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CONGRATULATIONS KATE!

Jan. 10, 2020—Kate Humphreys has been selected as a winner of the 2020 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions! They note “What a wonderful recognition of your work. And what a wonderful signal you and your work send about the ve...

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CONGRATULATIONS CRAIG and SUN-JOO!

Jan. 10, 2020—Craig Smith (personality/social field) and Sun-Joo Cho (quantitative field) have been selected as Association of Psychological Science (APS) fellows. Congratulations!

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Congratulations David!

Sep. 16, 2019—David Lubinski has been awarded a Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair! Congratulations to David on this well-deserved recognition of his exceptional work and leadership! This follows his Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Intelligence...

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Kate Humphreys named 2018 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star!

Jan. 4, 2018—Kathryn (Kate) Humphreys, who will be joining the department of Psychology & Human Development in 2018, has been selected as a 2018 APS rising star. This prestigious award places Kate among an impressive group of early stage faculty who are already mak...

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Emily Fyfe named 2018 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star!

Jan. 2, 2018—Emily Fyfe, a former Peabody Psychology & Human Development Ph.D. student (advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson) has been selected as a 2018 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star. This prestigious award places Emily among an impressive gro...

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Lubinski wins George A. Miller Award for Outstanding Article in General Psychology

Aug. 7, 2017—This year at the American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) annual convention in Washington, DC (August, 2017), it was announced that David Lubinski, a member of Vanderbilt's Quantitative Methods Area in Psychology and Human Development, won the 20...

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Congratulations, David and Camilla!

Sep. 9, 2016—Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth Discussed in Nature The SMPY (Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth) was the topic of a feature news article published in the journal Nature on September 8th. The SMPY was found by Professor Julian Stanley in...

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David Lubinski’s research makes The Boston Globe’s Top Ten articles of 2014!

Jan. 19, 2015—Coverage of David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, and Harrison Kell's research on the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth has gone viral! Study results from 2013 were featured in The Boston Globe and this article received so many online hits it landed i...

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Congratulations David Lubinski!

Jan. 16, 2014—Research by David Lubinski and colleagues that was recently published in Psychological Science has been featured in a news story and accompanying video: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/01/gifted-children-study/! The original article was entitled: "Who ...

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Congratulations Emily Fyfe!

Dec. 14, 2013—Emily Fyfe has received a 2013 APA Dissertation Research Award! Emily received this award for her research project entitled "Is That Correct? Clarifying the Effects of Feedback during Mathematical Problem Solving," under the direction of Dr. Bethany Ri...

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