Gina Brelsford – Sexton Mentoring Award

Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg

Mentoring Junior Faculty and Students in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality and Beyond

This talk will discuss how to mentor junior faculty and students in the field of the psychology of religion and spirituality and in other fields, giving examples from experience.

 

Arielle Rubenstein – Student Research Award

City University of New York

Attachment, Identity, and Transitional Space in Religious Conversion

This talk will report on the findings of a qualitative, psychoanalytically oriented study of the psychological use of religious conversion. Case studies will illustrate the use of (1) God as a transitional object, (2) religious ritual for emotion regulation, and (3) religious values in identity formation.