Margarett McBride, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of a 2021 Carolina Center for Public Service Community Engagement Fellowship. The Community Engagement Fellowship program awards a maximum of eight fellowships of up to $2,000 each year to … Continued

Marketa Burnett, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of a 2021 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. Ford Foundation awards dissertation fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research … Continued

Lindsay Gomes, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, has recently published an online summary of an article about parasympathetic functioning and early education via the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. The article, titled “Parasympathetic Function: Relevance and Methodology for … Continued

Jessica Goldblum, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is a recipient of the 2020 UNC Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) Trainee Research Award. The CIDD supports two graduate student trainees each year with a $500 award to assist with … Continued

Kelly Sheppard, Ph.D. is a graduate of our Developmental Psychology program in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. She is now a Social Science Researcher for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the United States Department of Transportation. … Continued

Jessica Goldblum, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is a 2020 recipient of a North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) grant. The express purpose of the NC TraCS $2K Pilot Program is to support the generation of … Continued

Dr. Carol Cheatham, Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of a 2020 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R21 grant. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is one of the 27 institutes and centers … Continued

Dr. Kristen Lindquist, Associate Professor of Social Psychology, Dr. Mitch Prinstein, Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Dr. Eva Telzer, Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology are the recipients of a 2020 National Institute on Drug Abuse grant. The … Continued

Dr. Shauna Cooper, Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, was elected to the Board of Directors for the Council on Contemporary Families. The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to enhancing the national understanding of how and … Continued

Margarett McBride and Janae Shaheed, graduate students in Developmental Psychology, have been selected for the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 35’s Graduate Student Board. Division 35: Society for the Psychology of Women provides an organizational base for all feminists, women … Continued