Special Recognition
Distinguished Alumni Award
2006 Kathy Olesker Pounds
2006 Fred R. Volkmar
2007 Bruno C. Breitmeyer
2007 James E. Spoor
2008 Christopher Peterson
2008 William A. Schiemann
2009 John A. Bargh
2009 William J. Lenz
2010 Stephan G. Wiet
2010 James H. Davis
2011 Dr. James Leonard
2011 The Honorable Jeffrey B. Ford
2012 Lawrence B. Moller
2013 Fred R. Volkmar, Honorary Doctoral Degree
2014 Celeste A. Hill
2015 Samuel E. Krug
2016 Catherine L. and L. Gene Lemon, Distinguished Honorary Alumni Award
2016 John Shustitzky
2017 The Honorable Jill-Ellyn Straus
2018 Carrie Grady
2019 Loren Kuzuhara
2021 Michael Walker
2023 Patricia Deldin
2024 Patricia (Patty) Jones
Faculty Award
Mabel Kirkpatrick Hohenboken Award
The Hohenboken Award was established by Mrs. Mabel Hohenboken as a means to reward faculty members in Psychology who have made particularly distinguished contributions as teachers. Among the criteria for selection are: 1) consistently excellent contributions to instruction, 2) impact on students and the quality of the instructional outcome, 3) innovative approaches to teaching, and 4) influence on the curriculum.
1992 Donelson E. Dulaney
1993 Douglas A. Bernstein
1994 Edward J. Roy
1995 Edward E. Diener
1997 Sarah Mangelsdorf
1999 Julian Rappaport
2001 Michael Coles
2002 Robert Wickesberg
2003 Justin Kruger
2004 Janice Juraska
2005 Donna Korol
2006 Gary Dell
2007 Sandra Goss Lucas
2008 Chryle Elieff
2009 Aaron Benjamin
2010 Joshua Gulley
2011 Neal Cohen
2012 Daniel J. Simons
2013 Michael J. Kral
2014 Diane Beck
2015 Andrei Cimpian
2016 Nathan Todd
2017 Daniel Hyde
2018 Jaime Derringer
2019 Chadly Stern
2021 Sean Laurent
2022 Sepideh Sadaghiani
2023 Hans Friedrich Köhn
2024 Joseph Cohen
Psi Chi Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
1977-78 Dr. Ed Diener
1978-79 Dr. Douglas Bernstein
1979-80 Dr. Jim Lameill
1980-81 Dr. Jack Adams
1981-82 Dr. Michael Coles
1982-83 Dr. Thomas Srull
1983-84 Dr. Don Dulany
1984-85 Dr. Christopher Wickens
1985-86 Dr. Francis White
1986-87 Dr. Renee Baillargeon
1987-88 Dr. Don Dulany
1988-89 Dr. Joseph Campos
1989-90 Dr. Janice Juraska
1990-91 Dr. Marie Banich
1991-92 Dr. Evelyn Satinoff
1992-93 Dr. Janice Juraska
1993-94 Dr. Neal J. Cohen
1994-95 Dr. N. Jane Zbrodoff
1995-96 Dr. Gary Dell
1996-97 Dr. Renee Baillargeon
1997-98 Gordon Logan
1998-99 Dov Cohen
1999-2000 Tammy Rahhal
2000-2001 Dorothy Espelage
2001-2002 Dorothy Espelage
2002-2003 Janice Juraska
2003-2004 Carol Diener
2004-2005 Carol Diener
2006 Renee Baillargeon
2007 Joshua Gulley
2008 Chryle Elieff
2009 Lisa Spanierman
2010 Glenn Roisman
2011 Mikhail Lyubansky
2012 Theresa Benson
2014 Theresa Benson
GSO Instructional Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advising at the Graduate Level
1988 Elissa Newport
1989 Ross Parke
1990 Renee Baillargeon, Christopher Wickens, and Edward Diener
1992 Larry Hubert
1993 Howard Berenbaum
1994 Patrick Laughlin and Greg Miller
1995 Wendy Heller
1996 Gordan Logan
1997 Susan Garnsey
1998 Fritz Drasgow and Julian Rappaport
1999 Larry Hubert
2000 Larry Hubert
2001 Mark Aber
2002 Roderick McDonald
2003 Nicole Allen
2004 Larry Hubert
2005 Sandra Goss Lucas
2006 R. Chris Fraley
2007 Chi-Yue Chiu
2008 Daniel J. Simons
2009 Joshua Gulley
2010 John Hummel
2011 Patrick Laughlin
2013 Aaron Benjamin
2014 Sarah Brown-Schmidt
2015 Cindy Fisher
Academic Professional Award
The Academic Professional Award is given to an academic professional within the department based on their outstanding work, personal, and professional contributions.
