The 42nd Annual OPS Conference was April 5, 2024!
Hosted by the UCO Psi Chi chapter
Graduate Student Award Winners
Best Paper
Best Poster
Best Poster
Emory Thackerson
Oklahoma State University
"Narcissus-the-Scientist: An Alternative Methodology to Examine Narcissists' Self-identities"
Best Poster
Best Poster
Best Poster
Karmyn Pearn
University of Central Oklahoma
"The Lies We Visualize: Visual Imagery and Suggestibility"
2nd Place Poster
2nd Place Poster
2nd Place Poster
Melissa Dobson
Oklahoma State University
"Impact of Previous Life Experiences During the Pandemic: Working Towards Understanding Pathways to Resilience"
3rd Place Poster
2nd Place Poster
2nd Place Poster
Melissa Dobson
Oklahoma State University
"Potential Impacts of the Pandemic: Understanding the Relationship between Prolonged Stress and Mental Health"
Undergraduate Student Award Winners
Best Paper (tie)
3rd Place Paper (tie)
3rd Place Paper (tie)
Saige Schmidt
Cameron University
"What Factors Affect Rates of Aggressions to Potential Mate Poachers?"
AND
Keane Hauck
University of Oklahoma
"Chat GPT Goes to College: Exploring Student Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom"
3rd Place Paper (tie)
3rd Place Paper (tie)
3rd Place Paper (tie)
Asher Clift
Oklahoma Christian University
"The Influence of Learning Preference on Academic Achievement: Digital vs. Traditional Lectures"
AND
Paulina Ruelas
Oklahoma Christian University
"Evaluating Memory Using Anecdotes: The Effect of Note-Taking Strategies and Modalities of Acquiring Information on Memory and Recall"
Best Poster
3rd Place Paper (tie)
2nd Place Poster
Tori Hollen
University of Oklahoma
"The Role of Activating and Deactivating Emotions on Epistemic Curiosity in Learning Environments"
2nd Place Poster
2nd Place Poster
2nd Place Poster
Christina Personette
University of Oklahoma
"The Interaction between Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Recent Stressful Experiences in Prenatal Mental Health: Diathesis-Stress or Differential Susceptibility?"
3rd Place Poster
2nd Place Poster
3rd Place Poster
Madison Powell
University of Oklahoma
"Examining the Interaction between Learning Goal Orientation and Prior Experience with Performance: A Lab Study of Videogame Learning"
OPS Outstanding Award Winners
Outstanding Faculty/Teacher
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Outstanding Graduate Student
Dr. Mickie Vanhoy
University of Central Oklahoma
Outstanding Graduate Student
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Outstanding Graduate Student
Jennifer Smith
Cameron University
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Zoe Childers-Rockey
University of Oklahoma
Meet our Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ashley Votruba, Ph.D., J.D. presenting
"Understanding the Public’s Engagement with the Civil Justice System: A Social Psychological Lens"
Parking Information
Cars
If you register for the conference, you will receive a parking code before the conference.
Buses
Buses can park in Lot 2 on the far NE side of the UCO campus. They can drop off and pick up at the Nigh University Center (NUC) and then park during the event in Lot 2. Buses don’t need a parking code.