PhD Graduates
Christina Bertand (Developmental, Deater-Deckard), Motion for Cognition: Physical Activity Aerobic Fitness, and Executive Functioning in Adolescents
Grace Cho (Clinical, Ready), Exploring how defeat and entrapment mediate the link between social comparison and suicidal thoughts across ethnoracial backgrounds
Trisha Dehrone (Social, Tropp), Belonging Among Racial Outgroup: The Roles of Local Ethno-Racial Composition, Demographic Change, and Interracial Contact
Sarah Dickinson (NSB, Bergan),
Ann Folker (Developmental, Deater-Deckard), Intraindividual Variability in the Environment: Associations with Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms
Christina Hogan (Clinical, McDermott), Temperamental Exuberance, Self-Conscious Emotions, and Risk for Psychopathology
Eleni Kapoulea (Clinical, Ready), Causes of Loneliness in Cambodian American Adults Through an Intergenerational Lens
Anna McCarter (Cognitive, Starns), The Impact of Drawing and Tracing on Visual Long-Term Memory
Irina Orlovsky (Clinical, Ready),
Elinor Waite (Clinical, Katie Dixon-Gordon), Control Your Emotions? Examining the effect of instructed emotion regulation on subjective and autonomic reactivity in BPD
Sherry Woods (Clinical, Katie Dixon-Gordon),
Master's Defenses
Aylin Fernandez (Developmental, Mercado), The Interplay of Cultural Processes and Spanish Use in Mexican-American Parent-Adolescent Dyads
Graduate Student Awards
Dominic Denning, 2025 Keith Rayner Memorial Graduate Student Research Award
Jenna Croteau and Aanchal Setia, 2025 Royer Award
Truc Do, Horowitz Early Career Scholar Program
Mar Nikiforova, Psychonomic Society Travel Award
Sean Conway, Psychonomic Society Travel Award
Elijah Lawrence, CNS Summer Assistantship
Chiung-Yu Chang, Umass Predissertation Grant
Aliah Zewail, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)
Aliah Zewail, Assoc. for Study of Religion, Economics, Culture Travel Award
Firat Seker, Assoc. for Study of Religion, Economics, Culture Travel Award and SPARRC Award.
Averi Gaines, Lillian Comas-Diaz Student Diversity Paper Award, SAP / APA and Travel Award, NA Society for Psychotherapy
Anuj Meta, Psychotherapy Award from SAP / APA
Anabelle Flores Bonilla, Trainee Professional Development Award, SfN
Heyjoo Kang, Trainee Professional Development Award, SfN
Hannah Cournoyer, IALS Translational Graduate Assistantship
Gregory Pearson, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Travel Award
Faculty Awards
Lori Best, UMass College of Natural Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award
Andrew Cohen, CNS Departmental Service Award
Jen McDermott, 2025-26 Mid-Career Post-Tenure (MCPT) Fellowship
Agnès Lacreuse, Fullbright Fellowship
Kirby Deater-Deckard, Visiting Fellow Award, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
Michael J. Constantino, Averi Gaines, et al., Psyche Award for Most Valuable Paper on Professional Development, Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies has elected Christopher Martell as 2025 President-Elect of the Board of Directors. He will begin a term as President beginning November 2026.
Alumni Awards
Icek Ajzen, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Sciences. Read full article
Robert Gordon Bringle, Fulbright Specialist Award to Portugal at Portuguese Catholic University. Read full article
Alice Coyne, Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science, Early Career Award, American Psychological Foundation (APF) and Division 29 of the American Psychological Association, Bergin and Garfield Emerging Scholar Award, Society for Psychotherapy Research