About Psi Chi

The Georgetown chapter of Psi Chi, sponsored by Professor Rachel Barr, currently has 29 undergraduate student members. Elizabeth Zimmerman serves as President for the 2007-08 academic year, and elections for the four remaining offices (Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Web Editor) will take place during the September meeting.

Georgetown Psi Chi Officers (2007-08)

President: Elizabeth Zimmerman

Sponsor: Rachel Barr

Dr. Barr received her PhD from the University of Otago, in New Zealand in Developmental Psychology. Her dissertation completed at the Otago Early Learning Project was titled infant imitation in 12- to 18-month-olds. She also trained as a Clinical Psychologist. After completing her PhD, she moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey, to do post-doctoral training and worked at the Rutgers Early Learning project where she studied how infants associate different memories. Taken together, her research to date has shown that infants pick up information from a variety of sources, from television, from siblings, and across contexts and that this behavior changes as a function of age. Now at the Georgetown Early Learning Project she continues to study how infants pick up information. At present, her lab is particularly interested in how infants transfer information from 2-D to 3-D in order to learn from television, computers, or books. Current questions include: How do infants process 2-dimensional images and transfer that knowledge to the 3-dimensional world? What features do they pay particular attention to and does that attention capture enhance their ability to transfer information? Can they learn multiple pieces of information from television at once and if so what do they do with that information?

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to become a member of Psi Chi at Georgetown, you must be a declared psychology major, maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA, and be in the top 35% of your class. Additionally, there are minimum course requirements; visit the Application section for complete details.

Dues

Annual dues are $50 (this includes $35 for National dues and $15 for local chapter dues)

Previous Officers

*2006-07:
President: Nirali Patel

*2005-06:
President: Carrie Andolina
Secretary: Katherine Record
Treasurer: Phelan Maruca
Web Editor: Daryaneh Badaly

*2004-05:
President: Lauren Fraser
Vice President: Mickey Lee
Secretary: Elizabeth Kravec
Treasurer: James Foster
Web Editor: Daryaneh Badaly