Amanda Baker receives the APA Dissertation Research Award
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Amanda Baker (BNS Area), who received the APA Dissertation Research Award. The purpose of the APA Science Directorate’s Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology whose dissertation research reflects excellence in scientific psychology with research costs.
Icy (Yunyi) Zhang receives the Center for Scholars & Storytellers Graduate Student Fellowship
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Icy (Yunyi) Zhang (Developmental Area) for receiving the Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) Graduate Student Fellowship. CSS is an organization based at UCLA dedicated to bridging the gap between scholars and storytellers to promote positive youth development. Fellows will attend a CSS Creative Collaboration (“C-cube), a two-part interdisciplinary think-tank with a goal of better understanding and utilizing the power of entertainment to positively impact the lives of tweens, teens, and viewers across the globe.
Kimberly Martin receives the 2021 Taylor M. Brown Award
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Kimberly Martin (Social Area) for being named a recipient of the 2021 Taylor M. Brown Award. The award, established in honor of biosciences graduate student Taylor M. Brown, recognizes exceptional Ph.D. students in the biosciences who reflect the characteristics that made Taylor such a special member of the UCLA community. The awardees are well-rounded, with strong interpersonal skills and broad interests, and are passionate about mentorship, leadership, teaching, and science. They are highly engaged with the UCLA biosciences community and have a powerful commitment to increasing diversity in the biosciences.
Gio Ramos and Razia Sahi receive the APF Graduate Student Scholarship
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Gio Ramos (Clinical Area) and Razia Sahi (Social Area) for receiving the American Psychological Foundation’s (APF) Graduate Student Scholarship. APF awards 21 annual general scholarships for graduate student research.
Prof. Keith Holyoak to be Awarded the 2022 Warren Medal
Date published: 02/02/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Keith Holyoak, who will be awarded the 2022 Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP). This high honor in experimental psychology has been awarded since 1936 and will be conferred this year at the SEP meeting in early May. Our department’s previous recipient of the Warren Medal was John Garcia in 1978, and Bob Bjork won the Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society in 2012.
Spring 2022 Enrollment Information
Date published: 01/31/22
Spring Enrollment is underway! Did you know that you can check out the Schedule of Classes and look up your enrollment appointments on MyUCLA now (click on Classes -> Plan & Enroll -> Enrollment Appointments)?
Prof. Janet Tomiyama Elected to Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
Date published: 01/27/22
Congratulations to Associate Professor Janet Tomiyama for being elected to the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research! The Academy is the honorary senior scientist society for those whose research exists at the interface of behavior and medicine. Election to this society is reserved for those with national and international behavioral medicine research excellence.
Two Assistant Professors Named APS Rising Stars
Date published: 01/14/22
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Han Du and Amanda Montoya for being named 2022 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Stars! The APS Rising Star designation recognizes outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their post-PhD research careers “whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.”
Highlighting Faculty Member Melissa Paquette-Smith
Date published: 01/12/22
Dr. Paquette-Smith conducts research in two distinct areas of cognitive science. Her basic research program (described here) seeks to understand how children and adults perceive and produce speech. Her applied research examines how teachers can optimize student learning in the classroom.
Important Winter 2022 Dates
Date published: 01/03/22
Important dates and deadlines for the Winter 2022 quarter.
Prof. Tiffany Brannon Receives 2021 Michele Alexander Early Career Award
Date published: 12/14/21
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tiffany Brannon for being selected as the recipient of the 2021 Michele Alexander Early Career Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). Inspired in memory of Dr. Michele Alexander, this competitive and prestigious award was established in 2005 to recognize early career excellence in scholarship as well as in service.
Psychology Staff Spotlight Award – Susie Caruso
Date published: 12/10/21
We are happy to announce that Susie Caruso, our Chair’s Office Analyst, has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award for this quarter for her exceptional work in the Department.
UCLA Winter Closure 2021
Date published: 12/08/21
UCLA Psychology Presents: The Science of Relationships: How We Connect, and Why It Matters
Date published: 12/07/21
APA Early Graduate Student Researcher Award Recipient
Date published: 11/24/21
Congratulations to Jordan Parker (Health Area) on being selected as a recipient of the American Psychological Association (APA) 2021 Early Graduate Student Researcher Award. This award program recognizes students for conducting outstanding research early in their graduate training.
National General Directorate for Policies in Health Research Honorable Mention
Date published: 11/24/21
Congratulations to Liz Bocanegra (Clinical Area) for being awarded an honorable mention from Mexico’s National General Directorate for Policies in Health Research 2021 Convention for an article she co-authored titled “Incidence and recurrence of depression from adolescence to early adulthood: A longitudinal follow-up of the Mexican Adolescent Mental Health Survey.”
UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute Graduate Fellowship Recipients
Date published: 11/18/21
Congratulations to Brittany Drake (Clinical Area), Laura Hazlett (Social Area), Lee Lazar (Social Area), Kristen Lee (Health Area), Sophia Pashtunyar (Developmental Area) and Sara Schiff (Clinical Area), who received the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute Graduate Fellowship. The UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is an interdisciplinary organization dedicated to research, education, and practice of kindness. The fellowship will provide support to enhance graduate research and training on topics relating to kindness.
Three Professors Included on Clarivate Analytics List of Most Highly Cited Researchers
Date published: 11/17/21
Congratulations to Profs. Carrie Bearden, Michelle Craske, and Steve Reise for being included on Clarivate Analytics list of the most highly cited researchers. The researchers on the list rank in the top 1% in their fields, based on their widely cited studies. The 2021 list was produced using research citations from January 2010 to December 2020. More information is available at the UCLA Newsroom.
Article by Prof. Paul Abramson Receives Media Attention
Date published: 10/29/21
An article by Research Professor Paul Abramson and undergraduate psychology major Sienna Bland-Abramson, titled “Racial Animus, Police Corruption, and a Wrongful Conviction of Murder: Complex PTSD and the Vestiges of Anguish,” is being featured by the UCLA Newsroom. The case involved a wrongfully convicted young Black man who was incarcerated in Northern California maximum security prisons for 20 years before his conviction was overturned and he was exonerated. The restitution litigation that followed in its wake lasted for an additional 10 years after the conviction was overturned.
Prof. Lauren Ng Receives 2021 ISTSS Distinguished Mentorship Award
Date published: 10/28/21
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lauren Ng on being selected as the recipient of the 2021 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Distinguished Mentorship Award. Lauren was nominated by students in her lab for this honor, which is awarded to individuals who consistently serve as effective mentors for students in the field of traumatic stress and who effectively guide students throughout their professional training in a multifaceted partnership sustained by mutual respect and concern.