University of Toledo Psychology
@utoledopsych.bsky.social
Welcome to the official University of Toledo Department of Psychology. Stay up to date on news around the department, upcoming events, and much more!
https://www.utoledo.edu/jhc/psychology/
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Congratulations, Dr. Spotts!🎉
New publication from our lab team in Patient Education and Counseling examines the role of patients in intrapersonally self-regulating the experience of nocebo effects through proactive and reactive strategies.
READ HERE: doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2026.109743
READ HERE: doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2026.109743
Redirecting
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July 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Congratulations, Dr. Spotts!🎉
Emma Church, a third-year Clinical Psychology doctoral student, explains how compassion fatigue can develop for first responders.
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13 ABC: Compassion Fatigue Impacts Law Enforcement
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July 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Emma Church, a third-year Clinical Psychology doctoral student, explains how compassion fatigue can develop for first responders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqtj...
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More great work from our very own, Dr. Elhai!
Our new paper is now online. Social Media use is Associated with, but is not a Major Cause of Mental Disorder among Adolescent.
Fulltext freely available:
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Fulltext freely available:
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Social Media use is Associated with, but is not a Major Cause of Mental Disorder among Adolescents
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July 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
More great work from our very own, Dr. Elhai!
UToledo Psychology made a strong showing at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference last month, with 31 presentations from our undergraduate and graduate students and faculty! 🎉
May 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
UToledo Psychology made a strong showing at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference last month, with 31 presentations from our undergraduate and graduate students and faculty! 🎉
Our annual Department of Psychology Research Showcase featured outstanding research by UToledo students!
Undergraduate and graduate researchers—alongside local high school collaborators—shared their work with faculty and peers, highlighting the impactful research happening in our department.
Undergraduate and graduate researchers—alongside local high school collaborators—shared their work with faculty and peers, highlighting the impactful research happening in our department.
May 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Our annual Department of Psychology Research Showcase featured outstanding research by UToledo students!
Undergraduate and graduate researchers—alongside local high school collaborators—shared their work with faculty and peers, highlighting the impactful research happening in our department.
Undergraduate and graduate researchers—alongside local high school collaborators—shared their work with faculty and peers, highlighting the impactful research happening in our department.
Congrats to Abby Regal on winning the Outstanding Trainee and Conference Theme Abstract Award from the Women’s Health SIG at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual conference! 🎉
Abby will join the UToledo’s Clinical Psychology PhD program under Dr. Shannon O’Connor this fall —welcome, Abby!
Abby will join the UToledo’s Clinical Psychology PhD program under Dr. Shannon O’Connor this fall —welcome, Abby!
@abbyregal.bsky.social presented her poster on the Associations between the Four Domain Food Insecurity Scale Scores and Mental Health Outcomes in a Pregnant Sample.
She was also awarded the Outstanding Trainee and Conference Theme Abstract Award from the Women's Health SIG!
She was also awarded the Outstanding Trainee and Conference Theme Abstract Award from the Women's Health SIG!
May 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Congrats to Abby Regal on winning the Outstanding Trainee and Conference Theme Abstract Award from the Women’s Health SIG at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual conference! 🎉
Abby will join the UToledo’s Clinical Psychology PhD program under Dr. Shannon O’Connor this fall —welcome, Abby!
Abby will join the UToledo’s Clinical Psychology PhD program under Dr. Shannon O’Connor this fall —welcome, Abby!
“UToledo gave me a new direction to pursue and showed me what I was put into this world to do.”
We are so proud of Alison and all that she has accomplished! 🎉
Read more about her story:
We are so proud of Alison and all that she has accomplished! 🎉
Read more about her story:
Psychology Graduate Turns Early Life Challenges Into Career Serving Children | UToledo News
After becoming a mother at 17, Alison Mitchell turned her life experience into purpose, earning her psychology degree with honors and preparing for a career as a school counselor.
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May 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
“UToledo gave me a new direction to pursue and showed me what I was put into this world to do.”
We are so proud of Alison and all that she has accomplished! 🎉
Read more about her story:
We are so proud of Alison and all that she has accomplished! 🎉
Read more about her story:
Congratulations, Sydney!
Congratulations to our incoming graduate student, Sydney Mockensturm, who was selected as the UToledo Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Psychology! Sydney will join us in the fall to study the translational applications of social psychology to improve health communication and patient outcomes.
May 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Congratulations, Sydney!
