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          Huge congratulations to two of our graduate students, Melissa Sitton and Sumaiyah Syed. Melissa’s research on “Adolescents Who Have Experienced Sexual Abuse: Non-Supportive Responses, Self-Blame, and Trauma Symptoms” and Sumaiyah’s research on “Depression,  Inflammation, and … Continue reading →

Dr. Stephanie Wilson has received an Early Stage Investigator Paper Award from the 14th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors. According to the NIH, this award is given to “emerging scientists whose research reflect Dr. Matilda White … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Kenzie Stonebarger in being selected as the recipient of the 2021 SMU Department of Psychology Senior Award for Outstanding Performance!

Doctoral student, Diane Chao was awarded a Psychonomic Society Graduate Conference Award for her poster presentation: “Effect of Reward Motivation on Directed Forgetting in Younger and Older Adults.” This is a competitive award based on the excellence of the candidate’s … Continue reading →

Dr. Priscilla has been awarded the Emerging Professional- Contributions to Research award from APA Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race. Great work, Priscilla!

Thomas Ritz was recently named the Editor-in-Chief of Biological Psychology, a major journal in the discipline. Congratulations, Thomas!  

Congratulations to Kelli Sargent for being named as a 2021 P.E.O Scholar. This prestigious award is a competitive, merit-based award that recognizes and encourages academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs.

Please join us in congratulating Priscilla for being awarded the 2019-2020 Golden Mustang Award. This award is given to a tenure-track junior faculty member whose teaching is consistently excellent, whose courses reflect thoughtful curricular development, and whose scholarship makes a … Continue reading →

Margaret Sala has just accepted a position as assistant professor at Yeshiva University in New York City! Congratulations to her – and to her advisor, Austin Baldwin!