Since its founding in 1857, IllinoisState Normal University’s primary mis-sion was the training of teachers.Academic programs were organizedinto divisions and departments.Psychology classes, which focused onschool psychology and guidance, wereoffered through an Education andPsychology Department.

The department’s early yearsOn July 1, 1964, the University

was renamed Illinois State University.Beginning with fall semester 1966, thestructure of the University changed toreflect a new mission and the associat-ed expansion of program offerings.The College of Arts and Sciences wascreated and the Psychology Depart-ment became a separate departmentwithin the college. The department wasfirst located in 420 Schroeder Hall.

The new undergraduate degree inpsychology was directed toward provid-ing the student with a solid liberal artseducation. Also in fall 1966, thedepartment began offering a master’sdegree in psychology. Availablesequences included clinical, counseling,educational, experimental, and meas-urement. The master’s degree in schoolpsychology, formerly in the EducationDepartment, was moved to thePsychology Department. As the depart-ment’s program and training stan-dards were expanded, students wererequired to complete an internship,often within the local elementary andhigh schools.

A complete revamp of the psychol-ogy undergraduate curriculum was

instituted to give more freedom ofchoice to the students. One innova-tion in 1969 was offering the generaleducation psychology course byradio! Students could enroll and par-ticipate by listening to radio lecturesand phoning intheir questions.Also in 1969the departmentrelocated to a house at 225North UniversityStreet, oneblock north ofSchroeder Hall.

The first chair of the PsychologyDepartment wasWalter Friedhoff. Faculty listed in the1967–1968 catalog included the following:

• Professors Brown, Crist, Friedhoff,Gnagey, Marzolf, McCoy, Meyering,and Tiedeman

• Associate Professors Cashen, Clark,Fitzpatrick, Hemenway, Hogan,Holmes, Kirchner, Lemke, Little,Livers, and Trupe

• Assistant Professors Cheseboro,Hutter, Johnson, Jorgensen, Lewis,Ramseyer, Rumery, Swank, Vernon,and Waimon

• Instructors Bell, Brigham, Dines,and Goebel

The department’s middle yearsIn the mid-1970s the Psychology

Department moved into its present

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location in DeGarmo Hall. The secondchair of the Psychology Departmentwas Macon Williams. Faculty listed inthe 1980–1981 catalog included thefollowing:

• Professors Cashen, Crist, Friedhoff,Gamsky, Gnagey, Hogan, Jacks,Johnson, Lamb, Lemke, McCoy,Ramseyer, and Vernon

• Associate Professors Berk,Carrington, Cheseboro, Gill, Grupe,Leicht, Lewis, Manelis, Redding,Rumery, Schmaltz, Vinitsky, J.Williams, and M. Williams.

• Assistant Professors Barrow, Baum,Berger, R. Bergner, Chalmers,DeSantis, Goebel, Goldstein,Graybill, Hardwick, Harris, Horgan,House, Hutter, Moore, Overton,Presser, Reeder, Sodetz, Swerdlik,and Waimon

• Instructor Tharp• Lecturers L. Bergner, Springer, Volle,

and WeddingDuring the 1980s, two graduate

sequences and one doctoral programwere added. Beginning in 1981, thedepartment offered a graduate pro-gram in industrial organizational psy-chology. In the mid-1980s, a develop-mental sequence was added; since itsinception, the sequence was interdisci-plinary and focused on lifespan devel-opment.

Several years later in 1989, theIllinois Board of Higher Educationapproved a doctoral degree program inschool psychology. Graduates of thedoctoral program, with the requiredpost-doctoral experience, are eligiblefor the state licensing examination forclinical psychologists, as well as for thestate and national certification exami-nations for school psychologists.

In 1991, the school psychologymaster’s degree program was upgradedto the specialist degree. Graduates ofthe specialist program are eligible to sitfor the state and national certificationexaminations for school psychologists.The specialist program is a three-yearprogram and is accredited by theNational Association of SchoolPsychologists/National Council for theAccreditation of Teacher Education.

The third chair of the PsychologyDepartment was Larry Alferink.

Faculty listed in the 1990–1991 catalogincluded the following:

• Professors Bergner, Berk, Crist,Gamsky, Gnagey, Hogan, J.Johnson, Lamb, Lemke, Ramseyer,Redding, Reeder, Schmaltz, andSwerdlik

• Associate Professors Alferink,Binning, Goldstein, Graybill,Hardwick, Harris, House, Landau,Leicht, Pryor, Rumery, Stevens, andM. Williams

• Assistant Professors Catanzaro,Creasey, Jarvis, Laurent, Nastyasi,Pfost, Walczyk, and K. Williams

• Instructional Faculty Campbell-Raufer and Kroll

• Visiting Faculty Moore• Lecturers Archer, Mark, Overton,

Phillips, Roberts, Surber, and Zylan

The department’s recent yearsAfter John Pryor served a year

as acting chair, David Patton Baronebecame the department’s fourth chair. The current faculty is listed onthe department’s Web site (www.psychology.ilstu.edu). In 2000, themaster’s degree program in psychologywas reorganized into four sequences:cognitive and behavioral sciences (formerly known as experimental psychology), developmental psychol-ogy, industrial/organizational–socialpsychology, and quantitative psychol-ogy (formerly known as measurement–statistics).

Since the College of Education haddiscontinued its counseling degree pro-gram and Illinois had instituted licens-ing, the Psychology Department creat-ed a separate master’s degree programin clinical–counseling psychology. Itwas approved in 2002 by the IllinoisBoard of Higher Education, and thefirst class of clinical–counseling psy-chology graduate students started infall 2003.

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Celebrating 40 years! Don’t miss AlumniDay 2007!Friday, October 12, 2007

Conversations with school psychology alumni

10 a.m.Location: TBA

Conversations with psychology alumni and recognition of the Grupe Fellow in School Psychology

3 p.m.Location: Ewing Cultural Center

40th anniversary alumni receptionWe will be having a reception for all alumni at Ewing CulturalCenter, Friday, October 12,4:30–6 p.m. Details will be post-ed on the department alumniWeb site (www.psychology.ilstu.edu/alumni/index.html).

