The purpose of the award, which honors the values and ideals of the late Professor Jenessa Shapiro, is to facilitate graduate students’ research at the intersection of psychology and social justice, including (but not limited to) the study of stigma, prejudice, discrimination, diversity, intergroup relations, and/or underrepresented social identities.
The Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship provides one year of support for individuals working to complete a research-based, dissertation-required Doctor of Philosophy degree that will prepare them for the pursuit of a career in academic teaching or research.
Modeled after the UC’s program, the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program seeks applicants whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity in higher education and at the University of Maryland. Joni will be working with Dr. Julia R. Steinberg in Family Science in the School of Public Health.
This fellowship is awarded to doctoral students specializing in political psychology, the study of mass politics, and/or intergroup relations, who are enrolled in either the Psychology or Political Science departments.
Ashley Crawley (BNS Area) received a National Institute on Drug Abuse F31 fellowship grant titled “Dopaminergic projections to the amygdala in goal-directed and habit learning,” with Professor Kate Wassum as sponsor.
Daniel Rosenfeld (Health & Social Areas) was quoted in a Daily Beast article titled “Inside the Tasty Mission to Get You to Eat Lab Grown Meat.” The article is available at https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-tasty-mission-to-get-you-to-eat-lab-made-meat
The F31 fellowship grant is titled “Frontocortical representations of amygdala-mediated learning under uncertainty,” with Professor Alicia Izquierdo as sponsor and Professor Tad Blair as co-sponsor.