Lab News
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September, 2022
Dr. Erin O'Mara Kunz wrote an article published in Inside Higher Ed titled, Climbing out of a research rut, https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/09/08/advice-getting-out-research-rut-opinion
May, 2022
Congratulations to SSIB lab graduating seniors, Grace DiPierro, Claudia Dominique, Tristan Wilmore, and Nick Patritti, and grad student Tia Turner! We will miss you!
Congratulations to recent lab alum, Maria Musumeci, who will begin a PhD program in social psychology at Tulane University in fall 2022!
April, 2022
Dr. Erin Kunz was one of two faculty awarded UD's Gender Equity Research Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. She will be examining gender differences in the impact of COVID-19 on tenure, promotion, and research productivity in collaboration with Dr. Corinne Brione in the School of Education.
March, 2022
SSIB Lab Senior Honors Student, Grace DiPierro, was selected for the Rev. Raymond A. Roesch Award of Excellence to the Outstanding Student in Psychology award. Congratulations, Grace!
July, 2021
SSIB Lab Graduate Student Kiersten Weatherbie successfully proposed her master's thesis. Congratulations, Kiersten!
May, 2021
SSIB Lab Graduate Student Maria Musumeci successfully defended her master's thesis. Congratulations, Maria Musumeci, M.A.!
Grace DiPierro (undergraduate RA, Honors Thesis Student) was awarded $1,500 from the UD Honors Program for her honors thesis work examining social identities and internalized sexism. Congratulations, Grace!
April, 2021
SSIB Lab Graduate Student Brady Wilson successfully proposed his master's thesis. Congratulations, Brady!
March, 2021
SSIB Lab Graduate Student Maria Musumeci successfully proposed her master's thesis. Congratulations, Maria!
October, 2020
Dr. Kunz & Dr. Jackson Goodnight were recipients of a STEM Catalyst Grant from the University of Dayton for their research project, Examining the Role of Pregnancy and Reproductive Experiences in the Onset of Autoimmune Diseases: A Test of the Pregnancy Compensation Hypothesis
April, 2020
Dr. Kunz was the recipient of a Liberal Arts Catalyst Grant from the University of Dayton College of Arts and Science to continue her research project, Examining self-esteem across the menstrual cycle.
April, 2019
Dr. Kunz was the recipient of a Liberal Arts Catalyst Grant from the University of Dayton College of Arts and Science for her research project, Examining self-esteem across the menstrual cycle.