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. The award recognizes two types of excellence in teaching:

• Excellence in Teaching Assistantship. This award recognizes the quality and efficiency of the teaching assistant's routine performance as well as unique teaching or student support contributions that exceed standard expectations.
• Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes exceptional teaching in the context of a laboratory section, guest lectures, or a course. 

Students are formally nominated by a psychology faculty member in response to an annual call for nominees by the Graduate Training Committee. Nominees for the Teaching Assistantship award must submit a nomination packet that includes a curriculum vitae and a list of TA assignments with a brief description of unique teaching or student support contributions in at least one course. 

Nominees for the Excellence in Teaching award must submit a nomination packet that includes a curriculum vitae and a list of laboratory sections taught, guest lectures provided, and/or courses taught. When possible, the packet should include evidence of teaching effectiveness (course evaluations, instructor observations).

Past Recipients:

• 2024 Tyler Walden-Lee
• 2023 Stephanie Oshrin
• 2022 Zachary Airington and Freya Woods
• 2021 Whitney Davis and Stephanie Swanberg (co-instructors), Blair Youmans and Megan Saybe (co-instructors)
• 2020 James Moran and Laura Perry (co-instructors), Erin Glackin and Lea Petrovic (co-instructors)
• 2019 Corey Black and Emily Lewis
• 2018 Kathryn Simon2017
• Emily Shaffer
• 2016 Jorge Verlenden
• 2015 Jeff Brown and Stefani Simon
• 2014 Patricia Gilbert and Kathryn Jones
• 2013 Elin Grissom and Wayne Hawley

This award was created to recognize psychology graduate students for conducting and disseminating outstanding research. It focuses on both the student’s general research accomplishments and specific completed research projects. The research independence of the student as well as the novelty and implications of research performed will be used for evaluation purposes.

Students are formally nominated by a psychology faculty member in response to an annual call for nominees by the Graduate Training Committee. Nominees must submit a nomination packet that includes: a curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests (maximum of one page), a summary of specific research project(s) 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.

Past recipients:

• 2025 Zachary Airington and Dehan Elcin
• 2024 Brenna Mossman
• 2023 Whitney Davis and Freya Woods
• 2021 Brianna Hunter and Andrew Orapallo
• 2020 Laura Perry
• 2019 Nicholas Kerry

This award honors the memory of our departed colleague by recognizing students whose dissertation research is poised to make a significant contribution to the field in psychology. Two students will be recognized each year, one in Psychological Science and one in School Psychology.

Doctoral students who defend their dissertation proposals by September 15th of their 5th year (i.e., about 1 month into the 9th semester) are eligible to be nominated by their dissertation committee. This award recognizes the most promising work in the programs that year.  The award thus also recognizes timely progress towards the degree. Funds will support dissertation research activities. Students who have no dissertation expenses could instead accept a (taxable) cash award after the final defense.  A plaque will be presented to each winner.

Past Recipients:

• 2025 Svetha Mohan

The 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 mentoring 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 are formally nominated by a psychology faculty member AND a peer, or an undergraduate mentee in response to an annual call for nominees by the Graduate Training Committee. Nominees must submit a nomination packet that includes: a curriculum vitae and a one-page essay describing distinguished mentorship of peers and/or undergraduates.

Previous Recipients:

• 2025 Zachary Airington and Clara Beery
• 2024 Monica Daniels
• 2023 Allison Pequet and Lovia Feliscar
• 2022 James Moran
• 2021 Andrew Orapallo and Ashlee Yeates (peer mentoring), Kamilya Steward and Jenna Winston (undergraduate mentoring)
• 2020 Brianna Keena, Dunica Kulibert, and Elsia Obus
• 2019 Nicholas Fears

This award was created to recognize exemplary service contributions to the Department, Tulane, the professional community, or the community at-large. Outstanding contributions may be demonstrated through service on Departmental, School, or University committees, student leadership in professional organizations or in community service. 

Students are formally nominated by a psychology faculty member in response to an annual call for nominees by the Graduate Training Committee. Nominees must submit a nomination packet that includes a curriculum vitae and a list of service contributions in one or more of the areas listed above.

Past Recipients

• 2025 Brooke Montgomery and Allison Pequet
• 2024 Maria Casteigne and Ramal Rauf
   

The Master’s Program Distinguished Scholar award recognizes exceptional writing, oral presentation, and citizenship among students in the Psychology or Behavioral Health Masters programs. Students are formally nominated by a psychology faculty member in response to an annual call for nominees.

Past recipients:

• 2025 Luanna Fajardo
• 2024 Amanda Schaller
• 2023 Juliet Alise and Annabelle Reese
• 2021 Riana Gaudet
• 2020 Kyra Ness-Lanckriet and Maya Shaar