Awards
Distinguished Graduating Senior
The award for distinguished graduating senior is awarded in recognition of academic and research excellence, and service to the department, the university, and the community.
| 2024-2025 | Jacqueline McGuinness, Laila LoRe, & Sara Bogan |
| 2023-2024 | Antoinette Obiefuna, Teagan McCune, & Emily Yi |
| 2022-2023 | Emily Machniak & Qi Zhang |
| 2021-2022 | David Edward Seamans & Priscilla Xochitl Diaz-Gonzalez |
| 2020-2021 | Zoey Eddy, Emily Le, & Maggie Yao |
| 2019-2020 | Frederique Corcoran, Aryana Kamelian, & Vanessa Veloz |
| 2018-2019 | Erika Prado |
| 2017-2018 | Nicole Van-I Wyman Sun |
| 2016-2017 | Raquel Rohm |
| 2015-2016 | Angela Shields |
| 2014-2015 | Sophia Litsey |
| 2013-2014 | Atina Manvelian & Hadley McGregor |
| 2012-2013 | Claire Chisholm |
| 2011-2012 | Rachel Samec & Amy Williams |
| 2010-2011 | James Henry Scott |
| 2009-2010 | Jason Andrew Nemirow |
| 2008-2009 | Jessica Renee Berger |
| 2007-2008 | Daria Thompson |
| 2006-2007 | Eric David Nelson |
| 2005-2006 | Dairine Mary Pearson |
| 2004-2005 | Desiree N. Leek & Cathy Tran |
| 2003-2004 | Faith Ranelle Reyes |
| 2002-2003 | Emily C. Berner |
| 2001-2002 | Simone Heald |
| 2000-2001 | Diana Hill |
| 1999-2000 | Emily Street |
| 1998-1999 | Amber Kaufman |
| 1997-1998 | Casey Hoffman |
Philip S. Rethis Memorial Award
The Philip S. Rethis Memorial Award is given to a graduating senior in recognition of outstanding “character”, “determination”, and “scholarship” and is made possible by a generous donation from the Rethis Family.
| 2024-2025 | Samantha Davantes |
| 2023-2024 | Jasmin Gonzales Escobar |
| 2022-2023 | Harita Udayashankar |
| 2021-2022 | Sydney Jawitz |
| 2020-2021 | Bernadette Dardaine |
| 2019-2020 | Jennifer Wong Chavez |
| 2018-2019 | Alessandra Mittlestet |
| 2017-2018 | Oscar Jovany Alberto |
| 2016-2017 | Karen Garcia Padilla & Andrea Shannon Mora |
| 2015-2016 | Ramon Garcia Jr. |
| 2014-2015 | Patrick Sandoval |
| 2013-2014 | Nicole Kashani |
| 2012-2013 | John “Michael” Pech |
| 2011-2012 | Charles “Joseph” Clarke |
| 2010-2011 | Paul Herzlich |
| 2009-2010 | Joseph Seidman and Ashley Adams |
| 2008-2009 | David Clewett |
| 2007-2008 | Cindy Reyes |
| 2006-2007 | Michael Rojas |
| 2005-2006 | Denise Wernli |
| 2003-2004 | Devon Blehr |
| 2002-2003 | Barbara Thayer |
| 2001-2002 | Veronica Barraza |
| 2000-2001 | Deena Strohman |
We are proud to recognize all undergrad award winners
Morgan Award for Academic Excellence
The award for academic excellence in Psychology is given to graduating seniors in recognition of outstanding scholarship, as selected by the department faculty.
