2017 Summer REU Program

2017
Awardees from left to right are as follows:
Madeline Niichel: Arizona State University -
Polytechnic Campus
Joselyn Hathaway: Elizabeth City State University
Auriel Jasper-Morris: Xavier University of Louisiana
Cooper Rodriguez: Meredith College
Jada Elleby: North Carolina A&T State University
Cecilia Garza: Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kristen McGatlin: Kansas State University
Vivian Nelson: U of Arkansas Pine Bluff

Madeline
Niichel
Hi, my name is Maddie Niichel and I am a Junior in the Human Systems
Engineering program at Arizona State University–Polytechnic in Mesa, AZ. I
am also pursuing a minor in Engineering Management. I am excited for the
opportunities this program has given me and cannot wait to apply what I
learn here to my program back home!
Project
Title: Humanization of Robots: The Role of
Group Membership
Presentation 1
Superlab Paper
Final Presentation
Advisor: Dr. Jones
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Joselyn
Hathaway
Hello, my name is
Joselyn Hathaway. I am from Gates
County, North Carolina and currently reside in Elizabeth City, North
Carolina. I am a junior at Elizabeth
City State University, which is located in Elizabeth City, North
Carolina. My major is mathematics
with a concentration in secondary education.
Project
Title: Numeracy and Decision Making
Presentation 1
Superlab
Paper
Final Presentation
Advisor: Dr. Serra
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Kristen
McGatlin
Hi, my name is
Kristen McGatlin. I am from Linn, Kansas and attend Kansas State
University. I am headed into my senior year majoring in psychology with a
concentration in cognitive research. I am also working towards a secondary
degree in gerontology. I am blessed that I am able to spend my summer here
and can’t wait to learn all that I can!
Project Title: How are preferences
formed for rule following and exception items?
Presentation 1
Superlab Paper
Final Presentation
Advisor: Dr. Davis
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Vivian
Nelson
I
am Vivian Nelson a resident of Memphis, TN. I attend the University of
Arkansas at Pine Bluff where I am in my junior year. My major is biology
geared toward the pre-dental path.
Project
Title: Effects
of Oncoming Vehicle Size on Overtaking Judgment
Presentation 1
Superlab
Paper
Final Presentation
Advisor: Dr. DeLucia
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Auriel
Jasper-Morris:
Hello, my name is Auriel Jasper-Morris. I am from Houston,
Texas and currently reside in New Orleans, Louisiana. I am a junior and a
McNair Scholar at Xavier University of Louisiana. My major is Psychology
with a minor in Chemistry.
Project
Title: Perspective Taking and Relationship Advice
Presentation
1
Superlab
Paper
Final Presentation
Advisor: Dr. Talley
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Cooper
Rodriguez:
Hello,
my name is Cooper Rodriguez. I am from Pinehurst, North Carolina and I
currently attend Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. I am a
senior, majoring in Exercise and Sports Science with a concentration in
Health and Wellness.
Project
Title: The Effect of Restorative Environments on
Sustained Attention: A Replication and Extension of Berto
(2005)
Presentation 1
Superlab Paper
Final Presentation
Advisor: Dr. Klein
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Jada
Elleby
Hello, my name is Jada Elleby. I am from Charlotte, North Carolina. I
currently reside in Greensboro, North Carolina where I attend school at the
illustrious North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. I
am a junior Sociology student with a concentration in Liberal Studies. I am
more than appreciative of this opportunity and can’t wait to apply what
I’ve learned here back at my home institution.
Project Title: When I’m Right
You’re Wrong: Attitude Correctness Facilitates Intergroup Anger and
Negative Perceptions of Opposing Others
Presentation 1
Superlab
Paper
Final
Presentation
Advisor: Dr. Hohman
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Cecilia
Garza
Hi y'all!
My name is Cecilia Rose Garza;I'm from Rio Grande City, Texas but attend
Texas A&M University-Kingsville. I currently major in Psychology with a
minor in Business. It's a blessing to be here and work with my
collaborators. More than anything I'm excited for the opportunities to come
from being apart of this esteemed program.
Project Title: Effects of Object
Surfaces and Shapes on Hand Grip Function for Heavy Objects
Presentation 1
Superlab Paper
Final Presentation
Advisor: Dr. Yang
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First Picture with PI and Co-PI of this
program Dr. Talley's Colloquium: Slides Dr. Jones' Colloquium: Slides Dr. Davis' Colloquium: Slides

Dr. Klein's
Colloquium: Slides Dr. Serra's Colloquium: Slides Dr. Hohman's
Colloquium: Slides SuperLab
Journal Paper Presentation (June 28, 2017)

(June 29, 2017)
Dr.
Liddell graduated with his Ph.D. from Texas Tech’s Experimental Psychology
program in 1996, and later founded Human Interfaces, Inc., in Austin, which
he has led for the last nineteen years. Dr. Liddell’s team at Human
Interfaces conducts user experience and human factors research on a wide
variety of products and services, including websites, software applications,
and hardware. Dr.
Liddell will be speaking about the abundant opportunities that exist for a
career path in human factors and about experiences and lessons learned during
his career path. He also will describe what he personally looks for in job
candidates.

Graduate School
Panel July 5, 2017
Group Picture 1 Group Picture REU Shirt
Final
Presentations (July 28, 2017)


Final Receptions
(July 28, 2017)


Conference Presentations for 2017 Summer
Awardees

Get Out! Conditions that Promote Readiness to Intervene in
Abuse Relationships
By Jasper-Morris, A., & Talley, A. E. (February 2018).
Poster presentation at the annual Society for Personality and Social
Psychology
Atlanta, GA
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Robots
Exhibit Human Characteristics: Theoretical and Practical Implications for
Anthropomorphism Research
Jones, K.S., Niichel, M.K.,
& Armstrong, M.E. (March 2018)
Proceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference
on Human-Robot Interaction, 137-138
Chicago, IL, USA
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