W.B Pillsbury Prize
Briana Hay obtained her Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience B.S. with Highest Honors, for her thesis titled "Barriers to mental health treatment seeking in older adults," under the mentorship of Hans Schroder.
Michelle Ptak obtained her Psychology B.A. with Highest Honors, for her thesis titled "Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among intern physicians working before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated annual cohort study," under the mentorship of Srijan Sen and Karina Pereira-Lima.
Louis Bernstein Undergraduate Psychology Research Award
Dominic DeBiasi is majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience, and completing an Honors thesis under the mentorship of Martin Sarter titled, "Ketamine diminishes attribution of incentive salience to reward cues."
Helen Devine is majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience; under the mentorship of Amie Gordon, her thesis will be titled, "How our 'ride or die' friendships change voluntary consent scenarios."
Victoria Murphy is majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience; under the mentorship of Sarah Sperry, her thesis will be titled, "The effect of sleep and circadian dysfunction on emotion-based impulsivity in bipolar disorder."
Anne Rudo Memorial Award
Eliza Alushi is majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience and is conducting research in Jillian Hardee's lab.
Augustine Vanlianuk graduated Winter 2023 with a B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with High Honors, completing his thesis titled "Detecting unstudied items: Does the speed of change matter?" under the mentorship of Cindy Lustig.
Martha Muenzer Memorial Awards
Erna Chiu is majoring in Psychology and will be working on her thesis next year under the mentorship of Sheryl Olson, studying the predictors and longitudinal outcomes of kindergarten peer aggression patterns in children, comparing peer interactions with familiar versus unfamiliar peers.
Helen Devine majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience will be working on her thesis next year under the mentorship of Amie Gordon, studying "How our 'ride or die' friendships change voluntary consent scenarios."
Al Cain Honors Award
Briana Hay
Briana graduated Winter 2023 with a B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with Highest Honors.
Thesis: “Barriers to mental health treatment seeking in older adults."
Mentor: Hans Schroder
Emma Morse
Emma graduated Winter 2023 with a B.A. in Psychology with Honors
Thesis: “I know I’m stressed, but what are you?: Effects of acute stress on empathic accuracy and support transactions between cohabiting couples."
Mentor: Amie Gordon
Tanner Memorial Award
Dominic DeBiasi
Dominic DeBiasi is majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience BS and is in the Honors Thesis Program.
Thesis: “Ketamine Diminishes Attribution of Incentive Salience to Reward Cues."
Mentor: Martin Sarter
Callie Cade
Callie Cade graduated Winter 2023 with a B.A. in Psychology with Honors.
Thesis: “How close personal relationships negatively impact witness ability to recognize subtle gender bias."
Mentor: Denise Sekaquaptewa
Sophia Wolk
Sophia Wolk graduated Winter 2023 with a B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience.
Under the mentorship of Dr. Leah Richmond-Rakerd, Sophia completed research titled “A Mixed Methods Study of the Acceptability of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions Treatment”.
Lorraine Nadelman Honors Thesis Award in Developmental Psychology
Mohammad Shayaan Aqil
Mohammad Shayaan Aqil graduated Winter 2023 with a B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with Highest Honors.
Thesis: “Sleep and self-regulation: A longitudinal analysis across adolescence."
Mentor: Daniel Keating, Co-Mentor: Edward Huntley
Edward Chang Diversity Research Award
Barbara Lu
Barbara Lu graduated Winter 2023 with a B.A. in Psychology with Honors.
Thesis: “Demographic differences in the five factor borderline inventory short form among racial, sexual, and gender minority undergraduate students."
Mentor: Craig Rodriguez-Seijas
FABBS Undergraduate Research Excellence Award
Marley Warren
Marley Warren graduated Winter 2023 with a B.A. in Psychology with Highest Honors.
Thesis: “Criterion and clinician bias against sexual- and gender-minoritized individuals in the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD): Vignette experiment."
Mentor: Craig Rodriguez-Seijas