2019 Suzanne McNattin
2022 Firmino Pinto
2023 Nikki Wynn
2024 Billy Vermillion
Staff Award
The Staff Award is given to a staff member who demonstrates excellence in overall work performance, promotes positive morale, provides service to others, exhibits initiative and creativity, and enhances the image of the department.
1999 John Boyd
2000 Teri Pittman
2001 Lori Hendricks
2003 Ann Harvey
2004 Dorothy Buhr
2006 Lori Hendricks
2007 Janice Morris
2008 Tom Hendricks
2009 Dana Loschen
2010 Katie Beall
2010 Mae Donaldson
2011 Ashley Ramm
2012 Sarah Challand
2013 Ashley Ramm
2014 Mae Donaldson
2016 Sarah Challand
2017 Summer Curry
2019 June Clark Eubanks
2020 Lori Butler
2022 Brenda Reinhold
2023 Jane Jukes
2024 Melissa Odom
Graduate Student Awards
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Graduate Student
The Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Graduate Instructor Award was established by the department as a means to reward those graduate students in Psychology who have exhibited excellence as a teacher in the classroom. An application is also submitted to LAS for consideration in the campus-wide competition for this same award.
1999 Amanda J. Rose
2000 T. William Altermatt
2001 Mindy Bergman
2002 Sarah Schoppe
2003 Nancy Koven
2004 Margeret Szewczyk Sokolowski
2005 Grace Cho
2007 Matthew Lee
2008 Evelyn Au
2009 Shabnamm Javdani
2010 Jennifer Rosner
2011 Amanda Vicary
2012 Marie Heffernan
2013 Philip Chow
2014 Melanie Tannenbaum
2015 Jorge Hernandez
2016 Seong Hee Cho and Emily Hankosky
2017 Deborah Cronin and Peter Ondish
2018 Michael Perino and Daniel Storage
2019 Sophie Lohmann and John Westbrook
2020 Yifan Hu
2021 Emily Blevins and Kathryn Kemp
2022 Julia Spielmann
2023 Talia Chia
2024 Raymond La and Walter Venerable III
Sandra Goss Lucas Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Psychology
This award was created to honor an instructor who demonstrates excellence in teaching Introductory Psychology. The criteria for this award include: creating positive learning outcomes for undergraduate students, creativity in developing learning materials, mentoring of new graduate student instructors, and significant contributions to the course. The recipient is chosen annually by the course director.
2008 Steven Luke
2009 Brian Gordon
2010 Aya Shigeto
2011 Patrick Watson
2012 Allison Jessee
2013 Nathan Hudson
2014 Genevieve Henricks-Lepp
2015 Pam Clevenger and Whitney Street
2016 Deborah Cronin
2017 Michael Perino and Daniel Storage
2018 Jessica Siler
2019 Megan Davis and Michelle Lecky
2020 Yifan Hu
2021 Ed Clint
2022 Amada Kelley
2023 Fernando Sanchez-Hernandez and Belgin Ünal
2024 Huiyu Ding and Jonathan Yuquimpo
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf Award
The Sarah C. Mangelsdorf Graduate Award in Psychology was established in 2008 to honor Mangelsdorf for her achievements and contributions to the University of Illinois. This award is designed to honor an outstanding female graduate student in Psychology. The award is given to a student who has exhibited excellence in research/scholarship and teaching, and shown the potential to be an academic leader.
2008 Melody Manchi Chao
2009 Sarah Laszlo
2010 Naomi Samimi Sadeh
2011 Shabnam Javdani
2012 Audrey Kittredge
2013 Alison M. Trude
2014 Emily Dworkin
2015 Marie Heffernan and Si On Yoon
2016 Emily Hankosky and Rachel Ryskin
2017 Yara Mekawi
2018 Suvarna Menon
2019 Sarah Sperry
2020 Sara Westbrook
2021 Emily Blevins and Kathryn Kemp
2022 Shoko Watanabe
2023 Megan Finnegan and Hena Thakur
2024 Allyson Blackburn
J. McVicker Hunt Award
The J. McVicker Hunt Award in Developmental Psychology is named after a former member of the department. Dr. Hunt was one of the early pioneers in the field of developmental psychology and was involved in the creation of the Head Start program. This award is given to an outstanding graduate student who has exhibited excellence in scholarship.
