Under Dr. Morgen’s supervision the student spends one academic year studying the substance abuse through coursework (PSY3018 – Substance Abuse & Dependence) and individual meetings. In addition, the student learns about:

• Professional practice of conducting research that includes research ethics
• Research question generation
• Research literature review
• Statistical analysis and research design
• Scientific writing
• Research presentation skills

Unlike other studies typically conducted by undergraduates using a small number of participants found on a college campus, the UStART student can create a study and conduct statistical analyses of data focused on up to thousands of substance abuse treatment clients.

This experience is valuable for any student with an interest in graduate school because independent research experience is consistently discussed as a critical component of a successful graduate school application (especially at the doctoral level).

The UStART students have been quite successful in their research efforts. The list below contains the UStART projects presented at the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Conference over the past few years.

Undergraduate Psychology Student Research

2010-2020

*Undergraduate Psychology Student

Bold is Psychology Faculty

Conference Presentations

• *Lyman, K., *Lachac, B., & Morgen, K. (2020, March). Substance use disorder treatment admission landscape for women veterans: 2017 data.  Poster presented at the 91^st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Pierson, M. & Morgen, K. (2020, March).  Relationship between motivation and readiness for mandated substance use disorder treatment.  Poster presented at the 91^st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Rainier, H. & Morgen, K. (2020, March). Psychiatric symptoms and mandated status in SUD treatment: Assessing retention.  Poster presented at the 91^st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *McGregor, K., *Krueger, M., & Morgen, K. (2020, March).  The relationship between geographic region and psychiatric diagnosis.   Poster presented at the 91^st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Krueger, M., *McGregor, K., & Morgen, K. (2020, March).  Psychiatric diagnoses in the American Indian/Alaskan Native population.  Poster presented at the 91^st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Lopez, L., *Rice, E., & Gunawan, K. (2020, March). Variations of movement on the production effect.  Poster presented at the 91^st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Morgen, K., Maschi, T., Reiner, A., *Dellamo, D., *Lyman, K., & *Pierson, M. (2019, November). The secondary traumatic stress scale for use with family caregivers of Holocaust survivors.  Poster presented at the 35^th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, Boston, MA.
• *Dellamo, D., & Morgen, K. (2019, March). SUD treatment payment obstacles for the LGBT community. Poster presented at the 90^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Lyman, K., & Morgen, K. (2019, March).  Older adult veterans and substance use disorders treatment: Exploratory analyses.  Poster presented at the 90^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Pierson, M., & Morgen, K. (2019, March). Relationship between coping, physical health, and psychiatric distress in older adult prisoners.  Poster presented at the 90^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *McGregor, K., & Morgen, K. (2019, March). Interaction between age and trauma history on physical/mental health in older offenders.  Poster presented at the 90^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Rainier, H., *Brain, S., Morgen, K. (2019, March).  Offense history and age as predictors of criminal recidivism.  Poster presented at the 90^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Lopez, L., & Gunawan, K. (2019, March). The production effect enhanced by sign language. Poster presented at the 2019 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, NY.
• *Rice, E., & Gunawan, K. (2019, March). Perspective-taking in situation models and semantic memory. Poster presented at the 2019 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, NY.
• Morgen, K., Rosenwein, D., Reiner, A., McMahon, K., Yucht, G., *Dellamo, D., *Lyman, K., & *Pierson, M. (2018, November).  Holocaust survivors in a community sample: Emotion regulation of anxiety and depression symptoms.  Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Conference, Boston, MA.
• *Rainier, H., *Lyman, K., *Pierson, M., & Morgen, K. (2018, March).  Coping and length of incarceration: An older adult investigation.  Poster presented at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Brouard, C., & Morgen, K. (2018, March).  Counselor/client interaction within the therapeutic community SUD treatment process.  Poster presented at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Madonna, A., *Balderas, I., & Morgen, K. (2018, March).  LGBT focused substance use disorders treatment.  Poster presented at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Smith, J., & Morgen, K. (2018, March).  The impact of co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders on treatment outcomes.  Poster presented at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Coates, B., *Dellamo, D., & Morgen, K. (2018, March).  Facility and client analyses of pregnant/postpartum women in SUD treatment.  Poster presented at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Rice, E., *Thompson, R., Gunawan, K., & Galiano, G. M. (2018, March). The recall and reconstruction of narrative events in text and pictures. Poster presented at the 2018 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• Morgen, K., Veerman, T., *Brouard, C., *Passaretti, L., & *Smith, J. (2017, August).  Pre-professional education for forensic mental health/addiction careers: Pedagogy for undergraduate psychology and social work research and practice training.  Paper presented at the Forensic Social Work Human Rights and Social Justice Conference, Fordham University, New York, NY.
• *Kohberger, M., Galiano, G., & Gunawan, K. (2017, May). Conformity on test performance. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 29th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
• *Rice, E., *Andino, A., Gunawan, K., & Houska, J. A. (2017, May). Football and alcohol: Effects of fandom and game importance on expected consumption. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 29th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
• *Brouard, C., & Morgen, K. (2017, March). Co-occurring psychiatric history and TC treatment: Discharge data.  Poster presented at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Smith, J., *Poltricitsky, A., & Morgen, K. (2017, March). Decisional balance and collegiate marijuana use.  Poster presented at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Voelkner, A., *Thompson, R., Gunanwan, K., & Morgen, K. (2017, March). Coping strategies in older adult prisoners.  Poster presented at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Madonna, A., & Morgen, K. (2017, March). The effects of speech/hearing impairment on substance use disorders treatment.  Poster presented at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Coates, B., & Morgen, K. (2017, March). Changes in treatment motivation, readiness, and engagement in a TC population.  Poster presented at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• *Dinapoli, S., *Gannon, K., *Nardone, S., & Morgen, K. (2017, March).  Comparisons between SUD treatment programs offering/not offering LGBT/older adult services.  Poster presented at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
