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.
2023
TL1 Research Fellowship
- Julia Harris
Williams Syndrome Association Early Investigator Award
- Brianna Young
2022
Erin Riederer Foundation of Elm Grove Scholarship
- Joseph Censor
Henry P. David Grants for Research in Human Reproductive Behavior and Population Studies
- Emily Munoz
TL1 Research Fellowship
- Michael Liuzzi
2021
APF fellowship
- Kate Webb
Children’s Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Award Grant
- Sara Pardej
Erin Riederer Foundation of Elm Grove
- Maya Krek
F31 Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) by NIDA
- Haley Kolp
- Ryan Sullivan
Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research
- Aaron Fleischer
- Kayla Johnson
2020
American Psychological Association (APA) Early Graduate Student Researcher Award (EGSRA)
- Kate Webb
APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
- Lisa Taxier
APA Advanced Training Institute on Research Methods with Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups
- Paulina Lim
Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award
- Kate Webb
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Student Research Fellowship
- Sarah Beamish
Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Award, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
- Julia Tager
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Delegate
- Kate Webb
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
- Richard Ward
2019
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Institute of Mental Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) (three-year fellowship)
- Lisa Taxier
Diana Jacobs Kalman/AFAR (American Federation for Aging Research) Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging
- Jenna Blujus
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Elsie Ramos Memorial Student Poster Award
- Abel Mathew
Sage Publications Professional Research Award (for the best article of the year in the Journal of Black Psychology)
- Maryam Ayazi
Society for Research in Psychopathology Smader Levin Travel Award
- Salahadin Lotfi
American Psychological Association Travel Award
- Paulina Lim
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
- Abel Mathew
- Miranda Schwabe
2018
R36 Dissertation Grant, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Lauren Hopkins
Flexibility Fund Award, Academy of Psychological Clinical Science (APCS)
- Alexander Wallace
Research Fellowship Training Award, Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
- Richard Ward
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
- Gregory Berlin
- Amanda Nazario (second award)
- Morgan Stevenson (second award)
2017
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
- Ellen Defenderfer
- Tara Miskovich
American Psychological Association/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology
- Octavio Santos
American Psychological Association Student Ethics Writing Prize
- Cari Rosoff
APAGS Diversity Grant (Psychological Sciences Research Grant)
- Enrique Gracian
American Psychological Association Anne Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award
- Octavio Santos
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
- Ashleigh Harvey
- Morgan Stevenson
Outstanding Poster Award, Pain Interest Group, Society of Pediatric Psychology
- Amy Lang
2016
American Psychological Association Travel Award
- Eva Igler
APF/COGDOP Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Graduate Research Scholarship
- Jennifer Tuscher
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) (two-year fellowship)
- Laura Korthauer
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
- Jenna Blujus
- Amanda Nazario
2015
American Psychological Association/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
- Kevin Haworth
American Psychological Association Travel Award
- Octavio Santos
Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research
- Jillian Austin
- Vienna Behnke
- Enrique Gracian (second grant)
- Salahadin Lotfi
Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis Best Poster Presentation Award
- Michael Harman
Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis Forrest J. Files Student Research Award
- Samantha Bergmann
2014
Society for Affective Science Student Poster Award
- Daniel Stout
American Psychological Association Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race) Student Travel Award
- Octavio Santos
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
- Jacob Kay
2013
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
- Doug Schultz
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
American Psychological Association Travel Award
- Angela Wendorf
Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis Forrest J. Files Student Research Award
- Matthew Capriotti
SPP (Society for Pediatric Psychology, Division 54, American Psychological Association) Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year
- Susan Tran
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
SPP (Society for Pediatric Psychology, Division 54, American Psychological Association) Student Travel Award
- Katherine Salamon
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
SPP (Society for Pediatric Psychology, Division 54, American Psychological Association) Diversity Committee Best Poster Presentation Award
- Katherine Salamon
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