2005 Grace Cho and Florrie Fei-Yin Ng
2006 Geoffrey Brown
2008 Sylvia Yuan
2009 Rose Scott
2010 Jamie Abaied and Zijing He
2011 Ashley Groh
2012 Sin Sze Cheung
2013 Niwako Sugimura
2014 Jennifer Monti
2015 Yang Qu and Shelbie Sutherland
2016 Zachary Horne
2017 Lin Bian
2019 Yi Lin and Francisca Ting
2021 Janice Ng
2022 Haina Modi and Yu Xiong
2024 Jiawen Wu
Nancy Hirschberg Award
The Hirschberg Award is presented each year to a psychology graduate student who, during that year, has performed outstanding original research or scholarship in areas related to Professor Hirschberg’s interests. These areas include individual differences, personality, human judgment, and multivariate analysis.
1982 Mark A. Foss
1983 James Smith
1984 Randy Larsen
1985 Caton Roberts
1987 Anita Sievaag
1980 Alan Lambert
1993 Carolyn Anderson
1994 Michael Olson
1995 Holly Arrow
1996 Karen Gasper
1997 Eunkook Mark
1998 Carol L. Goh
1999 Razia Azen and Kim-Yin Chan
2000 Jee-Seon Kim
2001 Timothy Bogg
2005 Hans-Friedrich Koehn and Lisa Lynn Thomas
2006 Elena Rykhlevskaia
2007 Ka Yee Leung and Clintin Stobfr
2008 Chris Ny
2010 Dana Joseph
2011 Chun Wang
2012 Laura Crocker and Jennifer Fayard
2013 Nathaniel E. Helwig
2014 Ying Guo
2015 Mengyang Cao and Rachel Ryskin
2016 Ariel James and Jing Luo
2017 Sarah Sperry
2018 Kevin Hoff
2019 Anqing Zheng
2020 Kathryn C. Kemp
2022 Julianne Griffith
2023 Suhnyoung Jun
2024 Yan Yi Lance Du
Frederick & Ruby Kanfer Award
Professor Frederick H. Kanfer was a member of the Psychology Department from 1973 until 1995, and an emeritus professor still contributing to the department until his death in 2002. The Kanfer family has established the Frederick & Ruby Kanfer Award to honor his legacy as a pioneering scholar in clinical psychology. Professor Kanfer was committed to furthering the science of clinical-community psychology by emphasizing the close and reciprocal relationship between basic science and clinical practice. The Kanfer Award is presented each year to a graduate student whose work in the field of clinical-community psychology best exemplifies the ideals of Professor Kanfer: research, scholarship, and service aimed at improving the psychological lives of all individuals.
2009 Melissa Milanak
2010 Naomi Samimi Sadeh
2011 Keith Bredemeier
2012 Laura Crocker
2013 Nancy Joseph
2014 Eishita Manjreker
2015 Natalie Watson
2016 Yara Mekawi
2017 Konrad Bresin
2018 Sarah Sperry
2019 Tina Schweizer
2022 Jacqueline Yi
2023 Hena Thakur
2024 Allyson Blackburn, Frederick & Ruby Kanfer Award for Achievement
2024 Morgan Stutts, Frederick & Ruby Kanfer Award for Engagement
2024 Ariana Castro, Frederick & Ruby Kanfer Award for Publication
Ed Scheiderer Memorial Research Award
The Ed Scheiderer memorial fund was established in 1979 to recognize outstanding research or scholarship by a Clinical/ Community Psychology student. Ed was a clinical student in this program from 1969-1974. Upon his death, his family and friends set up the Ed Scheiderer Memorial Research Award.
1979 Martha Putallaz
1980 Steven J. Trierweiler
1981 Kenneth J. Maton
1982 Sue Hagerman
1983 Cindy Neff
1984 Thomas Bradbury
1985 Thomas Bradbury
1986 Cindy Yee and Thomas Bradbury
1987 Meredyth Goldberg
1988 Douglas Luke
1989 John Grych
1990 Richard M. Zeigler
1991 Keith A. Humphreys
1992 Deanna Barch
1993 Leyan Fernandes
1994 Jack B. Nitschke
1995 Joseph P. Gone
1996 Christina Gee
1997 Eric Stewart
1998 Jennifer Keller
1999 Rogina Scott
2000 John Kerns
2001 Melanie Harned
2002 Nancy Koven
2003 Aprajita Mohanty
2004 John Herrington
2005 Matthew Boden and Erica Mattison
2006 Anna Engels
2008 Jennifer Stewart
2009 Ruchika Prakash
2010 Michelle Schoenleber
2011 Jeffrey Spielberg
2012 Philip Chow
2013 Laura Crocker
2014 Luis Flores
2015 Juyeon Hur
2016 Wenting Mu
2017 Sarah Sperry
2018 Megan Davis
2019 Joel Thomas
2020 Tina Schwiezer
2021 Jaki Yi
2022 Katie Kemp
2023 Julianne Griffith
Herman Eisen Award
This award is in honor of Herman Eisen who served as an adjunct professor in the Clinical/Community Division and who worked actively to develop the resources needed to meet the mental health needs of this community. The award was made possible by the trustees of the Herman Eisen Memorial Fund. It is given to a graduate student in Clinical/Community Psychology who exemplifies the spirit and values of Herman Eisen through commitment and contribution to the practice of psychology. Clinical skills, sensitivity, perception and optimism for change in individual and social lives are the criteria used to select the recipient of the award.
