SPSP is proud to announce the recipients of our Student Awards! Please join us in congratulating each of these undergraduate and graduate students for their outstanding contributions to personality and social psychology.

Heritage Dissertation Research Prize

The Heritage Dissertation Awards are intended to provide assistance with the costs of conducting dissertation research in social and personality psychology and are endowed through donations honoring those on the Heritage Wall of Fame. Please join us in congratulating the following winners:

  • Jana Berkessel, University of Mannheim
  • Melanie Maimon, Rutgers University
  • Preeti Srinivasan, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Brittany Torrez, Yale University

Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award

The Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award provides assistance to graduate students from an underrepresented background with the cost of conducting research in personality and/or social psychology. Please join us in congratulating the following winners:

  • Kallie Brown, University of California, Irvine
  • Herrison Chicas, University of North Carolina
  • Tiffany George, Texas A&M University
  • Riley Marshall, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Ramona Martinez, University of California, Riverside
  • Isabela Pérez, University of California, Riverside
  • Elizabeth Quinn, University of California, Santa Barbara

Student Publication Prize

SPSP recognizes excellence in research by student members with its Student Publication Prize. Papers are eligible for consideration if they are published in the calendar year prior to nomination in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Personality and Social Psychology Review, or Social Psychological and Personality Science. Please join us in congratulating the following winners:

  • Mohammad Atari, Harvard University
  • Alexander Garinther, Second Sight Training Systems
  • Magdalena Heynicke, Technical University Dresden
  • Katherine Lawson, University of California, Davis
  • Charlotte Moser, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Grace Rivera, University of Mississippi
  • David Silverman, Northwestern University
  • Mattea Sim, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Yidan Yin, University of Southern California
  • Hila Zitelny, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev