. Arch Pounian began his studies atIllinois Institute of Technology in 1949,when psychology was a major offeredby the Department of Psychology andEducation in Lewis College at IIT.He earned his Masters in 1951. Dr.Pounian received his undergraduatedegree in psychology from LakeForest College in 1949, after servingin the army during WWII as acryptographic technician, coding anddecoding messages.

In 1951, Arch, worked for Dr. DavidP. Boder, splicing the wire recordingsof Boder’s interviewees. Arch waspaid $1 an hour for his work, “glad forevery penny” of his lab earnings, andtoday, takes pride in the fact that hiswork was part of a historicallysignificant and priceless effort:the Boder recordings are theonly first-hand account of theholocaust by survivors immedi-ately after liberation.

“He had guts and imagination todo what he did,” Pounian saysof Dr. Boder, “and he was verymuch of a human being.” Dr.Boder, an IIT psychologyprofessor, interviewed morethan 100 displaced persons inpost-World War II Europe anddeveloped an empirically basedtrauma index to analyze their

personal experiences. The revolution-ary recording equipment that wasused by Dr. Boder on his project wasinvented by Marvin Camras, anotherIIT faculty member. Arch took twoclasses with Dr. Boder, whom heremembers as an imposing characterwith a good sense of humor.

Arch may have been one of the laststudents to spend time with Boder atIIT. He helped Dr. Boder clean outhis apartment when he left Chicago totake a position at UCLA due to healthreasons. Arch fondly remembersBoder taking him out to lunch afterthey had cleared the apartment.

In 1953, Arch became a test devel-oper for the civil service commissionwith the City of Chicago, where hewould have a 32-year career. Dr.Pounian soon became Director ofExaminations and, after he earned hisPh.D. in 1960, he served for 25 yearsas Director of Personnel for fourChicago mayors. He experiencedmany changes during his time with thecity and played a critical role in theadoption of a new city personnelordinance that created a Departmentof Personnel as an integral part of citymanagement.

In honor of his father and in recognitionof an incredible career, Steven Pounianestablished the Charles “Arch” PounianFellowship Endowment for IndustrialOrganizational Psychology graduatestudents. This is the first fellowshipcreated exclusively for I/O students at IIT.David Blitz was chosen as the firstrecipient of the Pounian Endowmentreceiving a $5,000 award. A committee ofI/O faculty and psychology staff deter-mined the selection based on academicmerit, research initiatives and financialneed. Continuing I/O graduate studentsare eligible to apply annually.

Dr. Pounian left the City of Chicagoin 1985 to join the Hay Group, wherehe continues to work as a consultantto state and local governments. He

has been active in severalprofessional organizationsincluding the American Psycho-logical Association (member ofDivision 14 — I/O Psychology);the International PersonnelManagement Association (PastPresident and Lifetime Achieve-ment Award). Dr. Pouniancontinues his connection to IITas an adjunct professor in theMasters in Public AdministrationProgram. His wife Bea, aremarkable woman in her ownright and his beacon for almost52 years, died in 2002.

Dr. M. Ellen Mitchell visits with Charles "Arch"Pounian, Ph.D.

Dr. Pounian thanks reception guests as his adult children, Lynn Andersonand Steve, look on.

David Blitz, Fellowship Recipient 2005

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Select Papers and PresentationsAyman, R. (July, 2005). Expatriate manager adjustment and workfamily interface: Family location, country, expatriate’s gendermatters, International Research on work and family: From policyto Practice, International Center for work and family- IESEBusiness School, Barcelona, Spain.

Ayman, R. & Velgach, S.* (in press). A pilot study of work-familyconflict in the U.S. Proceedings of International Congress ofCross-cultural Psychology.

Ayman-Nolley, S. & Ayman, R. (2005). Children’s implicit theoryof leadership. In J. R. Meindl and Brigit Schyns (2005), ImplicitLeadership Theories: Essays and Explorations, a volume in theLeadership Horizons Series (pp. 189-233), Greenwich, CT, USA:Information Age Publishing.

Bakunowska, I.* (2005). Effectiveness of TransformationalLeadership Behaviors on University Students. Poster presentedat the 26th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology &Organizational Behavior conference, Melbourne, FL.

Bono, J., Purvanova, R., Peterson, D., & Towler, A. J. (2005). Acomparison of the practices of psychologist and non-psycholo-gist executive coaches. In D. B. Peterson, J. Muros & J. Bono(Chairs). What value does psychology add to executive coach-ing? Symposium presented at Society of Industrial and Organiza-tional Psychologists, Los Angeles, California.

