Diversity Undergraduate Registration Award

SPSP has established a fund devoted to increasing diversity within personality and social psychology. As part of this initiative, eligible undergraduate students are invited to apply for travel/registration awards to attend the SPSP annual conference. Travel/registration award winners will receive complimentary registration to the SPSP Annual Convention.

SPSP is an international organization and will consider applications from students both inside and outside the United States.  All applicants should explain how their participation at the conference advances SPSP's goal of enhancing diversity.

Selection Process

Award decisions will be based on the excellence of the applicant’s scholarly record.

SPSP does not have a strict definition of diversity. All members are welcome to apply if they feel their background will add to the diversification of SPSP. Please note, any demographic information shared in the application will be viewable by the reviewers assigned to your application. We, however, do not judge applications based upon this criteria.

Applicants cannot have previously won any of the SPSP travel awards (i.e., the International Travel Award, the Graduate Student Travel Award, the Diversity Graduate Travel Award, or the Teacher/Scholar award). 

Applicants may apply for this award together with any other travel award for which they are qualified (see here for a full listing of available travel/registration awards). However, an applicant can receive only one of the awards.

• Be currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program majoring in psychology or be a graduate in the past three years of such a program and currently working in areas related to psychology.
• Membership in SPSP is required to apply.
• Applicants must be a member of an underrepresented group in social/personality psychology (these groups include, but are not necessarily limited to, ethnic and racial minorities; first-generation college students; lesbian, gay and bisexual students; transgender students; and students with a physical disability).

Submission Requirements

• A brief statement (up to 300 words) describing your prior experience in social/personality psychology (e.g. courses taken, research experiences), and why you would like to attend this conference.

Apply here

2021 Convention

• Gaelle El Helou, University of Florida
• Mr. Joseph Abraham Donald McBride, Missouri Institute of Mental Health
• Mira Carlinnia, Wellesley College
• Shanice Ng Shi Hui, National University of Singapore
• Carol Lu, Johns Hopkins University
• Raymond Wu, University of Toronto
• Jingyi Luo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Begum Gulbeden Babur, Barnard College, Columbia University
• Rayyan Alfatafta, Skidmore College
• Ms Wanqi Zhang, Davidson College
• Mr. Ali Javeed, University of Toronto
• Mr. Jonathan Jovani Azpeitia, University of Washington
• Devyani Goel, Columbia University
• Samantha Nicole Smith, Kellogg School of Management
• Rafael Valdece Sousa Bastos, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
• Ms Lisa Hui En Koh, National University of Singapore
• Jiachen Yu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Amisha Vyas, New York University
• Weishan Zhang, University of California, Berkeley
• Ms. Rachel-Marie Fua Sinco, Colby College
• Ms Frosch Yi Xuan Quek, Singapore Management University
• Ms. Katherine Anne Mason, Purdue University
• Erica Chung, Colby College
• Keliang Colin Li, Rutgers University
• Ms Nadyanna M Majeed, Singapore Management University
• Yuyang Zhong, University of California, Berkeley
• Alexis Ceja, San Francisco State University
• Marisa Nardone Mahoney, Wellesley College
• Minwan Zhu, University of California, Berkeley
• Valda Han, University of California, Los Angeles
• Rim Gacimi, Douglas College
• Zoey Eddy, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Emerald Anne V Pedroza, Syracuse University
• Nathan Gillespie, Union College
• Izilda Amber Pereira-Jorge, Rutgers University
• Christine Q Nguyen, UC Berkeley
• Ms. Nicole I. Ritenour, University of South Florida Sarasota Manatee
• Yvonne Phan, University of California, Irvine
• Phuong B Pham, Franklin & Marshall College
• Duc Pham, Hamilton College
• Daniela Barrios Reyna, Southern New Hampshire University
• Benjamin Valen, New College of Florida
• Roua Daas, Butler University
• Ms. Afrooz Ghadimi, University of British Columbia
• Olivia Postel, Wellesley College
• Michael Anthony Ruiz, UC Berkeley
• Courtney Olds, University of North Florida

