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Clarkson associate professor receives Outstanding Advisor Award

Posted 5/14/21

POTSDAM -- Clarkson University Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Knack has received the Outstanding Advisor Award for 2021. Knack was chosen for the honor by students via advisor evaluation …

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Clarkson associate professor receives Outstanding Advisor Award

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POTSDAM -- Clarkson University Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Knack has received the Outstanding Advisor Award for 2021.

Knack was chosen for the honor by students via advisor evaluation results from the previous fall and spring semesters.

Outstanding faculty advisors of undergraduate students have been recognized with the Outstanding Advisor Award since 1979.

Knack teaches courses on psychology including developmental (lifespan) psychology, health psychology, and social psychology. She also mentors students who are writing their professional experience thesis papers.

Knackā€™s area of expertise is in the antecedents and outcomes associated with social stressors and social pain (e.g., being bullied). She has examined why people who are bullied have more physical health problems than people who are not bullied, as well as what factors mitigate and exacerbate the association between being bullied and experiencing health problems.

She is also actively involved in STEM education outreach programs. Knack is the mentoring director for Clarkson's IMPETUS program for 10th-12th graders. She has also been an instructor for the Project Challenge program, the SOAR Lifelong Learning in the North Country program, Horizons program, and Young Scholars program, as well as a mentor for McNair Scholars.

Knack joined the faculty at Clarkson in 2011.