| Recent Honors and
Awards |
| Blair
T. Johnson |
Receives the 2013 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Excellence in Research Award in the Behavioral and LIfe Sciences Division |
Apr 2013 |
| I-Ching Lee, Felicia Pratto, and Blair Johnson |
Co-winners of
the Gordon
Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from SPSSI for
best paper on
intergroup relations |
Nov 2012 |
| Tessa West
and David A. Kenny |
Awarded
Theoretical Innovation Award, the Society of
Personality and Social Psychology |
Jan 2013 |
| David
A. Kenny |
Inaugural
Winner, Methodological Innovation Award, the Society
of Personality and Social Psychology |
Oct 2012 |
| David
A. Kenny |
Awarded
Distinguished Scientist Award, Society for
Experimental Social Psychology |
Oct 2012 |
| Blair
T. Johnson |
Elected
Secretary Treasurer, Society for the Psychological
Study of Social Issues |
Sep 2012 |
| Seth C. Kalichman |
Received AAUP's
Award for Research Excellence |
Apr 2011 |
| Andrew L. Stewart |
Awarded
National
Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Program (GRFP) Fellowship |
Apr 2011 |
| Hart Blanton |
Elected
to
executive committee of the Society of Experimental
Social
Psychology |
Oct 2010 |
| Jeffrey
D. Fisher |
Named
Distinguished
Professor, a title held by very few UConn faculty
members |
Apr 2010 |
| David
A. Kenny |
Receives
the
Distinguished Career Award given by the
International
Association for Relationship Research. He received
the award at the
biannual meeting in Herzliya, Israel. |
July 2010 |
| David
A. Kenny |
Elected
a
fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(see
article in UConn Advance; list of awardees is here |
May 2008 |
| David
A. Kenny |
Recipient
of
the Donald T. Campbell Award for distinguished
contributions in social psychology (see UConnAdvance
article) |
Aug 2005 |
| Recent
Grants |
| Blair T. Johnson |
Awarded
NIAID
grant to examine geospatial factors in HIV
prevention
trial outcomes |
Sep-10 |
| Laramie
Smith |
Receives
NIMH
National Research Service Award |
Sep-10 |
| Carter
A. Lennon &Andrew
L. Stewart |
Awarded
Psi
Chi research grant |
Aug-10 |
| Judy
Y.
Tan |
Awarded
NSF
dissertation grant |
Aug-10 |
| Seth C. Kalichman |
Awarded
NIAAA
grant to study alcohol beliefs and HIV adherence |
Fall
2009 |
| Blair T. Johnson |
Awarded
NIMH
grant to conduct syntheses of HIV prevention
research |
Apr-09 |
| Seth C. Kalichman |
Awarded
NIMH
grant to study an HIV treatment adherence
intervention for
people with poor literacy skills |
May-09 |
| Seth C. Kalichman |
Awarded
NIAAA
grant to study alcohol-related HIV risks among South
African Women |
May-09 |
| Diane
M. Quinn |
Receives
an
NIMH grant to predict psychological distress among
people
living with concealable stigmatized identities |
Aug-08 |
| Kerry
L. Marsh |
Awarded
NIMH
grant to use virtual reality imaging in relation to
sexual
risk behavior. |
May-08 |
| Seth C. Kalichman |
receives
new
grant for "Mutlilevel Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Prevention in
South
Africa" |
Sep-07 |
| Marcella
B.
Boynton |
Receives
NSF
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant |
Fall
2007 |
| Mary Crawford |
receives
Faculty
Residential Fellowship from UCONN's Humanities
Institute |
Aug-07 |
| David
B.
Portnoy |
Receives
NSF
Dissertation Facilitation Grant |
May-07 |
| Amanda
Snook |
Receives
NSF
Pre-doctoral Award |
Mar-07 |
| Stephenie
R.
Chaudoir |
Receives
NIMH
National Research Service Award |
Feb-07 |
| Marcella
B.
