5 Developmental Psychology graduate students were selected to receive a 2018-19 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

Kathy Do, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of a 2018 Center for Developmental Science (CDS) Carolina Consortium on Human Development (CCHD) Predoctoral Fellowship. The CCHD Predoctoral Program is a fully-funded two-year training program that are designed … Read more

Margarett McBride, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of a 2019-20 UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellowship. IPRC is a national leader in recruiting and educating the next generation of IVP … Read more

Heidi Vuletich, a graduate student in the Developmental and Social Psychology Programs, is a recipient of the 2019-2020 P.E.O. Scholar Award. The P.E.O. Scholar awards are one-time, competitive, merit-based awards intended to recognize and encourage academic excellence and achievement by … Read more

Taylor Thomas, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, is the recipient of the 2019-2020 American Psychological Association Division 41 grant. Division 41 is the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) and works to advance the contributions of psychology to the understanding of … Read more

Dr. Kamilah Legette, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Developmental Psychology, has been awarded the 2019-2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) and Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Early Career Research Fellowship in Middle Childhood Education and Development. This fellowship provides … Read more

Margarett McBride, a graduate student in Developmental Psychology, was selected as a 2019 Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholar by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). The Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program (MSP) was developed as a vehicle … Read more

Dr. Beth Kurtz-Costes, a Zachary Taylor Smith Distinguished Term Professor of Developmental Psychology, is a recipient of the 2019 University Teaching Award – the William C. Friday/Class of 1986 Award for Excellence in Teaching. The William C. Friday/Class of 1986 … Read more

Endowed professorships at Carolina are one of the highest honors bestowed upon a faculty member and a professorship recognizes a faculty member as an accomplished scholar and educator. Endowed professorships honor exceptional achievement through an honorary title and additional research … Read more

Dr. Eva Telzer, an Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology, has been selected for a three-year 2019-2021 Jacobs Foundation Early Career Research Fellowship. Highly talented and innovative young scholars and mid-career researchers working on child and youth development advance their research … Read more