Congratulations to Professor Marsha Mirkin and her students Ivan Gonzalez, Mabel Valenzuela, Merryl Raubeson, Hafsa Lewis, and Marian Salama!

Their article highlighting their research and presentations on sharing student voices just came out in the American Family Therapy Academy Monograph series (Winter, 2010 issue).


This work represents over a year's work of data collection, presentations, and information gathering as the students joined Professor Mirkin in our relatively new Research Assistantship class. This 1 credit course enables a small group of students to work with Professor Mirkin directly to develop and test research ideas. This year's group is investigating attributions of victims of domestic violence. The students have started collecting data and are just learning (or practicing their existing skills) using SPSS to begin to analyze their data. They plan to present this work at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting which will be held in Cambridge, MA next spring.