Faculty News

Robert A. Bjork SEP Honor

Distinguished Professor Robert A. Bjork was awarded the Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 107th meeting of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, an honorary society that was founded by E. B. Titchener in 1904.

SAGE Young Scholars Award

Assistant Professor Naomi Eisenberger received the 2011 SAGE Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology.

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Lieberman!

2011 Gold Shield Faculty Prize Recipient

Professor Vickie Mays Honored by Appointment

Professor Mays to fill the House of Representatives seat on the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

Shelley Taylor receives award!

Professor Taylor is a recipient of the APA Lifetime Achievement Award

Patricia Greenfield receives award!

Professor Greenfield is a recipient of the APA Division 7 Lifetime Achievement Award

Alcino Silva receives two awards!

Professor Alcino Silva awarded the Order of Prince Henry and the Roche Award for Translational Neuroscience.

Professor Andy Christensen Award Recipient

Congratulations to Professor Andy Christensen for receiving the Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award!

Bernard Balleine receives 2008 Pavlovian Research Award

Congratulations to Professor Bernard Balleine for receiving this year's Pavlovian Research Award!

Connie Hammen: 2008 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award

Connie Hammen is the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology.

Michael Fanselow: awarded Gantt Medal

Michael Fanselow has been awarded the prestigious Gantt Medal for career achievements in the life sciences.

Vickie Mays: WPA's Social Responsibility Award

Vicki Mays has been selected as the first recipient of WPA's new Social Responsibility Award.

Peter Bentler: 2007 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award

Peter Bentler has been selected as one of the two recipients of the 2007 American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award.

Michael Fanselow and Barbara Knowlton elected to SEP

We just got the terrific news that BOTH Mike Fanselow and Barbara Knowlton were elected to the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP)

Ty Cannon, Tad Blair, and Naomi Eisenberger: NARSAD Awards

Ty Cannon, Tad Blair, and Naomi Eisenberger are among the recipients of this year's NARSAD awards.

Shelley Taylor: Clifton Strengths Prize

Shelley Taylor is the inaugural recipient of the Clifton Strengths Prize.

Vickie Mays Leads Effort in New Orleans

Vickie Mays leads effort to make mental health care available to New Orleans hurricane victims.

Russell Poldrack is the first recipient of the Jeffrey/Wenzel Term Chair

Russell Poldrack is the first recipient of the Wendell Jeffrey and Bernice Wenzel Term Chair in Behavioral Neuroscience.

Shelly Gable: PECASE

Shelly Gable receives the PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.)

Russell Poldrack: Multi-Tasking Adversely Affects the Brain's Learning Systems

Don't Talk to a Friend While Reading This; Multi-Tasking Adversely Affects the Brain's Learning Systems, UCLA Scientists Report