Goerzig, A.* & Ayman, R. (July, 2005). The mediation of gender-specific interests in science: A self to prototype matchingapproach. Presented in European Association of Experimentaland Social Psychology, Wurzburg, Germany.

Handelsman, M. M., Briggs, W. L., Sullivan, N., & Towler, A. J.(2005). A measure of college student course engagement. Journalof Educational Research, 98, 184-191.

Nance, D. A., & Morris, S. B. (2005).  Juror understanding of DNAevidence: An empirical assessment presentation formats for traceevidence with a relatively small random match probability. Journal of Legal Studies, 34, 395-444.

Oshima, T.C., Raju, N.S., & Nanda, A.O. (2005, July). A newmethod for assessing the statistical significance in the differen-tial functioning of items and tests (DFIT) framework. Paperpresented at the International Meeting of the PsychometricSociety in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Oshima, T.C., Raju, N.S., & Nanda, A.O. (in press). A new methodfor assessing the statistical significance in the differentialfunctioning of items and tests (DFIT) framework. Journal ofEducational Measurement.

Raad, J.*, & Ronen, E.* (2005). A factorial model of computeradaptive training. Poster presented at the 26th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology & Organizational Behavior confer-ence, Melbourne, FL.

Raju, N.S. (in press). Review of the Leadership Skills Inventory.In B. S. Plake and J.C. Impara (Eds.), The Seventeenth MentalMeasurement Yearbook (pp. xx). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute ofMental Measurement of the University of Nebraska.

Raju, N.S. (in press). Review of the Rehabilitation Survey ofProblems and Coping. In B. S. Plake and J.C. Impara (Eds.), TheSeventeenth Mental Measurement Yearbook (pp. xx). Lincoln,NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements of the Universityof Nebraska.

Raju, N.S., Scott, J.C., & Edwards, J.E. (in press) Confidenceintervals/hypothesis testing/effect sizes. In S.T. Rogelberg (Ed.),Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Raju, N.S., Scott, J.C., & Edwards, J.E. (in press) Statistical power.In S.T. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organiza-tional Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Scott, J.C., Raju, N.S., & Edwards, J.E. (in press) Programevaluation. In S.T. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Towler, A. J., & Schneider, D. J. (2005). Distinctions amongstigmatized groups. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35,1-14.

Wright, J., & Towler, A. J. (2005). How Charismatic LeadersInfluence Work Outcomes During a Merger/Acquisition. Posterpresented at Society of Personality and Social PsychologyConference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Dr. Alan Mead graciously offered to join Psychology to assume teachingof Dr. Raju’s Psychometric Theory class. Dr. Mead received his degreefrom University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and completed hisgraduate work with Dr. Fritz Drasgow. He is an I/O psychologist with abackground in Social Psychology and a strong emphasis in PsychometricTheory (particularly IRT and computerized testing), methodology(validity generalization and causal modeling) and models of job analysis.He has 10 publications and 29 presentations in major conferences suchas Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, InternationalCongress of Applied Psychology, National Council on Measurement inEducation Conference. Dr. Mead was a guest editor for AppliedMeasurement in Education Special Edition on Multi stage testing andhas been an ad hoc reviewer for 8 different journal and SIOP conference.He has taught variety of courses and has advised several studentstowards their graduate research. He has conducted consulting such asdesign, evaluation, and training in various areas of assessment andtesting with companies such as IPAT on 16 PF, police departments invarious parts of the U.S. He also has been work with several consultingfirms such as ERI Economic Research Institute, American Institute ofCertified Public Accountants, Aon Management Consulting, LinuxProfessional Institute, Institute for Personality and Ability Testing.

Continuing on track for a record year,the Center for Research and Serviceis busy with a variety of consultingprojects, ranging from individualassessments of candidates forleadership positions, to test develop-ment and three very large employeesurveys. Strategic partnershipscontinue to drive new clients to theCenter, among which are a Chicago-based law office and a propertymanagement firm.

In the midst of the energy created bya full roster of clients and projects, theCenter is looking forward to a newchapter in its growth, with a newlyestablished Advisory Board of 15members convened for the first timein October. The Board’s first chargewas to review and contribute new

thinking on market planning to theCenter’s five year plan. Comprisedmostly of seasoned consultants, theBoard is about half IIT alumni, as wellas some people very new to IIT.Backgrounds of board membersrange from Industrial/OrganizationPsychology, M.B.A.s, education andmarket research.

