Diversity Enhancement Research Awards
The Department of Psychology recognizes the need to develop and promote a psychological knowledge base that addresses the diversity of human behavior. In line with the mission statement of the Department’s Sarata Diversity Enhancement Committee, a research award to acknowledge students’ research contributions concerning diverse populations or of significance for diverse populations has been developed.
The purpose of the Diversity Enhancement Research Award is to encourage and honor those students who make a contribution to the advancement of knowledge concerning issues that face diverse populations or that are of concern to diverse populations. Consequently, this award will be given to an undergraduate and a graduate student whose work best exemplifies a contribution to psychological knowledge about diversity.
In order to promote and honor the contributions of students in diversity research, nominations are now being accepted for the undergraduate and graduate diversity research in psychology awards. If you have a student who meets the following criteria, please forward 3 copies of their name, a CV, and a one page description of their research contributions to the Chair of the Sarata Diversity Enhancement Committee (Dr. Cynthia Willis Esqueda). The potential recipient must have significant research contributions on a project concerning diverse populations or of significance for diverse populations. The winners will give a short departmental brown bag presentation in April.
Past Winners:
Levine Diversity Research Awards
Graduate Students:
- 2007
- Samantha Schwartz (Recipient, 2007)
- Leslie Davila Martinez (Recipient, 2007)
- 2006
- Brian Armenta (Recipient, 2006)
- Kee-Hong Choi (Honorable Mention, 2006)
- 2005
- Lisa Knoche (Recipient, 2005)
- Brian Armenta (Honorable Mention, 2005)
- 2004
- Russ Espinoza (Recipient, 2004)
- Haig Kouyoumdjian (Honorable Mention, 2004)
- 2003
- Maria Rosario T. de Guzman (Recipient, 2003)
- Byron Zamboanga (Recipient, 2003)
- Russ Espinoza (Honorable Mention, 2003)
Undergraduate Students:
- 2007
- Andrea Lowe (Recipient, 2007)
- 2004
- Melissa Tehee (Recipient, 2004)
- 2003
- Christina Dorsey (Recipient, 2003)
Research Award for an Undergraduate Student
Qualifications:
- Good standing in the university and a GPA of 3.0 or above.
- Significant contributions to a research project that addresses an issue for a diverse population or a diversity topic.
Research Award for a Graduate Student
Qualifications:
- Good standing in a graduate program and a GPA of 3.0 or above.
- Authorship on a research manuscript that addresses an issue for a diverse population or a diversity topic.
Submission Guidelines:
Forward 3 copies of a name, a CV, and a one page description of research contributions (double spaced) to the Chair of the Sarata Diversity Enhancement Committee
Deadline: March 17, 2008
