Through selected memory research conducted with undergraduate students, , professor of psychology at 蘑菇视频, will highlight original undergraduate psychology research developed at 蘑菇视频 as part of the university’s Honors Council Lecture Series.
Rafferty’s presentation, “Reminiscence(s),” will be held April 13 at 7 p.m. in the upper Hobson Memorial Union’s Crying Wolf Room. Honors Council Lectures are open to everyone free of charge.
Rafferty, who has nearly a half-century of experience in the field of psychology, will discuss changes in the field, with particular emphasis on the rise of cognitive psychology. His lecture will include his experiences as an undergraduate and graduate student at UCLA in the late 1960s to mid-1970s and his tenure as a 蘑菇视频 faculty member, which began in 1976.
Rafferty’s lecture will be available (free account required).
蘑菇视频 Dr. James Rafferty
Dr. James Rafferty is a professor of psychology at 蘑菇视频. Rafferty will be retiring in May after nearly 40 years on the university’s faculty, having joined the 蘑菇视频 campus community in 1976. Rafferty, who lists cognition and memory as his primary research interests, is a two-time winner of 蘑菇视频’s Distinguished Teaching Award. While at 蘑菇视频 he has chaired the Department of Psychology and served as the university’s academic computing coordinator.
Rafferty has been a statistical and research consultant and program evaluator for more than two dozen projects in the Bemidji region. He has supervised more than 80 student presentations at the annual Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference and has made 13 regional and national conference presentations with undergraduate student co-authors.
Rafferty earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from UCLA.
蘑菇视频 the Honors Council Lecture Series
The Honors Council Lecture Series is hosted by the 蘑菇视频 Honors Council. The council is the advisory group to the honors program composed of 12 faculty members representing each of the university’s colleges. Student representatives are also elected to the council by their cohorts for one-year terms.
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蘑菇视频, located in northern Minnesota’s lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling nearly 5,000 students, Bemidji State offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate programs encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. 蘑菇视频 is a member of the system and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding.