Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference

2013 will mark the 48th year in which the Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference (MUPC) has been held.  MUPC is the oldest undergraduate psychology conference in the United States.  The conference provides a forum for the presentation of original research, applications, and conceptual papers by undergraduates in psychology from around the state and surrounding areas.  Since 1980, Bemidji State psychology students have made a major contribution to the conference.  In that time, BSU students have presented 43% of all of the papers presented by Minnesota State University students and have made more total presentations than any other public institution.  BSU hosted the conference in 1983, with Dr. John Conger (past president of the American Psychological Association) as the keynote speaker and in 2005, with Dr. Ed Donnerstein (University of Arizona) as the keynote speaker.

MUPC will be hosted by
University of St. Thomas in 2013

On April 28, 2012, the 47th annual Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference was held at Gustavus Adolphus College.  Ten Bemidji State University psychology students attended and made presentations along with Drs. Laurie Desiderato and Angela Fournier.  As can be seen, the Bemidji State University students presented seven papers on topics ranging from improving student sleep behavior and benefits of teaching assistants to microaggressions on American Indians.  Dr. Laurie Santos (Yale University) gave the keynote address, “The Evolution of Irrationality: Insights from Monkeys.”

Bain, Josey.  Teaching assistants, beneficial to the class, or not?

Bauer, Jay.  Does odor influence affective recall?

Bauer, Jay; Illies, Cory; & Dierickx, Patrick.  The hidden cost of free parking.

Brodeur, Sara; Ronich, Jesse; & Stitt, Marissa.  Text?messaging as a data collection and intervention tool for improving student sleep behavior.

Ronich, Jesse; & Brodeur, Sara.  The effects of microaggressions on American Indians.

Schoen, Kayla; & Chimombe, Clara.  State-trait anxiety recall of anxious words.

Stelter, Perrin.  Physical attraction and social interaction.