| 2024-2025 | Yuyue (Frances) Jiang, Emily Yau, & Joseph Hertzberg |
| 2023-2024 | Jeannette sullivan, Asha Jotwani, & Alexsia Johnson |
| 2022-2023 | Christina Marie Villanueva, Alexandra Philips, Vanessa Chao |
| 2021-2022 | Stella Rufeisen & Runan Wang |
| 2020-2021 | Grace Huang, Justine Johnson-Yurchak, & Luiza Rosa |
| 2019-2020 | Alyssa Chamberlain & Emily Popa |
| 2018-2019 | Lindsey Brewin & Nina Masjedi |
| 2017-2018 | Matthew Daly & Riley Austin Demos |
| 2016-2017 | Erin Michelle Purvis & Marcus Emmanuel Vicari |
| 2015-2016 | Briana Beghi & Catherine Enders |
| 2014-2015 | Nicholas Newton |
| 2013-2014 | Caroline Ackley & Rachel Frank |
| 2012-2013 | Vira Fomenko & Elizabeth Light |
| 2011-2012 | Breeba Malta & Davis Vo |
| 2010-2011 | Mia Nadine Benton & Maya Ravid |
| 2009-2010 | Spencer Michael Hughes |
| 2008-2009 | Erik Benjamin Bromberg & Corina Cohen Brown |
| 2007-2008 | Allison Hizy |
| 2006-2007 | Kimberly Renee Mangel |
| 2005-2006 | Mavis A. Harms |
| 2004-2005 | Rebecca Morgan Dragosits & Lauren Nichol Gase & Kristin Ann Layous |
| 2003-2004 | Michael Raymond Grisafe & Yngve Monsson & Natalie Teague |
| 2002-2003 | Alina Barton & Michael Thurman |
| 2001-2002 | Christina Grigg & Benjamin Storm & Emily Waterhouse |
| 2000-2001 | Diana Hill & Marissa Yee |
| 1999-2000 | Sienna Steckel & Emily Street |
| 1998-1999 | Phuong Nguyen & Mark Price |
| 1997-1998 | Desmond Anthony Jolly & Kathleen Suzanne Keating |
Morgan Award for Research Promise
The award for research promise in Psychology is for graduating seniors who demonstrate the most promise in the area of experimental research in psychology, as selected by the faculty.
| 2024-2025 | Natasha Siao, Brecken Marome, & Parker Barandon |
| 2023-2024 | Edward (Ted) Charles Lee, Tori LeVier, & Ansh Soni |
| 2022-2023 | Mantong (Mable) Zhou, Jessica Nicole Herbert, & Brenda Carolina Mejia Espinoza |
| 2021-2022 | Lucas Castle, Isaias Ghezae, & Shivang Shelat |
| 2020-2021 | Molly Delzio, Justin Haiman, & Isabel Schuman |
| 2019-2020 | Emily La & Morgan Fitzgerald |
| 2018-2019 | Alicia Hernandez & Courtney Kenyon |
| 2017-2018 | Anjali Dixit & Amelia Strom |
| 2016-2017 | Elissa Fultz & Shauna Simon |
| 2015-2016 | Gisella Diaz & Viki Papadakis |
| 2014-2015 | Mitchell Fajardo & Sema Quadir |
| 2013-2014 | Rianne Campbell & Irina Petkova |
| 2012-2013 | Alanna Peebles |
| 2011-2012 | Daniel Greentree & Nils Madsen |
| 2010-2011 | Ilya Altshtyen & Brandon Chad Holbert |
| 2009-2010 | Erin Jessica Cowgill & Spencer Michael Hughes |
| 2008-2009 | Michael Warren Bergin |
| 2007-2008 | Bailey Bonura |
| 2006-2007 | Zuzana Kapasova |
| 2005-2006 | Alexis Wellington Ary & Patrick William Keeley |
| 2004-2005 | Rebecca C. Cate & Mariana Leon Guerrero Cook & Ilana Talia Naftalin |
| 2003-2004 | Aldo Nicholas Cimino & Sarah Ann Meyers & Faith Rannelle Reyes |
| 2002-2003 | Tessa Victoria West |
| 2001-2002 | Simone Heald & John Ohab & Emily Waterhouse |
| 2000-2001 | Tarek Azzam & Alison Edwards |
| 1999-2000 | Christine Bogharian |
| 1998-1999 | Bianca Chung & Julia Heiser & Amber Kaufman & Courtney Miller & Bonnie Rainey & Nicole Schneider |
| 1997-1998 | Katherine M. Champion & Christina M. Lorenzen |
Service to Students Award
| 2024-2025 | June Padera & Alexis Clubb |
| 2023-2024 | Lauren Francis |
| 2022-2023 | Dharma Lewis & Zandile Makatini |
| 2021-2022 | Marco Christian Muñoz |
| 2020-2021 | Chassidie Liu & Dillon Ruddell |
Abdullah and Marjorie R. Nasser Memorial Scholarship Fund Award
| 2021-2022 | Miranda Tran, Jose Torres-Gonzalez, Yuchen Hou, & Jorryn Tovera |
Inside Psychology Summer 2025
Topics
Message from the Chair; Cutting-Edge Research from PBS Labs; New Faculty Profile; Faculty Honor and Awards; Alumni Council Member Spotlight; MiniCon 2025