• Galiano, G. M., Gunawan, K., *Gallin, C., & *Rothfeld, K. (2017, March). High potential lethality: College students’ awareness of risky behaviors. Poster presented at the 2017 Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
• Morgen, K., Maschi, T., *Brouard, C., *Dinapoli, S., *Gannon, K., *Nardone, S., & *Smith, J. (2016, November).  National substance use disorder treatment landscape for LGBT older adults: N-SSATS 2014 data.  Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Maschi, T., Morgen, K., *Dinapoli, S., *Gannon, K., & *Nardone, S. (2016, November).  S. compassionate and geriatric release laws: A human rights approach to aging prisoners.  Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Maschi, T., Morgen, K., *Brouard, C., & *Smith, J. (2016, November).  Coming out of prison: The prison and re-entry experiences of LGBT elders.  Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• *DiNapoli, S, *Gannon, K., *Nardone, S., & Morgen, K. (2016, March). Sub-syndromal experiences in substance use disorder treatment clients not designated as co-occurring.  Poster presented at the 87^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Anderson, K., *Smith, J., & Morgen, K. (2016, March).  Healthcare insurance and accreditation status in SUD programs prior to ACA implementation.  Poster presented at the 87^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Voelkner, A, *Brouard, C., & Morgen, K. (2016, March).  Organizational structure in co-occurring SUD treatment facilities.  Poster presented at the 87^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Denison-Vesel, K., *Brouard, C., & Morgen, K. (2016, March).  Pregnant women and substance use disorder treatment: TEDS findings 2013.  Poster presented at the 87^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
• *Mortola, S. & Morgen, K. (2015, March). Veterans and non-veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in state Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• *McCormick, E., *Barragan, M., *Avecillas, M., *Gullett, J., & Floether, C. (2015, March).  Where do we meet people?  Personality inferences based on Facebook “check-ins”.  Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Nowak, A., *Riley, M., *Barberie, S., & Houska, J. (2015, March).  Personality correlates of fair trade consumption.  Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Voelkner, A., *Curry, B., *Reed, R., & Houska, J. (2015, March).  How will I get my protein?  Gender differences in meat eating justification.  Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• Morgen, K. & *Voelkner, A. (2014, July). Clinical and data management issues for the older offender on parole. Paper presented at the conference on 21^st Century Forensic Practice: Moving Beyond Cultural Competence, New York, NY.
• *O’Neill, S. & Morgen, K. (2014, March). Violent offense history and trauma in older offenders. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
• *Denison-Vesel, K.M., & Morgen, K. (2014, March). In-prison religious and mental health services access: Physical and mental health influences. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
• *Yeager, L., & Morgen, K. (2014, March). Coping resources in older adult offenders. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
• *Voelkner, A., & Morgen, K. (2014, March). Older adult offenders and mental well-being: Family issues. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
• *Brusberg, B., & Morgen, K. (2013, March). The SUD counseling relationship: The influence of mandated status. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, NY.
• *O’Neill, S., *Bach, J., & Morgen, K. (2013, March). Auto-regressive nature of treatment engagement in SUD treatment: Exploratory analyses. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, NY.
• *Yevchak, R., & Morgen, K. (2013, March). Reconsidering SUD outcome studies: Using treatment day 90 as the initial predictor. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, NY.
• *Venezia, B. & Morgen, K. (2012, March). Substance use disorder, trauma history, and mental/physical health: An older offender analysis. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Pittsburgh,
• *Endrikat, E. & Morgen, K. (2012, March). Older offenders and satisfaction with in-prison substance use disorders treatment. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
• *Overland, B. & Morgen, K. (2012, March). The interface between substance use disorder and trauma within older offenders. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
• *Perch, A. & Morgen, K. (2012, March). Prisoner self-report of physical and mental health quality. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
• *Endrikat, E., *Venezia, B., & Morgen, K. (2011, March). The influence of co-occurring substance use disorder and PTSD on treatment satisfaction. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Cambidge, MA.
• *Mullady, G. & Morgen, K. (2011, March). Children, gender, and TC treatment: Analysis between residential and outpatient modalities. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Cambidge,
• *Ziemba, A. & Morgen, K. (2011, March). Comparison of specific PTSD symptoms: A substance abuse treatment Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Cambidge, MA.
• *Hardcastle, J. & Morgen, K. (2011, March). Physical and mental health issues within co-occurring PTSD and Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Cambidge, MA.
• *McAllister, J. & Morgen, K. (2011, March). Tobacco dependence within residential substance abuse treatment Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Cambidge, MA.
• *Lass, A. & Morgen, K. (2010, April). Applicability of the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire to other substances: An outpatient extension. Paper presented at the 38^th Annual Hunter College Psychology Conference, New York,
• *Gajary, M. & Morgen, K. (2010, April). The longitudinal relationship between drug craving, psychopathology, and mandated treatment status. Paper presented at the 38^th Annual Hunter College Psychology Conference, New York, NY.
• *Kimble, A. & Morgen, K. (2010, April). The rate of change in drug craving during the course of successful substance abuse treatment. Paper presented at the 38^th Annual Hunter College Psychology Conference, New York, NY.
• *LaBrutto, J. & Morgen, K. (2010, March). The Brief Symptom Inventory: Reconsidering the norms for a substance abuse treatment population. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
• *Gajary, M. & Morgen, K. (2010, March). The longitudinal relationship between drug craving, psychopathology, and gender. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
• *Kimble, A. & Morgen, K. (2010, March). Comparing changes in drug craving over time between three different substances. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
• *Mullady, G. & Morgen, K. (2010, March). Change in environmental cue-based drug craving: Comparing residential and outpatient clients. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
• *Ziemba, A. & Morgen, K. (2010, March). A comparison of residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment clients. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
• *Lass, A. & Morgen, K. (2010, March). Applicability of the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire to other substances. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Brooklyn, NY.

