2025
- Eva Sakellakis, Sofia Zelazoski, Ciarra Prill, and Ava Gelling each received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Ciarra Prill received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Community Impact Award.
- Natalie Sarmiento (lab manager 2022-2025) was accepted to the Education PhD program at Harvard University.
- Ava Gelling was accepted to the Educational Counseling Psychology PhD Program at Fordham University.
- Rachel Katz was accepted to the Social Work Masters program at Loyola University.
- Ciarra Prill was accepted to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master’s program at Marquette University.
2024
- Rayane Prado Nunes received the Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- Megan Gauthier, Olivia Fry, Mahika Mohan, and Manjeri Senthilmurugan each received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Aly Connors received the Arlene Davenport Award.
- Grace Flanagan received the Bryan’s Aspiring Psychology Student Award.
- Mahika Mohan received the Undergraduate Travel Award.
- Natalie Sarmiento received the Cognitive Development Society Diversity Travel Award.
- Anna Glasman accepted the position of Clinical Research Coordinator at Mount Sinai’s Brain Injury Research Center.
- Mahika Mohan was accepted to the School Psychology PhD program at University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
- Lucie Yao was accepted to the the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development master’s program at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Megan Gauthier was accepted to the Education Specialist in School Psychology program at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Elizabeth Rosiejka was accepted to the Speech-Language Pathology master’s program at Marquette University.
- Sarah Czyszczon was accepted to the Occupational Therapy Doctorate at Rush University.
2023
- Mahika Mohan and Anna Glasman each received the Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- Rachel McGinley, Addison Carriere, Gabby Guinther, and Benjamin Reuter each received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Mahika Mohan received the Psychology Undergraduate Community Impact Award.
- Lucie Yao and Tayten Sanderson each received the Bryan’s Aspiring Psychology Student Award.
- Cassie Levesque accepted the position as a postbac IRTA in the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition at the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH).
- Felicity Rondeau was accepted to the Psy.D program at Midwestern University.
- Rachel McGinley was accepted to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling EdS program at Loyola University Chicago.
- Nicole Huth (lab manager 2020 – 2023) was accepted to the Developmental Psychology PhD program at Boston University.
- Kierin Barnett (lab manager 2021 – 2023) was accepted to the School Psychology PhD program at University of Wisconsin – Madison.
- Katharine Scott was awarded an SRCD 2023 Small Grant for Early Career Scholars.
2022
- Sofia Drotts, Amelia Dow, Georgia Williams, and Brooke Hiess each received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Gabby Guinther and Grace Riedl each received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Bryan’s Aspiring Psychology Student Award.
- Jenna Strand was accepted to the Speech-Language Pathology MS program at Marquette University.
- Sofia Drotts was accepted to the Clinical Psychology PhD program, with an emphasis in forensic psychology, at Palo Alto University.
- Brianna Epping accepted the position of Program and Policy Analyst intern in the Reentry unit through the Office of the Secretary (WI DOC).
- Nihan Zhou was accepted to the Counseling Education MA program at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
- Edna Dawit was accepted to the Counseling Psychology MS program at UW-Madison.
- Amelia Dow was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
- Katharine Scott received a National Research Service Award Fellowship to support her postdoctoral training at Northwestern University.
2021
- Meredith Bone and Olivia Moens each received the Psychology Department’s Arlene R. Davenport Award.
- Katherine Swerbenski was selected for the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences Predoctoral Fellowship by the ITP Steering Committee.
- Katharine Scott received a Campus-Wide 2020 Teaching Assistant Award for Exceptional Service from UW-Madison.
- Amara Schiffman received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Olivia Moens received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Amara Schiffman was accepted to the School-Clinical Child Psychology PsyD Program at Yeshiva University.
- Olivia Moens was accepted to the School Psychology EdS program at UW-Madison.
- Nora Malone accepted the position of EDGE program coordinator at DePaul University’s career center.
2020
- Olivia Moens and Meredith Bone each received the UW-Madison Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- Bailey Immel (lab manager 2018-2020) was accepted to the Social Psychology PhD program at UC-Santa Barbara.
- Anna Li was accepted to the School Psychology PhD program at the University of Minnesota.
- Olivia Russo was accepted to the School Psychology EdS program at UW-Whitewater.
- Maddy Henkel received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Anna Li received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- MaKayla Liebeck was accepted to the Master of Social Work program at UW-Madison.
- Tory Ash was accepted to the School Psychology PhD program at Syracuse University.
2019
- Makayla Liebeck and Anna Li received the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Honors Summer Thesis Award to support their senior thesis research.
- Teagan Twombly received the UW-Madison University Bookstore Academic Excellence Award in recognition of her senior honors thesis research.
- Makayla Liebeck and Nicole Huth each received the UW-Madison Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- Teagan Twombly was accepted to the UW-Madison School Psychology PhD program.
- Katharine Scott was awarded the Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities.
- Rista Plate has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship with MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Louise Ng received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
2018
- Jellie Sierksma accepted an Assistant Professorship at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- Rachel King (lab manager 2015-2018) was accepted to the Social Psychology PhD program at Cornell University.
