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National Research Awards Won by UWM Psychology Students
UWM Psychology students have consistently been recognized for the quality and quantity of scholarly research they conduct with our faculty. Our students compete with the best and brightest of their peers from all of the major research universities in the United States. Below is a partial list of the national awards our students have won from 1988-present.
2013
American Psychological Association Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) Student Poster Award
Skyler Shollenbarger
American Psychological Association Division 38 (Health Psychology) Graduate Student Research Award
Anjali Rameshbabu
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
Natalie Brei
Ross Lafleur
2012
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Anjali Rameshbabu
American Psychological Association Travel Awards
Gustavo Medrano
Susan Tran
SPSSI (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: Division 9, American Psychological Association) Grant-in-aid of Research
Anjali Rameshbabu
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
Octavio Santos
Megha Sehgal
Vanessa Ehlers
Enrique Gracian-Alejo
Chateaubriand Fellowship
Nicholas Balderston
APF/COGDOP Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Graduate Research Scholarship
Timothy Jarome
2011
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Katie Ports
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Institute of Mental Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) (three-year fellowship)
Janine Kwapis
Emily Ricketts
American Psychological Association Division 35 Honorable Mention for the Hyde Research Grant
Katie Ports
Society of Pediatric Psychology/Centers for Disease Control Student Injury Prevention Research Award
Jessica Joseph
American Psychological Association/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
Daniel Stout
Research Training Fellowship, Society for Psychophysiological Research
Emily Belleau
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
Lisa Burks
Maria Santos
Lauren Taubitz
2010
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Susan Heinze
Jessica Joseph
Gustavo Medrano
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Institute of Mental Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) (three-year fellowship)
Timothy Jarome
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
Kiersten Berggren
Lee Villatoro
2009
American Psychological Association/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
Christine Conelea
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Abigail Kerr
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Amanda Brouwer
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Elizabeth Andresen
Todd Peterson
2008
American Psychological Association/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
Laura Rusch
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Jessica Barnack
Best Student Poster Award, Annual Meeting of the The Pavlovian Society
Timothy Jarome
2007
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Jessica Barnack
Olga Shcheslavskaya
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Frank Gallo
2006
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Lori Phelps
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Olga Shcheslavskaya
American Psychological Association Division 38 Student Research Award in Ethnic Minority Health Psychology
Alicia Helion
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Michael McCart
2005
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Frank Gallo
Espen Klausen
Paul Heideman
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Espen Klausen
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Michael Gaffrey
Frank Gallo
Espen Klausen
Olga Shcheslavskaya
2004
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Kirsten Li
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Anne Mary Montero
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Institute of Mental Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) (three-year fellowship)
Ryan Parsons
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Kirsten Li
2003
American Psychological Association/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
Michael Himle
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Kristen Jastrowski
APAGS (American Psychological Association of Graduate Students) Nancy B. Forest and L. Michael Honaker Scholarship for Master's Research in Psychology
David Bauer
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Doctoral Dissertation Grant for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research in Minority Communities ($19,866)
Michael McCart
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
David Bauer (second grant)
Espen Klausen
Tara Thomas
2002
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Michelle Braun
Jennifer Callahan
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Christine Smith
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
David Bauer
2001
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Helen Kacmarek
David Rademacher
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
David Rademacher (second award)
American Psychological Association/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
Helen Kaczmarek
Epilepsy Foundation Student Fellowship Grant
Vaishali Phatak
Pulaski Scholarship
Helen Kaczmarek
2000
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
David Rademacher
American Psychological Association/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
David Rademacher
Gates Millennium Scholarship
Dominic Cheng
National Institute on Drug Abuse Scholars for the Future Travel Award
David Rademacher
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
Melissa Norberg
David Rademacher
1999
American Psychological Association Travel Award
Gretchen Weatherly
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Susanne Chmidling
Helen Kaczmarek
Amy Knight
Mary Frye Randolph
Angela Sikorski (second grant)
Clara Mayo Grant (Division 9, American Psychological Association)
Katie Anders
CIC/Women in Science and Engineering Student Travel Award
Stephanie Powell
Angela Sikorski
1998
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Laura Kocorowski
American Psychological Association Division 29 Education and Training Award
Sean Stevens
National Institutes of Health Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (three-year fellowship)
David Rademacher
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Katie Anders
Stephanie Powell
Michael Rainer
Angela Sikorski
1997
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Laurel Colton
Ford Foundation Minority Fellowship
Celeste Milligan
Kenira Thompson
American Psychological Association Minority Neuroscience Fellowship
Kenira Thompson (declined award to accept Ford Fellowship)
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Tara Neavins
Kenira Thompson
CIC/Women in Science and Engineering Student Travel Award
Laura Kocorowski
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Leanne Mitchem
Kurtis Noblett
David Rademacher
Kenira Thompson
National Institutes of Health Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (three-year fellowship)
David Knight
American Psychological Foundation/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
Kurtis Noblett
1996
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Theodore McDonald
Leanne Mitchem
Tara Neavins
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Thomas Schleicher
SPSSI Grant (Division 9, American Psychological Association)
Thomas Schleicher
U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language/Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
Benjamin Weinstein
Honorable Mention, American Psychological Association/Psi Chi Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award
Leanne Mitchem
1995
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Peggy Edwards
Sandra Regan
Tania Davis
Susmita Kashikar-Zuck
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Tania Davis
Heidi Storm
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Manjula Ramareddy
Sheralee Tershner
Perinatal Foundation Research Grant ($10,000)
Peggy Edwards
1994
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Keri Riener Hainsworth
Leslie Lundahl
Michael McCrea
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Celeste Milligan
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Pamela Schaefer
1993
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Toby Ansfield
Brian Cronk
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Tania Davis
American Psychological Society
Brian Cronk, Student Research Competition (one of three winners in the nation)
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
Toby Ansfield
Sandra Regan
1992
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
David Cipriano
Karen Friedlen
Elizabeth O'Laughlin
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Leslie Lundahl
Tracy O'Donnell
1991
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Bert Berger
Ron Cisler
Laree Huntsman
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Toby Ansfield
Bert Berger
Ron Cisler
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Laree Huntsman
1990
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Sid Anderson
Tracy O'Donnell
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Daniel Zuck
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
Daniel Zuck
1989
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Patrick Progar
1988
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Sandra Hale
Carolyn Morse
American Psychological Association Student Travel Award
Sandra Hale