Congratulations Sarah Weisen, P.E.O. Fellowship awardee!
Jul. 22, 2016—Please join us in congratulating Sarah Weisen, a fourth year Ph.D. student in Amy Needham's Infant Learning Lab within the Department of Psychology and Human Development, who won a prestigious P.E.O. Scholar Award! This fellowship is a one-time, compet...
Congratulations Jianhong (May) Shen
May. 31, 2016—We congratulate Jianhong (May) Shen as the 2016 winner of The Lisa M. Quesenberry Foundation Award. This was established by Irvin and Mary Ann Quesenberry and Kathryn Quesenberry to memorialize the accomplishments of their daughter and sister, Lisa M. ...
Congratulations Marcus, Mackenzie & Scott! Also honorable mention too Patrick.
Apr. 19, 2016—Please join us in congratulating Marcus Wild and Mackenzie Sunday on their National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. These prestigious awards will support their research. Scott Blain, an undergraduate from our program, has also been o...
Congratulations Scott Blain!
Mar. 30, 2016—Undergraduate Senior Scott Blain (Class of '16) has been awarded the highly prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, to pursue a PhD in psychology. Scott - a double major in Cognitive Studies and Medicine, Health, and Society- is currently complet...
Reinhart and Fukuda earn faculty positions!
Mar. 28, 2016—Please join us in congratulating the trainees from the Psychology Department who have recently accepted offers to become tenure-track faculty next year. Rob Reinhart and Kei Fukuda will start jobs as Assistant Professors next year. Rob Reinhart is a g...
Congratulations to Joshua Buckholtz!
Feb. 22, 2016—It's always rewarding to hear one of our graduated students succeeding in their own academic positions. Joshua Buckholtz (Ph.D in Neuroscience who carried out his research under the mentorship of David Zald) was awarded the 2016 Janet Taylor Spence Awa...
Congratulations Geoff Woodman!
Jan. 27, 2016—Geoff Woodman has won the 2016 Troland Award given annually by the National Academy of Sciences.http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/2016-nas-awards.htmlThis is the most prestigious award a young experimental psychologist can receive in our field, ...
Congratulations Wenxi Xiao!
Jan. 13, 2016—Please join the Department of Psychology in congratulating Wenxi Xiao as one of the Undergraduate Research Fair winners this year. She will receive a $50 check for her presentation. Wenxi Xiao ’16 - Psychology (Honors) Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Im...
Association for Psychological Science 2015 Rising Stars: Vandy Psychology Scores Big!!
Jan. 4, 2016—Psychological Sciences at Vanderbilt has three current faculty members - Joe Franklin, Sonya Sterba and Jennifer Trueblood - and one former graduate student - Josh Bucholtz - honored as Rising Stars by the Association for Psychological Science. The Ri...
Congratulations Doug!
Dec. 10, 2015—Doug Godwin won this year’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award given annually by the College of Arts and Science for "for exceptionally effective classroom and/or laboratory instruction, as determined by students he has worked with and a pan...