Kray Scully, a 4th year doctoral student in the lab successfully defended his dissertation today. His dissertation explored the mediating role of drinking refusal self-efficacy in the associations protective behaviors strategies have with typical weekly consumption, hazardous drinking and alcohol-related negative consequences. Congratulations Kray!

Hallie Jordan, a third year doctoral student in the lab, has had three papers accepted for publication within one week. She is first author on two of the three papers.

1. Post-traumatic Stress and Marijuana Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Marijuana Protective Behavioral Strategies accepted in the journal Substance Abuse - first author.
2. Evaluating the Positive Drinking Consequences Questionnaire: Support for a Four-Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance accepted in the Journal of Substance Use - first author.
3. The Moderating Effects of College Stress on the Relationship between Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Outcomes accepted in the journal Substance Use and Misuse - second author.

Nice job Hallie.

Tatum Freeman, a junior lab member, was selected to be a Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholar. As a scholar Tatum will learn about multidisciplinary community based health and disparities research methods. Congrats Tatum!

Tatum Freeman (a junior psychology major), and senior psychology majors Promise Lemoine and Tiara Watson presented their research at the Southern Miss Undergraduate Research Symposium this weekend. Promise tied for first place and Tatum received third place in the poster category. Congratulations!

Hallie Jordan, a third year student in the BAR Lab has been selected as a student member of the APA Division 50 (Society for Addiction Psychology) Communications & Technology Social Media Subcommittee. Congrats Hallie.

Hallie Jordan, a third year doctoral student in the BAR Lab, placed third in the Education, Social Science and Business poster category at the Southern Miss Graduate Research Conference. Nice job Hallie.

Kray Scully a 4th year doctoral student and Hallie Jordan a 3rd year doctoral student presented their research at the Southern Miss Graduate School Research Conference today. Nice job.

Tiara Watson, a senior psychology major in the BAR Lab, received the Psi Chi Regional Research Award at the Southeastern Psychological Association Conference today. She explored the degree to which the types of PBS moderated the relationships adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism had with alcohol outcomes. Great job Tiara!

BAR Lab members are presenting their research at the Southeaster Psychological Association Conference in Jacksonville, FL.

Robert Whitley, a 2nd year doctoral student in the BAR Lab, was awarded the Kathanne W Greene Essay Award from the Southern Miss Committee on Services and Resources for Women. His essay was based on his dissertation proposal titled Social and individual-level identities and college male alcohol use behaviors: Examining the utility of protective behavioral strategies.  Congratulation Robert. Nice work.