Awards for Undergraduates

  • Kathryn Feltman: UND Psychology Department: 2009 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award (also winner of the service award)
  • Matthew Arsenault: UND Psychology Department: 2007 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
  • Karla Fehr: UND Psychology Department: 2006 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
  • Mike Breitstein: 2006 Red River Psychology Conference: Most Innovative Paper

Publications with Undergraduates

  • Derenne, A., Cicha, R., Flannery, K. A., & Manley, R. M. (2008). Use of a time-restricted access to food diet to achieve and maintain weight reduction in mice. The Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 118-124.
  • Derenne, A., Breitstein, R. M., & Cicha, R. (2008). Shifts in postdiscrimination gradients within a stimulus dimension based on female waist-to-hip ratios. The Psychological Record, 58, 51-60.
  • Derenne, A., Arsenault, M. L., Austin, D. P., & Weatherly, J. N. (2007). Weaver mutant mice exhibit long-term learning deficits under several measures of instrumental behavior. Physiology & Behavior, 92, 1002-1009.
  • Derenne, A., & Breitstein, R. M. (2006). Gradient shifts with naturally occurring human face stimuli. The Psychological Record, 56, 365-370.

Presentations with Undergraduates

  • Lackman, S. M., Feltman, K. A., & Derenne, A. Acquisition of operant behavior in long-living Ames dwarf mice: Effects of social and physical enrichment. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ, May, 2009.
  • Corbett, G. T., Feltman, K. A., Lackman, S. M., & Derenne, A. Acquisition of operant behavior in long-living Ames dwarf mice: Effects of age and frequency of training. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ, May, 2009.
  • Feltman, K., Lackman, S., Williams, S., Uriell, M., & Derenne, A. Effects of social and physical enrichment in wild-type and Ames dwarf mice on learning tasks. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2008.
  • Corbett, G. T., Feltman, K. A., & Derenne, A. Effects of practice on instrumental learning in long-living Ames dwarf and wild-type mice. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Red River Psychology Conference, Moorhead, MN, March, 2008.
  • Manley, R. M., & Derenne, A. Procedures for achieving and maintaining weight reduction in laboratory mice. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Red River Psychology Conference, Moorhead, MN, March, 2008.
  • Fettig, A., & Derenne, A. Effects of instruction on peak shift in stimulus generalization. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Red River Psychology Conference, Moorhead, MN, March, 2008.
  • Flannery, K. A., Brown, J., Corbett, J., Austin, D. P., & Derenne, A. The effects of age and prop-1 mutation on performance of a CRF task. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis Convention, Milwaukee, WI, October, 2007.
  • Derenne, A., Fehr, K., & Breitstein, R. M. Does peak shift occur in the natural environment? Evidence from judgments of human faces and women’s torsos. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA, May, 2007.
  • Cicha, R. J., & Derenne, A. Gradient shifts in the absence of discrimination training: Effects of experimenter instructions. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2006.
  • Hill, K. X., Arsenault, M. L., & Derenne, A. Pause durations on progressive-ratio schedules of reinforcement as a function of the relative proximity of an alternative source of reinforcement. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2006.
  • Huls, A., Weatherly, J. N., & Derenne, A. Induction in C57BL/6 mice and parkinsonian weaver mutant mice. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2006.
  • Arsenault, M. L., Hill, K. X., & Derenne, A. Performances on progressive-ratio schedules of reinforcement vary as a function of an alternative source of reinforcement. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2006.
  • Weatherly, J. N., Wright, C. L., Carr, P. A., & Derenne, A. Pesticide II: The effect of exposure on timing and reinforcer efficacy. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA, May, 2006.
  • Derenne, A., Wegner, C., & Weatherly, J. N. Parkinson's Disease II: Longitudinal changes in learning and memory in weaver mutant mice. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA, May, 2006.
  • Breitstein, R. M., & Derenne, A. Peak shift in the judgment of the female body. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Red River Psychology Conference, Fargo, ND, April, 2006.
  • Fehr, K., Breitstein, R. M., & Derenne, A. Peak shift in judgments of the female body: Effects of the structure of the generalization test. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Red River Psychology Conference, Fargo, ND, April, 2006.
  • Breitstein, R. M., & Derenne, A. Gradient shifts with human face stimuli. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis Convention, Madison, WI, October, 2005.
  • Fehr, K., Wegner, C., & Derenne, A. Effects of varying S- intensities on peak shift. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2005.
  • Austin, D.P., Wright, C.L., Derenne, A., & Weatherly, J.N. Motivation and memory in a weaver mutant mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2005.
  • Christopherson, K. M., Grabe, M., Roehrich, M., & Derenne, A. Voluntary use of online study questions: Implications for online study question format and student use of online study tools. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2005.
  • Wegner, C., & Derenne, A. The effects of stimulus range on the central tendency effect in stimulus generalization. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL, May, 2005.
  • Breitstein, R. M., Fehr, K., Johnson, M., & Derenne, A. Evidence of peak shift in the perception of facial length. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Prairie Undergraduate Research Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, April 2005.
  • Fehr, K., Johnson, M., Breitstein, R. M., & Derenne, A. The effect of the spacing and range of test stimuli on peak shift. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Prairie Undergraduate Research Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, April 2005.
  • Johnson, M., Breitstein, R. M., Fehr, K., & Derenne, A. Within session changes in pause durations under fixed-ratio schedules of reinforcement in rats. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Prairie Undergraduate Research Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, April 2005.
  • Henderson, D., Breitstein, R. M., & Derenne, A. Preferences for predictable vs. unpredictable amounts of reinforcement under a progressive-ratio schedule of reinforcement. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Northern Lights Psychology Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October, 2004.
  • Breitstein, R. M., & Derenne, A. (2004). Fixed and variable magnitude schedules of reinforcement. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Red River Psychology Conference, Morehead, MN, April, 2004.