2008 Shabnam Javdani
2009 Sadie Larsen
2010 Andrew Case
2011 Urmitapa Dutta
2012 Angela Walden
2013 Natalie Watson
2014 Emily Dworkin
2015 Zhenni Wang
2016 Suvarna Menon
2017 Mike Niznikiewicz
2018 Jonathan Bystrynski
2019 Danyelle Dawson
2020 Tina Schwiezer
2021 Hena Thakur
2022 B. Andi Lee
2023 Aggie Rieger
Amy Rappaport-Lo Award
This award was established in memory of Amy Rappaport-Lo. She had a life-long interest in fairness, justice, and the education of children. She managed to bring together a keen idealism and positive practicality. These interests led her to earn degrees in Education, with a minor in music, and an MSW in School Social Work, both from the University of Illinois. Amy passed away, too young, in 2017. Her father, Dr. Julian Rappaport is a Professor Emeritus with the psychology department and is widely known for his pioneering work in Community Psychology. He and his wife Arlene Rappaport created the “Rappaport-Lo Award” to honor Amy’s life and reward those carrying her torch of kindness and inclusivity. The award shall be given to a graduate student in recognition of contributions to research, scholarship, teaching, and/or intervention for the benefit of people of color.
2022 B. Andi Lee
2023 Raymond La
2024 Walter Venerable III
Jeffrey Tanaka Award
Jeffrey Tanaka was a member of the Psychology and Educational Psychology departments from 1990 – 1992. He was a fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society, a University Scholar, and was elected to the prestigious Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. After his untimely death in 1992, the Tanaka Memorial Fund was established to recognize outstanding original research or scholarship in areas related to Professor Tanaka’s interests: quantitative psychology and personality psychology.
2018 Susu Zhang
2022 Auburn Jimenez
2024 Kathryn Kemp
Department of Psychology Diversity Award
The Department of Psychology Diversity Award was established to recognize outstanding graduate students engaged in research that contributes to better understanding of psychological topics related to diversity, broadly defined. The criteria are: innovative research questions in the field of diversity science, innovative methods for studying diversity, efforts to broaden the impact of psychological science and theory to under-represented groups, integrating undergraduate researchers into diversity research, and efforts to improve the visibility of under-represented groups in Psychology, either at the University or national level.
2017 Qianqi Song
2018 Yara Mekawi
2019 B. Andi Lee
2022 Danyelle Dawson
2024 Eleanor Junkins
Graduate Award for Excellence in Psychological Science
The Graduate Award for Excellence in Psychological Science is awarded to a Masters of Science in Psychological Science student who exhibits outstanding achievement in academics, demonstrated by performance in coursework; outstanding research collaboration and scholarship, demonstrated by the ability to generate innovative research or to significantly contribute to the development of research in a lab setting; and notable achievement in professional development through his/her ethics, scholarly writing, public speaking, and department citizenship.
2019 Zoe (Jing) Xu
2022 Carol Shi
2023 Yifan Ding
2024 Mark Hunter Meyers
Undergraduate Student Awards
Janet Tritsch Award
The Janet Tritsch Memorial Award is a symbol of excellence for undergraduate psychology research at the University. The award was established in 1975 by the family and friends of Janet Tritsch who as an undergraduate was active in psychology research. The award is given to the undergraduate student majoring in psychology who submits the most outstanding research paper.
