Congrats, Lizzie!

Undergrad honors student Lizzie Reimer was selected as one of this year's 71 Seniors of Significance.  Congrats, Lizzie!

Holiday Fun!

The LEAP lab celebrated the end of the fall semester with a party at Dr. Veilleux's house, where we each posed as a different emotion.  I (Dr. Veilleux) convey surprise, and I think we have anger, disgust, joy, shame, and a variety of other emotions conveyed...

We’re on YouTube!

We started a YouTube channel here at LEAP called "Professor Emotion" where we provide short videos about emotional concepts.  Check it out!

Hellos, Goodbyes and New Jobs

Lots of news for the LEAP lab! Kayla Skinner has moved to Norfolk Virginia to complete her APA-accredited internship at the Eastern Virginia Medical Center.  Dr. Garrett Pollert graduated with his PhD and is off to start a tenure-track job at Western Illinois...

Congrats, Danielle and Kayla!

Congratulations to Danielle Baker, who just defended her masters thesis and is now MASTER DANIELLE, and to Kayla Skinner who was just awarded a $1000 American Psychological Association Dissertation Award for her forthcoming dissertation research.  Right on, LEAP...

Grants!!!

I (Dr. Veilleux) am delighted to announce that I was awarded two grants this summer, both using ecological momentary assessment to study smoking behavior. The first is an Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) grant to study distress tolerance in daily and intermittent...

Tenure

Congrats to Dr. Veilleux, who is now an Associate Professor with tenure!

Adieu, Garrett!

LEAP Graduate Student Garrett Pollert is off to internship!  He successfully matched at the APA-accredited Central Arkansas VA. Despite the picture, we will definitely miss Garrett's in-person presence in the lab!

LEAP at ArPA!

Congrats to undergrad RA Paige Walker, who just completed her first poster presentation this week at the Arkansas Psychological Association annual conference!    Congrats also to LEAP alumni, Dr. Melissa Zielinski, who was one of the featured speakers at ArPA this...

Congrats, Danielle!

Second year LEAP graduate student Danielle Baker was recently named a Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Scholar. This is a program geared toward improving diversity in the academy, by providing funding for doctoral students from underrepresented racial...