Congrats to Psych undergraduate, Darine! 🎉
She’s matched with Neurology, where she’ll help benchmark hospital safety for Parkinson’s patients and contribute to data-driven improvements in care. She’ll also shadow a variety of medical settings and present her research at a final poster session.
She’s matched with Neurology, where she’ll help benchmark hospital safety for Parkinson’s patients and contribute to data-driven improvements in care. She’ll also shadow a variety of medical settings and present her research at a final poster session.
Darine Schreidah, a psychology major at the University of Toledo, has been selected for the Northwestern Medicine Pre-Med Internship Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She will be involved on different projects and clinical shadowing.
Congrats!
Congrats!
April 21, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Congrats to Psych undergraduate, Darine! 🎉
She’s matched with Neurology, where she’ll help benchmark hospital safety for Parkinson’s patients and contribute to data-driven improvements in care. She’ll also shadow a variety of medical settings and present her research at a final poster session.
She’s matched with Neurology, where she’ll help benchmark hospital safety for Parkinson’s patients and contribute to data-driven improvements in care. She’ll also shadow a variety of medical settings and present her research at a final poster session.
It’s #DayofGiving at the University of Toledo — happening today and tomorrow! Every gift supports the causes you believe in, including the Psychology Progress Fund. Be part of the momentum & help us strengthen and expand the opportunities that make a difference! 🚀
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February 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
It’s #DayofGiving at the University of Toledo — happening today and tomorrow! Every gift supports the causes you believe in, including the Psychology Progress Fund. Be part of the momentum & help us strengthen and expand the opportunities that make a difference! 🚀
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Congrats, Dr. Spotts!
Incredibly happy to share that I recently graduated with my Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology. I am eternally grateful to the University of Toledo and its faculty (especially my advisor, Dr. Andrew Geers) for my fantastic experience. Looking forward to wherever life takes me next!
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Congrats, Dr. Spotts!
Congratulations to Dr. O'Connor on this publication in Behavior Genetics' special issue "Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science: Impacts and Implications".
Happy to share this recent pub:
Non-white identities, lower income, & mistrust in research were associated with lower willingness to participate in genetic research. Increased transparency, community partnership, and equitable compensation may increase willingness
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Non-white identities, lower income, & mistrust in research were associated with lower willingness to participate in genetic research. Increased transparency, community partnership, and equitable compensation may increase willingness
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Who is Willing to Participate in Genetic Research? Exploring Barriers and Predictors - Behavior Genetics
The lack of racial and ethnic diversity in samples used within the field of human genetics research has been well-documented. However, factors driving the under-representation of individuals who are n...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Congratulations to Dr. O'Connor on this publication in Behavior Genetics' special issue "Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science: Impacts and Implications".
Congratulations, Dr. Geers!
We are excited to share that Dr. Geers has co-authored a new book chapter titled “The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Special Case of Placebo and Nocebo Effects” in Placebo Effects in Neurology (Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 213).
Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41161963/
Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41161963/
The COVID-19 pandemic: a special case of placebo and nocebo effects - PubMed
In late 2019, reports of pneumonia from an unknown cause marked the beginning of an unprecedented health crisis with far-reaching societal consequences. The ensuing global pandemic placed immense strain on healthcare systems, disrupted economies, and altered the way that we work, communicate, and in …
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December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Congratulations, Dr. Geers!
Congrats to Liz O'Donoghue on this important milestone! We are so proud! 👏
Congratulations to my grad student, Liz O’Donoghue, for successfully proposing her masters thesis today- exploring jurors’ use of prior bad act evidence in sex crimes vs robbery
Great job Liz!
Great job Liz!
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congrats to Liz O'Donoghue on this important milestone! We are so proud! 👏
Another student-led publication from Dr. Elhai's lab! Congratulations, Sana Alavinikoo & Elyse Hutcheson! Great work!
Congrats to my students for our new paper published today. Intolerance of Uncertainty Mediates the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use Severity in College Students.
Fulltext:
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Fulltext:
www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/15...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Another student-led publication from Dr. Elhai's lab! Congratulations, Sana Alavinikoo & Elyse Hutcheson! Great work!
Congratulations to graduate student, Vasavi Shanthi, on her recent first-author publication. And to her mentor, Dr. Elhai!
Congrats to my student Vasavi Shanthi for her new paper published today. Depression and anxiety in association with problematic social media use severity and the mediating role of distress tolerance. Full text available:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Depression and anxiety in association with problematic social media use severity and the mediating role of distress tolerance - Discover Psychology
A large amount of research has found psychopathology related to increased problematic social media use (PSMU). Yet little research has examined affective or cognitive process variables that may accoun...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Congratulations to graduate student, Vasavi Shanthi, on her recent first-author publication. And to her mentor, Dr. Elhai!