“I am looking forward to this changebecause I’ve been used to workingalone. I need the challenge and newideas that will be generated by thisbright group of people,” says BruceFisher, Director. The Center hasnever before had a Board, but Fishersays that he feels like the Center had“hit a wall” and that the growth of theorganization would soon level. “Ican’t seem to crack the limitations in

Changes Keep Center Growth on Track

the way I think when I work alone.More active partners will energize mystrategic thinking.”

Bruce currently spends about 10% ofhis time on new business acquisitionand the bulk of his day deliveringservice to current Center clients. Themost satisfying part of his job, hesays, is the work he does coachingstudents in working towarddeliverables for Center clients. Thisnew academic year, the Center isemploying approximately 20 students,high for this time of year. Studentsworking in the Center are primarilyfrom the I/O program, and provideboth general clerical and projectsupport.

The newly formed Board of Advisorsof the Center for Research andService met for the first time thisOctober, the first of two anticipatedmeetings per year. The Board willjoin the Center Director and key stafffor reviews of Center performanceand an evaluation of key initiatives,contributing by:

•Provide input to strategic planning•Provide advice and counsel to drivebusiness growth and management•Assist in development of marketingplans and public relations campaigns•Guide formulation of strategicalliances•Generate ideas and planning toincrease center revenues

Members of the CRS Board ofAdvisors are:

Allison Crean, Ph.D., ExecutiveDirector, Informed EducatorsConsulting Group, LLC

Russell R. Day, Ph.D., President,R. R. Day & Associates

Chris Freiburger, Ph.D., President,Human Capital Management Group

James T. Heisler, Ph.D.,Senior VicePresident, Harris Interactive

Jaci Jarrett Masztal, Ph.D.,Vice President, Burke, Inc.

Catherine McCarthy, Ph.D.,President, Peak PerformanceProfessional

John Philbin, Partner, StrategicTalent Solutions

Julius E. Rhodes, SPHR, Instructorand consultant

Carl Robinson, Ph.D., ManagingPartner, MICA Consulting Partners

John Scott, Ph.D., Vice President,Applied Psychological Techniques

Steven Steinhaus, Ph.D., HumanResource Alignment Consultants

Guy F. Summers, President, FarrellGroup, L.L.C.

Carolyn B. Thompson, President,Training Systems, Inc.

CRS Welcomes Board

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Faculty NewsDavid Peterson, Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychol-ogy, was a U.S. participant in the revision process of the latestaddition to the World Health Organization (WHO) family ofhealth-related classifications. He helped revise “The InternationalClassification of Functioning and Health” (ICF) which is thesister classification to the International Statistical Classificationof Diseases and Related Health Problems. Peterson also partici-pated in the alpha drafting team for the APA-WHO ProceduralManual and Guide for a Standardized Application of the ICF.

Dr. Chow Lam has been in the news, with anAugust First Business TV segment on thepsychological impact of unemployment anda Chicago Tribune (October 16, 2005)interview with Dr. Lam on IIT’s RehabilitationCounseling program and future employmentof rehabilitation counselors. Dr. Lam taughta two-week intensive course (May 22 – June5, 2002) on “Psychosocial Aspects ofDisability” at Tung Chi Medical school inWuhan, China. There are 32 physiciansenrolled in the course. He has been invitedto teach the course in June 2006.

In September 2005, Dr. Chow Lam received two training grants,$150,000/year for 5 years in training master’s level rehabilitationcounselors and $100,000/year for 5 years in training Ph.D.rehabilitation psychologists. The grants were awarded by theRehabilitation Services Administration of the Department ofEducation.

Select Papers and Presentations

Bruyère, S. M. & Peterson, D. B. (2005). Introduction to thespecial section on the International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health ICF): Implications for rehabilitationpsychology. Rehabilitation Psychology, 50, 103-104.

Bruyère, S. M., Van Looy, S. A., & Peterson, D. B. (2005). The

Rehabilitation Psychology

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health(ICF): Contemporary literature review. Rehabilitation Psychol-ogy, 50, 113-121.

Fisher Smiley, D., Threats, T. R., Mowry, R. L., & Peterson, D. B.(2005). The International Classification of Functioning, Disabilityand Health (ICF): Implications for deafness rehabilitationeducation. Rehabilitation Education, 19, 139-158.