Who will be named the 2007Distinguished Alumni?

If you would like details regardingAlumni Day events, please e-mailpsyalumni@IllinoisState.edu.

We hope to see you there!

Save the date: Homecoming 2007In celebration of the 40thanniversary of the Departmentof Psychology in conjunctionwith the sesquicentennial cele-bration of the University, theStudent Psychology Associationand Psi Chi are hosting a tailgateevent Saturday, October 13,prior to the homecoming foot-ball game. All alumni, students,and faculty/staff are welcome.Registration information willbe available closer to theevent. Details can be found by visiting the departmentalumni Web site or by e-mail(psyalumni@IllinoisState.edu).

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The undergraduate program hasbeen revised in various ways. Incomingstudents take an introductory psychol-ogy course in small sections. All majorstake a one-credit, eight-week course oncareers in psychology. Statistics coursesnow include two to three hours perweek in the department’s 31-stationcomputer classroom. The researchmethods course also includes weeklylaboratory/discussion sections.Advanced laboratory courses inresearch methods are taught in theDeGarmo human (former animal)research suite and in psychology facul-ty members’ animal laboratories inFelmley Hall. The new capstoneoptions for seniors provide out-of-classexperiences that incorporate knowl-edge and skills acquired in the class-room. Capstone options includeresearch apprenticeships, teachingassistants, internships, honors thesisand presentation of the research at thehonors colloquium, or participation insenior seminar.

In addition to undergraduate andgraduate programs, the departmentalso operates the Psychological ServicesCenter (PSC). Originally identified asCounseling Services or “the Clinic,” thePSC utilizes undergraduate studentsand graduate students in the schoolpsychology and the clinical–counselingpsychology programs to provide psy-chological evaluations and therapeuticservices primarily to underserved chil-dren in the local community. The PSChas evolved over the years to meet thechanging needs of students, parents,school systems, and the communitywith the services it supports.

In 2007, the Department ofPsychology celebrates its 40th anniversary in conjunction with the University’s sesquicentennial(150th) anniversary. Events areplanned to coincide with Homecoming2007, October 12–14. Please check the department alumni Web site for details regarding events atwww.psychology.ilstu.edu/alumni/index.html, or e-mail Raz Steward at psyalumni@IllinoisState.edu.

From the chairpersonBy David Patton Barone

It is an exciting year as Illinois State reaches its 150thanniversary and the department celebrates its 40thanniversary. History is the theme of this newsletter,similar to other campus publications this year. Readabout our special plans for Alumni Day 2007 and planon joining us at Ewing Cultural Center on October 12.

We would like everyone who returns to visit DeGarmo Hall and see all theimprovements: the redecorated department office and fourth floor; andthe garden level’s 31-station computer classroom, human research suite,and seminar room. The latter (48 DeGarmo) is equipped with the latest ininstructional technology. School psychology alumni should also visit thefourth floor of Fairchild Hall to see the improvements in the PSC.

Our faculty and staff continue to be recognized for the excellence of theircontributions. Last year’s Herb Sanders Advising Award went to KarenMark. This year’s recipients of university awards are Glenn Reeder(Distinguished Researcher), Jeff Wagman (Research Initiative), and ReneeTobin (Teaching Initiative). This year’s recipients of the College of Arts andSciences’ Social Sciences Awards are Jeffrey Kahn (Research) and MatthewHesson-McInnis (Service). Faculty members promoted last year areProfessors Binning, T. Critchfield, Jordan, and Associate Professor Hoff.

I am stepping down as chair after eight years in the position, and a nation-al search is underway for a new chair. The time has passed very quicklyand has been rewarding for me. I am particularly gratified by our successin attracting excellent new faculty members and by their continuing suc-cess at making the department a center of high achievement. I hasten toadd that the department is also a center for personable and dedicatedteachers, who personify the values that Illinois State asserts. As the babyboomers continue to retire (see story on Dan Graybill in this issue), thedepartment is being left in good hands.

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The Departmentof Psychology hasasked me to dredgeup some early histo-ry of the industrial/organizational (I/O)master’s program from my crowded(not failing) memory. Some of youmight remember that John Binningand I served as co-coordinators in theprogram’s early years and later Ibecame coordinator, allowing Johnmore time to pursue his research andprofessional interests. I have to admitthat running the program was my“leg up” to my eventual 16-year stintas chair of the PsychologyDepartment at Winthrop University.

The personnelAn Industrial/Organizational

program could be a viable addition to our array of master’s programs. The decision came at a time when I was ready for an existential shift. My Ph.D. was in social psychology,but I had taken a real interest in theapplied aspects of that field. I alsohad some real-world administrative/personnel experience, been involvedin some fairly esoteric (for the time)measurement work through Rutgersand Bell Labs and done man/machine interaction studies for theAmerican Institutes for Research. Thatplus the fact that we had on staffexceptional social psychologists(Glenn Reeder and later, John Pryor)made it possible for me to retrain intoI/O. In 1980, with university anddepartment support, I spent twosemesters and part of a summer at the University of Illinois taking 30hours of courses in the PsychologyDepartment, School of Business, the School of Industrial and LaborRelations. While there it becameapparent to me that of the “twoworlds of I/O psychology” mystrongest interests were in the micro to macro ends of organizationalbehavior, organizational structure,and theory. This turned out to be a propitious choice.

At the same time we began asearch process that resulted in the

hiring of John Binning. John wasalso broadly trained but probablymore inclined toward the personnelaspects of our field. We had a broad

range of overlap of knowledge andcomplemented each other in terms offocus. I think that this gave the stu-dents as complete a range of coveragein the field as was possible with twofull-time faculty.