1975 Sandra V. Jones
1976 Nan Strauss
1978 Mary Kay Floeter and Jill Franklin
1979 Jennifer Stephens Rybicki and Robert Silverman
1980 Seung-Ming Leung
1981 David Ayoub, John Larson and Bret Robertson
1982 Jodi Gistenson
1983 Laura J. Mayer
1984 Edward Anderson, Mark Robbins, and David Trafimon
1985 Carla Jean Schmittler
1986 Margaret Anne Greene
1987 Julie Beth Olson
1988 Susan M. Muth
1989 Amy E. Marks
1990 Molly Kay Orcutt
1991 Keith Brian Magnus
1992 Stephen Blessing
1993 Katherine L. Krause
1994 Jason Eric Field
1995 Anup A. Bendre
1996 Genevieve E. Erp
1997 Rajiv K. Sood
1998 Leslie Ann Nessim and Jonathan T. Cantey
1999 Vikram R. Barad
2000 John B. Whitney
2001 Justin L. Storbeck
2002 Ann C. Smolen
2003 Brennan Miller
2004 Michelle L. Webb
2005 Jenna Hartom
2006 Reinier Pualengco
2007 Megan Herting
2008 Josh Richman
2009 Elizabeth Badcock
2010 Jessica Houston
2011 Daniel Miller
2012 Edward Clint
2013 Olivia Atherton
2014 Ashley Masnik
2015 Mariah Wu
2016 Maureen Gray
2017 Justin Lien
2018 Anastasia Sorokina
2019 Xiaozhi Yang
2020 Zack Lively
2021 Laura Hernandez
2022 Matthew Saxsma
2023 Anna Tsyrulnikov
2024 Joseph Caruana
Julie Sutton-Osgood Award
The Julie Sutton-Osgood Award in Psychology was established in 2008 by family and friends in memory of Sutton-Osgood whose career goal was to become a practicing physician. Sutton-Osgood trained as an emergency medical technician (EMT) and worked summers for an ambulance company while enrolled as a psychology student at Illinois. After graduation she completed a paramedic course and worked for Superior Ambulance Company and became their EMS coordinator through Christ Hospital and Hope Children’s Hospital. She attended physician assistant school while she continued to work full-time. Sutton-Osgood fulfilled her goal to become a licensed Physician’s Assistant. This award is intended to help students realize their dream of becoming either a physician or another type of medical practitioner.
2008 Natalie Pawlowicz
2009 Sarah McDermott
2010 Meghan A. Skotnicki
2011 Eden Steege
2012 Alexis Reitman
2013 Leah Schmekin
2014 Hannah Toms
2015 Allison Marks
2016 Danielle Komsky
2017 Qingrou Gu
2018 Divya Surabhi
2019 Justyna Wojtyckza
2020 Julia J. Nellamattom
2021 Carmensa Remolina
2022 Rhea Akhaury
2023 Arianna Fritz
2024 Yujung Son
James E. Spoor Scholarship
The James E. Spoor Scholarship was established in 2011 by James’ wife, Mrs. Nancy Spoor, to honor his legacy. He received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1958 and had a very successful career that covered more than 25 years in human resources. The scholarship is awarded to psychology undergraduate students in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements.
2017
Jacqueline Beck
Yueyang Chen
Sofia Dumlao
Qingrou Gu
Colin Harmony
Kelsey Howard
Yuri Kim
Justin Lien
Katherine Nameth
Madeline Reinecke
Martin Schatz
Daniel Szoke
Yi Zhao
2018
Aashika Anantharaman
Kimberly Galvez-Ortega
Eldon Hsiao
Madeline Johnson
Kevin Lin
Raees Meghani
Sahana Moodabagil
Stephanie Santo
Kari Thomsen
Chi Tran
Priscilla Whang
Kaleigh Wilkins
Yiwei Zhang
2019
Huiyu Ding
Raul Espana
Victoria Halewicz
Aidan Healy
Elizabeth Phillips
Chen (Amanda) Shen
Olivia Spence
Man Jackie Sze
Amber Winters
Xiaozhi Yang
2022
Larysa Brandys
Zyana Cabrera
Sarah Craig
Daniella Di Stefano
Nimisha Goenka
Abigail Histed
Caley Lane
Cheyenne Petersen
Kaitlin Ratcliff
Rhea Rehani
Moriah Zumdahl
2023
Jasmine Bigelow
Jennifer Huan
Wenqian Long
Ayla Makris
Leah Malan
Karishma Patel
Hannah Yan
Zhixin Yao
Yifan Zhang
2024
Taniya Boone
Joseph Caruana
Yuxin Ivy Chen
Dajana Duci
Jessica Gu
Kyle Huffaker
Damian Ishak
Jasmine Jacobson
Ziqi Wang
Dhaha Wasfie
Ledan Yang
Norah Yao
Kai Zhao
Raymond B. Cattell Scholarship
The Raymond B. Cattell Scholarship in Psychology was established in December 2013 by Psychology alumnus, Dr. Samuel Krug, in honor of Professor Cattell who served as his advisor through graduate school and remained a close friend until his death in 1998. The scholarship is awarded to outstanding undergraduate psychology students who also demonstrate financial need.
