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 … Read more

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 … Read more

Dr. Natasha Duell, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Developmental Psychology Program, was named the May 2020 Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Emerging Scholar. Dr. Duell was selected as an Emerging Scholar for her work which takes a strengths-based approach … Read more

Grant Canipe, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is a recipient of a 2020 UNC Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) Summer School Teaching with Technology Mini-Grant. The Summer School Teaching With Technology Mini-Grant Program was launched in 2018 to encourage … Read more

Margarett McBride, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. NSF fellows receive three … Read more

Kathy Do, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of a 2017 Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) Scholar Award. The PEO Scholar Awards program was established in 1991 to provide competitive, merit-based educational awards for women who are pursuing … Read more

Janae Shaheed, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, was granted an Honorable Mention for the 2020 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. Through its fellowship programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and universities faculties by … Read more

Margarett McBride, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of a 2020 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. Through its fellowship programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and universities faculties by increasing their … Read more

7 Developmental Psychology graduate students were selected to receive a 2019-20 Dashiell Student Travel Award. Generous donor support to the Dashiell Research Fund allows our departmental graduate programs to support graduate student travel to conferences. Congratulations to the following students … Read more

Dr. Caitlin Turpyn, a postdoctoral fellow in Developmental Psychology and a member of Dr. Eva Telzer’s laboratory, is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship. This Postdoctoral Fellowship Award is designed to provide support for advanced … Read more