• This year, more than 700 students will graduate as Psychology majors. However, only 31 will graduate with the designation “Honors Research Scholar in Psychology”. These 31 represent our most accomplished, intellectually engaged, and outstanding students.

     ALL the Honors students did excellent work in the planning, execution, and presentation of their projects.  Everyone (and every project) was outstanding!  We should be proud as a department to have such a talented group of students, and the students (and their families and friends!) should be proud of the excellent work that they have done. I would like to thank all the faculty members, grad students, postdocs, and staff who helped mentor these excellent students. A special thanks as well to Colleen Lord, who organizes the entire Honors Program!
    As determined by the Honors Committee, the following students will graduate with the distinction of "Honors Research Scholar in Psychology":

    Maya Aggarwal                    (mentored by Dr. Gandalf Nicolas)
    Surely Amparo                    (mentored by Dr. Michelle Hurst)                   
    Imeerah Bakr                       (mentored by Dr. Valerie Jones Taylor)
    Aahana Bitla                         (mentored by Dr. Michelle Hurst)
    Joe Butta                                (mentored by Dr. Qiong Zhang)
    Shannon Carratura           (mentored by Dr. Shana Cole)
    Sophia Carter                       (mentored by Dr. Jenny Wang)
    Serena Cheenath               (mentored by Dr. Karin Stromswold)
    Emira Chu                              (mentored by Dr. Ben Samuels)
    Ziva Davis                               (mentored by Dr. Jessica Hamilton)
    Luna Ding                               (mentored by Dr. Jenny Wang)
    Olivia Freudman                (mentored by Dr. Karin Stromswold)
    Liaba Gondal                        (mentored by Drs. Edward Selby and Marc Steinberg)
    Fatima Hijazi                        (mentored by Dr. Jessica Salvatore)
    Mercy Jacob                         (mentored by Drs. Jessica Hamilton and Michael Anestis)
    Medina Kandil                     (mentored by Dr. Shana Cole)
    Sarah Martin                        (mentored by Dr. Alex Kusnecov)
    Anandita Misser                 (mentored by Dr. Alex Kusnecov)
    Mehlika Ozgencil               (mentored by Dr. Jessica Hamilton)
    Nina Panzer                          (mentored by Drs. Samantha Farris and Anna Konova)
    Riya Patel                              (mentored by Dr. Lyra Stein)
    Isabella Pierini                   (mentored by Dr. Shana Cole)
    Rithikaa Rajendran          (mentored by Dr. David Barker)
    Daniel Rozenberg              (graduated in Fall; mentored by Dr. David Wilder)
    Lily Rudd                                (mentored by Drs. Edward Selby and Brian Chu)
    Astha Shah                            (mentored by Dr. Alex Kusnecov)
    Bennett Shepard               (mentored by Dr. Lee Jussim)
    Luke Stanton                       (mentored by Dr. Lyra Stein)
    Jenna Strouse                    (mentored by Dr. Diana Sanchez)
    Rachel Wapner-Mol         (mentored by Dr. Edward Selby)
    Goldy Zazon                        (mentored by Dr. Samantha Farris)

    On behalf of the Department of Psychology, a warm congratulations to all these amazing students!