2020 Convention

• Amy Senger, Texas A&M University - San Antonio
• Annalisa Myer, Stony Brook University/Cornell University
• Asha Hinson, Smith College
• Begum Gulbeden Babur, Barnard College of Columbia University
• Camila Tirado, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Camille Smith, Metropolitan State University
• Chenyi Wang, Trinity University
• Christina Tahtouh, University of Texas at Austin
• Conrado Eiroa Solans, College of St. Scholastica
• Daniel Mayo, University of Miami
• Daphne Castro Lingl, Indiana University Bloomington
• Dominic C Locantore, Stanford University
• Emily Reitz, Penn State University
• Erik Portillo, Ohio state university
• Fabiana De Lima, Stanford University
• Frances Evalyne K Hampton, Nevada State College
• Hannah Samuels, Indiana University
• Hyomin Lee, Clark University
• Ian Duke, Cornell University
• Ilayda Orhan, Yale University
• Jeannine Alana Bertin, McGill University
• Joahana Segundo, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• Joelle Alexandra Dorsett, University of Florida
• Jordan Alvarez, Skidmore College
• Joshua Garcia, University of Houston
• Kah Sin Desmond Yeoh, Columbia University
• Katie Linette Rodriguez, California State University, San Marcos
• Lam Xuan Le, Thang Long University
• Lesley Selina Cruz, Florida Gulf Coast University
• Leslie J Remache, Purdue University
• Leslie Schneider, Yale University
• Lisset Martinez-Berman, Texas A&M University - San Antonio
• Mackenzie Shea DeLoatch, Duke University
• Maija Arthur, Texas A&M - San Antonio
• Maria Kim, Alberta Health Services/University of Alberta
• Meleah Marquis, Southern Nazarene University
• Michael Brooks, Western Washington University
• Michael Tiancheng Xie, Duke University
• Miss Yitong Zhao, Wake Forest University
• Mr Don Jeremiah Hanford Pereira, National University of Singapore
• Francisco Luis Macias, Jr., Trinity University
• Jose Leon Martinez, Florida State University
• Carolina Lopez, University of California, Berkeley
• Irein Thomas, Knox College
• Katherine Anne Mason, Purdue University
• Paola Alejandra Baca, University of Texas at El Paso
• Rahkya Talia Smith, Tennessee State University
• Redeate Gugsa Wolle, Columbia University
• Samantha Nicole Smith, Kellogg School of Management
• Sanjana Kadirvel, Psychological and Brain sciences
• Shujianing Li, Harvard University
• Summer Narita Allegra Millwood, UC Irvine
• Sydney Belen Garcia, UC Berkeley
• Thach Bao Huynh, Wabash College
• Valerie B Goliff, Western Washington University
• Vincent B Rice, University at Buffalo
• Zayd Jawad, The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Zoe Ferguson, University of California, Berkeley
• Zoey Eddy, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Ashley Egert, Rutgers University
• Mr David U Ifediba, Jr, University of California, Riverside
• Dylan Rice, Harvard University
• Alexa Sacchi, Yale University
• Lillian Nguyen, University of Washington
• Stefanie Walsh, Purdue University
• Alix Alto, UMass Amherst
• Mr Jali Packer, University of Cambridge  