- Kayla Lewis received the Undergraduate Research Scholar Award from the UW-Madison Department of Psychology.
- Olympia Mathiaparanam received the Serendipity Award from the UW-Madison Department of Psychology.
- Bailey Immel received the UW-Madison University Bookstore Academic Excellence Award in recognition of her senior honors thesis research.
- Zoe Aquilino was accepted to the Gallaudet Speech Language Pathology program.
- Rachel King (lab manager 2015-2018) received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
- Nicole Huth received the UW-Madison Sophomore Research Fellowship.
- Teagan Twombly and Jess O’Neill each received the UW-Madison Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- Meredith Braza was accepted to the University of North Carolina Audiology doctoral program.
- Megan Kaul was accepted to the UW-Madison School Psychology PhD program.
- Kayla Lewis accepted a position as manager of the Transyouth Research Project at the University of Washington.
2017
- Lindsey Christianson received the Thomas W. Parker Scholarship from the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science.
- Rista Plate received the Richard L. and Jeanette A. Hoffman Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship.
- Nicole Huth and Lindsey Christianson each received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Bryan’s Aspiring Psychology Students Award.
- Bailey Immel received the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Honors Summer Thesis Award to support her senior thesis research.
- Megan Kaul, Tracy Zheng, and Bailey Immel each received the UW-Madison Psychology Department Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Meredith Braza received the UW-Madison Undergraduate Library Research Award.
- Rebecca Sturm received the UW-Madison Sophomore Research Fellowship.
- Nathan Vasquez received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
2016
- Maggie Renno earned her Ph.D. from UW-Madison.
- Elizabeth Brey earned her Ph.D. from UW-Madison.
- Gina Bednarek received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Sarah Nagel was accepted to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
- Miranda Zahn was accepted to the school psychology PhD program at UW-Madison.
- Kelsey Koss was awarded the Jay Halls Scholarship from the College of Letters and Science.
- Maggie Renno was awarded the Schwartz Fellowship from the UW-Madison Department of Psychology.
- Meredith Braza received a Sophomore Research Fellowship.
- Gabrielle Fihn was accepted to the Marriage and Family Counseling program at UC-Boulder.
2015
- Rachel King and Leah Schaumberg each received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Leah Schaumberg was accepted to the clinical mental health program at Marquette University.
- Talia Stoehr was accepted to the social work graduate program at UW-Madison.
- Ashley Jordan (our lab manager from 2013-2015) was accepted to the psychology PhD program at Yale University.
- Maggie Underwood was accepted to the school psychology program at Michigan State University.
- Mitch Markman was accepted to the school psychology PhD program at UW-Madison.
- Emily Cierzan was accepted to the mental health counseling program at the University of Cincinnati.
- Desi Koury was accepted to the speech language pathology program at UW-Stevens Point.
2014
- Rachel King was awarded the Undergraduate Travel Award in the amount of $1500 to travel to the SRCD Biennial Meeting in Spring 2015.
- Emily Doran was accepted to a study abroad program in Galway, Ireland for the fall of 2014.
- Karissa Propson was accepted to the social work program at UW-Madison.
- Rachel King received a Summer Senior Thesis grant from the Honors Program to conduct her senior thesis research.
2013
- Rachel King received the Thomas W. Parker scholarship for high-achieving juniors and seniors.
- Gabi Fihn was accepted to a study abroad program in Galway, Ireland for the spring of 2013.
- Marissa Johnson (our lab manager from 2011-2013) was accepted to the counseling psychology program at UNC-Charlotte.
- Kara Weisman (our lab manager from 2009-2011) was accepted to the psychology graduate program at Stanford University.
- Maggie Renno received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to support her salary and research for the next 3 years.
- Maddie Spencer received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
2012
- Rista Plate received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
- Maddie Spencer and Leah Dornbusch both received Hilldale Awards to support their senior thesis research.
- Elizabeth Brey received a Graduate Student Research Award from the Midwestern Psychological Association for her poster presentation at the MPA’s annual meeting.
- Tatiana Campbell was awarded a Friends of the Waisman Center Undergraduate Student Award for her valuable contributions to research in the Social Kids Lab.
- Lauren Huckstadt, a graduating senior, was accepted into Teach for America.
2011
- Elizabeth Brey received a graduate fellowship from the Interdisciplinary Training Program to support her salary and research for the next 3 years.
- Renee Kramer received a Hilldale Award to support her senior thesis research.
- Lauren Huckstadt received a Summer Senior Thesis grant from the Honors Program to conduct her senior thesis research.
- Leah Dornbusch and Maddie Spencer both received Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship grants to conduct research in the lab during the summer of 2011.
- Marissa Johnson received a Psychology Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar Award.
- Maggie Renno received a University Fellowship to support her salary and research.
2010
- Elizabeth Brey received a University Fellowship to support her salary and research.
- Renee Kramer and Amy Klazkin both received Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship grants to conduct research in the lab during the summer of 2010.