Scholarships and Awards for Undergraduate Students

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Academic Year 2007-2008
Undergraduate Awards, Honors, Fellowships

Some of our outstanding psychology majors:
Stephanie Maddox, Jessica Maples, Ashley Harrell, Carrie Schwartz

Departmental Research Showcase
The following psychology majors presented their research at the annual Psychology Departmental Research Showcase:

1. Codi Black: "Social anticipation and play behavior in the Valproic acid animal model of autism." - Sandra Kelly, mentor.


2. *Cale Bonner: "The effect of perinatal ethanol exposure on the CB1 receptor in the rat amygdala and hippocampus." – Sandra Kelly & Charlie Lawrence, mentors


3. Stephanie Maddox: "Effects of damage to the prefrontal cortex on trace eyeblink conditioning following VTA inactivation." – B. Oswald, D.A. Powell, & S. Buchanan, mentors.


4. Rebecca Ridgeway: "Changing Carolina: College men can make a difference." – Suzzane Swan & Christopher Allen, mentors


5. Brittany Skiles & Jessica Maples: "Parenting and interaction style effects on smoking behavior among adolescents with ADHD." – Kate Flory & Ben Hankin, mentors


6. Anna Smith: "Family environment and its effects on risk for adolescent cigarette smoking." – Kate Flory, Ben Hankin, & Michelle Segal, mentors.

University Discovery Day
The following psychology majors won awards for their research presentations at the annual USC Discovery Day:

Psychology Division

1^st Place: Rachel Bingaman
Mentors: Dr. Benjamin Hankin, & Ms. Emily Wetter, Psychology
Excessive Reassurance Seeking and Insecure Attachment as Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms: A 2 year prospective study of youth

2^nd Place: Daron Jolley & Kristin Arnold
Mentors: Dr. Kate Flory & Ms. Kerrie Glass, Psychology
Exploring Self-report and Friend Report Differences in Social Competence of Adolescents with ADHD

3^rd Place: Eric Bowers
Mentor: Dr. Amit Almor, Psychology
Reference and Representation: The Neural Structures involved in Referential Processing

Neuroscience Division

2^nd Place: Lauren Codi Black
Mentor: Dr. Sandra Kelly, Psychology
Social anticipation and play behavior in an animal model of autism

Psychology Department Awards – Awarded each spring

Carrie Schwartz – Psychological Service Award
  (Awarded for meritorious service to the department, university, and psychology as a whole)
Ashley Harrell – M. Kershaw Walsh Award for Academic Achievement
  (Awarded to the graduating senior with the highest GPA)
Jessica Maples - Roger W. Black Award for Psychological Research
  (Awarded for outstanding research conducted within the field of psychology)
Amy Parnell – Rising Senior Award
  (Awarded to an outstanding senior-to-be)

Other Honors

Stephanie Maddox - 2008 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG)

Fellowship which is funded and sponsored through the Department of Defense. Funding is for three years including full tuition, and stipend for a total of over $150,000. She worked the past 3 years at the Dept. of Veterans' Affairs under the supervision of Dr. Don Powell and Dr. Barbara Oswald.

Michelle Conaty – 2008 David L. Burggraf Award

This is given annually by the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society to honor the top adult student at USC.

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