Boynton |
Receives
NIMH
National Research Service Award |
Feb-07 |
| Jeffrey
D. Fisher |
Receives
new
NIMH Grant for HIV prevention in South Africa |
Jan-07 |
| Wynne
Norton |
Awarded
NIMH
NRSA predoctoral grant to study prevention
strategies to
reduce HIV risk. |
Sep-06 |
| Entire
program
(Seth C. Kalichman, PI)
|
Receives
grant
from NIMH for training doctoral students in social
processes and AIDS. |
Jun-06 |
| Kerry
L. Marsh |
Receives
grant
“Assessing Synchrony as a Basis for Social
Connection in
Autism,” from the Cure Autism Now Foundation |
Mar-06 |
| Diane
M. Quinn |
Receives
NSF
grant |
Jan-05 |
| Mary Crawford |
Recipient,
Fulbright
Senior Scholar Grant to support research in Nepal
(2004-2005) |
Aug-04 |
| Kerry
L. Marsh |
Recipient
of
NSF grant to study affordances for cooperation as a
dynamical system |
July
2004 |
| I-Ching
Lee,
Diana Millilo, Lori Scott-Sheldon |
Recipients
of
SPSSI Travel Awards |
Jun-04 |
| Susan
M.
Kiene |
Awarded
SPSSI
grant-in-aid to support her research in South
Africa. |
Jul-04 |
| Susan
M.
Kiene |
Awarded
National
Institute of Mental Health National pre-doctoral
Research Service Award |
Jun-04 |
| Chandra
Y.
Osborn |
Awarded
National
Institute of Mental Health National pre-doctoral
Research Service Award |
May-04 |
| Jennifer
J.
Harman |
Awarded
APA
Division 38 (Health Psychology) research grant to
investigate HIV risk in formerly incarcerated
individuals and their
partners |
Mar-04 |
| Jeffrey
D. Fisher |
Awarded
NIMH
grant, “Changing Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence
Behavior.” |
Oct-03 |
David
A. Kenny
|
Hosts
NSF-funded
Workshop on the Social Relations Model. |
Jun-03 |
| Editorships
and Books |
| Mary Crawford |
Publishes
book,
Sex Trafficking in South Asia: Telling Maya's Story
|
Dec-09 |
| Diane
M. Quinn and Hart
Blanton |
Begin
3-year
term as co-editors of Dialogue, the official
newsletter of
the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. |
Sep-09 |
| Colin
Wayne Leach |
Begins
term
as Associate Editor, European Journal of Social
Psychology |
Jan-09 |
| Diane
M. Quinn |
Begins
term
as Associate Editor, Personality and Social
Psychology
Bulletin. |
Sep-08 |
| Mary Crawford, Jack
Dovidio, David Kenny |
New
co-authored
books by: Mary Crawford, Transformations: Women,
Gender
and Psychology, John F. Dovidio, The Social
Psychology of Prosocial
Behavior, and David A. Kenny, Dyadic Data Analysis.
|
Nov-06 |
| Blair T. Johnson |
Publishes
edited
volume, Handbook of Attitudes (co-edited with
Dolores
Albarracín and Mark P. Zanna) |
Feb-05 |
Mary Crawford
|
Publishes
4th
edition of Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology |
Aug-03 |
| Press
Coverage of Note |
| Wynne
E.
Norton |
Profiled
in
gradPSYCH for her Ruth L. Kirschstein National
Research
Service Award |
Mar-08 |
| Blair T. Johnson |
Interviewed
by
Good Morning America (and numerous other media
outlets)
regarding his meta-analysis of antidepressant
efficacy in PLoS Medicine |
Feb-08 |
| Chandra
Osborn |
Interviewed
in
UConn Advance |
Oct-05 |
| John
F.
Dovidio |
Research
on
subtle racism profiled in UConn's Advance |
Feb-05 |
Melissa
Sue
Angus-John
|
Profiled
in
APA's gradPSYCH as a Merage Fellow |
Aug-04 |
| Alumni
Placements and
Accomplishments of Note (Partial Listing) |
| Laramie Smith |
Takes position at the University of California at San Diego |
2013 |
| Melissa
John |
Takes
assistant
professorship at Worchester Polytechnic Institute |
Aug-10 |
| Wynne
E.
Norton |
Takes
assistant
professorship at University of Alabama at Birmingham
|
Aug-09 |
| Stephenie
Chaudoir |
Takes
assistant
professorship at Bradley University |
Aug-09 |
| Jennifer
R.
Daniels |
Takes
assistant
professorship at Illinois Wesleyan University |
Aug-09 |
| Gregory
S.
Kerwin |
Takes
assistant
professorship at Albright University |
Aug-09 |
| Lisa
Eaton |
Takes
Post-Doctoral
Fellowship at Yale University |
Aug-09 |
| Marcella
H.