Dr. Krug received both his M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1971) degrees in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently chairman and CEO of MetriTech, Inc., an educational testing company that works primarily with large-scale, state testing programs.
2017
Veronica Glowacki
Nicole Nesnidal
2018
Kaitlyn Brown
Jorge Figueroa-Hurtado
Emma Flores
Grace Lee
Emily Orden
Madeline Rodriguez
2019
Matthew Martinez
2022
Madison Rogers
2023
Natalia Palafox Burbano
2024
Magdalena Beczko
Maelys Cadot
Roger B. Smith Scholarship
The Roger B. Smith Scholarship in Psychology was established in June 2014 by Psychology alumnus, Roger Bennett Smith, to support outstanding undergraduate students. Roger Bennett Smith graduated in 1966 with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Chemistry. Mr. Smith formed Millennium Dealer Services, Inc., wholesaler of mobile electronics, with his son in 1999. He continues to serve as President and owner of the company.
2017
Alexandria Cooke
Logan Dodd
Jefferson Fu
Peter Liambotis
Kristin Pluta
Tracy Reyes
Karina Schoenfeldt
Felix So
Mingcheng Yu
2018
Dahlia Alfaro
Eboni Bradley
Taylor Brust
Kimberly Galvez-Ortega
Hailey Hedden
Samantha Iwinski
Mariel Reyes
Gabrielle Rodriguez
Susan Rudahindwa
Kenneth Sanchez
Kaleigh Wilkins
2019
Lingyue Li
Andrianna Martinez
Ana Uribe
Chikira Woodson
Bocheng Zhang
2022
Ayla Makris
2023
Taniya Boone
2024
Amba Kapoor
Alyssa Schramm
Advanced Research Opportunity Honors Fellowship
In the Fall of 2022, the department started a new program called the Advanced Research Opportunity Honors Fellowship. This fellowship provides an outstanding undergraduate student in Psychology financial support over three semesters of undergraduate research that is being conducted towards the completion of an honors thesis.
2023 Jasmine Jacobson
2024 Sola Adeyiga
Michael B. & Edmay Gregorcy Pritz Summer Research Scholarship
Dr. Michael Pritz recalled the importance of summer fellowships during his own participation in the honors program and the opportunity to get a jump start on research without the course demands of a typical semester. Upon learning that similar summer funding for undergraduate honors research was no longer available, he took it upon himself to help fulfill this gap and generously established the Michael B. & Edmay Gregorcy Pritz Summer Research Scholarship for an honors student with an interest in neuroscience who is participating in on-campus research during the summer before their senior year.
2023 Joseph Caruana
2024 Jacob Faibishenko
Honors in Psychology
The Honors Program is a three-semester sequence of courses designed to offer outstanding undergraduates an opportunity to do sustained scholarly work on a specific research project, culminating in the preparation of an undergraduate Bachelor’s thesis and a poster presentation at the Honors Poster Fair. The posters are on display in the atrium of the Psychology Building.
2017
Jacqueline Beck
Yueyang Chen
Qingrou Gu
Colin Harmony
Kelsey Howard
Yuri Kim
Justin Lien
Katherine Nameth
Madeline Reinecke
Marty Schatz
Daniel Szoke
Yi Zhao
2018
Aashika Anantharaman
Yuan Bian
Kimberly Galvez-Ortega
Eldon Hsiao
Madeline Johnson
Raees Meghani
Sahana Moodabagil
Stephanie Santo
Anastasia Sorokina
Kari Thomsen
Chi Tran
Priscilla Whang
Kaleigh Wilkins
Yiwei Zhang
2019
Huiyu Ding
Raul España
Victoria Halewicz
Aidan Healy
Elizabeth Phillips
Chen (Amanda) Shen
Olivia Spence
Man Jackie Sze
Amber Winters
Xiaozhi Yang
2022
Larysa Brandys
Zyana Cabrera
Sarah Craig
Daniela Di Stefano
Nimisha Goenka
Abigail Histed
Caley Lane
Cheyenne Petersen
Kaitlin Ratcliff
Rhea Rehani
Moriah Zumdahl
2023
Jasmine Bigelow
Jing (Jennifer) Huan
Wenqian (Selina) Long
Ayla Makris
Leah Malan
Karishma Patel
