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News & Recent Events

Fall 2009

  Sarah Johnson accepts a postdoctoral position at the University of Illinois at Chicago!

  The SPCL welcomes Dawn Espy as our new lab manager!

  Interested in applying to work with Professor Richeson and the SPCL? Check out the information for prospective PhD

  students here before sending her an e-mail! 

Summer 2009

   Chicago Tribune (7/6): "'Genius grant' winner details her rise from being a lackluster student."

   Congratulations to SPCL members of the Class of 2009!

Spring 2009

     Andrew Todd successfully defends his dissertation and accepts post-doctoral position.

     Katie Rotella and Michelle Rheinschmidt awarded Honorable Mention for NSF Proposals.

    Meghan Bean wins an APA Student Travel Award.

     Josie Menkin wins the Lois Elizabeth Henrikson Undergraduate Travel Award.

    The SPCL congratulates Paul Eastwick on successfully defending his dissertation! 

    Sarah Johnson successfully defended her dissertation.  Congratulations, Dr. Johnson!

     Michelle Rheinschmidt will be starting the Social Psychology PhD program at UC, Berkeley this Fall.

     Former SPCL undergraduate researcher, Jason Okonofua, will be starting the Social Psychology PhD program at Stanford

          University this Fall.

    

Winter 2009

     Sophie Trawalter accepts a tenure-track faculty position at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. 

    Paul Eastwick accepts a tenure-track faculty position at the Texas A&M University.

Fall 2008

     Josie Menkin receives Undergraduate Research Grant for her senior honors thesis!

    Dr. Richeson wins the 2009 APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology.

    Sarah Johnson receives American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award.

    The SPCL welcomes Maureen Craig and Katie Rotella to our research team!

Summer 2008

    Congratulations to SPCL members of the Class of 2008!

Spring 2008

    SPCL undergrads receive summer research fellowships and awards!

    Meghan Bean awarded Honorable Mention for NSF Proposal.

    Press Release (4/1): "Fear of Messing Up May Undermined Interracial Contact."

    Mary Murphy receives the Exemplary Dissertation Award from the Spencer Foundation.

Winter 2008

    Dr. Richeson was identified as a "rising star" by the Association for Psychological Science.

     SPCL thesis students win research grants! 

    Sophie Trawalter wins a grant from SPSSI. 

    Destiny Peery wins a travel award from the Society for Social and Personality Psychology.