Samantha Joel Wins SPSP Student Publication Award

The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) awards Samantha Joel a Student Publication Award. Each year, three first author student papers are selected for their theoretical contribution to the field of psychology as well as for their use of innovative research methods. Samantha received her award for her paper “The things you do for me: Perceptions of romantic partner’s investments promote gratitude and commitment”. Samantha wrote her paper with collaborators Emily Impett and Geoff MacDonald from the University of Toronto, and Amie Gordon and Dacher Keltner from the University of California, Berkley. Samantha will continue her exploration of romantic relationships with her exciting research in the SPQRL lab. Congratulations to Samantha and her co-authors!

Shelly Zhou and Lindsey Cary Win SSHRC Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships!

Beginning September 2014, Shelly Zhou and Lindsey Cary are officially Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholars of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The highly competitive Bombardier SSHRC fellowships are only awarded to the most exceptional graduate students in Canada who are conducting research in the social sciences and humanities, and the fellowships will support the research of both Shelly and Lindsey for the duration of their doctorate. Shelly’s research harnesses advanced quantitative methods to examine how the diversity of our friends’ social networks affect our own attitudes about people from diverse backgrounds. Primarily advised by Alison Chasteen, Lindsey’s SSHRC-funded research examines how the social nature of online video games affect prejudice, both within the game environment and in the real world. Huge congratulations to Shelly and Lindsey!