Boynton |
Takes
Post-Doctoral
Fellowship at Duke University |
Aug-09 |
| Rebecca
Ferrer |
Accepts
Cancer
Research and Training Award at theNational Canter
Institute |
Aug-09 |
| Michelle
Kaufman |
Takes
Post-Doctoral
Fellowship at Research Triangle Institute |
Aug-09 |
| Tessa
V.
West |
Takes
assistant
professorship at New York University |
Aug-08 |
| David
B.
Portnoy |
Begins
three-year
post-doctoral fellowship at the National Canter
Institute in cancer prevention |
Aug-08 |
| Susan
M.
Kiene |
Completes
PhD,
takes assistant professorship at Brown University
Medical School (joint appointment in Medicine and
Community Health
Research) |
Summer
2007 |
| Cynthia
Mohr |
Promoted
to
associate professor and tenured, Portland State
University |
Aug-07 |
| I-Ching
Lee |
Received
government
grant to support continued research from UConn on
cultural bases for preference for inequality |
Jul-07 |
| Demis
E.
Glasford |
Completes
PhD,
takes assistant professorship at John Jay College of
Criminal Justice |
Jun-07 |
| I-Ching
Lee |
Takes
assistant
professorship at National Cheng-Chi University |
Jan-07 |
| I-Ching
Lee |
Completes
PhD,
and wins the department's first annual Theodore
Millon
award for best dissertation |
Dec-06 |
| Lori
Scott-Sheldon |
Finishes
PhD,
takes post-doc at Syracuse University |
Sep-06 |
| Chandra
Osborn |
Finishes
PhD,
takes post-doc at Northwestern University Medical
School |
Fall
2006 |
| Jennifer
J.
Harman |
Completes
PhD,
takes professorship at Colorado State University |
Aug-05 |
| Josephine
Korchmaros |
Completes
PhD,
takes professorship at Southern Illinois University
(story on page 3 here). |
Aug-03 |
| Anthony
Lemieux |
Interviewed
in
UConn Advance; Completes PhD; takes professorship at
SUNY-Purchase |
Aug-03 |
Angela
Walker
|
Takes
professorship
at Quinnipiac University [story]. |
Aug-03 |
| Visitors:
Faculty and
Post-Doctoral |
| Rob
Foels |
Visits
program
(with Profs. Pratto and Leach) during the 2009-2013
academic years |
Aug-09 |
| Thomas
Ledermann |
Visits
program
(with Prof Kenny) during the 2009-2011 academic
years |
Aug-09 |
| Hung-Yu
(Henry)
Lin |
Visits
program
(with Prof Johnson) as a visiting scholar from
National
Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan |
Sep-07 |
| Sheng-Chei
(Simon)
Chang |
Visits
program
(with Prof Johnson) as a visiting scholar from
National
Taitung University, Taiwan |
Sep-07 |
| Leanne
Son
Hing |
Visits
program
(with Prof Pratto) as a visiting scholar from
University
of Guelph |
Spring2007 |
| Nicole
Tausch |
Visits
program
(with Prof Pratto) as a Post-doctoral Fellow from
Oxford
University |
Spring2007 |
| Tania
B.
Huedo Medina |
Joins
program
as a post-doctoral researcher at CHIP with Prof
Johnson |
Nov-06 |
| Jason
Seacat |
Joins
program
as a post-doctoral research at CHIP with Prof Fisher
|
Sep-06 |
| Samuel
Kebaya
of MOI University, Kenya |
Visits
program
(with Prof Fisher) until summer, 2007 |
Sep-06 |
| Dr.
Landon
Reid of Colgate University |
Visits
program
(with Prof Pratto) until December |
Sep-06 |
| Dr.
Katherine
Stroebe of Lieden University, the Netherlands |
Visits
program
(with Prof Dovidio) for Fall semester |
Aug-06 |
| Dr.
Karin
Weis |
Visits
program
for 2-years (with Profs Dovidio and Johnson) |
Apr-06 |
| Dr
Samer
Halabi |
Visits
program
for one year (with Profs Dovidio and Pratto) |
Aug-05 |
| Kristina
Petkova |
Visits
UConn
as a Fulbright Fellow (until June, 2005) |
Jan-05 |
| Lucy
Johnston |
Visits
as
UConn guest professor, August - November 5th |
Aug-04 |
| Natalie
Dove
Smoak |
Begins
position
as a post-doctoral researcher (with Blair Johnson
and
Kerry Marsh) |
Jan-04 |
