News Archive
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Dr. Monica Miller who was selected to receive the
2008 Dean's Award for Research and/or Creative Activity in the College of
Liberal Arts!
The award will be presented at the College's award ceremony on May 1, 2008.
Congrats to Ada Diaconu for winning one of the Outstanding International Graduate Student Awards at the 2008 Graduate Student Association Awards Banquet!
Congratulations!
Social psychology PhD students who entered the 2007 UNR Graduate Student Association (GSA) awards competition were very successful, taking home both cash and honors.
Five social psych students received 6 awards at the 2007 GSA Awards Banquet:
Julie Singer: Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Ada Diaconu: Outstanding International Graduate Student Award
Kati Toth: Outstanding International Graduate Student Award
Irem Uz: Second Place Poster Award and Third Place Paper Award
Kerry Kleyman: Third Place Poster Award
Congratulations to social psychology and HDFS faculty member, Bill Evans! Bill was selected as the UNR "Distinguished Outreach Faculty Award" recipient for 2006.
Congrats!
Congratulations to Kati Toth, Julie Singer and Alayna Jehle who were named Outstanding Graduate Students at UNR in 2006 by the Graduate Student Association, and received a monetary award as well.
Congrats!
Congratulations to our own Christine Aramburu-Alegria who has been selected by UNR's University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) to teach in Puebla, Mexico for a year starting in July '07. Similar honors have been bestowed on our own Deborah Ballard-Reisch who will be teaching in Torino, Italy starting in July '07, also for a year.
Welcome Drs. Greer and Stedham!
The faculty have recommended, and the Graduate School has concurred, that Dr. Jennifer Greer (Journalism) and Dr. Yvonne Stedham (Managerial Sciences) be included as members of the faculty of the interdisciplinary doctoral program in social psychology. Dr. Greer will have half of her role designated to the social psychology program, similar to the positions of Drs. Monica Miller and Markus Kemmelmeier. Look for information about them soon on the Faculty webpage link. We are pleased to have these two new colleagues join the program and look forward to opportunities to work together.
Congrats to Dr. Devereux!
Dr. Paul Devereux, graduate director of the University of Nevada, Reno’s School of Public Health, and faculty member for the Social Psychology Program, is the recipient of this year’s award for Public Health Leader of the Year. You can read the full story here.
Congratulations, Professors!
Congratulations to Dr. Judith Sugar who has received the inaugural Sanford Center for Aging Faculty Scholar Award! The award honors those who have contributed to education, research, and service in aging over time in an exceptional manner.
Congratulations to Dr. Deborah Ballard-Reisch for being selected as a Woman of Achievement. She is to be honored at the Nevada Women's Fund luncheon on May 10, 2005.
Dissertation Defenses
Congratulations to Mara Merlino, Andre Walton, Patrick Bennett, Roni Dahir, Yvonne Vermudez, & Ricardo Marte for succcessfully defending their dissertations this April!!! Way to go, guys!
GSA Spring Awards 2005
Congrats to students in the program that won awards at this spring's GSA awards!
Sue Harris won 1st place in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Business Poster Category. Julie Singer won Outstanding Graduate Student and 2nd place in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Business Paper Category. Also, Joyce Letner was co-author on the 3rd place poster winner with K Pruitt of Public Health.
Congratulations to Professor Tom Wright!
Tom, who is a member of the faculty of the interdisciplinary social psychology graduate program at UNR and a professor of organizational science in the College of Business Administration, is featured in the Jan.17 issue of TIME magazine. The article, "Thank God It's Monday," highlighted his research that underscores employee happiness is a far more influential factor on workplace productivity than previously believed.
New Faculty Members Join Social Psychology
The Social Psychology program would like to welcome new faculty to the program!
The faculty have recommended, and the Graduate School has concurred, that Dr. Paul Devereux (Health Ecology) and Dr. Karen Kopera-Frye (Human Dev & Family Studies) be included as members of the faculty of the interdisciplinary doctoral program in social psychology. Both Dr. Devereux and Dr. Kopera-Frye hold doctorates in psychology and particular expertise in social psychology. We look forward to their contributions in facilitating the research and training of doctoral students, and to working together as colleagues in the program.
