The department's annual awards ceremony is held each spring to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of WSU Psychology alumni, graduates, and faculty.
Psychology Alumni of Year Winners 2016-2020
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*
University Graduate Researcher Award Winners 2016-2020
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*
Graduate Student of the Year Winners 2016-2020
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*
PGSO Faculty of the year
(PGSO = Psychology Graduate Student Organization)
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*
2016 Dr. Barbara Chaparro (HF) and Dr. Jim Snyder (CC)
2017 Dr. Alex Chaparro (HF)
2018 Dr. C. Brendan Clark (CC)
2019 Dr. Joel Suss (HF)
2020 Dr. Traci Hart (Staff); Dr. Rachel Petts (CC; Honorable Mention)
2021: Dr. Rachel Petts (CC)
2022: Dr. Jennifer Demers (Com)
Summer Research Awards (From the Graduate Dean)
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*
2020 Elissa Failes (CC), Adrianne Ralston (Com), Abbie Hutton (HF)
Graduate School Awards
Tifford Fellowship Keyondra Brooks (Com)
Delano Maggard Jr. Research Grant Shivani Nagrecha (HF)
Dora Wallace Hodgson Outstanding Masters Student Huan Quan (CC)
Dora Wallace Hodgson Outstanding Doctoral Student Elissa Failes (CC)