2019 Convention

• Paige Makenzie Abbott, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Manal Faraj Aboargob, The University of Texas at El Paso
• Jessica Abramson, Wellesley College
• Erick Aguinaldo, California State University, Fullerton
• Daniel James Alonso, University of Washington
• Shuantae Ang, UNational University of Singapore
• Da'Ja'Nay Askew, Defiance College
• Jay Barker, Clarkson University
• Brianna Nicola Campbell, Adelphi University
• Aastha Chadha, Stanford University
• Jennifer Chan, Carleton College
• Kevin Chi, University of British Columbia
• Mathew Coles, University of Arizona
• Trisha Ann Dehrone, Indiana University
• Dget Downey, Lafayette College
• Grace Drake, Davidson College
• Heather Engdahl, Concordia University of Nebraska
• Rebeca Fierro-Perez, University of Texas at El Paso
• Alesha Marie Frederickson, The University of Winnipeg
• Micheal Garza, University of Houston
• Marrissa Danielle Grant, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Maria Cecilia Jesusa, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Celine Jusuf, Purdue University
• Amanda Kim, Hamilton College
• Enya Entung Kuo, University of California, Los Angeles
• Elinam Ladzekpo, , Indiana University
• Jieming (Lewis) Li, Carnegie Mellon University
• Yufei Li, Beijing Normal University
• Jasmine Noriko Lwin, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
• Madison Jayne Matijevich, University of Wisconsin Madisony
• Amanda McIvor, University of Alberta
• William Alexander Morrison, Centenary College of Louisiana
• Qi Jia Ng, National University of Singapore
• Ian Conor O'Dowd, Southern New Hampshire University
• Teju Ogungbadero, Miami University
• Blessing Opara, University of Kansas
• Juan Pablo Ospina, Stanford University
• Elizabeth Quinn, Northwestern University
• Hannah Feliz Ramil, Florida State University
• India Reidt, Tulane University
• Isaac Richardson, Florida State University
• Jacob W. Roberson, University of Richmond
• Jordan Rodriguez, University of Kansas
• Jesus Saavedra, Weber State University
• Zachary Schroeder, Northwestern University
• Tyrone Sgambati, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Nirupika Sharma, New York University
• Hannah Singer, University of California, Los Angeles
• Lucas Smith, Indiana University
• Crystal Solano, California State University, San Bernardino
• Rachel Song, Stanford University
• Rebecca Grace Stargel, Lafayette College
• Claire Stout, Duke University
• Min Yu Teo, National University of Singapore
• Eric Tu, University of Toronto
• Andrea Villafuerte, Stanford University
• Alexis Wilkinson, University of Missouri, Columbia
• Liz Anne Wilson, St. Olaf College
• Sydney Amelia Wood, Trinity University
• Felix Wu, Rice University
• Jennifer Yeaton, Princeton University  

2018 Convention

• Noorfaadhilah Abdul Halil Khan, National Univ. of Singapore
• Elena Amaya, Univ. of California Irvine
• Joseph Anderson-Gutiérrez, Bethel Univ.
• Tatiana Avila, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach
• Nasheha Baset, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
• Sakina Bengali, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
• Katelyn Byers-Carter, St Catherine Univ.
• Jessica Carter, Indiana Univ.
• Hung-Wei Chen, Stony Brook Univ.
• Ivy Cheng, National Univ. of Singapore
• Daniel Choi, UCLA
• John Chwe, NYU
• Oana Dumitru, New York Univ.
• Xunchang Fang, Univ. of Hong Kong
• Grace Flores-Robles, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
• Maria Garay, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
• Nancy Gomez, UCLA
• Laura Hazlett, Univ. of Pittsburgh
• Kyshia Henderson, UCLA
• Victor Ike, Marquette Univ.
• Alice Lee, Univ. of British Columbia
• Connor Leshner, Arizona State Univ.
• Jaclyn Lisnek, Indiana Univ. Bloomington
• Arthur Marsden, Univ. of North Texas
• Laura Moreno, Univ. of California Irvine
• Thao Nguyen, Univ. of Houston
• Jessica Paek, Columbia Univ.
• Elisa Rapadas, Saint Mary's College of California
• Catherine Record, Simmons College
• Ayla Rubenstein, Univ. of North Dakota
• Carlos Santos, Univ. of South Florida
• Julia Smirnov, Univ. of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
• Tatiana Spisz, Univ. of Portland
• Dy-Onna Stith, Wesleyan College
• Charlie Su, Univ. of California, Irvine
• Nicholas Sudel, Franklin and Marshall College
• Stylianos Syropoulos, Univ. of Portland
• Chloe Tanega, Duke Univ.
• Stephanie Tepper, Univ. of Washington
• Avery Thurston, Duke Univ.
• Christine Townsley, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
• Kayla Uyeda, Univ. of Chicago
• Sumer Vaid, Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey
• Jonathan Vides, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
• Catherine Wall, Univ. of Houston
• Emily Watlington, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Kaleigh Wilkins, Indiana Univ.
• Cierra Williams, Florida Atlantic Univ.
• Rachel Wong, UCLA  

