Colloquium 10/20: Dustin Wygant

Julie Rubin and the Psychology Clinic are hosting the colloquium speaker on October 20, who will be involved with several additional events in conjunction with his visit; Julie writes:

We are excited to announce that Dr. Dustin Wygant, Director of Clinical Training at Eastern Kentucky University will be coming to spend the day with us on Friday, October 20, 2017. Dustin was in my undergraduate PSY 242 class here at Miami many years ago.

Dr. Wygant will be offering us an advanced workshop in the MMPI-2 RF, which he firmly believes is the future of the MMPI and talk to us about how it will eventually morph into the MMPI-3. He will give us a good introduction/overview of this Restructured Form of the MMPI-2, how to use it and understand the results and more specifically how it is used with individuals with personality disorders. This version of the MMPI-2 is currently in use in the VA system and we will be using it here in the Clinic.

This workshop will be open to our graduate students, clinical faculty, the Student Counseling Services staff and alums and will take place from 8:30 am until 12:30 pm location to be determined. CEUs will be available for the morning workshop and possibly colloquium. Please let us know if you are planning to attend.

Dr. Wygant will be available for lunch with graduate students and then at 1pm he will offer an opportunity to meet with undergraduates regarding his career as a forensic psychologist. Later in the day, at 3pm he will present at colloquium. He has titled his talk: The Psychopath Returns: From Cleckley to DSM-5.

Dr. Dustin Wygant is an Associate Professor of Psychology and is the Director of Clinical Training for the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Eastern Kentucky University. His research interests include the assessment and conceptualization of psychopathy, particularly in terms of the DSM-5 Section III trait model of personality disorders. He is also interested in the assessment of malingering of psychological symptoms in forensic psychological evaluations and the utility of psychological testing (primarily with the MMPI-2-RF) in forensic, correctional, and medical settings. Aside from his academic position, Dr. Wygant is a licensed clinical psychologist and regularly consults with attorneys and judges on forensic assessments for the court for issues such as competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, and risk for violence.

BNS lab open house Saturday

To everyone, from Anna:

The Behavioral Neuroscience Labs are hosting an open house this Saturday during Family Weekend. We have invited our students to bring their family and friends to tour the labs and learn about our research.We are extending the invitation to all faculty, grad students, and staff, as many of you have previously expressed interest in seeing the labs.

So, if you’d like to come by anytime between 1:00 and 3:00 this Saturday, we would love to see you (and family and friends) there!

View the invitation here

Miami’s Diversity Symposium next week

The President and Provost invite all members of the Miami community to attend the diversity symposium on the Friday of fall break (Oct. 13). There is no departmental meeting or colloquium on that day to help accommodate this important event in our schedules. Ginger Wickline and Vaishali Raval will be involved as presenters, as well. From the sponsors:

The President, Provost, Office for Institutional Diversity, Center for Teaching Excellence, the Office of Global Initiatives and the College of Arts and Science invite all members of the Miami community to continue the discussion for the 2016-2017 Inclusion Series. This interactive one-day professional development program is designed to provide knowledge, develop skills and engender attitudes necessary to help create a more inclusive Miami. Aligned with Foundation Goal 2 of the Miami 2020 Plan, the Symposium is one step toward creating an even more culturally competent community where members move beyond boundaries to welcome, seek, and understand others from different backgrounds and perspectives.

Please see the website for more information. Note that registration closes this Friday (Oct. 6).

Save the date: CAS recognition football game

From the Dean’s office, a night to support Miami athletics in appreciation of our achievements:

The first one was such a hit that our friends in Intercollegiate Athletics have invited us back for more! We’re now planning the second annual “CAS Football Game,” to be held on Senior Night (the last home game of the year), Wednesday, November 15 against Eastern Michigan; kickoff will be at either 7:00 or 8:00pm.

Note that this is separate from the Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day for the game against Buffalo on October 15, for which you can purchase tickets at special prices, starting at just $10, by using promo code FACSTAFF17.

Career development/internship workshop for students

From the Dean’s office, sponsoring an in-person career workshop specifically for liberal arts majors:

This October CAS is partnering with Vocatio to help students identify and hopefully land great internship or job opportunities. Vocatio’s Career Hacks program will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. for three weeks in October, culminating in a showcase to employers. Students will have an opportunity to find jobs that best fit them, increase their career-readiness, work one-on-one with potential employers, and land an internship or a job. This video can give you more of a feel for the program. Students who participated last year found it very helpful and many got internship/job offers, so please make your students award of this opportunity. The program is limited to 200 students. If they are interested they should sign up today or sooner than later.

Online professional development opportunities

Miami now has an institutional membership to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, which offers an impressive collection of resources for professional development. These are available to all Miami personnel including faculty at all levels, graduate students, and staff. Programming includes a slew of webinars, including multi-week short courses, on topics ranging from writing tips to “the art of saying no.” There is a 12-week Dissertation Success curriculum, discussion forums, and links to relevant events. You need to create an account using the link above in order to access the content.

Seriously, you must do the ethics survey

All faculty should have received an email (from General Counsel) about the annual Ethics Questionnaire and External Services. The dean has made very clear that faculty will need to complete the ethics survey, as we need 100% compliance as an institution.

Also, in this email was a link to report external services for things you do for outside entities (even journal service, publisher contracts, etc.). You need to complete this form as well, unfortunately for each such activity that you do (due to lawyers making surveys). Note that many of us have something here–things like serving on an editorial board are included. See the clarification on the matter in MUPIM here. It’s essentially trying to protect the “university’s time” by making sure we aren’t overcommitted to outside activities, but may be quite pro forma.

There are no survey links here as the emails are specific to each of you, to my understanding. Please see me if you did not receive this email or have any questions.

Do you use open access materials in class?

The Open Educational Resources/Affordability committee is looking to promote and facilitate the adoption of affordable course texts, including open sources. The week of October 23 is Open Access Week, and during that period, the University Libraries and Provost Office would like to recognize those faculty who are using open educational resources in their classes. If any of you currently use these materials, please let me know so I can pass your information on to Carolyn Haynes, Associate Provost and committee co-Chair.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship panel

If you are considering the possibility of your graduate students competing for predoctoral fellowships, you may be highly interested in this panel discussion. This has been announced in ProSem and the first-year students have been encouraged to attend in preparation for the grant training they will receive this year. From Anne Schauer, OARS:

The Office for the Advancement for Research & Scholarship will host a panel discussion on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Wednesday, September 27, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the ORU space of King Library (First floor- Suite 134).

In addition to covering basic information about applying for the NSF GRFP, the discussion will offer participants an opportunity to ask questions of recent fellows and mentors.

Apollo Astronaut lands at Miami next week

The Astronaut Scholarship is a $10,000 prize awarded annually to Miami students in STEM, awarded this year to Jana Cable (MBI) and Avnika Bali (CHM). Each year, an astronaut visits Miami to present the award and give a public lecture. This year we are honored to host Charles Duke, Jr., Brigadier General, USAF, Retired. He was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 16, and the tenth and youngest person to walk on the moon.

As an aside, dinner with an astronaut is by far the best perk of any committee service (National Fellowships Committee)! Hope to see some of you at the lecture.