Victoria LeCroy Represents VSU at Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting

2018 Mar 14

Victoria LeCroy of Lavonia, Georgia, presented original research titled "Investigation of Hiring Bias Against Individuals with LGBT Involvement on Resumes" at the Southeastern Psychological Association 64th annual meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, March 6-9. Her research resulted in her winning the Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology Undergraduate Research Award.

Throughout the four-day event, LeCroy had an opportunity to attend a variety of workshops, paper and poster presentations, social activities, conversation hours, panel discussions, expert speaker events, symposia, and more with professionals and other undergraduate and graduate psychology students from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Puerto Rico, and beyond.

LeCroy is a student at Valdosta State University who anticipates graduating with a Bachelor of Science in psychology in December 2019.

Founded in 1955, the Southeastern Psychological Association is committed to advancing psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare. Its mission is to stimulate the exchange of scientific and professional ideas across the diverse areas of psychological inquiry and application.

The professional members of the Southeastern Psychological Association hold positions in a variety of settings, such as universities, colleges, business and industry, hospitals and clinics, government, and private practice. In these and other settings, they teach, conduct research, engage in psychological assessment and therapy, serve as administrators and consultants, and publish scholarly works on all aspects of the human experience.

The student members of the Southeastern Psychological Association reflect the varied interests of their mentors in the behavioral sciences, from the functions of the brain to the actions of nations.

On the Web:

https://www.valdosta.edu/colleges/education/pcft/

http://www.sepaonline.com/index.htm

About Valdosta State University:

Established in 1906, Valdosta State University is a premier comprehensive university that offers both the extensive academic, cultural, and social opportunities of a major university and the small classes and close, personal attention of smaller institutions. It boasts more than 100 degree, certificate, and endorsement programs on campus and online for undergraduate and graduate students. It also has a full menu of extracurricular activities, from national championship athletic and academic teams to honors organizations, sororities and fraternities, intramural sports, educational and service clubs, a symphony orchestra, art and theatre, research opportunities, and more. Even as underclassmen, students file patents on inventions and make life-changing scientific discoveries, present at national and international conferences, publish research in collaboration with their professors, work in campus-based clinics that benefit the community, live and learn at partner institutions around the globe through study abroad, and more. The possibilities are endless.