Homa, D. B. & Peterson, D. B. (2005). Using the InternationalClassification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) inteaching rehabilitation client assessment. RehabilitationEducation, 19, 119-128.

Krueger, K., Lam, C.S. & Wilson, R. ( in press). The WordAccentuation Test-Chicago ,  Journal of Clinical and Experi-mental Neuropsychology.

Lam, C.S. (2005). Employment. Encyclopedia of Disability.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Lam, C.S, Homa, D., & Buser, A. (in press). Diversity issues inpsychological assessment. In Talley, W.B., Leung, P., &Sanderson, P. (Eds). Multicultural issues in rehabilitation andallied health programs. Osage Beach, MO: Aspen ProfessionalServices.

Peterson, D. B. & Murray, G. C. (in press). Ethics and assistivetechnology service provision. Disability and Rehabilitation.

Peterson, D. B., Hautamaki, J. & Walton, J. (inpress). Ethics and technology. In R. R. Cottone& V. M. Tarvydas, Ethical and professionalissues in counseling (3rd ed.) . New York:Merrill-Prentice Hall.

Peterson, D. B. (2005). International Classifica-tion of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF):An introduction for rehabilitation psychologists.Rehabilitation Psychology, 50, 105-112.

Peterson, D. B. & Kosciulek, J. F. (2005). Intro-duction to the special issue of Rehabilitation Education: TheInternational Classification of Functioning, Disability & Health(ICF). Rehabilitation Education, 19, 75-80.

Peterson, D. B. & Rosenthal, D. A. (2005a). The InternationalClassification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): Aprimer for rehabilitation educators. Rehabilitation Education,19, 81-94.

Peterson, D. B. & Rosenthal, D. A. (2005b). The InternationalClassification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as anhistorical allegory for history and systems in rehabilitationeducation. Rehabilitation Education, 19, 95-104.

Peterson, D. B. & Threats, T. M. (2005). Ethical and clinicalimplications of the International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health (ICF) in rehabilitation education. Rehabili-tation Education, 19, 129-138.

Dissertations

Hartman, E., “The relationship between CEOs traits, empoweringleader behavior and objective and subjective measures ofperformance.” (Advisor: Ayman)

Henry, M., “The effects of traited and situational impressionmanagement on personality test scores: An assessment ofmeasurement equivalence using item response theory.” (Advi-sor: Raju)

Fromen, A., “Examining job related attitudes of telecommutersand non-telecommuters.” (Advisor: Raju)

Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology

Dr. Chow Lam with Wuhan students, China

CORRIGAN JOINS REHABILITATION FACULTY

Joining the Rehabilitation Psychologyfaculty at IIT is an opportunity tosolidify relationships and get studentsinvolved in research projects, says Dr.Patrick Corrigan. This fall, Dr.Corrigan moved from NorthwesternUniversity at Evanston Hospital, withthe Joint Projects for PsychiatricRehabilitation, to the Institute ofPsychology. He spent the previousfour years in various positions at theUniversity of Chicago, in Psychiatryat the Pritzker School of Medicineand in Psychology.

Dr. Corrigan has a long history withthe Institute of Psychology, havingcollaborated for years with Dr. ChowLam, and other Psych faculty. Inaddition to teaching with Dr. Lam inHong Kong and Beijing on stigma andsocial attitudes toward mental illness,Corrigan and Psych faculty collabo-rate on a number of research projectsthrough the Chicago Consortium forStigma Research (CCSR.) TheCCSR is a multidisciplinary group of25 investigators from eight Chicagoarea academic institutions, includingthe Institute of Psychology. Researchof the CCSR is devoted to theunderstanding the phenomenon ofstigma, developing and testing modelsthat explain why it occurs, and

evaluating strategies that help todiminish its effects. A special focusof this work is on understanding thestigma of mental illness throughapplication of models developed frombasic behavioral research.

Currently, Dr. Corrigan is workingwith the Human Service Center,Peoria County’s comprehensivecommunity mental health provider, ona research project to assess whetherjob coaching helps clients with mentalillness – like schizophrenia and bipolar

disorder – getback to workand stay em-ployed. Theproject is fundedwith a NationalInstitute forMental Healthgrant. “Ourresearch phaseis approximatelymidwaythrough,” says

Pat. “Peoria provides one populationof an optimum size, without cross-overs or catchments, and a goodnonprofit partner that can provideclient services while we do researchwhich consists of progress assess-ment interviews with participants.”This research project has brought twostaff members to IIT with Dr.Corrigan, as well as the opportunity tohire additional research assistants.

