Prof. Mays Receives APS Lifetime Achievement Award
Date published: 09/13/23
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Vickie Mays for receiving the 2024 Association for Psychological Science (APS) James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship. The award honors APS members for their lifetime of outstanding psychological research that advances understanding of historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups and/or understanding of the psychological and societal benefits of racial/ethnic diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Prof. Pérez Receives Award for Best Book in Political Psychology
Date published: 09/13/23
Congratulations to Professor Efrén Pérez for being awarded the American Political Science Association’s 2023 Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in the past year for his book titled “Voicing Politics: How Language Shapes Public Opinion.”
Two Professors Receive 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Awards
Date published: 06/09/23
Congratulations to Professors Patricia Cheng and Catherine Sandhofer for receiving 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Awards. These awards honor the considerable dedication of faculty mentors who have served as effective research mentors to undergraduate students.
Prof. Abramson Receives 2023 Eugen Weber Award for Distinguished Collegium Teaching
Date published: 05/25/23
Congratulations to Research Professor Paul Abramson for receiving the 2023 Eugen Weber Award for Distinguished Collegium Teaching in recognition of his outstanding contribution to teaching in the Honors Collegium.
Prof. Lieberman Receives 2023 Distinguished Scholar Award
Date published: 04/03/23
Congratulations to Professor Matt Lieberman for receiving the 2023 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society. The award honors a scholar who has made distinctively valuable research contributions by significantly advancing our understanding of the biological basis of social and affective processes or expanding the core of social and affective neuroscience discipline.
Prof. Dunkel Schetter to Receive Healthy Campus Initiative Award
Date published: 04/03/23
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Chris Dunkel Schetter for being selected to receive the Jane B. Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Appreciation & Recognition Award for 2023. The award recognizes UCLA community members who actively demonstrate their support of the principles of the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative in striving to promote the health and wellness of the UCLA community.
Prof. Eisenberger Receives Mid-Career Award from Society for Affective Science
Date published: 04/03/23
Congratulations to Professor Naomi Eisenberger for receiving the 2023 Mid-Career Trajectory in Affective Science Award from the Society for Affective Science (SAS). The award honors outstanding scientific impact of SAS members who are in the middle stages of their careers, that is, between 10 and 25 years post-Ph.D.
Prof. Dunkel Schetter Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science
Date published: 02/15/23
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Chris Dunkel Schetter for being elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She is one of seven UCLA professors to be named an AAAS fellow this year. More information is available at the UCLA Newsroom.
Prof. Fanselow to Receive APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
Date published: 01/05/23
Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor Michael Fanselow, who will receive the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. This is the highest honor conferred by the APA for scientific contributions over the researcher’s career. More information is available at the UCLA Newsroom.
Prof. Reise Included on Clarivate Analytics List of Most Highly Cited Researchers
Date published: 11/28/22
Congratulations to Prof. Steve Reise, who is among the group of Clarivate’s 2022 Highly Cited Researchers, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science. More information is available at the UCLA Newsroom.
Prof. Craske Receives 2023 APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award
Date published: 10/27/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Michelle Craske for receiving the 2023 Association for Psychological Science (APS) James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award. The award honors APS members for a lifetime of contributions to the area of applied psychological research and their impact on a critical problem in society at large.
Prof. Izquierdo to Receive Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
Date published: 10/20/22
Congratulations to Professor Alicia Izquierdo for being selected as one of the awardees of the 2022-23 Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award. She will receive the award at the Postdoctoral Scholars & Mentors Awards Ceremony on November 9. Alicia was nominated by her Postdoc Tony Ye.
Prof. Yee-Bradbury Receives Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology Award
Date published: 10/06/22
Congratulations to Professor Cindy Yee-Bradbury for receiving the Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology Award from the Society for Psychophysiological Research at the international society’s annual meeting. This award is the society’s highest honor.
Prof. Ng to Receive Award for Excellence in Trauma Services for the Underserved
Date published: 10/06/22
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lauren Ng on being selected as the recipient of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 2022 Award for Excellence in Trauma Services for the Underserved: Policy, Advocacy, Research and Clinical. She will receive the award in November at the ISTSS annual meeting.
Prof. Greenfield Selected as Faculty Research Lecturer
Date published: 10/06/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Patricia Greenfield on being selected as one of two faculty who will present a Faculty Research Lecture for the 2022-23 academic year. Her lecture will be on the cultural, behavioral, and childrearing effects of COVID-19 in the United States and around the world.
Three Assistant Professors Selected as 2022-23 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows
Date published: 08/01/22
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Bridget Callaghan, Dave Clewett, and Lauren Ng for being selected as 2022-23 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows. The program provides support and encouragement for the research of promising Assistant Professors who show capacity for great distinction in their research.
Prof. Du Elected to Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
Date published: 07/07/22
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Han Du for being elected to the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP). SMEP is a small elective society, and membership is limited to 65 regular active members. It was founded in 1960 as an organization of researchers interested in multivariate quantitative methods and their application to substantive problems in psychology and related fields.
Prof. Miller to Receive John Neale Sustained Mentorship Award
Date published: 06/28/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Greg Miller, who will receive the John Neale Sustained Mentorship Award at the September 2022 meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. The award recognizes an exceptional scholar in the field of psychopathology who has demonstrated continuous dedication to mentoring students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty in the field. Notably, recipients are selected based on having “trained a number of students who have gone on to make their own independent and substantial contributions to the field of psychopathology.”
Prof. Craske Named Officer in General Division of the Order of Australia
Date published: 06/16/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Michelle Craske for being named Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for exceptional achievements. She is one of 33 Australians who won the Officer designation this year. The Order of Australia “is the principal and most prestigious means of recognising outstanding members of our community at a national level.” An investiture ceremony will take place in the fall.
Prof. Christensen Receives Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
Date published: 06/13/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor Andy Christensen on being named a recipient of the 2021-2022 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award. The award is funded from a gift endowment established by the late Edward A. Dickson, Regent of the University of California, to honor outstanding research, scholarly work, teaching, and service performed by an Emeritus or Emerita Professor since retirement.