The programI have to give John a tremendous

amount of credit for generating vari-ous alternatives for our program. Evenbefore he arrived he had researchedmany of the better-regarded master’sprograms to look at course require-ments. Also, since we assumed thatmany of our students would be usingthis program to enter the field beforecontinuing their education, he and Itook a “skills approach” in producinga didactic structure.

What resulted was a programthat depended greatly upon our col-leagues for providing information andskills (among them Professors Lemke,Rumery, Ramseyer, and Johnson; andour earlier-mentioned social psycholo-gists also worked closely with our stu-dents). John and I took the positionthat our students had to be “fluent inbusiness-speak” in order to interactwith people in a business milieuwhether as consultants or employees.Thus, we encouraged them to takecourses in business (to the great joy ofseveral business professors).

We added two senior/graduate-level courses in personnel and organi-zational psychology, respectively. And,to cap the experience, we also set uptwo team-taught graduate seminarsin IO. In addition to incredible read-ing loads (a sign of both suffering andpride among our students), neitherJohn nor I shirked from airing oursometimes contrasting opinions dur-ing the sessions—a good lesson in therelativity of truth and the multiplicityof approaches available in our field.In addition to independent researchand thesis work we had our platesfull.

InternshipsI want to treat this separately

since this aspect took some time todevelop. Even more important is thatany accolades for its success can belaid at the feet of our students. Thedifficulty in developing internships inI/O was that we were in a communitythat did not have a plethora of busi-nesses. We were greatly aided by thecoming of Diamond Star (nowMitsubishi) and its sub-contractors tothe community. We assumed thatonce we got a foot in the door, localbusinesses would realize the incredibleresources available in these intelli-gent, energetic and, if I must say somyself, well-trained individuals. Well,it worked and created probably one ofour biggest successes thanks to them.Oh, it also led to one of our biggestproblems (common to many pro-grams)—non-retention due to the full-time hiring of students before comple-tion of their theses.

Our admissions became moreand more competitive over the yearsas the program gained status. I’mproud to say that we kept our initialperspective of applying the dictumthat “past performance is the best pre-dictor of future performance.” Basedon both a common philosophy andempirical data, we did not let testscores become the dominant basis foradmission. The result of all this is agroup of people who have been suc-cessful both in and outside of ourfield. I still look upon my time helpingto put the I/O program into placewith great pleasure and satisfaction.

Editor’s note: As shown on the program’s Web page (www.psychology.ilstu.edu/iosoc), the I/Oprogram continues much as describedabove. The main change is the addi-tion of a social psychology emphasisand the formal affiliation of ProfessorsReeder, Pryor, and DeSouza to comple-ment its current I/O psychologistsBinning, K. Schneider, and Liu.

Industrial/organizational social psychology at Illinois State: A historyBy Mel Goldstein

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When the Psychology Departmentat Illinois State University was formedin 1966, it included a single master’sdegree program. Two sequences withinthat program were clinical psychologyand counseling psychology. All psy-chology graduate students, in any ofthe sequences, had to complete three“core” or common courses as depart-mental requirements: “Theories ofPersonality,” “Theories of Learning,”and “Statistics II” (or “Test Theory”).They also had to either complete a the-sis or pass a written comprehensiveexamination. The clinical students andcounseling students also completedcourses in theories and techniques of

counseling,family therapy,group therapy,personalityassessment, andpracticum.Students fromboth programsoften took class-es in behaviormodificationand communitymental health

as electives. The clinical students hadto complete a class in intellectualassessment that was not required of thecounseling students; the counselingstudents took a course in vocationalcounseling that the clinical studentsdid not have to take.

Over time the two sequencesbecame even more similar—bothmoved to include behavior therapy asa required course. Their practicumplacements tended to be in the sametypes of community agencies—pre-dominantly community mental heathagencies. Both groups also saw individ-ual clients at Illinois State’s counselingcenter, supervised by their facultymembers. Perhaps most critically, grad-uates from both sequences tended toobtain employment (and enjoy suc-cess) in the same types of communityagencies—mental health centers, sub-stance abuse programs, and (to a lesserextent) child care agencies, institutions,and hospitals. Finally, a minority ofgraduates from both programs sought

and often obtained admission into doc-toral programs in human servicedepartments.

Within the mental health commu-nity the forces pressing for licensing ofmaster’s-level practitioners culminatedin the 1992 passage of the ClinicalProfessional Counselor Licensing Act.For the first time in Illinois, a statepractice license was potentially avail-able for counseling professionals with amaster’s degree. Eligibility to sit for astate licensing exam required at least amaster’s degree from an accreditedinstitution of higher learning and twoyears of appropriately supervised expe-rience. The rule further specified thatthe graduate program completed hadto include formal coursework in 13specified areas, not all of which werealready being covered in oursequences. Despite some misgivingsabout external control of the curricu-lum, it seemed unacceptable and inde-fensible to fail to provide our fine stu-dents with an education program thatwould keep licensure available tothem. To do so would have placedthem at a considerable competitive dis-advantage. The independent decisionsof the coordinating committees forboth sequences were identical—we hadto find a way to accommodate theLicensed Clinical ProfessionalCounselor (LCPC) curricular require-ments within our educational modelsand try to preserve those elementswhich we believed had contributed toour prior success in training top-notchcounselors.

The counseling and clinicalsequences always had been very simi-lar. One direct consequence of the cur-ricular requirements of the implemen-tation rule would be to eliminate thefew course differences that had existedbetween the clinical and counselingsequences. The LCPC requirementscould be met with a single assessmentcourse, and we settled on the objectiveassessment course fashioned for thecounseling sequence that provided atleast some exposure to both cognitiveand adjustment measures. The coursein intelligence testing could be taken as

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Dan Graybill retiresSpring semester 2007 is the lastsemester that students will experi-ence the dedication of DanGraybill. He has beenthe instructor ofteacher education stu-dents since 1977, firstin 347, “ChildhoodBehavior Disorders,”then in PSY 247,“Characteristics of LD/BD/EMH inChildren and Adolescents,” andmost recently in PSY 302,“Developmental Psychology ofAdolescence.” His rigorousdemands on these students oftenmet with initial resistance, whichusually gave way to gratitude forachieving more than they thoughtpossible. Like other clinical facultymembers, his initial appointmentwas part-time in StudentCounseling Services. He was a keyfigure in the master’s program inclinical psychology. He served asprogram coordinator for 14 years(1981–1984 and 1987–1998) andwas responsible for setting up paidpracticums with local mental healthagencies, many of which continueto the present. In his final years, hebecame undergraduate coordinatorand was instrumental in elevatingexperiential opportunities from elective experiences to capstoneoptions. These include researchapprenticeships with faculty mem-bers and a professional practiceplacement in the community sup-ported by a practicum seminartaught by a faculty member. Danwill be remembered for his 30 yearsof contributions to the Departmentof Psychology. His engaging person-ality and his enthusiasm for teach-ing and advancing clinical psychol-ogy will be missed.

Dr. James Johnson and Dr. Gary Ramseyer

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Developmental psychology at Illinois State: A historyBy Laura Berk and Marla Reese Weber

Department helps sponsor Psi Chi studentsPsi Chi is a national honor society ofstudents devoted to encouragingand maintaining excellence inscholarship while advancing the sci-ence of psychology. Membership isopen to undergraduate and gradu-ate students who study psychologyas one of their major interests, andwho meet the minimum qualifica-tions set by Psi Chi and theAssociation of College HonorSocieties.

Psi Chi members and StudentPsychology Association membersmeet together biweekly. The organi-zations invite guest speakers to talkwith students about professions,research, graduate school, andmuch more. Social events are heldthroughout the year. In addition tosocial events, the student organiza-tions initiate several service andfundraising projects to help thelocal community.

In an effort to involve more stu-dents in the organization, thedepartment has decided to sponsorstudents by providing $50 to eacheligible student toward the lifetimemembership fee of $75. The depart-ment is seeking your help in spon-soring our students by donating tothe Department of Psychology’sfoundation account. Informationregarding how to donate is avail-able in the “Keep in Touch” sectionof the newsletter or on our depart-ment alumni Web site (www.psychology.ilstu.edu/alumni/giving).

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The developmental sequence wasinitiated in the mid-1980s, under theleadership of Professor Barbara Goebel.Other core faculty included Laura Berk,Douglas Hardwick, Pat Cheesboro, andWilliam (Bill) Gnagey. From the begin-ning, the curriculum was focused ondevelopment across the lifespan. Inaddition to specializing in childhood oradolescence, students could specializein gerontology because we collaboratedwith the gerontological program oncampus. We had to initiate thesequence without incurring any extracost to the department or college, sothis meant using existing courses. Thathad its problems, but the plus side wasthat our course offerings were trulyinterdisciplinary. Students took coursesin sociology, speech pathology, educa-tion, biology, and anthropology.

In the first few years, the numberof students enrolled varied from three

to nine. When BarbaraGoebel retired in 1989,Laura Berk began hermany years of service asthe sequence coordinatorand we added both GaryCreasey and Patricia Jarvis to the sequence faculty. It is obvious how their addition strengthened ourfaculty and our curriculum. For exam-ple, we soon added the seminar in ado-lescence. Our faculty and our studentswere publishing in the best of journals,and early on we sent graduates to out-standing Ph.D. programs, includingUniversity of Florida, University ofNorth Carolina, Clark University, andEmory University (all those by 1990!).

In the late 1990s the developmen-tal sequence and educational psychol-ogy sequences merged, adding threefaculty members to the developmentalsequence including Marla Reese-Weber.

an elective. In 1999, the faculties decid-ed to merge into a single clinical–coun-seling sequence. This name had somepotential practical advantages for ourgraduates—since licensing would be asa “counselor” with an emphasis on“clinical skills,” we hoped this titlewould facilitate the license applicationprocess for our students.

Given the constraints imposed bythe LCPC requirements, the facultydecided that continuing the constraintsof the master’s program in psychologywas undesirable. To serve both require-ments meant the students had no elec-tives. We therefore began the process ofbecoming an independent programwithin the Psychology Department, amove that allowed us to completely setall of our own course requirements.The courses in personality theories andstatistics fulfilled requirements with theLCPC curricular model and theystayed. The theories of learning coursedid not, and it went with reluctance.Some of its coverage overlapped withthe required course in advancedbehavior modification. The new mas-ter’s program in clinical–counselingpsychology was approved by the

Illinois Board of Higher Education(IBHE) and began accepting studentsin 2003. Recently a comprehensivereport documenting the progress of theprogram during its first three years wassubmitted to the University and to theIBHE for review.

There have been two importantrecent changes that the program is stillworking out. One concerns practicum.Student Counseling Services wantedour students to put in more time there,but they already were putting in 20hours per week in a communityagency. We decided to eliminate theSCS practicum, leaving the externalpracticum as the only one. Now thatthe Psychological Services Center has ahalf-time licensed director, it is begin-ning to provide opportunities for ourstudents again to receive internalpracticum training. The other changeconcerns the comprehensive exam. Wewanted it to become a more valuablelearning experience and to include fac-ulty mentoring just as a thesis does. Ithas been changed to a clinical compe-tency project, which will earn coursecredit and result in a written projectand oral defense before two facultymembers.

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Bill Gnagey retired in 1999, Laura Berkretired in 2001, and Douglas Hardwickretired in 2005. Following Laura’sretirement, Patricia Jarvis served assequence coordinator followed by MarlaReese-Weber who currently serves asthe coordinator. We have hired severalnew faculty members the last few yearsincluding Gregory Braswell, AlyciaHund, Rocío Riveadeneyra, and CorinneZimmerman. In addition, Renée Tobinfrom the school psychology programhas an affiliation with our sequencedue to her developmental interests.Our sequence has eight faculty mem-bers and 12 graduate students.

Overall, 65 students have gradu-ated from the developmental sequence.

Many of those graduates are now fac-ulty members at various universitiesincluding the University of Arizona,University of Illinois, University ofVermont, and Purdue University. Othergraduates have pursued applied fieldssuch as service coordinators and clini-cal coordinators or have used theirresearch skills to serve as a program orresearch analysts. We are pleased tohave kept in touch with our alumnithrough the years by highlighting theiraccomplishments on our Web page,sending annual newsletters, and plan-ning dinners at national conferencesfor current students and alumni toattend.

ISPIC newsBy Brenda Huber

Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium receives strong support

In recent years, promoting a continuum of high-quality teaching andlearning throughout the entire educational system has become a priority inIllinois. The Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium (ISPIC) capi-talizes on the inter-institutional cooperation of four university school psy-chology doctoral programs and efficiently utilizes the resources of 16 differ-ent partnering sites to equitably implement empirically supported educa-tional practices in underserved areas. The mission of ISPIC is to improve thelives of children, adolescents, and their families by training interns who pro-mote the highest quality educational and mental health services (seewww.psychology.ilstu.edu/ispic).

ISPIC secured its third year of funding from the Illinois Board of HigherEducation. The amount awarded constituted a 43 percent increase over lastyear’s level of funding—$50,600 vs. $35,340. The funds were awarded specifi-cally because of the program’s record of recruiting and retaining doctoral-level school psychologists in the state. Fifteen of the 28 graduates have comefrom out-of-state and 95 percent of all graduates have remained in Illinois.

ISPIC also was awarded $51,920 from the Illinois Children’s HealthcareFoundation (ICHF)to implement its Diversity Plan, which sets some concreteand measurable expectations. The recruited class appears to be relativelyrepresentative of the national demographics. ICHF funds have enabled ISPICto add rural and urban settings so that 20 interns are being recruited for the2007–2008 class—double the number secured last year. The one goal of theefforts articulated in the Diversity Plan is that 20 percent of the cohort willbe from racially/ethnically diverse backgrounds, an increase from 13 percent.

In addition to recruitment of diverse applicants, the Diversity Plan outlinesactivities to increase the cultural competence of all interns and training super-visors regardless of their background. Although practitioners in the schoolsare largely Caucasian, the population served during internship is quitediverse with interns spending approximately 40–45 percent of their timeserving children and adolescents who are from racial/ethnic minority groups.

PSC newsBy Brenda Huber

Psychological ServicesCenter (PSC) reaches out toprofessional communityThe PSC has a long history of fillinga niche in the community by pro-viding services to children, adoles-cents, and their families. Every yearthe services expand, and more andmore of the activities occur in out-reach settings such as agencies,schools, and homes. In the PSC, thenumber and type of services areconstantly developing. The admin-istrative team, which is composedof all faculty supervising within thePSC, has generated a newsletterand a mailing list of fellow serviceproviders in the Bloomington-Normal area. We are planning ourinaugural Professional CommunityLuncheon with the intent of facili-tating a dialogue with professionalswith whom we collaborate, solicit-ing feedback and identifying gapsor duplication of services. In addi-tion to bringing in a speaker tooffer a professional developmentopportunity, we hope to providelunch and debut a virtual tour of the PSC that is currently in production.

New staff at the PSCThis summer, we welcomed a newaddition to the PSC. Kelly Woithbecame our new staff secretary taking over for Neva Waller, whoretired last spring. Kelly is a studentat Illinois State finishing her degreein sociology. She is married and hasthree sons.

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Alumni updates• Christian Rene Hubbard ’04

graduated with an M.A. in industrialorganizational psychology fromSouthern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville in May 2006.

• John King ’04 will finish a degree inschool counseling at the University ofLouisville in 2006. John is working asan academic advisor/counselor in themaster’s program at the University ofLouisville.

Industrial/Organizational• Marijo (Murphy)

Clemons, M.S. ’85,is a senior businesssystems analyst forFinancial ProfilesInc. in Carlsbad,California. She is themother of six-year-oldidentical twin girls.

• Veronica (Harcar) Manzella,M.S. ’91, took a job with State Farmin Bloomington.

• James M. LeBreton, M.S. ’97, startedwork this past fall as an associateprofessor of psychological sciences at Purdue University. He and his wife, Beth, M.S. ’97 (counseling), welcomed their second child inJanuary 2007.

• Robert Kaiser, M.S. ’98, coauthoreda book, The Versatile Leader. He is apartner in Kaplan DeVries Inc.

• Angela (Dengler) Adorno, M.S. ’99,and her husband Tony welcomed ababy girl, Isabel.

• Scott Bedwell, M.S. ’99, and his wifeJulie welcomed a baby boy, Thomas.

• Tonya (Luttrell) Alberico, M.S. ’00,took a job with Home Depot inOrlando, Florida.

• John DeVille, M.S. ’04, took a job atDell Inc. in Austin, Texas.

• James Ringler, M.S. ’05, took a jobwith CorVirtus in Colorado Springs,Colorado.

• Derek Berube, M.S. ’06, took at jobwith Allstate in Chicago.

• Lane Fraley, M.S. ’06, took a jobwith Walgreens in Deerfield.

• Theresa LoPiccolo, M.S. ’06, took ajob with Safeway in Pleasanton,California.

Clinical/Counseling• Susan M. Sweeney, M.S. ’84,

is a partner in a private practice.Catamount Associates, in Bennington,Vermont. She specializes in addictions,women’s issues, and GLBT issues. Suehas been with her partner Rose for 18years, and celebrated a civil union inJuly 2000.

• Florence Horany, M.S. ’91, is work-ing at North Central BehavioralHealth Systems in LaSalle.

• Terri Hanson, M.S. ’98, is working atSt. Alexius Medical Center inBismarck, North Dakota, and sheserves on the board of the NorthDakota Psychological Association.

• Katie Mosack, M.S. ’98, is a facultymember at the University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee in their psy-chology department.

• Charu Thakral, M.S. ’99, obtainedher Ph.D. at Loyola University ofChicago in 2006 and is now workingat the Institute for Juvenile Researchin the Department of Psychiatry atthe University of Illinois at Chicago,where she is project director of STYLE(Strengthening Today’s Youth LifeExperience), an NIMH-funded HIV-prevention program designed specifi-cally for parents and youths with significant mental health disorders.

• Danesh Karunanayake, M.S. ’00,is now a senior lecturer at theDepartment of Philosophy andPsychology, University of Peradeniya,Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

• Steve Miller, M.S. ’00, obtained hisPh.D. at Loyola University of Chicagoin 2006 and is now an assistant pro-fessor of psychology at CaliforniaState University-Fullerton, where he isa member of the applied quantitativepsychology program.

• Jessica Rudolphi, M.S. ’03, passedthe LCPC exam in October 2005.

• Bob Banks, M.S. ’04, is teaching asan adjunct faculty member atHeartland Community College.

• Kara O’Brien, M.S. ’05, is an addic-tions therapist at Prairie Center inUrbana.

• Leah Barr, M.S. ’06, had a paperaccepted for publication: Corrigan,P.W., Watson, A.C., & Barr, L. (inpress). Understanding the self-stigmaof mental illness. Journal of Social andClinical Psychology. She also wonIllinois State’s Fisher Award forOutstanding Thesis.

• Melissa (Zygmun) Cox, M.S. ’06,is a therapist/case manager at PiattCounty Mental Health Center inMonticello.

• Emily Privia, M.S. ’06, is a SASStherapist for Family Service andCommunity Mental Health ofMcHenry County.

Annual alumni survey slated for April 18–May 31, 2007Attention: Graduates of the Classes of 2006 and 2002In April 2007 you will receive a letter from President Bowman inviting you toparticipate in the annual alumni survey. The information that you provide tothe University through this survey is used to help continue to improve the edu-cational experience at Illinois State. Participants will be eligible for a chance towin two round-trip airline tickets on AirTran Airways courtesy of the CentralIllinois Regional Airport. So mark your calendars for April 2007, and completeIllinois State’s alumni survey!

Current enrollment numbers 64students in both the specialist andPh.D. programs. This year there are 10entering students with four enrolled inthe specialist program and six in thedoctoral program. We have the mostgeographical diversity than ever, withincoming students receiving theirundergraduate education at suchschools as Duke University, Universityof Oregon, Eastern Illinois University,Truman State University (Missouri),Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Illinois WesleyanUniversity, University of Arkansas,University of Utah, and PurdueUniversity.

Currently, eight specialist and fourdoctoral students are on internship.Specialist interns are working atAddison Trail High School, Tri-CountySpecial Education Association, CiceroSchool District 99, Livingston CountySpecial Services, Peoria Public Schools,Woodford County Special EducationAssociation, Naperville School District203, and the Special Education Districtof Lake County (SEDOL). Doctoral stu-dents are interning with the Universityof Tennessee Health SciencesCenter/Knoxville Public Schools, BabyFold/East Peoria School District,Psychological Services Center, and theSIU School of Medicine/SangamonArea Department of Special Education.As always, we appreciate the guidancethat alumni of the program provide to students that they supervise in the field!

Alumni return for homecomingevent: Conversations withSchool Psychology Alumni

Several alumni returned to cam-pus during Homecoming 2006 forConversations with School PsychologyAlumni— a talk with current specialist

and doctoral students. These alumniincluded Professor Jim Johnson ’64,Illinois State graduate and retired fac-ulty; Corey Tello ’74, associate directorof special education for BloomingtonSchool District 87; Dave Wieck ’74,lead psychologist for Kendall CountySpecial Education Association; DebbieDietrich ’74, administrator and schoolpsychologist with Mid-Central RegionalLow Incidence Cooperative; BeckyFrancois ’82, director of special educa-tion for Bloomington School District87; and Tracy Cruise ’98, associate pro-fessor of psychology at Western IllinoisUniversity. We thank each of thesealumni for taking time from their busyschedules to share their career pathsand views of the field with our currentspecialist and doctoral students.

PassagesCongratulations to our largest

group of new doctoral graduates—Amy Genrich Cohan, Nikki Duke, JoeGentry, JoDe Paladino, Dawn BlakeWinicour, Kim Woodman, and ArleneYong.

Babies: Brenda Huber, baby boy;Christine Mitchell-Endsley, baby boy;Nikki Duke, baby boy

Marriages: Amy Genrich Cohan;Jil Bush Stauter; Dawn GrobleWinicour; Mary Padgham Wurster

School Psychology InstituteThe ninth annual Illinois State

University School Psychology Institutewill be held April 27, 2007, featuringpast president of the NationalAssociation of School Psychologists,Scott Poland from Nova University-Southeast. Poland will be speaking oncrisis intervention/safe schools. Localmental health practitioners, students,and alumni are welcome to attend his half-day workshop, his afternoonresearch colloquium, and end-of-the-day informal discussion with students.For more information, please contactSteve Landau, institute coordinator,at selandau@IllinoisState.edu.

Fourth Audrey J. Grupe Fellowin school psychology selected

Rebecca Skupien is the fourthrecipient of the Audrey J. GrupeFellowship in SchoolPsychology. Rebecca is afirst-year student in thespecialist program. Shegraduated from IllinoisWesleyan University. PastGrupe Fellows have includ-ed Brian Spicer, JenniferWierzbicki, and Claire Delahunt. Thefellowship includes a full-tuition waiv-er and a monthly stipend equivalent toa graduate assistantship. School psy-chology faculty wish to thank ProfessorGrupe and her friend Mary JaneMcCarthy for funding the fellowshipand contributing to future generationsof school psychology students.

