Psi Chi president Mackenzie Trevethan announced the 2020 recipients of the Psi Chi’s Faculty and Graduate Student of the Year awards. These honors are based on nominations and subsequent voting from our psychology majors. Brooke Cropenbaker was named Psi Chi Faculty Member of the Year and Max Teaford was named Psi Chi Graduate Student of the Year. Congrats to Brooke (this is her fourth time receiving this honor since joining our faculty in 2009) and Max (Jay Smart, advisor)!

The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce that Alejandro Trujillo has been selected as Dissertation Scholar for the 2020-21 AY. Alejandro studies the processes underlying, and the consequences resulting from, social belongingness in areas including self-harm and intergroup relations. The Dissertation Scholarship will allow him to devote his full time to his dissertation work next year. Congrats to Alejandro (and his advisor, Heather Claypool)!

The Department of Psychology is also pleased to announce that the faculty have recommended that six of its graduate students be recognized with the Patrick J. Capretta Memorial Scholarship: Pankhuri Aggarwal (Vaishali Raval, advisor), Mitch Dandignac (Chris Wolfe, advisor), Joey Fredrick (Aaron Luebbe, advisor), Katie Knauft (Vrinda Kalia, advisor), Shelby Ortiz (April Smith, advisor), and Randi Phelps (Liz Kiel, advisor). The Capretta Scholarship recognizes the creation and dissemination of graduate student research and scholarship. Congrats to all of our Capretta recipients and their advisors!