Announcements

Laura Crocker receives Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Wed, 9 May 2012 10:21:04 -0600

Clinical/community graduate student Laura Crocker has received a Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship for 2012-13. Congratulations to Laura!

Allison Jessee wins Sandra Goss-Lucas Award

Wed, 2 May 2012 09:35:24 -0600

Allison Jessee has been selected as the recipient of this year's 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. Congratulations to Allison!

Audrey Kittredge wins Sarah. C. Mangelsdorf Award

Tue, 1 May 2012 11:18:15 -0600

Audrey Kittredge is this year's recipient of the Sarah C. Mangelsdorf award, which each year honors an outstanding female graduate student in Psychology who has exhibited excellence in research/scholarship and teaching, and who has shown the potential to be an academic leader. Congratulations to Audrey!

Dan Simons is the recipient of the Mabel Kirkpatrick Hohenboken Teaching Enhancement Award

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:20:20 -0600

Dan Simons is the recipient of the Mabel Kirkpatrick Hohenboken Teaching Enhancement Award this year. The Hohenboken Award was established by Mrs. Mabel Hohenboken to reward faculty members in Psychology who have made a particularly distinguished contribution as teachers. The Award provides a cash prize of $1,000.00. The Awardee's name is inscribed on an honor roll located on the third floor of the Psychology Building. Congratulations, Dan!!

Urmitapa Dutta selected as an Exemplary Diversity Scholar

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:28:16 -0600

Urmi was selected as an Exemplary Diversity Scholar (2011-1012) by the National Center for Institutional Diversity at University of Michigan Ann Arbor for "an established body of diversity scholarship that is truly exemplary." The citation was for her program of research in the area of ethnic conflict and peacebuilding.

Jennifer Fayard receives the Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Award

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:23:24 -0600

Jennifer Fayard of the Social/Personality division is one of two recipients receiving the Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Award. Nancy Hirschberg was a member of the Psychology Department here in Champaign from 1964 until 1976, when she joined the psychology faculty at the U of I Chicago campus. Shortly after her death in February 1979, her friends and colleagues at both campuses met to establish the Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Fund to create a living remembrance with the hope that her memory will serve to encourage others to attain their full potential. The award is presented each year for outstanding original research or scholarship in areas related to Professor Hirschberg's interests. These areas include individual differences, personality, human judgment, and multivariate analysis. Jennifer's award is based on her publication of the paper, "Uncovering the affective core of conscientiousness: The role of self-conscious emotions" (Journal of Personality, 80, 1-32). Congratulations, Jennifer!!

Laura Crocker receives the Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Award

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:21:34 -0600

Laura Crocker of the Clinical/Community division is one of two recipients for the Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Award. Nancy Hirschberg was a member of the Psychology Department here in Champaign from 1964 until 1976, when she joined the psychology faculty at the U of I Chicago campus. Shortly after her death in February 1979, her friends and colleagues at both campuses met to establish the Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Fund to create a living remembrance with the hope that her memory will serve to encourage others to attain their full potential. The award is presented each year for outstanding original research or scholarship in areas related to Professor Hirschberg's interests. These areas include individual differences, personality, human judgment, and multivariate analysis. Laura's award is based on her invited submission to Frontiers issue on, "Neural mechanisms in attentional control differentiate trait and state negative affect". Congratulations, Laura!!

NSF Predoctoral Fellowships Announced

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:55:54 -0600

Ariel James (Cognitive division, advisor Duane Watson) and George Aki Nikolaidis (Neuroscience Program, advisor Art Kramer) have both been awarded National Science Foundation predoctoral fellowships. Congratulations to them!

Ed Diener elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:48:52 -0600

Ed Diener has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. UI News Release http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/12/0417AAAS_EdDiener_JenniferLewis.html Congratulations, Ed!!

Nancy Joseph wins President's Research in Diversity Travel Award

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:43:42 -0600

This award will be applied to Nancy's travel expenses to attend the Second Biennial APA Division 45 Conference, where she will present "Rules of engagement: Exploring the factors that influence Caribbeans' engagement in African American culture" and "'Getting it done' as a graduate student: Recruiting and engaging hard-to-access populations". Congratulations to Nancy Joseph!

Chun Wang has won the Jeffrey Tanaka Memorial Award for Graduate Students

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:44:49 -0600

Chun Wang of the Quantitative division has won the Jeffrey Tanaka Memorial Award for Graduate Students in Psychology or Educational Psychology. Dr. Jeffrey Tanaka was a member of the Psychology and the Educational Psychology Departments at UIUC from 1990 until 1992. He was a fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Psychological Society and was elected as a member of the prestigious Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. At UIUC he was recognized as a University Scholar and a College of Education Scholar. After his untimely death in November 1992, friends and colleagues established the Tanaka Memorial Fund. The result is the Jeffrey Tanaka Memorial Award that is presented each year to graduate students studying quantitative or personality psychology. The award rotates on a yearly basis between the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education. The award recognizes outstanding original research or scholarship in areas related to Professor Tanaka's interests in quantitative psychology and personality psychology. The award-winning work is reported in the following reference: Wang, C. & Hua-Hua, C. (2011). Item selection in multidimensional computerized tests--gaining information from different angles. Psychometrika 76, 363-384. Congratulations, Chun Wang!!

Bonnie Nozari wins Glushko Cognitive Science Dissertation prize for 2012

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:25:07 -0600

The Robert J. Glushko prize is given by the Cognitive Science Society and honors Ph.D. dissertation work that transcends any one of the individual fields comprising cognitive science including psychology, computer science, philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, and education. Up to five new Ph.D.'s from all nations receive the award each year.

Janice Juraska - President Elect, ISDP

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:21:01 -0600

Janice Juraska is President Elect for the International Society of Developmental Psychobiology. Congratulations, Janice!!

Justin Rhodes named 2012-13 LAS Helen Corley Petit Scholar

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:54:31 -0600

Justin Rhodes has been designated as a 2012-2013 Helen Corley Petit Scholar on the basis of his extraordinary record as an assistant professor. Helen Corley Petit, an alumna of the College of LAS who passed away in 2002, provided an endowment for the development of the scholarship and teaching of young faculty members in the College. This is a very competitive and prestigious award; winners are determined by the LAS Executive Committee following the review of all promotion and tenure dossiers in the college. Congratulations, Justin!

Daniel Simons elected a Fellow of Association of Psychological Science (APS

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:02:52 -0600

Dan Simons was elected a Fellow of Association of Psychological Science (APS). Congratulations, Dan!!

John Hummel elected a Fellow of Association of Psychological Science (APS)

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:00:44 -0600

John Hummel elected a Fellow of Association of Psychological Science (APS). Congratulations, John!!

Kara Federmeier elected a Fellow of Association of Psychological Science (APS)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:27:56 -0600

Kara Federmeier elected a Fellow of Association of Psychological Science (APS). Congratulations!!!

6 Staff members received Department Head Award

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:00:27 -0600

Lori Hendricks, Beth Etchison, Betty Heggemeier, Jim Clark, Cindy Foster, Terry Davis received Department Head Award for service above and beyond the usual. Congratulations!!

Firmino Pinto received 2011-12 Psychology Department Academic Professional Award

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:55:21 -0600

Firmino Pinto has received the 2011-12 Psychology Department Academic Professional Award for Excellence for his help in the transition to Atlas and his willingness to take on so many additional tasks and perform them expertly. Congratulations!!

Ashley Ramm received 2011-12 Psycyhology Department Staff Award

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:54:25 -0600

Ashley Ramm in the Graduate Studies office has received the 2011-12 Psychology Department Staff Award for Excellence for her wonderful help in dealing with all the database problems, Grad College changes, and the graduate students. Congratulations!!!

Katie Beall wins LAS Staff Award

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 09:40:28 -0600

Katie Beall has been chosen as a recipient of the 2011-2012 LAS Staff Awards, "to honor and reward individuals for their outstanding contributions to the College." Congratulations, Katie!!

Marie Heffernan wins the Psychology Graduate Student Teaching Award

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:10:09 -0600

Nominations were evaluated in terms of achievement according to the following established criteria: 1. Sustained excellence in undergraduate teaching. 2. Positive impact on undergraduate student learning. 3. Innovative approaches to undergraduate teaching. 4. Other contributions to improve undergraduate instruction. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: Engaging students in the classroom; developing courses and curricula; mentoring graduate teaching assistants; leading workshops on pedagogy; advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning; or making other multidimensional contributions beyond the classroom, laboratory, or studio. Congratulations Marie!

Ed Diener has won the APA Distinguished Scientist Award

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:14:51 -0600

Ed Diener has won the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientist Award. This major award honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology. Congratulations, Ed!!!

Michele J. Gelfand won an Anneliese Maier Research Award

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:55:31 -0600

Michele J. Gelfand is Professor of Psychology and Distinguished University Scholar Teacher at the University of Maryland, College Park . She received her Ph.D. in Social/ Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois. The Anneliese Maier Research Award is a collaboration award to promote the internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences in Germany and is awarded to a scholar whose scientific achievements have been internationally recognised in their research area. The Humboldt Foundation grants up to five Anneliese Maier Research Awards annually. An award is valued at 250,000 EUR.

Dave Irwin has won a Psychonomic Society 2011 Best Article Award

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 10:01:38 -0600

Dave Irwin has won a Psychonomic Society 2011 Best Article Award for his article in Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, "Where does attention go when you blink?". This is the largest of the Psychonomic journals and publishes hundreds of articles each year. Congratulations, Dave!!

Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students for Spring 2011

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:48:20 -0600

Many of our Faculty, TAs and Instructors have made the Spring 2011 List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students. Results are based on Instructor and Course Evaluation (ICES) questionnaire forms maintained by Measurement and Evaluation, Center for Teaching Excellence. Congratulations to all!!

Hua-Hua Chang has been elected President of the Psychometric Society for 2012-2013

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:30:58 -0600

Hua-Hua Chang has been elected President of the Psychometric Society for 2012-2013. This is a wonderful honor and recognition of his contributions to the field. Congratulations, Hua!

Harry Triandis receives SPSP Career Contribution Award

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:53:22 -0600

Harry Triandis, Professor Emeritus, has won the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Career Contribution Award. This award is designed to honor a scholar who has made major theoretical and/or empirical contributions to social psychology and/or personality psychology or to bridging these areas. Recipients of this award are recognized for distinguished scholarly contributions across long and productive careers. Recognition for the award will come at the upcoming 2012 SPSP meeting. Congratulations, Harry!!

Jenessa Sprague and Mona Taylor have each been awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by the Graduate College Fellowship Board.

Thu, 12 May 2011 13:12:44 -0600

Dana Joseph was selected to receive the Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award

Wed, 11 May 2011 13:17:01 -0600

Dana Joseph was selected to receive the Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award given by the Survey Research Laboratory(http://www.srl.uic.edu/ferbersudman.htm). This award recognizes excellence in survey research as part of a doctoral dissertation. Dana's dissertation is entitled, "Leader and follower emotional intelligence, dyadic exchange, and behavioral engagement: A mediated actor-partner interdependence model." Congratulations, Dana!!

Eden Steege wins the Julie Sutton Osgood Award

Wed, 4 May 2011 09:45:08 -0600

The $500 award was established by the mother of Julie Sutton Osgood, whose life was taken at age 28 by a drunk driver. Julie always wanted to be a doctor. As a psychology student at the University of Illinois she was trained as an Emergency Medical Technician and worked summers for an ambulance company. After graduation she completed a paramedic course and worked for the Superior Ambulance Company and became their EMS coordinator through Christ Hospital and Hope Children's hospital. A couple of years later she attended Physicians Assistant School while she continued to work full time. This gift is intended to help students realize their dream of becoming either a Physician or another type of medical practitioner.

Daniel Miller wins the Janet Tritsch Memorial Award

Tue, 3 May 2011 15:25:53 -0600

Daniel Miller is this year's winner of the Janet Tritsch Memorial Award. This award is given for Daniel's senior honors thesis "Evaluation of a Functional Role for Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Pro-cognitive Effects of Exercise." His research advisor is Justin Rhodes. The Janet Tritsch Memorial Award has become a symbol of excellence for undergraduate psychology research at Illinois. The award was established in 1975 by the family and friends of Janet Tritsch who as an undergraduate student was active in psychology research. The award recognizes outstanding research by an undergraduate working in any area of Psychology and is accompanied by a $500 prize. Congratulations Daniel!

Chun Wang wins the Nancy Hirschberg Memory Award

Tue, 3 May 2011 15:24:32 -0600

Chun Wang of the Quantitative division has won the Nancy Hirschberg Memory Award. Nancy Hirschberg was a member of the Psychology Department here in Champaign from 1964 until 1976, when she joined the psychology faculty at the U of I Chicago campus. Shortly after her death in February 1979, her friends and colleagues at both campuses met to establish the Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Fund to create a living remembrance with the hope that her memory will serve to encourage others to attain their full potential. The award is presented each year for outstanding original research or scholarship in areas related to Professor Hirschberg's interests. These areas include individual differences, personality, human judgment, and multivariate analysis. Chun's award is based on her publication of the paper, "Kullback-Leibler information and its applications in multidimensional adaptive testing" (Psychometrika, 76, 13-39).

Shabnam Javdani wins the Sarah C. Mangelsdorf Award

Tue, 3 May 2011 15:21:38 -0600

This award is designed to honor each year an outstanding female graduate student in Psychology who has exhibited excellence in research/scholarship and teaching, and who has shown the potential to be an academic leader. Congratulations Shabnam!

Patrick Watson wins the Sandra Goss Lucas Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Psychology

Tue, 3 May 2011 15:20:14 -0600

Neal Cohen wins the Mabel Kirkpatrick Hohenboken Teaching Enhancement Award

Tue, 3 May 2011 15:16:52 -0600

The Hohenboken Award was established by Mrs. Mabel Hohenboken as a means to reward faculty members in Psychology who have made a particularly distinguished contribution as teachers. The Award provides a cash prize of $1,000.00. The Awardee's name is inscribed on an honor roll located on the third floor of the Psychology Building. Congratulations Neal!

Pat Laughlin wins the Graduate Student Organization Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Instruction

Tue, 3 May 2011 15:14:40 -0600

This award is given annually to the department faculty member who is voted by graduate students to have shown the greatest commitment to graduate teaching. Given the broad scope of graduate education, "teaching" is considered to include classroom teaching, mentoring, official advising, etc. The Awardee's name is inscribed on an honor roll located on the third floor of the Psychology Building. Congratulations Pat!

John Walker awarded DOD Fellowship

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:23:45 -0600

John Walker, a graduate student in the B&C Division who is working with Neal Cohen, Monica Fabiani, and Gabriele Gratton, has just been awarded a three-years Department of Defense Fellowship. This is an extremely competitive award that is offered to very few students each year. Congratulation, John!

Edelyn Verona receives Award

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:09:34 -0600

Edelyn Verona has won the Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to the Scientific Study of Psychopathy for the year 2011 from the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Congratulations, Edelyn!

Hua Chang receives AERA Division Award

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:14:47 -0600

Hua Chang has been selected to receive the award for Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology from AERA Division D for the following work: Chang, H.-H., & Ying, Z. (2009). Nonlinear sequential designs for logistic item response theory models with applications to computerized adaptive testing. Annals of Statistics, 37, 1466-1488. The award is given to a publication that represents a significant advancement in the theory and practice of educational measurement and/or educational research and is likely to make a major impact on the field. Congratulations, Hua!

Katie Beall receives Departmental Staff Award

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:21:29 -0600

Katie Beall, in the associate head's office has received the 2010-2011 Departmental Staff Award. Congratulations, Katie!!!

Mae Donaldson receives Departmental Staff Award

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:20:13 -0600

Mae Donaldson in the business office has received the 2010-2011 Departmental Staff Award. Congratulations, Mae!!!

Cheryl Berger receives Departmental Academic Professional Award

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:18:02 -0600

Cheryl Berger, Assistant Head for Alumni Affairs has received the 2010-2011 Departmental Academic Professional Award. Congratulations, Cheryl!!!

Dolores Albarracin has been named an Associate in the Center for Advanced Study

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:27:56 -0600

Dolores Albarracin has been named an Associate by Center for Advanced Study. Each year, the tenured and untenured University of Illinois faculty are invited to submit scholarly or creative proposals for consideration by the Center?s permanent Professors. Faculty members with winning proposals are appointed Associates and Fellows and awarded one semester of release time to pursue their projects in the coming academic year. In accordance with the Center's mission, these appointments provide an incentive to pursue the highest level of scholarly achievement. They also provide faculty members with an unusual opportunity to explore new ideas and demonstrate early results. With the Professors, Associates and Fellows form the intellectual core of the Center for Advanced Study community. They are invited to participate in CAS events and have opportunities to present their work to the CAS community. Thus, each year brings together the established and the new in an ever-changing flux of ideas and disciplines. Congratulations, Dolores!!

Lori Hendricks has won the 2010-11 LAS Nancy J. McCowen Distinguished Service Award

Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:32:46 -0600

Lori Hendricks has won the 2010-11 LAS Nancy J. McCowen Distinguished Service Award. Only one of these awards is given out across the entire College of Liberal Arts and Sciences each year. (Amusingly, in a previous position at the University, Lori worked with Nancy J. McCowen, the person the award is named for.) Congratulations, Lori!

Professor Wendy Heller has been selected to receive the 2010 Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:22:36 -0600

Professor Wendy Heller has been selected to receive the 2010 Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award for her remarkable leadership and commitment to diversity at Illinois. The award cites Wendy�s advocacy for increasing the number of underrepresented staff and students at Illinois, her efforts in addressing the need for diversity on campus, and her active collaboration with the Division of Disability Resources and Educational Service. Wendy will be honored at the 25th Annual Celebration of Diversity on November 10, 2010. Congratulations, Wendy!!

Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students for Spring 2010

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:53:31 -0600

Almost 50 of our Faculty, TA and Instructors made the Spring 2010 List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students. Congratulations!!!

Harry Triandis Receives APA 2010 William James Book Award

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:03:22 -0600

Div. 1 of APA (General Psychology) will present Professor Emeritus Harry Triandis with the William James Book Award for his book, "Fooling ourselves: Self-deception in politics, religion, and terrorism." Westport, CN: Praeger Publishers, (2009). The Award will be presented at the annual APA meeting in Washington D.C., (next year) August 4-7, 2011. Congratulations, Harry!!

Yung-Jui (Daniel) Yang�s dissertation received Award

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:54:18 -0600

Yung-Jui (Daniel) Yang�s dissertation proposal has been selected to receive the 2010 Grants-in-Aid Award of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) (https://www.spssi.org/). This award supports for empirical research that has bearing on public policy as part of a doctoral dissertation. A graduate student of the SPO division Yung-Jui (Daniel) Yang�s dissertation is entitled: "Reacting to globalization: Critical conditions for evocation of hot reactions toward cultural interactions." Congratulations, Daniel!!

Kara Federmeier being honored with a James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar award in the Understanding Human Cognition program

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:32:01 -0600

Congratulations to Kara Federmeier for being honored with a James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar award in the Understanding Human Cognition program. The JSFM Scholar Awards support research studying how neural systems are linked to and support cognitive functions and how cognitive systems are related to an organism's observable behavior. Federmeier's research will explore cognitive and neural mechanisms of meaning comprehension.