2024 UCLA Psychology Graduate Hooding Ceremony
Congratulations to the 41 participants who participated in the Psychology Graduate Hooding Ceremony! We wish our students much success in their futures!
Graduate
Congratulations to Amalia Ionescu (Developmental Area) and Icy (Yunyi) Zhang (Developmental Area) for receiving the 2024 Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award
Amalia Ionescu (Developmental Area) and Icy (Yunyi) Zhang (Developmental Area) for received the 2024 Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award. The award, which recognizes the best developmental dissertation, is typically awarded to one student annually. This year, the award committee chose to honor two dissertations. Amalia’s dissertation is titled “Analogical Reasoning Involving Semantic Relations in Children and Machines.” Icy’s dissertation…
Congratulations to Ben Isenberg (Clinical Area) for being selected by the Pritzker Committee for Excellence to receive the fifth annual Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award
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.
Congratulations to the Class of 2024!
Forty-two doctoral candidates earned their Ph.D., and 1,500 undergraduates received degrees in Psychology, Psychobiology, and Cognitive Science.
Congratulations to the following Clinical Area Award recipients
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
Congratulations to Joni Brown (Health Area) for receiving the 2024 Health Psychology Paper Prize
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.
Congratulations to Robin Blades (Health Area) and Tyrus Korecki (Health Area) for receiving Trainee Scholar Travel Awards from the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS)
Robin Blades (Health Area) and Tyrus Korecki (Health Area) for received Trainee Scholar Travel Awards from the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS)
Congratulations to the following nine graduate students for receiving the Division of Graduate Education Dissertation Year Award (DYA).
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…
Congratulations to Alexair Gonzalez (Social Area), Gustavo Martir Luna (Social Area), Gil Moreu (Social Area), Kasheena Rogbeer (Social Area), and Ryan Sabillo (Social Area) for receiving Political Psychology Fellowships
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.
Congratulations to Erjing Zhang (Developmental Area) for receiving the Patricia Greenfield International and Out-of-State Field Research Award in Culture & Human Development
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.