Faculty News

For a list of recent CLAE faculty accomplishments, see the faculty news page.

Student News

Jessica Jenkins, student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program, was named the 2006 winner of the Linda Mealy Award (formerly called the Young Investigator Award) by the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE). Her presentation, An Investigation of Marital Satisfaction: Assortative Mating and Personality Similarity, was given August 2nd at the biennial ISHE conference, co-hosted at Wayne State University by WSU and University of Detroit Mercy.

Updates 

Intelligence Analysis addresses security

In response to the 9/11 Commission Report issued last year, UDM created one of the first comprehensive academic programs, a Master of Science degree in Intelligence Analysis. The graduate program is interdisciplinary, teaching students how to determine threats, identify trends and quickly pass along informed judgments to decision-makers. Currently, 15 students are enrolled in the program.

UDM students will find employment opportunities in both the state and local law enforcement agencies, along with many corporations that must guard against disruptions at their facilities here and in other countries.  Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice Erick Barnes, who spearheaded development of the program's curriculum, looks forward to continued growth of the program.

Advisory Board reaches out to Psychology alumni

The Psychology Chair's Advisory Board was formed last year to assist the department chair in an advisory capacity and to help with outreach efforts to graduate Psychology alumni as well as future fund-raising initiatives. The group held its first meeting in spring 2006, and in September, hosted a reception for about 70 Psychology Ph.D. alumni.

Currently, two Psychology Ph.D. students are assisting Psychology Chair Steven Abell in updating the department's database of Ph.D. alumni.  Advisory Board members, who are experienced psychologists from Southeastern Michigan, include:

• Sharon Foster '88
• Debbie Harms '80
• Randy Harms
• Paul Kaye '75, '76
• Lynn Kuttenauer '86
• Arthur Lewandowski
• James Maher '84, '86, '89
• John Porcerelli '87
• Karen Colby Weiner '77, '86, '88
• Walter Sobota '68, '73

To be included in the new database, please contact Jennifer Frazier at fraziejk@udmercy.edu or 313-578-0507.