A graduate of the Illinois School ofProfessional Psychology, Dr. Corrigangrew up in Evanston. He received anundergraduate degree in Physics as apre-med student at Creighton Univer-sity in Omaha, Nebraska, and hisM.A. at Roosevelt University. Patsays he knew that he wanted to work

in health services, but he didn’t likemedical school. Finding his way toworking with people with severedisabilities seems to have been part ofthe natural course in his academiccareer, he reflects. Dr. Corriganspent a brief time in the ClinicalPsychology program at IIT in 1981 –enough time to be impressed with therecent changes at IIT. “The campusboggles my mind. It is a much homierplace than I remember,” he says, witha smile, “and the buildings tend togrow on you.”

“I am impressed with l’esprit du corpshere, how well everyone workstogether,” notes Dr. Corrigan.

Dr. Corrigan has a number of projectspending, including one currently inreview for grant funding, called “InOur Own Voice,” an anti-stigmaprogram impact study. For moreinformation about research projectsand work of the CCSR, visit http://www.stigmaresearch.org/index.cfm.

“With Pat Corrigan’s experience and nationalreputation, we hope to become the most visibleRehabilitation Psychology program in the country.We would like to be in the top three programs inthe country, and our research, publications andpublicity will help us get there.” Dr. Chow Lam,Director, Rehabilitation Psychology

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CAMPUS LIFE AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE

About 70% of undergraduates at IIT liveon campus, which is comparable to mostother universities. Often, however,undergraduate life at IIT is not describedas a “typical college experience,” and formany students that is exactly what makesit appealing. Ed Carter, who received hisB.S. in Psychology in 2005, started at IITas a commuter student like one out ofthree IIT undergraduates, taking theMetra train from Chicago’s westernsuburbs.

Ed Carter, transferred to Psychology fromComputer Science after taking a couplePsychology classes. “I couldn’t seemyself sitting in front of a computerlooking for a missing semi-colon,” hesays. As many as half of Psychol-ogy majors are internal transfers,having entered IIT intending to majorin another area.

He was familiar with IIT because hisfather had studied political scienceas an undergrad and then receivedhis law degree from Kent. IIT was agood school option for Ed becausehe wanted to stay in the Chicagoarea. Ed worked part-time at a lawfirm in the loop for the four years heattended IIT, taking the el fromcampus to work downtown. “I didn’tthink that the campus was that

lively,” says Ed, “but I got to know agroup of commuter students and we hungout at the HUB [Herman Union Building],which was great.”

“Campus life is what students make of it,”says Jack Spani, Associate Director,Psychology Admissions. “With all thegreat things that a city like Chicago has tooffer, lots of students go off campus forwork, entertainment and socializing.”

A key factor in Ed’s decision to attend IITwas the Camras scholarship he receivedas a computer science major, which wasswitched to a Heald scholarship when hetransferred to Psychology. Camrasscholarships are awarded to the very bestof students. Like Ed, all undergraduate

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Rehabilitation Papers and Presentations cont.

Reed, G. M., Lux, J. B., Bufka, L. F., Trask, C., Peterson, D. B., Stark,S., Threats, T. T., Jacobson, J. W., & Hawley, J. A. (2005).Operationalizing the International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health (ICF) in clinical settings. RehabilitationPsychology, 50, 122-131.

Rowland, S., Lam, C.S., & Leahy, B. (2005). Use of the BeckDepression Inventory-II (BDI-II) with persons with traumatic braininjury: Analysis of factorial structure, Brain Injury, 19, 103-112.

Tsang, C., Hui-Chan, C., Chan, C., Yeung, S., & Lam, C.S. (In-press).Effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)training program for people with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal ofApplied research in Intellectual Disabilities.

Presentations

Peterson, D. B. The International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health (ICF): A new way for counselors to talkabout health. Symposium to be conducted at the annual meetingof the American Counseling Association, Montreal, Canada,accepted for April 1, 2006.

Peterson, D. B. (2005, September). The International Classifica-tion of Functioning, Disability and Health: Overview and ethicalimplications. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of theAmerican Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists andSocial Workers, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ribas, A., & Lam, C.S. “Social support and quality of life amongLatinos with psychiatric disability, Aug 19, 2005, APA Convention,Washington, DC.

Psychology majors receive scholarshipsat some level, through IIT or the Instituteof Psychology.

