Psychology Awards

The Department of Psychology at Cleveland State University is a community comprised of talented faculty and students.

Throughout the year, we take time to honor our Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Students, our Outstanding Teachers, as well as our Outstanding Researchers. Below you will find the names of those so honored.  

Outstanding Teaching Award	Outstanding Psychology Undergraduate Student Award
Outstanding Research Award	Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award for the Adult Development and Aging Ph.D. Program
The Dr. Constance L. Hollinger Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award in School Psychology	The Dr. Boaz Kahana Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award in Clinical Psychology
Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award for the Experimental Research MA Specialization	Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award for the Industrial-Organizational Research MA Specialization

Department of Psychology: Outstanding Teaching Award

2014:  Michael Horvath	2015:  Andrew Slifkin
2016:  Boaz Kahana	2017:  Katherine Judge
2018:  Kenneth Vail	2019:  Ilya Yaroslavsky
2020:  Kathleen McNamara	2021:
2022: Elizabeth Goncy	2023: Patrick Frato
2024: Olivia Pethtel

Department of Psychology: Outstanding Teaching Award, Part-Time

2020: Maria Rowlett	2021: Teresa Andreani
2022: Alan Ho
2024: Traci J. Harmon

Department of Psychology: Outstanding Research Award

2014:  Amir Poreh	2015: Katherine Judge
2016:  Conor McLennan	2017: Ilya Yaroslavsky
2018:  Shereen Naser	2019: Elizabeth Goncy
2020:  Kenneth Vail	2021: Eric Allard
2022: Andrew Slifkin	2023: Michael Horvath

Department of Psychology: Outstanding Psychology Undergraduate Student Award

1988-1999:

1988:  Melody M. Wright	1995:  Mei-Ching Lien
1989:  Timothy Grogan	1995:  Linda Lumbert
1990:  Judith A. Curry-El	1996:  Therese Sfiligoj
1991:  Margaret A. Halas	1997:  Claudia Myer
1991:  Eric Waag	1998:  Kelly Preisel
1992:  Dawn R. Miller	1998:  Vincent Welch
1993:  Alison M. Zahler	1999:  Michael Kromer

2000-2009

2000:  Reanad Marzouk	2006:  Nicole Morris
2001:  Kathryn Klaber	2007:  Nivedita Clark
2001:  Elizabeth La Salvia	2008:  Ellen Bronder
2002:  Suzanne Grilli	2009:  Karolyn Beals
2003:  Lindsey Gervais	2009:  Jessica Newell
2004:  Viorel Sterp	2009:  Phillip Snow
2004:  Thomas Wagner	2009:  Robert West
2005:  Brooke Warner

2010-2019

2010:  Allison Fifolt	2014:  Makara Scruggs	2018:  Brendan Bennett
2010:  Dan Pastel	2014:  Matthew Wetzel	2018:  Heather Koch
2011:  Ryan Plas,	2015:  Julie Gabb	2018:  Jonathan Sander
2011:  Luyen Thai	2015:  Lois Rotuno	2018:  Alaina Vogel
2012:  Martha Golubski	2016:  Brent Bailey	2019:  Courtney Dunn
2012:  Lucinda Rohde	2016:  Brock Bodenbender	2019:  Tiffany Grezmak
2012:  Benjamin Willets	2016:  Della Dorsey	2019:  Elizabeth McDermott
2013:  Kaitlin Heitman	2016:  Adrienne Morgan	2019:  Noelle Naser
2013:  Jessica Willesch	2016:  Khadeja Najjar
2014:  Jennifer Johnson	2017:  Eleni-Iliana Mavropoulou

2020-Present

2020:  Lydia Wasserbauer
2021:  Briana Liebhardt	2021: Kristy Tachji
2022: Veronika Stropko Jorgensen	2022: Nicholas Knickerbocker
2023: Sydni Davila	2024: Amanda Ahn

Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award Adult Development and Aging Ph.D. Program:

2020:  Lucas Hamilton	2021: Morgan Minyo

The Dr. Boaz Kahana Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award in Clinical Psychology:

2020:  Evan Basting	2021: Jessica Harangozo

Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award Experimental Research MA Specialization:

2020:  Bethany Cox

2021: Lauren Sedivy

The Dr. Constance L. Hollinger Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award in School Psychology:

2020:  Rokeishia Rodgers	2021: Miranda Boedeker

Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award Industrial-Organizational Research MA Specialization:  

2020:  Ashley Moroney

2021: Leigh Ann Fuller

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