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  1. Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Alyssa Clark Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Alyssa Clark10:00am 6/12
  2. Abagail Horton Dissertation Proposal Defense Abagail Horton Dissertation Proposal Defense10:00am 6/20
  3. Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Taylor Rathus, M.A. Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Taylor Rathus, M.A.11:00am 6/27
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2022-2023 Award Recipients

Congratulations to all of the UConn HDFS award winners this year!

HDFS Faculty Awards:

  • Teaching Award: Terry Berthelot
  • Advising/Mentoring Award: Caitlin Lombardi

HDFS Graduate Student Awards:

  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Nate Stekler
  • Outstanding Instructor: Abbey Horton
  • Best Conference Presentation: Rui Wu
  • Best Published Paper: Veronica Hanna-Walker

HDFS Undergraduate Student Awards:

  • Outstanding Senior in Service to HDFS: Josanne Ramirez-Frank
  • Outstanding Senior in HDFS Award: Sheylian Berrios

HDFS Class of 2022 PhD graduates:

  • Alex Molaver
  • Qianxia Jiang
  • Hilal Kuscul
  • Samantha Lawrence
  • MacKenzie Wink
  • Yuan Zhang

(see all Master of Arts & PhD graduates)


External Awards:

  • Charles Super and Sara Harkness: APA Division 52's 2022 Jean Lau Chin Award for Outstanding Psychologist in International Leadership Contributions
  • Annamaria Csizmadia: University of Connecticut Stamford Campus Faculty Recognition Award
  • Sarah Casper: 2023 University Outstanding Adjunct Award from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
  • Laura Donorfio: 2023 AAUP Excellence Awards-Teaching Career
  • Rebecca Puhl: 2023 AAUP Research Excellence Award –Career
  • Na Zhang: 2023 recipient of the Office of Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award
  • Kim Gans: CLAS 2023 Faculty Mentoring of Faculty Award
  • Kari Adamsons: CLAS 2023 Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Award

Faculty Spotlight

Keith Bellizzi

Keith Bellizzi

May 2023

 

Graduate Spotlight

Eleanor Fisk

Eleanor Fisk

June 2023

 

Graduate Spotlight

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June 2023

 

Alumni Spotlight

Lois S. Sadler

Lois S. Sadler

June 2023