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This page lists news
from members of the social psychology graduate program over the last
several years.
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Social Psychology News |
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 Honors and Awards |
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| Seth
C. Kalichman
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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 25, 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
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| David
A.
Kenny |
Recipient
of
the
Donald T. Campbell Award for distinguished contributions in
social psychology (see UConn
Advance article) |
Aug
2005
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| Felicia
Pratto |
Elected
a
Fellow
of SPSP (APA Div 8) |
Aug
2005
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| Lori Scott-Sheldon |
Elected Chair, SPSSI
Graduate Student Committee (2004-2005)
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July
2004
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| Michelle Kaufman |
Newsletter/Web Editor, SPSSI Graduate Student Committee, 2004-2005 |
July
2004
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| Susan M. Kiene |
Elected
to
a
member-at-large position on the SPSP graduate
student
committee |
Feb
2004
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| David A. Kenny |
Named Distinguished Professor, a title held by very few UConn faculty members (see photo); awarded UConn research excellence award | Apr 2002 | ||||
| Grants |
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| Blair T. Johnson | Awarded NIAID grant to examine geospatial factors in HIV prevention trial outcomes | Sept 2010 | ||||
| Laramie Smith | Receives NIMH National Research Service Award | Sept 2010 | ||||
| Carter A. Lennon
& Andrew L. Stewart |
Awarded Psi Chi research grant |
Aug 2010 | ||||
| Judy Y. Tan |
Awarded NSF dissertation grant | Aug 2010 | ||||
| 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 |
April 2009
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| Seth
C. Kalichman |
Awarded NIMH grant to study an HIV treatment adherence intervention for people with poor literacy skills | May 2009 | ||||
| Seth
C. Kalichman |
Awarded NIAAA grant to study alcohol-related HIV risks among South African Women | May 2009 | ||||
| Diane M. Quinn | Receives an NIMH grant to predict psychological distress among people living with concealable stigmatized identities | Aug 2008 | ||||
| Kerry L. Marsh
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Awarded NIMH grant to use virtual
reality imaging in relation to sexual risk behavior. |
May 2008 | ||||
| Seth C. Kalichman | receives new grant for "Mutlilevel Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Prevention in South Africa" |
Sep 2007
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| Marcella B. Boynton | Receives NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant |
Fall 2007
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Aug 2007
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| David B. Portnoy | Receives NSF Dissertation Facilitation Grant |
May 2007
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Receives NSF Pre-doctoral Award |
Mar 2007 |
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Receives NIMH National Research Service Award |
Feb 2007 |
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Receives NIMH National Research Service Award |
Feb 2007 |
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Receives new NIMH Grant for HIV prevention in South Africa |
Jan 2007 |
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| Wynne Norton |
Awarded NIMH NRSA predoctoral grant to
study prevention strategies to reduce HIV risk. |
Sep
2006
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| Entire program (Seth C. Kalichman, PI) |
Receives grant from
NIMH for training doctoral students in social processes and AIDS.
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June
2006
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| Kerry L. Marsh
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Receives grant
“Assessing Synchrony as a Basis for Social Connection in Autism,” from
the Cure Autism Now Foundation |
Mar 2006
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| Diane M.
Quinn |
Receives NSF grant |
Jan
2005
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| Mary Crawford | Recipient, Fulbright
Senior Scholar Grant to support research in Nepal (2004-2005) |
Aug 2004
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| Recipient of NSF grant
to study affordances
for
cooperation
as a dynamical system |
July
2004
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| I-Ching Lee, Diana Millilo, Lori
Scott-Sheldon |
Recipients of SPSSI Travel Awards
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June
2004
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| Susan M. Kiene |
Awarded SPSSI grant-in-aid
to support her research in South Africa.
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July
2004
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| Susan M.
Kiene |
Awarded National Institute of Mental
Health National pre-doctoral Research Service Award |
June
2004
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| Chandra
Y.
