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Congratulations Sonya and Jason!
Dec. 18, 2021—Jason Rights (a former graduate student in Quantitative Methods; currently an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia) and Sonya Sterba won the Tanaka Award for their paper “New Recommendations on the Use of R-squared Differences in Multilevel Model Comparisons” published in Multivariate Behavioral Research! This award is given annually to the authors of the most outstanding paper...
Graduate Student Sam Pegg Receives the Outstanding Student Researcher Award – Congratulations!
Nov. 12, 2021—Samantha Pegg, a doctoral student in the lab of Autumn Kujawa, receives the Outstanding Student Researcher Award from the Society of the Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP). Her research examines how emotional and social processing contributes to the development of mood disorders, specifically looking at the relationships between reward processing and depression. She recently received...
Grad. Student Ashli-Ann Douglas receives the Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant – Congratulations !
Oct. 28, 2021—Ashli-Ann Douglas, a doctoral candidate in the lab of Bethany Rittle-Johnson, receives Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant. The Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant provides support for junior students interested in a career in global early child development who are from or doing research in low- or middle-income countries. The Grant includes $5,000 USD to support dissertation research and a...
Congratulations Bernstein & Lubinski: Two Awards for Excellence in Research!
Aug. 6, 2021—Brian Bernstein, a Quantitative Methods Ph.D. student working with David Lubinski, earned the junior-division 2020-2021 Award for Excellence in Research from the MENSA Foundation for his Psychological Science article entitled “Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict Distinct Forms of Eminence 35 Years Later,” co-authored by David Lubinski and Dean Camilla Benbow. David Lubinski, a Quantitative Methods...
Kathryn Humphreys was selected for the 2021 ZERO TO THREE ‘s Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Emerging Leadership Award!
Aug. 6, 2021—Kathryn Humphreys, an assistant professor of psychology and human development, was selected for the 2021 ZERO TO THREE ‘s Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Emerging Leadership Award in the category of Research. This competitive award is acknowledgment of professionals who demonstrate significant visionary and cutting-edge work with potential to transform practices, policies, and...
Dr. Leigh Scheer won the David Schleyer Faculty Award!
May. 12, 2021—Congratulations to Leigh Scheer for winning the David Schleyer Faculty Award! The David Schleyer Faculty Award is established by the generous gift of Mary Zygala Schleyer and William T. Schleyer of Rye Beach, New Hampshire, in honor of their son, David Franklin Schleyer, in appreciation of the support he received by faculty at Peabody during his...
Dr. Megan Saylor received the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching!
Apr. 17, 2021—Megan Saylor, professor of psychology and human development, received the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching at Vanderbilt’s Spring Faculty Assembly. Congratulations, Meg! Find the details here.
Faculty members have been selected for the class of fellows!
Sep. 19, 2020—Jennifer Trueblood, Georgene Troseth, Megan Saylor, Duane Watson, Kate Humphreys, Bethany Rittle-Johnson, Sonya Sterba, Sarah Brown-Schmidt, and Lisa Fazio were named APS Fellows. The status of fellow is awarded to APS members who have made outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and application. And Sonya Sterba was named an APA...