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2026 Updates from the Center for Research on Families

CRF continues to strengthen its commitment to research, advocacy, collaboration, and equity as it enters a new academic year.

September 16, 2026
Deziah Bermudez and Melinda Gonzales Backen Win Professional Best Paper Award from the National Council on Family Relations

Bermudez's paper, "'You got this!': The impact of parental academic support on the self-efficacy and adjustment of college students of color", examines academic and mental health outcomes among college students of color. 

September 16, 2026
Moralizing Has Limits on Social Media, Study Finds

Moral language may help a social media post catch fire — but only up to a point. Mohammad Atari from UMass Amherst, in collaboration with researchers from Northwestern University and Chile’s Universidad del Desarrollo, have published a new study on this topic.

September 16, 2026
Mohammad Atari Studies the History of Religious Innovation in the Golden Age of Islam

Spanning the eighth through thirteenth centuries, this pivotal era produced extraordinary religious and scientific innovations that reshaped daily life.

September 16, 2026
Predicting Risk in the Socially Marginalized | NIMH F31 Awarded to Dominic M. Denning

Dominic Denning was awarded 2 years of funding from the National Institute of Mental Health's F31 initiative to develop predictive algorithms for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among socially marginalized college students.

September 1, 2026
Roya Mohammadsadegh Selected for Society for Neuroscience’s 2026 Trainee Professional Development Award

This competitive award recognizes graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who demonstrate scientific merit and excellence in research.

September 1, 2026
Chiung-Yu (Lisa) Chang Awarded Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers Grant

Funded by the National Science and Technology Council in Taiwan, the TOP grants aim to support talented doctoral candidates and young scholars in the fields of humanities and social sciences who are currently studying or working overseas.

September 1, 2026
Daniel Coppersmith Wins 2026 Early Career Award of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment

His work published in Behaviour Research and Therapy was praised for its scientific merit, relevance, and innovation in ambulatory assessment methodology.

September 1, 2026
Ali Hajian Presented With the SPSP Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award
Ali Hajian

This award is given to a graduate student committed to advancing inclusion and broadening participation in personality and social psychology.

August 31, 2026

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