Student Members in the lab

The BAR Lab exists for the doctoral, master's and undergraduate students who seek to learn how to research college student drinking behaviors, harm reduction and motivational interviewing.  See the individual pages to learn about BAR Lab student members and their research!

Student Grants and Awards

2018: Tiara Watson. Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism Predict Hazardous and Safe Drinking Behaviors in High-Achieving College Students. USM
Undergraduate Research Symposium – 1st place Behavioral Sciences.

2018:Hallie Jordan. Posttraumatic stress and hazardous drinking in college students: The moderating role of alcohol protective behavioral strategies. Second place poster at the University of  Southern Mississippi Graduate Research Symposium.

2017: Mallorie Carroll. Does illicit drug use impact the experience of alcohol-related consequences in college students? Second place poster at the University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Research Symposium.

2017: Lauren Gardner. Exploring the moderating effects of drinking context on the
relationship harmful drinking and risky sex among college women. First place at
the Mississippi Honors Conference.

2016: Mallorie Carroll. The moderating role of positive consequences between social anxiety and negative consequences in a sample of hazardous drinking college students. Student Merit Award – Research Society on Alcoholism funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

2016: Lauren Gardner. Exploring the moderating effects of drinking context on the
relationship harmful drinking and risky sex among college women.
                        Psi Chi Regional Research Award.
                        USM Undergraduate Research Symposium – 2nd place Behavioral
                        Sciences.

2016: Danielle Cottonham. Psychological distress and racial and sexual discrimination as predictors of risky and safe alcohol and sex behaviors among African American college women. Research Grant awarded by the University of Southern Mississippi Committee on Services and Resources for Women. $1000.

2016    Danielle Cottenham. Alcohol-related sex expectancies and Risky Sex among African American Female College Drinkers. Graduate Student Research on Minorities award, Committee on Equality of Professional Opportunity (Southeastern Psychological Association).

2015: Kray Scully. Examining the links between residence status and alcohol consumption, negative alcohol-related consequences, and protective strategy use in college students.
                        University of Southern Mississippi Undergraduate Research   
                        Symposium First Place Paper in Behavioral Science.
                        University of Southern Mississippi Undergraduate Research 
                        Symposium Best Eagle SPUR Paper.

2015: Ryan Ebersole. Protective behavioral strategies as a moderator of drinking consequences for LGB college students. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism APA Travel Award. (research conducted while at USM).

2014: Kayla Moorer. Alcohol use, safe drinking behaviors, risky sexual behavior, sexual victimization, and sex-related alcohol experiences among college women. Research Grant awarded by the University of Southern Mississippi Committee on Services and Resources for Women. $1,000

2013: Kray Scully. Examining the links between residence status and alcohol consumption, negative alcohol-related consequences, and protective strategy use in college students. Eagle SPUR Grant. The University of Southern Mississippi. $1000

2013: Kayla Moorer. Alcohol consumption and unwanted sexual experiences in college females: The mediating role of protective behavioral strategies. Graduate Student Research on Minorities and Women award, sponsored by the Committee on Equality of Professional Opportunity (Southeastern Psychological Association).

2010: Jeremy Noble. Protective behavioral strategies and the relationship with negative alcohol consequences among college athletes. National Institute on Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism APA Travel Award.