Muhan (Hannah) Yan
Zhixin Yao
Yifan Zhang
2024
Taniya Boone
Joseph Caruana
Yuxin Ivy Chen
Dajana Duci
Jessica Gu
Kyle Huffaker
Damien Ishak
Jasmine Jacobson
Ziqi Wang
Dhuha Wasfie
Ledan Yang
Di Norah Yao
Kai Zhao
Capstone Program in Psychology
The Capstone Program is a two-semester sequence of courses to offer outstanding undergraduates an opportunity to do sustained scholarly work on a specific research project, culminating in the preparation of an undergraduate Bachelor’s thesis and a poster presentation at the Honors Poster Fair. For Distinction, a student must work for at least two semesters on a research project with a faculty member and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2023
Rithika Baskar
Haeri (Heiley) Choi
Autumn Franco
Connor Hults
Rajvi Javeri
Seoyoung (Ellie) Kim
Morgan Lott
Vincent Marsh
Hieu Nguyen
Yagna Reddy
F. Matthew Schwartz
Gloria Sunderland
Savannah Theurer
Zoe Tsokolas
Anna Tsyrulnikov
Ruilin (Violet) Wang
Yitong Wang
Benedict Keng Aik Yeoh
2024
Ella Bohlman
Ella Dennis
Nina Hoffman
Araditta Iyer
Zoe Levitan
Saifei Skylar Mu
Yutong Pan
Melany Romero
Tianyi Iris Shang
Aparajita Vemuri
Distinction in Psychology Earned Through PSYC 494
2024 Rishitaa Dutta
Distinction in Psychology
Graduating with Distinction requires a significant research and academic effort by students. For Distinction, a student must work for two semesters on a research project with a faculty member and then prepare an undergraduate Bachelor’s thesis.
2017
Sarah Carlisle
Robert Clark
Logan Dodd
Megan Dwyer
Jefferson Fu
Tugsbilegt Gongor
Mahima Goel
Xiao Han
Chitra Iyer
Sangyun Joung
Jennifer Lee
Sophie Leib
Muxuan Lyu
Mecca Maynard
Felix So
Myrna Sobhy
Brianna Velazquez
2018
Dahlia Alfaro
Alyssa Bathery
Taylor Brust
Marisa Cullnan
Varun Devakonda
Zoe Dodge-Rice
Beatris Garcia
Jennie Gardner
Sara Groth
Maxwell Haynes
Hailey Hedden
Samanatha Iwinski
Ashley Kaper-Tucker
Erin Orentas
Asura Osborne
Gabrielle Rodriguez
Kenneth Sanchez
JulieAnn Scherer
Divya Surabhi
Mingcheng Yu
2019
Gabrielle Anderson
Marianne Chirica
Quincy Coomes
Maria Dracopoli
Edwin Guzman
Lija Hoffman
Cali Joyce
Yuetian Vivian Li
Youjing Vivian Lin
Coleen Long
Julia Petsche
Ziding Shen
Pragya Thaman
Seon Hye Yang
Peter Yoo
Jiahao Zhou
2022
Yaojia Rebecca Chen
Rashmi Ghonasgi
Melody Leung
Meghana Paul
Yinuo Peng
Maksymilian Piasecki
Matthew Saxsma
Shuo Iris Yan
2023
Rithika Baskar
Jasmine Bigelow
Heiley Choi
Autumn Franco
Jennifer Huan
Connor Hults
Rajvi Javeri
Seoyoung Kim
Wenqian Long
Morgan Lott
Ayla Makris
Leah Malan
Vincent Marsh
Hieu Nguyen
Karishma Patel
Yagna Reddy
Matt Schwartz
Gloria Sunderland
Savannah Theurer
Zoe Tsokolas
Anna Tsyrulnikov
Ruibin Wang
Yitong Wang
Hannah Yan
Zhixin Yao
Benedict Yeoh
Yifan Zhan
2024
Ella Bohlman
Taniya Boone
Joseph Caruana
Yuxin Ivy Chen
Ella Dennis
Dajana Duci
Rishitaa Dutta
Jessica Gu
Nina Hoffman
Kyle Huffaker
Damien Ishak
Araditta Iyer
Jasmine Jacobson
Zoe Levitan
Saifei Skylar Mu
Yutong Pan
Melany Romero
Tianyi Iris Shang
Aparajita Vemuri
Ziqi Wang
Dhuha Wasfie
Ledan Yang
Di Norah Yao
Kai Zhao
Alumni Professional Development Award
Using funds donated to the Shape the Future Today campaign, Psychology alumni created the Alumni Professional Development Award that provides financial support for qualified undergraduates who take unpaid summer internships related to their field of interest.
2017
Allison Cho
Maryoli Rojas
2018
Stephanie Costa
Erin Orentas
Claire Wheaton
Laura Bolton Award
The Laura Bolton Research Development Award provides financial support to undergraduate Psychology majors doing summer research in a Psychology lab on campus. The award was created to enable students from diverse backgrounds to experience the challenges of an intensive research environment during the summer months.