Publications

• Maschi, T., Morgen, K., *Brouard, C., & *Smith, J. (2018).  Correctional healthcare and psychosocial care.  In J. Heyman & E. Congress (Eds.) Health care and social work:  Practice, policy and research (pp. 169-191). New York: Springer.
• Morgen, K., *Denison-Vesel, K., *Voelkner, A., *Brouard, C., *Smith, J., & *Nowak, A. (2018). Substance use and mental health disorders: Systems issues for those in jail, prison, and on parole. In T. Maschi & G. Leibowitz (Eds.), Forensic practice: Psychosocial and legal issues across diverse populations and settings (2^nd ) (pp. 195-209). New York: Springer.
• Morgen, K., *Denison-Vesel, K., *Kobylarz, A., & *Voelkner, A. (2015). Prevalence of substance use disorder treatment facilities specializing in older adult and trauma care: N-SSATS data 2009 to 2011. Traumatology, 21(3), 153-160.

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Publications

Maschi, T., Morgen, K., *Brouard, C., & *Smith, J.  (in-press).  Medical, mental health, and addiction care in the criminal justice system.  In J. Heyman & E. Congress (Eds.) Health care and social work:  Practice, policy and research. New York: Springer.

Morgen, K., *Denison-Vesel, K., *Voelkner, A., *Brouard, C., *Smith, J., & *Nowak, A. (in-press). Substance use and mental health disorders: Systems issues for those in jail, prison, and on parole. In T. Maschi & G. Leibowitz (Eds.), Forensic practice: Psychosocial and legal issues across diverse populations and settings (2nded.). New York: Springer.

Morgen, K., *Denison-Vesel, K., *Kobylarz, A., & *Voelkner, A. (2015). Prevalence of substance use disorder treatment facilities specializing in older adult and trauma care: N-SSATS data 2009 to 2011.  Traumatology, 21(3), 153-160.