School psychology anniversarycelebration Friday,October 12, 2007

We recently sent our alumni a survey with questions regarding experi-ence with the school psychology pro-gram with the intention of puttingtogether a commemorative Web sitecelebrating the school psychology pro-gram’s anniversary. We look forwardto your participation in the Web-basedactivity and to each of you joining usOctober 12–14, 2007, for the celebra-tion. If you did not receive the e-mailsurvey and would like to provide feed-back regarding the program, sendresponses to Mark Swerdlik by mail(Illinois State University, Department of Psychology, Campus Box 4620,Normal, IL 61790-4620), or e-mail(meswerd@IllinoisState.edu).

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School psychology newsBy Mark Swerdlik

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Distinguished Alumni Awards 2006By Mark Swerdlik

James J. Johnson, M.S. ’64(“Dr. J” as he is affectionately known

to his students, or “Jimmy” tohis colleagues), was honoredduring homecoming as our2006 Department ofPsychology Alumnus of theYear for a career that has

spanned over 40 years.Professor Johnson received his

master’s degree in school psychologyand counseling after having receivedhis undergraduate degree in psycholo-gy from Washington University in St.Louis in 1961. He then went on toreceive his Ph.D. from NorthwesternUniversity in counselor education, edu-cational psychology, and higher educa-tion in 1966.

Professor Johnson’s first job inhigher education in 1966 was a sort ofhomecoming when he accepted a posi-tion as an assistant professor of psy-chology here at Illinois State. Heenjoyed the work so much that heremained for 36 years prior to his retire-ment in 2002. Since retirement, he con-tinues to teach one course for ourdepartment each semester.

Throughout his career, ProfessorJohnson has received many awards.One in particular was the award forOutstanding Contributions to theIllinois Psychological Association (IPA).This award recognized his 17-yeartenure as editor of the Illinois Psychologist(the official newsletter of the IllinoisPsychological Association). He alsoserved as an IPA Council Representa-tive, and chair of both the academicand school sections.

In his role as teacher/professor and fan of Redbird Athletics, ProfessorJohnson has contributed in many different ways to athletics at IllinoisState and has touched the lives ofmany student-athletes including hiswork in the Athletic Study Center.Recently, he was honored as the recipi-ent of the prestigious Stretch MillerAward presented by the AthleticDepartment for outstanding contribu-tions to the Illinois State UniversityIntercollegiate Athletic Program.

Further evidence of his impact onstudents included receiving the HerbSanders Award for OutstandingAcademic Advisement in 2002. Thisaward recognized his serving as our

department’s Honors coordinator for 15years and his serving as advisor to theStudent Psychology Association, PsiChi, and faculty advisor to the GoldenKey International Honor Society. Hismany contributions to teaching, thedepartment, and the University trulymake him the alumnus of the year. Wewould like to thank Professor Johnsonand his family for his outstandingeffort and compassion.

Tracy Cruise, M.S. ’94, Ph.D. ’98,was honored as the 2006 PsychologyDepartment Early Career Alumnae ofthe Year Award. Professor Cruise earnedher bachelor’s degree from SouthwestMissouri State University in 1991, hermaster’s degree in clinical psychologyfrom our department in 1994, and herPh.D. in school psychology in 1998.Upon graduation, she took a positionas an assistant professor of psychologyin the Department of Psychology atWestern Illinois University in Macomb.She is affiliated with both the schooland clinical psychology graduate pro-grams reflecting the academic roots ofher graduate training.

Professor Cruise has co-authored a book, Child Abuse and Neglect: TheSchool’s Response. She has pre-sented over 50 papers atnational and state confer-ences, and has authoredor co-authored numerousbook chapters, encyclope-dia entries, and handoutsused by school psychologists.Professor Cruise has also devel-oped a research interest in supervisionissues. She has been a leader in theplanning of and serving as a trainer forour annual statewide workshops oneffective supervisory practices for schoolpsychology internship supervisors. Shehas also co-authored several articlesand presented papers at professionalconferences on this topic.

Professor Cruise is the first gradu-ate of our Ph.D. program who has beenpromoted from assistant to associateprofessor and received tenure. Her col-leagues credit our department for edu-cating such an effective and valuedteacher, scholar, and department anduniversity colleague and citizen. Wetake great pride in graduates like TracyCruise and are better because of them.

Psychology donor rollJanuary 1–December 31, 2006$1,000+Dr. Laura BerkRichard and Dicksie BriggsAudrey J. GrupeJames and Patricia JohnsonMary Jane McCarthyD. Charles Van Hecke and Cathy BaechleThomas Wicke

$500–$999Gerald Ferris and Pamela PerreweDennis PetrowskySleep Center of Central Illinois LLCVincent and Patricia TrosinoTodd and Tracey Vincent

$250–$499Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell and Peter DelzellJames and Mary AntosGail and Charles BrownAndrew and Jill ChirchirilloBernard and Vicki DechmanMichela LaibleJames and Beth LeBretonGrant and Kathleen LevitanNancy and Stephen SiwiecDoug Smith

$100–$249David and Deborah BaroneThomas and Anne BerghausenKathleen Bieschke and Daryl GregoryBirdsell Chiropractic & Acupuncture ClinicBrad Neuhaus Real EstateMelissa and Don BroggerRonald and Elizabeth BrysonThomas and Kay CarrollMarijo and Lonny ClemonsMichelle and Mark ColemanMary and Michael CorneliusMary Dellorto and Paul BlackwellCheryl and Michael ElenzLisa EvoyPatricia FoltzThomas and Paula FormanJohn and Linda HamiltonJeffrey A. Crowhurst DPMJoshua and Jean-Marie KrohseRoger LarameeRichard and Mary LavenderJudy and Anthony MatensTimothy and Tiffany MitchellThomas and Julie OyanBonnie PetersRandolph and Adrienne PetersenNancy and Richard PetersonKent and Gina PicheJason and Ann PopovichRachel PurcellJohn Ringer and Cindy Ross-RingerGreg and Sheila RobinsonSharon SwansonMark and Margaret SwerdlikSteven and Marcia TerrillMargaret and Philip TrippMichael and Candace WaltersLynn and Marilyn WebbDavid and Corrine Wieck

