Three Assistant Professors Selected as 2022-23 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows
Date published: 08/01/22
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Bridget Callaghan, Dave Clewett, and Lauren Ng for being selected as 2022-23 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows. The program provides support and encouragement for the research of promising Assistant Professors who show capacity for great distinction in their research.
Prof. Du Elected to Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
Date published: 07/07/22
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Han Du for being elected to the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP). SMEP is a small elective society, and membership is limited to 65 regular active members. It was founded in 1960 as an organization of researchers interested in multivariate quantitative methods and their application to substantive problems in psychology and related fields.
Maira Karan receives the Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Maira Karan (Developmental Area) for being selected by the Pritzker Committee for Excellence to receive the third annual Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award. Maira’s research focuses on characterizing the neurodevelopment of positive social behaviors, such as prosociality and empathy, during the period of adolescence. 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. The award is a result of the extraordinary generosity of the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation to the Department of Psychology.
Yrvane Pageot receives the UCLA inaugural Rising to the Challenge Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Yrvane Pageot (Health Area) for being selected to receive the UCLA inaugural Rising to the Challenge Graduate Summer Research Fellowship from the UCLA Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost, the Institute of American Cultures, and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. The fellowship supports graduate students for research, teaching, mentoring, and/or service related to Black life.
Jordan Thomas receives the APA Division 12 Distinguished Student Scientist-Practitioner Award in Clinical Psychology
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Jordan Thomas (Clinical Area) for receiving the APA Division 12 Distinguished Student Scientist-Practitioner Award in Clinical Psychology for outstanding contributions to both research and practice in clinical psychology and whose work demonstrates substantial reciprocity and complementarity between research and clinical interests.
Nick Ichien and Megan Imundo receive Cognitive Area Research Awards
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Nick Ichien (Cognitive Area) and Megan Imundo (Cognitive Area) for receiving Cognitive Area Research Awards in recognition of both research and teaching contributions.
10 Psychology graduate students receive the Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the following 10 Psychology graduate students for receiving the Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF). The DYF awards a $20,000 stipend and full fees to students during their last year of dissertation writing.
7 graduate students receive Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the 7 graduate students receive Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships.
Joshua Cain receives the 2022 Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Cain (Cognitive Area) for receiving the 2022 Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award for having the most outstanding dissertation in our Department this year. This dissertation award honors Professor Gengerelli, who is remembered for his teaching, guidance of students, innovative research, and departmental leadership.
Blanche Wright receives the 2022 Dena Chertoff Graduate Student Service Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Blanche Wright (Clinical Area) for receiving the 2022 Dena Chertoff Graduate Student Service Award.
Kimberly Martin receives the Bertram Raven Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Martin (Social Area) for receiving the Bertram Raven Award for her paper titled “Current Healthcare Experiences, Medical Trust, and COVID-19 Vaccination Intention and Uptake in Black and White Americans.” The Raven Award has been given since 1997 and honors an exceptionally meritorious research paper addressing a social issue or problem.
Akila Kadambi receives the Cognitive Psychology Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Akila Kadambi (Cognitive Area) for receiving the Cognitive Psychology Dissertation Award in recognition of the high-quality work presented in her dissertation.
Ryan Hyon receives the Shelley Taylor Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Hyon (Social Area) for receiving the Shelley Taylor Dissertation Award, which honors an exceptionally meritorious dissertation completed by a graduate student whose primary advisor is in the Social Area. Dr. Hyon’s dissertation was titled “Investigating the Relationship Between Individual Differences in the Brain and Social Network Structure.”
João Guassi Moreira receives the Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. João Guassi Moreira (Developmental Area) for receiving the Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award for the best developmental dissertation.
Ruby Basyouni receives the Harold H. Kelley Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Ruby Basyouni (Social Area) for receiving the Harold H. Kelley Award for her paper titled “Mapping the Social Landscape: Tracking Patterns of Interpersonal Relationships.” The Kelley Award has been given since 1997 and honors an exceptionally meritorious research paper addressing basic issues or theory in social psychology.
8 graduate students receive Clinical Area awards
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the 8 graduate students for receiving Clinical Area awards.
Juan Luis Romero Sosa selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellow by the Society for Neuroscience
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Juan Luis Romero Sosa (BNS Area) for being selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellow by the Society for Neuroscience. The Neuroscience Scholars Program is a two-year online training program open to underrepresented graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
Rocio Burgos-Calvillo and Professor Greenfield receive a Latinx Studies Seed Grant for their project
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Patricia Greenfield (PI) and Developmental Area graduate student Rocio Burgos-Calvillo (Co-PI) on receiving a Latinx Studies Seed Grant for their project titled “Cultural Mismatch in Peer Relations: A Natural Experiment in UCLA’s Living/Learning Communities.”
6 graduate students receive Psychology Department Endowed Fellowships
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the 6 graduate students for receiving Psychology Department Endowed Fellowships. Thank you to our generous donors for making this possible!
Jordan Parker receives the 2022 Graduate Student Award from APA Division 35 Section 1 (Psychology of Black Women)
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Jordan Parker (Health Area) for receiving the 2022 Graduate Student Award from APA Division 35 Section 1 (Psychology of Black Women). This award recognizes the work of a Black woman graduate student in psychology for a paper evaluated on its creativity, innovation and the degree to which it furthers understanding of the role of gender in Black women’s lives.