2017 Convention

• Victoria Abou-Ghalioum, Cleveland State Univ.
• Vanessa Anyanso, Columbia University
• Francisco Arriaga Pazos, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
• Sandra Bertram Grant, University of Kansas
• Amy Biggerstaff, Univ. of Central Missouri
• Jonathan Capaldi, Carleton University
• Jamie Carlson, Metropolitan State Univ.
• Vanessa Castro, UC Berkeley
• Linus Chan, Univ. of Montana
• Stephanie Clark, Tulane Univ.
• Paige Clark, Cleveland State Univ.
• Brittany Edwards, UT at San Antonio
• Manuela Faulhaber, Iowa State University
• Fariba Ghayebi, Yale University
• Mindy Guajardo, University of Northern Iowa
• Ayana Hart, Spelman College
• Ivan Hernandez, DePaul University
• Sabrina Huang, Stanford University
• Naomi Isenberg, Seattle Pacific Univ.
• William Jettinghoff, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Maria Ji, Univ. of California, Berkeley
• Dahyeon Kang, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Jacqueline Lechuga, UT El Paso
• Michelle Lee, New York University
• Gia Macias, CSU San Bernardino
• Krizchelle Magtoto, University of Portland
• Jin Miao, Tsinghua University
• Oluwatobi Molokwu, Gettysburg College
• Andres Montealegre Moreno, Universidad de los Andes
• Emily Moorhouse, UC Riverside
• Miriam Morales Suarez, Univ. of Puerto Rico Cayey
• Evan Murphy, University of Nevada Reno
• Ian Nesbitt, Univ. of Nevada Reno
• Danielle Oyler, Univ. of Missouri
• Yeji Park, Columbia University
• Navanté Peacock, University of Kansas
• Elliott Perez, Courtney Bonam
• Helena Rabasco, University of Washington
• Anna Raskind, Columbia Univ.
• Sheryl Raygor, Metropolitan State University
• Jonathan Rogers, University of Minnesota - Duluth
• Toni Rufledt, University of Kansas
• Lacey Sawyers, West Virginia University
• Sarah Schad, Texas Christian Univ.
• Andre Solis-Flores, Univ. of California Berkeley
• Rachel Tayler, Columbia Univ.
• Nadia Vossoughi, Univ. of Michigan
• Melissa Walman, UCLA
• Cory Washington, University of Wisconsin Madison
• Megan Wright, Michigan State University
• Zizhong Xiao, Azusa Pacific University  

2016 Convention

• Sharmin Alam, California State University, Northridge
• Daniela Avelar, Franklin & Marshall College
• Hannah Bentley, Oklahoma State University
• Shelby Boggs, West Virginia State University
• Paul Brancaleone, Florida Atlantic University
• Michael Carnovale, University of Toronto
• Zachary Chacko, Indiana University
• Yingyi Chang, University of Iowa
• Hiu Cheung, University of California, Berkeley
• Yun Ju "Roxie" Chuang, Social Impressions Laboratory
• David Crittendon, Murray State University
• Shawn Davis, University of Central Misouri
• Deanna Day
• Roberto De La Rosa, University of Arizona
• Jesse DeLaRosa
• Abraham Dickey III
• Noadia Doirin, Florida Atlantic University
• Nathan Echols, University of Chicago
• Hernan Escobar
• Sarka Griffin
• Brenda Gutierrez, California State University, Long Beach
• Eliana Hadjiandreou, Clark University
• Mary Havers, Pennsylvania State University
• Jeremy Horne, Howard University
• Jennifer Jackson, Oklahoma State University
• Nicole James, York College
• Zohaib Jessani, Rollins College
• Joy Josephs, University of Texas
• Sandra Khalaf
• Danielle Krusemark, University of North Florida
• Garam Lee, CSULB
• Yachen Li, University of Toronto
• Dongyu Li, University of Kansas
• Karen Longmore, York College
• Jessica Lopez, Trinity Washington University
• Kelly Martin, University of North Texas
• Natassia Mattoon
• Lingjie Mei
• Linas Mitchell, Furman University
• Matthew Olah
• Dylan Owsiany, Florida Atlantic University
• Jun Park, Pomona College
• Hadar Ram, Tel Aviv University
• Rachel Rogers, University of North Florida
• Jing Han Sim
• Xingyun Song
• Mariame Soukoule, York College
• Denae Stallings
• Jamie Tombari, The College at Brockport, State University of NY
• Teodora Tomova
• Mindy Truong, University of Southern California
• Arianna Ulloa, University of Pennsylvania
• Michael Vitro, Florida Atlantic University
• Phoebe Wong, University of California, Berkeley
• Deborah Wu, Northwestern University
• Iseel Yanez, University of Texas, Arlington
• Jeanette Zambrano
• Yuan Zhou

For more information on the Diversity Undergraduate Registration Award, please contact awards@spsp.org.