Ben Isenberg (Clinical Area) was selected by the Pritzker Committee for Excellence to receive the fifth annual Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award. The Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award is intended to support graduate students in the Department of Psychology who demonstrate excellence in the conduct of psychological science with the potential for high public impact.
Forty-two doctoral candidates earned their Ph.D., and 1,500 undergraduates received degrees in Psychology, Psychobiology, and Cognitive Science.
Yesenia Aguilar: Charles Y. Nakamura Research, Teaching, and Mentorship AwardNora Barnes-Horowitz: Senior Clinical Scientist AwardWave-Ananda Baskerville: Charles Y. Nakamura Research, Teaching, and Mentorship AwardWave-Ananda Baskerville: Clinical Scientist AwardIbukun Olabinjo: Stanley Sue Distinguished Research AwardAlex Venegas: Michael J. Goldstein Distinguished Dissertation Award
Joni Brown (Health Area) received the 2024 Health Psychology Paper Award for her paper titled “Sexual Socialization Experiences and Perceived Effects on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Young African American Women,” published in Sex Roles.
Robin Blades (Health Area) and Tyrus Korecki (Health Area) for received Trainee Scholar Travel Awards from the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS)
The following nine students received the Division of Graduate Education Dissertation Year Award (DYA). The DYA awards a $20,000 stipend and full tuition and fees to students during their last year of dissertation writing. Du, Meng Social and Affective Neuroscience Fu, Shuhao Cognitive Losiewicz, Olivia Clinical Marshall, Riley Social Martinez, Emily Clinical Meredith, Wesley Developmental…
The Political Psychology Fellowship is awarded to doctoral students specializing in political psychology, the study of mass politics, and/or intergroup relations, enrolled in either the Psychology or Political Science Departments.
This annual award is designed to facilitate graduate student research in a wide variety of settings, supporting diverse scholarship that explores the relationship between culture and human development.