Former Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Fall 2009: Anthony Cavallo, Amanda Cruze, Kathryn Feltman, Lauren Henry, Jacqueline Hermann, Stephanie Joppa, Jessica Kahnke, Cory Klein, Amanda Quinn, Leah Riske, Nicole Senff
  • Summer 2009: Kris Lindgren, Lauren Weivoda (Hamilton College)
  • Spring 2009: Laycee Bernard, Grant Corbett, Kathryn Feltman, Jacqueline Hermann, Stephanie Joppa, Serena Lackman, Nicole Senff, Ana Velic, Aric Wogsland
  • Fall 2008: Laycee Bernard, Grant Corbett, Kathryn Feltman, Brady Kjersten, Serena Lackman, Megan Week, Adam Wieland, Sarah Williams
  • Summer 2008: Kathryn Feltman, Serena Lackman, Miranda Uriell (University of Rochester)
  • Spring 2008: Jordan Brown, Grant Corbett, Kathryn Feltman, Michael Gourneau, Amber Hanson, Serena Lackman, Rachel Manley, Maegan Watson
  • Fall 2007: Michael Angell, Jordan Brown, Grant Corbett, Janice Cox, Amanda Fettig, Elizabeth Kiczula, Brady Kjersten, Jade Larson, Rachel Manley
  • Summer 2007: Rebecca Cicha, Christine Lykken (Boston University)
  • Spring 2007: Matthew Arsenault, Rebecca Cicha, Karla Fehr, Amanda Fettig, Kyle Hill, Brady Kjersten, Megan Kraft, Laura Mellang, Sheila Smesrud, Tasha Spawn, Brian Swenseth
  • Fall 2006: Matthew Arsenault, Rebecca Cicha, Karla Fehr, Kyle Hill, Brady Kjersten, Megan Kraft, Amber Unrau
  • Spring 2006: Sierra Abe, Jeri Ann Azure, Brittany Bechthold, Mike Breitstein, Karla Fehr, Asya Gewont, Michael Gourneau, Amy Hagen, Kyle Hill, Brady Kjersten, Lisa Moody, Carmen Schanilec, Christine Wegner
  • Fall 2005: Sierra Abe, Jeri Ann Azure, Mike Breitstein, Jill Domier, Karla Fehr, Kyle Hill, Nicholas Murphy, Heather Osowski, Carmen Schanilec, Christine Wegner, Mareta Weinrich, Carol Wright