The Department annually names doctoral student recipients of two Fellowships, as well as an award for teaching, for research, and for mentoring.
The William P. Dunlap Memorial Summer Research Fellowship funds the research of psychology doctoral students who are working in the areas of psychological methods, behavioral statistics, and psychometrics. The award honors the memory of our colleague Bill Dunlap and continues his legacy of statistics and psychometrics. The Fund was established in 2002, shortly after Bill passed away. A 2003 memorial article about him appears in Journal of General Psychology, 130.
- 2017 Recipient Nick Fears
- 2016 Recipient: Blair Youmans
- 2015 Recipient:Lisa Chinn
- 2014 Recipient: Corey Black
- 2012 Recipient: Jennifer Maldarelli
- 2011 Recipient: David Doyle
- 2010 Recipient: Aaron Kottke
- 2009 Recipient: Meredith Summerville
The Doris Patricia O'Quinn Ph.D. Fellowship provides an academic year stipend to a School Psychology doctoral student who is working (or has worked) in the public schools of metro New Orleans. This endowed fund was established by the living trust of Dr. O'Quinn Johns, who earned an MS in Education from Tulane University.
- Ashley West, Fall 2024-present
- Joseph Huynh, Fall 2023-Summer 2024
- Stephanie Oshrin, Fall 2019-Summer 2023
- Elizabeth McIntyre, Fall 2017-Summer 2019
- Jennifer Rious, Fall 2014-Summer 2017
- Patrick Bell, Fall 2010-Summer 2014
- Laura Niditch, Spring 2010-Summer 2010
The C. Chrisman Wilson Memorial Award for Graduate Student Teaching in Psychology honors the memory of our departed colleague by recognizing excellence in teaching among our graduate students.
Students should be formally nominated by a psychology faculty member via a written statement (s) of support. This award requires a nomination packet, submitted by March 15th, which includes information directly from the graduate student: Curriculum Vitae and List of TA and/or teaching assignments (course, semester, year, instructor, general duties)
The inaugural award recipients, recognized in 2013, were Elin Grissom and Wayne Hawley. Subsequent recipients were Patricia Gilbert and Kathryn Jones (2014), Jeff Brown and Stefanie Simon (2015), Jorge Verlenden (2016), Emily Shaffer (2017), and Kathyrn Simon (2018).
The Department of Psychology Graduate Student Research Award was created to recognize psychology graduate students for conducting and writing up outstanding research. It focuses on both the student’s general research experience and specific completed research projects. The research independence of the applicant as well as the novelty and implications of research performed as a graduate student will be used for evaluation purposes.
Students should be formally nominated by a psychology faculty member via a written statement (s) of support. This award requires a nomination packet, submitted by March 15th, which includes information directly from the graduate student: completed application, curriculum vitae, brief summary of research including objectives, methods, significance ( maximum of three single-spaced pages including literature cited and any figures and tables) OR a pdf of a manuscript or reprint of a published paper.
The Department of Psychology Graduate Student Mentoring Award was created to recognize psychology graduate students for serving as outstanding research mentors to peer and undergraduate students. It focuses on both the student’s general research experience and specific projects on which they served as mentors. The quality and quantity of the projects and overall mentorship will be used for evaluation purposes.
Students should be formally nominated by a psychology faculty member AND a peer, or an undergraduate mentee via a written statement (s) of support. This award requires a nomination packet, submitted by March 15th, which includes information directly from the graduate student: Curriculum Vitae and a 1 page essay from the nominee describing distinguished mentorship of peers and/or undergraduates.
Flowerree Summer Research Fellowships support psychology doctoral students in their collaborative research with psychology faculty. These awards are made possible by a former student and long time benefactor, the late Mr. Robert E. Flowerree, a former advisory member of the Tulane Board of Administrators and retired CEO of Georgia-Pacific. Mr. Flowerree provided the department with gifts intended to support faculty research. Beginning in 2016, the faculty began awarding noncompetitive summer support to all continuing PhD students in their first and second years (allowing a one time deferment for students supported on grants).
- 2015 Recipients: Emiliya Adelson, Max Anderson, Corey Black, Michael Brachfeld, Veronica Coriano, Heather Henderson, Trenesha Hill, Liz McIntyre, Aaron Moss, Jennifer Rious, Lauren Ruelens, Emily Shaffer, Caroline Tipler, Tara Van Bommel, and Amanda Van Camp
- 2014 Recipients: Lisa Chinn, Veronica Coriano, Trenesha Hill, Jennifer Rious, Kathryn Simon, and Caroline Tipler
- 2013 Recipients: David Doyle, Heather Henderson, Emily Shaffer, Caroline Tipler, Tara Van Bommel, and Jorge Verlenden
- 2012 Recipients: Danielle Charney, David Doyle, Elin Grissom, Wayne Hawley, Emily Shaffer, and Tara Van Bommel
- 2011 Recipients: Daniel Bayless, Alison Blodorn, Alyssa Boasso, Meaghan Crawley, Elin Grissom, Wayne Hawley, Sara Redahan, Tara Van Bommel
- 2010 Recipients: Alison Blodorn, Elizabeth Carey, Meaghan Crawley, Christiane Creveling, Gordon Franke, Elin Grissom, Wayne Hawley, Wendy Jung, Bala Kathivelu, Jackleen Leed, Qi Li, Jennifer Maldarelli, Rosa Maria Mulser
- 2009 Recipients: Alyssa Boasso, Berre Burch, Meaghan Crawley, Christiane Creveling, Wayne Hawley, Bala Kathirvelu, Laura Marques, Laura Niditch