$1–$99Debra and Richard AlexanderVirginia AsperJanet and Paul BaileyMary BarraJennifer and Wayne BaumbergerPaula and Albert BeaulieuMary and Harold BerjohnMartin and Janelle BohanGary and Janice BradshawVincent BrolleyDelores and James BrownTimothy and Karen BruceMichelle and Kevin BruzanAmanda and Stanley CadeMerry and Donald CantrellMichael and Cecelia CaperelliChristopher and Robyn CashenMegan Connelly Grothaus and Tim GrothausCynthia A Verhoek–State Farm InsuranceJan and Walter DearieJennifer DerricksCarol FinleyCynthia Weeks and Kim FraserTisha and David GladSteven and Diane HenryMatthew Hesson-McInnisMichael and Becky HoagMax and Irene HonnAlvin and Betty HouseKathryn and James HudsonHenry HummertSusan JablonskyRobert Jakel

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Profile of an alumnus donor

Vincent J. Trosino, M.S. ’73, wasone of several individuals inducted intothe College of Arts and Sciences 2006Hall of Fame on February 18, 2006, inthe Old Main Room in the BoneStudent Center.

As of December 2006, Mr. Trosinois the retired president, vice chair of theboard, and chief operating officer ofState Farm Mutual AutomobileInsurance Company in Bloomington.After earning a bachelor’s degree inpsychology from Villanova Universityin 1962, he began his career with StateFarm as a management developmenttrainee at the company’s Pennsylvaniaoffice. A series of promotions broughthim to corporate headquarters inBloomington, where he worked andearned his master’s degree from IllinoisState in psychology.

In 1981, he was elected regionalvice president for the northeasternregion, which is headquartered inWayne, New Jersey. In 1986, hereturned to Bloomington to serve asvice president in the president’s office.He was elected executive vice presidentin 1987, chief operating officer in 1991,vice chair of the board in 1994, and

president in 1998.In 1998, Mr.Trosino was electedchair of the Board ofTrustees of the American Institute forCPCU, the Insurance Institute ofAmerica, and the Insurance Institutefor Applied Ethics. He is also a memberof the Brookings Institution Board ofTrustees, Vulcan Materials CompanyBoard of Directors, and past chair ofthe advisory board of the Children’sFoundation of McLean County.

In 1992, he was appointed bythen-governor Jim Edgar to serve on theState Judicial Inquiry Board. He alsoserved on the Illinois State UniversityFoundation Board from 1989 to 1997and was chair of the board from 1993to 1997. In 1992, he received anachievement award from the HughO’Brien Youth Foundation of America,and in 1994, he received the IllinoisState University Alumni AchievementAward. In 2000, he was awarded thedistinguished alumni medallion fromthe College of Liberal Arts at VillanovaUniversity, and in 2001 he received theJoseph Cardinal Bernardin Humani-tarian Award in Chicago.

Patricia JonesJames and Estella JurkovichRobert and Molly KaiserLynn and John KnepperWarren and Kathy LindleyLoralea and David LissMary Lee and John LockwoodChristopher LubawskiKimberly and David MacurdyLuella and Donald MahannahBarbara MarshKathleen and Michael McGeeSharon and James McNamaraJacqueline and Phillip MeliRobert and Christine MeskimenMark and Lisa MichniakSharon LaEace MillsNatalie and Shay MoellerProco and Georgia MorenoMary and Steve MusseyCarol and Van NaylorDenise and James NoeKevin O’BrienRivkah OlleyMichael Padavic and Ellen McMahonSusan PetersArdis PetersonRobert PinchottMark and Beverly PomplunWalter and Jean PriorMarla Reese-Weber and John WeberC Stuart and Charlene RobertshawChristina and Bryan SchertzJyll and Jeff SchmidKristina and Jay SchmidgallWilliam SchneiderThomas SchumacherCharles and Joan ShermanJon and Sharon SimanDale and Judy SimonsonTodd and Susan Wilcox SmithTonia and Dennis StantonChesteen and Richard SternGregg Stockey and Bonnie CollinsSusan Sweeney and Rose Marie PelletierMaureen and Chad SypkensHoward and Krysta TepperKent and Ann TerryNancy ThompsonRenee TobinKelly and William WalendaMichael and Stephanie WallingKaren and Barry WoolseyJill Yentes

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Autism Service expands with grant(Article from CAS News, May 2006)

The Autism Service, part of Illinois State University’sPsychological Services Center, recently received a $100,000grant from The Autism Project of Illinois (TAP). The grantwill help the Autism Service expand their existing servicesranging from individual treatment in the clinic and in-home services to providing parent and sibling supportgroups as well as providing support services such as vol-unteers to the Autism Society of McLean County. “With theadditional money, we have been able to hire additionalgraduate clinicians and significantly expand the types ofservices offered,” said Karla Doepke, associate professor ofpsychology and coordinator of the Autism Service. “Thisgrant is significant to the Autism Service program becauseit expands our ability to simultaneously meet the research,training, and service missions of the University at both thegraduate and undergraduate levels. It also ties us into abroader network of state services and professionals

throughout the state with whom we can collaborate on a variety of projects.”

The Autism Service at the Psychological Services Center(PSC) encompasses four main areas: 1) intervention for chil-dren and their families; 2) consultation with schools andfamilies regarding individual children or specific issues relat-ed to autism; 3) workshops or in-service training designedto provide education and training to professionals, parapro-fessionals, and parents who are working with individualsdiagnosed with autism; and 4) evaluation of interventioneffectiveness and acceptability. A treatment team composedof Illinois State faculty, graduate student clinicians, andundergraduate students addresses the needs of childrendiagnosed with autism. Inquiries and requests for servicecan be made by calling the PSC at (309) 438-5629 or bysending e-mail to psc@IllinoisState.edu.

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