The Department of Psychology and Counseling has been hosting visiting Russian professor of psychology, Dr. Tatiana Chuikova. A reception was held in Dr. Chuikova’s honor on Monday, Oct. 4. Dr. Chuikova is an applied psychologist and department chair of the applied psychology department at Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Ufa, Russia. During the month of October, Dr. Chuikova has had an office in the department  and has engaged in collaborative research projects with faculty and students. She is also interested in new projects involving national unemployment in the United States and Russia. Potential collaborators should contact Dr. Tatiana Chuikova, or leave messages with the departmental office of Psychology and Counseling, ext. 3064. This collaboration started in the summer of 2006 during the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, when Dr. Chuikova met with three ASU professors--Dr. Amy Pearce, Dr. Irina Khramtsova, and Dr. David Saarnio-- at the invited symposium on Positive Psychology. The collaboration led to several publications and a conference presentation. Drs. Pearce and Chuikova authored “A Positive Psychology Perspective on Mate Preferences in the United States and Russia.” The article is available in the current issue of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Additional co-authors include ASU psychology alumnus Alexandra Ramsey and Dr. Svetlana Galyautdinova of Bashkir State University. A manuscript by Drs. Pearce and Khramtsova, “A Positive Outlook on Mate Preferences in Japan” is also featured in proceedings of a theoretical and applied conference organized by Dr. Chuikova. This summer, Dr. Khramtsova presented data from a third collaborative project with Dr.Chuikova. Their presentation, “Contemporary Role Models of College Students in Russia and the US,” was made at the 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  Staff Senate Stipend Awards Committee

  P.O. Box 1030

  State University, AR 72467

E-mail essay (Microsoft Word document) as an attachment to Sheri Walls  (swalls@astate.edu). Subject line must read: Staff Senate Educational Stipend Essay.

Eligibility requirements: Applicant must be a current 12-month non-faculty employee on the Jonesboro campus and will enroll in three or more ASU-Jonesboro transcripted hours on the Jonesboro campus in the upcoming spring semester, OR must be a dependent of a current 12-month non-faculty employee on the Jonesboro campus and will meet the minimum requirements to be considered full-time (for undergraduate or graduate students) with ASU-Jonesboro transcripted hours on the Jonesboro campus in the upcoming spring semester.

In either case, employee or employee's dependent must be eligible for the ASUJ employee tuition discount; classes must be taken for credit, not audit; a GPA of 2.5 or above is required.

Returning students must provide a GPA verification form (Letter of Enrollment) from the Registrar’s office, officially stamped and attached to the application. Freshmen and first-time students should attach a high school transcript. Finally, submission of all documents is required for application. For more information, contact Sheri Walls, ext. 3032.

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