Now that he has graduated, Ed isconsidering options for the coming year,including work, foreign travel andstudying for another undergraduatedegree in liberal arts. “Psychology wasso interesting that I decided to major init,” says Ed. “and it has given me a goodbase that is broad enough to use inwhatever I decide to do – whether I go foran M.B.A., law school or some other field.You use psychology every day.”

We are sure Ed will have an extraordinar-ily interesting career and we will remain intouch with him for updates.

Psychology Opens Arms to Katrina Victims

Our hearts go out to the thousands of people whose lives andhomes were devastated by hurricane Katrina.  Weremain committed to helping displaced students and faculty inwhatever way possible.  We in Psychology extended an invita-tion via a national list serve to accommodate psychologystudents and faculty.  Understandably, many of the people whowere displaced elected to join family members across thecountry.  Mike Burke (I/O, 1982), former president of SIOP andfaculty member at Tulane, with his wife and children, came to joinother family members in Oak Park.  We are pleased to be able toprovide him with a base while he and his family sort out their life. The Burkes, like so many others, lost many of their possessions,and will be working with FEMA and insurers to repair their home.

Psi Chi, the National Honor Societyfor Psychology, is a small but ambi-tious group of Psychology students.With their five current members andfive prospective members, the IITchapter hopes to increase its profilethrough various volunteer services.During the months of October,November and December, thechapter will organize a clothing driveto benefit the Salvation Army withvarious boxes around campus so theentire university has the opportunity toparticipate with their efforts. InNovember, for Thanksgiving, Psi Chiwill coordinate campus-wide dona-tions to The Greater Chicago FoodDepository. The chapter is planning acampus movie night once a week,featuring movies that are relevant tothe field of psychology.

“In addition to our community volun-teer efforts, we are planning topromote psychology to studentswhose degrees are in other majors,”says Jacqueline Sokolowski, Psi ChiEvent and Program Coordinator.“Our chapter wants to participate inconferences in Chicago. We wantour members to attend the conferenceto learn about admission to graduateschool, jobs available to psychologymajors, and to find out what otherundergraduates are researching.Along with participating in confer-ences, our chapter also wants to meetwith the other Psi Chi chapters inChicago.”

Student organizations at IIT rangefrom Student Government Associa-tion, Union Board, Greek Council, tofraternities and sororities. In 1955, the

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The current members of Psi Chi arestrategizing on ways to reconnectwith previous members from thechapter, planning to let them knowabout current activities and seekingsuggestions for how to give thechapter more influence on campus.“Hopefully, establishing a connectionwith past members will allow us tocreate an annual event for all mem-bers to meet and share experienceswith each other,” notes Jackie.

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Psi Chi Plans Stronger Presence

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Web Networking Organization Founder to SpeakLiz Ryan, CEO and founder ofChicWit, will speak as part of theThought Leaders Series of theLeadership Academy/Entrepreneur-ship program, Friday, December 2nd,at 4:30 p.m, in the Hermann UnionBuilding at IIT. The event, co-sponsored by the Institute of Psychol-ogy, will be part of the concludingevents for IPRO Day. Ryan, who islauded for her sharp, edgy, humorousstyle, will share her very currentobservations on the new-millenniumworkplace, the role of corporateleaders, entrepreneurism and womenin business.

Formerly a Chicago-based executive,Ryan left U.S. Robotics after a longand successful tenure during thecompany’s enormous growth in the‘90s. Ryan—then a mother ofthree—took a career breather and

signed up for a “Moms and Tots”class where she met professionalwomen who wanted to network andfind support for business and lifestyleissues. In response, Liz foundedChicWIT, a Chicago-based network-ing organization and email forum.Other chapters quickly followed andsoon the cluster of communities joinedas WorldWIT, www.worldwit.org,with 75 chapters worldwide, providingnetworking, mentoring and support to40,000 members in 25 countries.WorldWIT was hailed Woman’sBusiness Association of the Year atThe 2004 Stevie Awards for WomenEntrepreneurs.

Liz has been honored by Enterpris-ing Women magazine with a 2005Enterprising Women AdvocacyAward, as well as the 2005 Lifetime

AchievementAward fromColoradoWomen InTechnology.The Associa-tion ofWomen inCommunica-tions alsohonored herthis year withtheir 2005Women ofAchievement Trailblazer Award.

To get additional information about theevent, which is free and open to thepublic, contact Anne Johnson,312.567.6468 or johnsona@iit.edu.Reservations are requested, but notrequired.