Congratulations to Prof. Greenfield for receiving the 2021 SRCD Distinguished Contributions to the Interdisciplinary Understanding of Child Development Award for her “cutting-edge, integrative work across developmental psychology, anthropology, sociology, communication, ecology, economics, textiles, gender/ethnic/racial studies, education, linguistics, primate sciences, pediatrics, and neuroscience.”
Language is our main tool for transferring thoughts from one mind to another. The BlankLangLab studies the mental processes that make language comprehension possible, and the relationship between these linguistic mechanisms and the rest of the human mind. Language is unique to humans: whereas other animals can communicate, their communication channels do not possess the same complex structures, systematic operations, or expressive…
We are happy to announce that Emilia Ninova, our Graduate Admissions Coordinator, has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award for her outstanding work in Student Services. Emilia has held this position for three years and managed our record breaking number of 1659 applications to our Ph.D. program this past admissions season. Emilia…
Congratulations to the five graduate student recipients of the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)! The NSF GRFP is a prestigious three-year fellowship, which provides a yearly $34,000 stipend and $12,000 in fees. For more information, visit the NSF GRFP website. Mason McClay (Cognitive Area)Fleming Peck (incoming BNS Area)Saul Quintero (Cognitive Area)Tristan Tibbe (Quantitative Area)Mary Vitello (Cognitive Area) Congratulations…
Congratulations to Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (Clinical Area) on being awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation! The award provides three years of support and is made to individuals who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research…
Congratulations to Victoria Jacoby (Cognitive Area) for receiving the V-VSS 2021 Elsevier/Vision Research Travel Award! Each year, VSS endeavors to support travel to the annual meeting through a travel awards program.
Congratulations to Jennifer Gamarra (Clinical Area) for receiving the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology’s Leadership Education to Advance Diversity (LEAD) Fellow Award. The goal of LEAD is to provide professional development, networking, and leadership skills for graduate students and early career professionals.
Congratulations to Joni Brown (Health Area), who won the Outstanding Trainee Award at the 2021 Health Preconference for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Congratulations to Anika Guha (Clinical Area), who received an NIMH F31 fellowship grant, “Identifying Neural Mechanisms of Aberrant Inhibitory Processing and Salience in Patients with Schizophrenia, with Cindy Yee-Bradbury as sponsor and Greg Miller as co-sponsor, and Katie Karlsgodt and Amanda Montoya as consultants.”
Congratulations to Sarah Rocha (Developmental Area) on receiving the 2021 Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship. The Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship provides summer funding and conference travel costs for a graduate student in Psychology who is committed to advancing the field of Latino mental health.
