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Sharae Vicknair Named One of the Four Outstanding Master's Graduates at UL Lafayette

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Sharae Vicknair is the Outstanding Master’s Graduate for the Department of Psychology.

She has a 4.0 GPA.

Vicknair mentored undergraduate students in the University’s Cognition and Psycholinguistics Research Lab.

Her recent research centers on topics such as how word choices can influence discrimination and stigmatization. It was a dynamic she explored in her master’s thesis, “Words Used to Describe Same-Sex Sexuality: An Exploration of Meaning.”

A past research project involved identifying the effects of nicotine withdrawal on pain tolerance. For another project, Vicknair analyzed more than 3,000 pregnancy and infertility blogs.

Her work has been detailed in two academic publications, “The Rehabilitation Professional” and “Beyond Spinoza and Nietzsche: Applied Ethics for Mental Health Professionals.” For both, Vicknair contributed research about mental health professionals’ work within the LGBT community.

Vicknair worked as a group therapy facilitator at the Family Tree, a nonprofit agency that provides education and counseling for families.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University.

Vicknair is the daughter of Sharon Blackmon and Anthony Vicknair of Denham Springs, La.

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