2017
Melissa Coffel
Dahyeon Kang
2018
Yuan Bian
Yuetian Li
Daniel Pien
Chen Shen
Anastasia Sorokina
2023
Joseph Caruana
Gabriel Graham
Kaiyue Jin
Jon Mastrud
Iris Shang
Kai Zhao
2024
Indigo Anstee
Ineassa Dassani
Elle Liao
Malaika Mathan
Prithika Ravi
Tiffany Williams
Division Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate Students
Attention and Perception (Visual Cognition & Human Performance Psychology)
2017
Yi Zhao, Christopher Wickens Award
Sophie Leib, Charles Eriksen Award
2019
Jiahao Zhou, Christopher Wickens Award
Victoria Halewicz, Charles Eriksen Award
2022
Yinuo Peng, Charles Eriksen Award
2023
Hannah Yan, Charles Eriksen Award
Connor Hults, Christopher Wickens Award
2024
Rishi Raja, Christopher Wickens Award
Behavioral Neuroscience
2017
Jennie Gardner, Donald O. Hebb Award
Qingrou Gu, Karl Lashley Award
2018
Wen (Cheryl) Xuan Law, Donald O. Hebb Award
2022
Teodora Bozic, Donald O. Hebb Award
Sarah Rauch, Karl Lashley Award
2023
Anna Tsyrulnikov, Donald O. Hebb Award
Jacob Weisz, Karl Lashley Award
2024
Nina Hoffman, Donald O. Hebb Award
Joseph Caruana, Karl Lashley Award
Clinical/Community Psychology
2006
Rebecca Sigmon, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Amanda Howald, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2007
Krzysztof Supinski, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2008
Matthew Pfaff, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2009
Jessica George, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2010
Angeline De Leon , Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2011
Emily Wolfkiel, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2012
Kelly Stewart, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2013
Corinne Kacmarek, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2014
Michelle Hojnicki, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2015
Leah Kling, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2016
Kelly Gaul, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2017
Justin Lien, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Ann-Kathleen Dieudonne Ndinga, Community Action Award
2018
Kimberly Galvez-Ortega, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Kaleigh Wilkins, Community Action Award
2019
Yuetian Vivian Li, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Sara Groth, Community Action Award
2020
Talia Farrell-Rose, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2021
Laura Hernandez, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2022
Larysa Brandys, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Caley Lane, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Daniella DiStefano, Community Action Award
Eleanor Humphreys, Community Action Award
2023
Yufei Li, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Rithika Baskar, Community Action Award
Cognitive Neuroscience
2017
Stephanie Kern, Manny Donchin Award
Laura Pritschet, Michael Coles Award
2018
JulieAnn Scherer, Manny Donchin Award
Anastasia Sorokina, Michael Coles Award
2019
Man Jackie Sze, Manny Donchin Award
Clementine Zimnicki, Michael Coles Award
2022
Zoe Tsokolas, Michael Coles Award
2023
Yagna Reddy, Manny Donchin Award
Grace Homa, Michael Coles Award
Cognitive Psychology
2017
Mahima Goel, Charles Osgood Award
2018
Yuan Bian, Charles Osgood Award
2019
Huiyu Ding, Charles Osgood Award
2022
Aishi Huang, Charles Osgood Award
Tingyan Liu, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Developmental Psychology
2017
Kelsey Howard, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Danielle Paradise, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Madeline Reinecke, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2018
Dahlia Alfaro, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Maria Climaco, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Sahana Moodabagil, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Sarah Morosan, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2019
Raul España, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Bridget Finis, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Cali Joyce, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Jenna Rock, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2022
Victoria Chu, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Cheyenne Petersen, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2023
Norberto Nieves, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2024
Kyle Huffaker, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Damian Ishak, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Abby Olson, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Quantitative Psychology
2019
Yichen Liang, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Cihang Wang, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Xiaozhi Yang, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
2022
Jiepeng Yuan, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Sylvia E, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Social, Personality and Organizational Psychology
2017
Colin Harmony, Harry Triandis Award
Robert Micheal Clark, Ed Diener Award
2018
Priyanka Patel, Harry Triandis Award
2019
Gabrielle Anderson, Ed Diener Award
Zayd Jawad, Harry Triandis Award
2022
Moriah Zumdahl, Ed Diener Award
Rhea Rehani, Harry Triandis Award
2023
Yifan Zhang, Ed Diener Award
Wenqian (Selina) Long, Harry Triandis Award
2024
Scott Jung, Ed Diener Award
Melany Romero, Harry Triandis Award