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Psychology Staff Spotlight Award – Hamoudeh AbuMalhi

We are happy to announce that Hamoudeh AbuMalhi, our Helpdesk Analyst, has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award for this quarter. Hamoudeh joined the Psychology department in September 2021. Before coming to Psychology, Hamoudeh worked for UCLA Housing and Hospitality IT. Since coming to our department, Hamoudeh has provided top-tier computing support…

Prof. Du Elected to Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology

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…

Maira Karan receives the Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award

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 (e.g., helping others) and empathy (e.g., sharing in someone’s pain), during the period of adolescence. Her primary…

10 Psychology graduate students receive the Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship

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. NICHOLAS ICHIEN (COG) MEGAN IMUNDO (COG) LEE LAZAR (SOC) LOGAN LEATHEM (CLIN) ALLISON METTS (CLIN) ARIELLE RADIN (HEALTH) RAZIA SAHI…

7 graduate students receive Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships for the 2022-23 academic year. Sarah Alonzi (Health Area) received the Will Rogers Memorial Fellowship. Mouslim Cherkaoui (BNS Area) received the Paulson Fund Endowed Fellowship. Tyrus Korecki (Health Area) received the Will Rogers Memorial Fellowship. Jordan Levinson (Developmental Area) received the Will Rogers…

Joshua Cain receives the 2022 Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award

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.