Osborn |
Awarded National Institute of Mental
Health National pre-doctoral Research Service Award |
May
2004
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| Jennifer J. Harman |
Awarded
APA
Division
38 (Health Psychology) research grant to investigate HIV
risk in formerly incarcerated individuals and their partners |
Mar 2004
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| Jeffrey D. Fisher |
Awarded NIMH grant, “Changing Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Behavior.” |
Oct 2003
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| David A. Kenny |
Hosts NSF-funded
Workshop on the Social
Relations Model. |
June
2003
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| Editorships and Books |
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| Mary Crawford | Publishes book, Sex Trafficking in South Asia: Telling Maya's Story | Dec 2009 | ||||
| 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 2009 | ||||
| Colin Wayne Leach | Begins term as Associate Editor, European Journal of Social Psychology | Jan 2009 | ||||
| Diane M. Quinn
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Begins term as Associate Editor, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. | Sept 2008 | ||||
| Mary
Crawford, Jack Dovidio, David Kenny
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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 2006
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| Blair T. Johnson | Publishes edited volume, Handbook of Attitudes (co-edited with Dolores Albarracín and Mark P. Zanna) | Feb 2005 | ||||
| Mary Crawford |
Publishes 4th edition
of Women
and
Gender:
A Feminist Psychology |
Aug
2003
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| Press
Coverage
of
Note |
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| Wynne E. Norton | Profiled in gradPSYCH for her Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award |
Mar 2008
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| Blair T. Johnson | Interviewed by Good Morning America (and numerous other media outlets) regarding his meta-analysis of antidepressant efficacy in PLoS Medicine |
Feb 2008
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| Chandra Osborn |
Interviewed
in UConn
Advance |
Oct
2005
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| John F. Dovidio
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Research on subtle
racism profiled in UConn's Advance
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Feb 2005
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| Profiled in APA's gradPSYCH as a Merage Fellow
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Aug
2004
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| Alumni Placements and Accomplishments of Note
(Partial Listing) |
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| Melissa John | Takes assistant professorship at Worchester Polytechnic Institute | Aug 2010 | ||||
| Wynne E. Norton | Takes assistant professorship at University of Alabama at Birmingham | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Stephenie Chaudoir | Takes assistant professorship at Bradley University | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Jennifer R. Daniels | Takes assistant professorship at Illinois Wesleyan University | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Gregory S. Kerwin | Takes assistant professorship at Albright University | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Lisa Eaton | Takes Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Yale University | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Marcella H. Boynton | Takes Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Duke University | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Rebecca Ferrer | Accepts Cancer Research and Training Award at the National Canter Institute | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Michelle Kaufman | Takes Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Research Triangle Institute | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Tessa V. West | Takes assistant professorship at New York University | Aug 2008 | ||||
| David B. Portnoy | Begins three-year post-doctoral fellowship at the National Canter Institute in cancer prevention |
Aug 2008
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| Susan M. Kiene | Completes PhD, takes assistant professorship at Brown University Medical School (joint appointment in Medicine and Community Health Research) |
Summer 2007
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| Cynthia Mohr (Alumnus) | Promoted to associate professor and tenured, Portland State University |
Aug 2007
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| I-Ching Lee (Alumnus) | Received government grant to support continued research from UConn on cultural bases for preference for inequality |
July 2007
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| Demis E. Glasford (Alumnus) | Completes PhD, takes assistant professorship at John Jay College of Criminal Justice |
June 2007
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I-Ching Lee |
Takes assistant professorship at National Cheng-Chi University |
Jan 2007 |
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| I-Ching Lee | Completes PhD, and wins the department's first annual Theodore Millon award for best dissertation |
Dec 2006
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| Lori Scott-Sheldon |
Finishes PhD, takes
post-doc at Syracuse University |
Sep 2006
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| Chandra Osborn |
Finishes
PhD, takes post-doc at Northwestern University Medical School |
Fall
2006
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| Jennifer J. Harman
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Completes PhD, takes
professorship at Colorado
State
University |
Aug 2005
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| Josephine Korchmaros
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Completes PhD, takes
professorship at Southern
Illinois
University (story on page 3 here).
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Aug
2003
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| Anthony Lemieux
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Interviewed in UConn Advance;
Completes PhD; takes professorship at SUNY-Purchase
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Aug
2003
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| Angela Walker
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Takes professorship at
Quinnipiac
University [story].
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Aug
2003
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| Visitors: Faculty and
Post-Doctoral |
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| Robert C. Foels | Visits program (with Profs. Leach and Pratto) during the 2009-2011 academic years | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Thomas Ledermann | Visits program (with Prof Kenny) during the 2009-2011 academic years | Aug 2009 | ||||
| Hung-Yu (Henry) Lin | Visits program (with Prof Johnson) as a visiting scholar from National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan |
Sep 2007
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| Sheng-Chei (Simon) Chang | Visits program (with Prof Johnson) as a visiting scholar from National Taitung University, Taiwan |
Sep 2007
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| Leanne Son Hing | Visits program (with Prof Pratto) as a visiting scholar from University of Guelph |
Spring
2007
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| Nicole Tausch | Visits program (with Prof Pratto) as a Post-doctoral Fellow from Oxford University |
Spring
2007
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| Tania B. Huedo Medina | Joins program as a post-doctoral researcher at CHIP with Prof Johnson |
Nov 2006
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| Jason Seacat |
Joins program as a
post-doctoral research at CHIP with Prof Fisher |
Sep 2006
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| Samuel Kebaya of MOI
University, Kenya |
Visits program (with
Prof Fisher) until summer, 2007 |
Sep 2006
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| Dr.
Landon
Reid of Colgate University |
Visits program (with
Prof Pratto) until December |
Sep 2006
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| Dr. Katherine Stroebe
of Lieden University, the Netherlands |
Visits program (with
Prof Dovidio) for Fall semester |
Aug 2006
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| Dr. Karin Weis
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Visits
program for 2-years (with Profs Dovidio and Johnson) |
Apr 2006
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| Dr Samer Halabi
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Visits program for one
year (with Profs Dovidio and Pratto) |
Aug 2005
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| Kristina Petkova
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Visits UConn as a
Fulbright Fellow (until June, 2005) |
Jan 2005
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| Lucy Johnston
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Visits as UConn guest professor,
August - November 5th |
Aug 2004
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| Natalie
Dove
Smoak |
Begins position as a
post-doctoral researcher (with Blair
Johnson and Kerry Marsh) |
Jan
2004
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| OTHER |
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| Entire program
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UConn social psychology
program hosted the 2004 meeting of the New England Social Psychological
Association (NESPA) |
18 Sep
2004
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Note. Social psychology program members are encouraged to relay news to the webmaster for display here and/or on personal pages within this site. SPN=Social Psychology Network; CHIP=Center for Health/HIV Intervention & Prevention; CIRA=Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS; SPSP=Society for Personality and Social Psychology; SPSSI=Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; NIH=National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation. |
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