Our graduate students celebrated successfully presenting their study proposals in their final Research Design & Eval class on Monday with the help of some Krispy Kreme doughnuts!
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Our graduate students celebrated successfully presenting their study proposals in their final Research Design & Eval class on Monday with the help of some Krispy Kreme doughnuts!
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr. Joni Mihura on the release of "The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment"! And cheers to Dr. Greg Meyer and grad student Kim Görner for their chapter contributions!
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November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr. Joni Mihura on the release of "The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment"! And cheers to Dr. Greg Meyer and grad student Kim Görner for their chapter contributions!
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Congrats to grad student Riley Grady (& co-authors Quincy Miller, Kamala London, & Elizabeth Loftus) for her recently accepted paper in Memory! Findings highlight that U.S. adults endorse believing in traumatic unconscious repressed memories at high rates (94%), especially women with lower education
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Congrats to grad student Riley Grady (& co-authors Quincy Miller, Kamala London, & Elizabeth Loftus) for her recently accepted paper in Memory! Findings highlight that U.S. adults endorse believing in traumatic unconscious repressed memories at high rates (94%), especially women with lower education
📣 We’re hiring! Tenure-track position open in the Department of Psychology to support our Clinical and/or Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Apply today! 🧠 #AcademicJobs #PsychScience
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Assistant Professor, Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Toledo invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Clinical or Experimental Psychology. We welcome applicants whose scholarship add...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
📣 We’re hiring! Tenure-track position open in the Department of Psychology to support our Clinical and/or Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Apply today! 🧠 #AcademicJobs #PsychScience
Please share widely!
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Please share widely!
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No tricks—just treats for a great cause! 🎃 Give to the Psychology Progress Fund during the Spooktacular Giving Challenge and help support general and priority needs of the University of Toledo's Psychology Department!
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Spooktacular Giving Challenge
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October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
No tricks—just treats for a great cause! 🎃 Give to the Psychology Progress Fund during the Spooktacular Giving Challenge and help support general and priority needs of the University of Toledo's Psychology Department!
www.givecampus.com/schools/TheU...
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"She’s not like a regular department chair, she’s a cool department chair." 😎
Psychology Chair, @kamala-london.bsky.social, surprised our graduate students by rolling up (literally) to the psych graduate student homecoming tailgate this past weekend. 🛼
Psychology Chair, @kamala-london.bsky.social, surprised our graduate students by rolling up (literally) to the psych graduate student homecoming tailgate this past weekend. 🛼
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"She’s not like a regular department chair, she’s a cool department chair." 😎
Psychology Chair, @kamala-london.bsky.social, surprised our graduate students by rolling up (literally) to the psych graduate student homecoming tailgate this past weekend. 🛼
Psychology Chair, @kamala-london.bsky.social, surprised our graduate students by rolling up (literally) to the psych graduate student homecoming tailgate this past weekend. 🛼
🍂Kicking off the fall semester with great company! Psychology faculty and graduate students came together to welcome a new year of learning, research, and community.
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
🍂Kicking off the fall semester with great company! Psychology faculty and graduate students came together to welcome a new year of learning, research, and community.
More amazing news from the University of Toledo's Social Health Lab! 🎉
Dr. Geers and Emily Spotts were awarded a grant for $2,500 from the Center for Open Science (COS) as part of the “Replicability Project: Health Behavior,” which is a large-scale, multi-team effort to replicate published quantitative health research studies.
Congratulation!
Congratulation!
September 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
More amazing news from the University of Toledo's Social Health Lab! 🎉
👏 Big shoutout to Clinical Psychology graduate students, Caleb Hallauer & Elyse Hutcheson, and Psychology faculty, Dr. Jon Elhai for their recent publication in the Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace! Check out their latest work!
Congrats to my collaborator Nisha Yao for leading this project, now in print.
Full text access is below.
Fear of missing out mediates the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and problematic smartphone use severity.
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Full text access is below.
Fear of missing out mediates the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and problematic smartphone use severity.
cyberpsychology.eu/article/view...
Cyberpsychology
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September 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
👏 Big shoutout to Clinical Psychology graduate students, Caleb Hallauer & Elyse Hutcheson, and Psychology faculty, Dr. Jon Elhai for their recent publication in the Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace! Check out their latest work!