Selected Awards Won by Former Graduate Students while in the Lab

2015 UIC Dean’s Scholar Award, stipend plus tuition waiver (valued at over $35,000)
2014 University of Illinois at Chicago Liberal Arts & Sciences Student Travel Award, $500
2014 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grant-in-Aid, $2000
2014 American Psychology/Law Society Grant-in-Aid Award, $750
2014 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant-in-Aid, $1500
2012 American Psychology and Law Society Grant-in-Aid Award, $700
2012 University of Illinois at Chicago Provost Award, $674
2009 Chicago Bar Association Entertainment Award for Academic Excellence, $300

2011 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, $13,900
2011 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant, $985
2011 American Psychology-Law Society (APA Div. 41) Grant-in-Aid, $750
2011 American Psychology-Law Society (APA Div. 41) Diversity in Psychology and Law Research Award, $874
2011 American Academy of Forensic Psychology Dissertation Grant in Applied Law & Psychology, $1,500
2010 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA Div. 9) Grant-in-Aid, $1,000
2009 UICDepartment of Psychology Thesis Enhancement Funds, $150
2007 American Psychology-Law Society (APA Div. 41) Grant-in-Aid, $750
2006 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant, $1,500

2011 UIC Liberal Arts & Sciences Endowed Scholarship, $500
2011 UIC Grace Holt Memorial Award, $1,000
2011 UIC Leonard D. Eron Award for Outstanding Scholarly Accomplishment, $500
2011 UIC Dean’s Scholar Award, $31,600
2011 Honorable Mention, Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
2010 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (APA Div. 8) Graduate Student Committee Outstanding Research Award, $500
2010 UIC Nominee for Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
2010 The Society for General Psychology (APA Div. 1) Anne Anastasi Graduate Student Recognition Award
2010 American Psychology-Law Society (APA Div. 41) Student Section Outstanding Student Poster Award, $150
2010 Consortium for Police Leadership in Equity Emerging Scholar
2009 UIC Christopher B. Keys Award for Early Outstanding Research Achievement, $500
2007 UIC Liberal Arts & Sciences Alumni Association Merit Award, $500
2006 The Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (APA Div. 37) Student Poster Award, $50
2006 UIC Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholarship, $1,000
1995 UNCW Chancellor’s Achievement Award

2011 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($12,878)
2011 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant ($1500)
2010 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grant-in-Aid ($1000)
2010 American Psychology-Law Society Grant-in-Aid ($480)
2010 UIC Provost Award for Graduate Research ($1775)
2008 UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of LGBT Issues Graduate Student Grant ($554)
2008 American Psychology-Law Society Grant-in-Aid ($460)
2008 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant ($804)

2012 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Poster Award
2012 SPSP Graduate Student Committee Outstanding Research Award Honorable Mention, 1 of 7
2012 SPSP Travel Award, ($500)
2011 UIC Dean’s Scholar Award, stipend plus tuition waiver (valued at over $40,000)
2011 Summer Institute in Social Psychology 2011, SPSP program funded by NSF, Princeton University
2010 SPSP sponsorship to the European Association of Social Psychology Summer School, Aegina, Greece ($750)
2009 Christopher B. Keys Award for Early Outstanding Research Achievement ($500)
2008 UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Scholarship ($1000), Spring
2003 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow, Department of Psychology, Middlebury College, Summer

2011 Association for Psychological Science RISE Research Award
2010 American Psychological Association (APA) Division 37’s Section on Child Maltreatment Early Career Award
2010 APA Division 37 Dissertation Honorable Mention
2009 Midwestern Psychological Association, PSI CHI Award for Research Presentation
2008 First Place Dissertation Award, The American Psychology and Law Society, APA Division 41, $1,000
2008 UIC Department of Psychology Research Fund, 500$
2007 American Psychology and Law Society Grant for Research, $600
2007 American Psychological Association, Div 37 Section on Child Maltreatment Dissertation Award, $400
2007 American Psychology and Law Society Grant for Research, $600
2006 University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College Travel Award
2006 University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychology Travel Funds
2005 UIC Department of Psychology Research Fund, $300
2005 American Psychology and Law Society Grant, $500
2004 American Society of Trial Consultants Student Research Grant, $300
2004 University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College Travel Award
2004 University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychology Travel Funds

2008 Graduate Student Counsel Travel Award, University of Illinois at Chicago
2007 NIMH Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium Early Career Investigator Travel Grant
2006-2007 University of Illinois at Chicago Lincoln Fellowship $18000 + tuition
2006 University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College Travel Award
2006 University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychology Travel Funds
2005 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Clara Mayo Grant, $500
2005 Gamma Mu Foundation Research Grant, $1000
2005 American Psychology-Law Society Grants-in-Aid, $250
2005 APA Division of Child, Youth & Family Services (37) Student Poster Award
2005 University of Illinois Alumni Association WOW! Award
(for University citizenship & service)
2004 American Society of Trial Consultants Student Research Grant, $300
2004 University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College Travel Award
2004 University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychology Travel Funds

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