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Dr. Elizabeth Kolmstetter visited the VT Department of Psychology on March 14th, 2024 to deliver this year's Distinguished Alumni Talk, "Making a Difference in Government: IO Psychology at TSA, CIA, NASA, CISA, and more!" 

About the talk:

Having served as the first Chief of Personnel Assessment and Research and first-ever IO Psychologist at the FBI, and pioneered innovative talent programs across eight agencies: CISA, NASA

Congratulations to VT Psychology's Louis Hickman for being awarded the Jeanneret Award for Excellence in the Study of Individual or Group Assessment by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 

See the full coverage on Dr. Hickman's work here: https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/science-hickman-ai-algorithms.html

Check out this article from VT News featuring the Department of Psychology's Angela Scarpa, Rosanna Breaux, Heather Davis, & Samantha Kempker-Margherio to learn more about the research teams that received seed grants from the newly developed Whole Health Consortium. Congratulations to all involved!

See the full coverage here: https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/whole-health-seed-grant-winners.html

The Virginia Tech Department of Psychology would like to recognize Academic Advisor Christina Minford for being the recipient of the Alumni Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising. Congratulations, Christina and thank you for your many contributions to the Psychology Department!

Congratulations to Dr. Jungmeen Kim-Spoon for achieving fellow status in both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Sciences. 

Read the full coverage here: https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2024/03/science-kim-spoon-psychology-fellow.html

Congratulations to Industrial/Organizational Doctoral Student Tanya Mitropoulos for winning this year's Outstanding Dissertation Award in the SSBEH category. 

Congratulations to Clinical Science Doctoral Student Shivani Goyal for winning this year's Outstanding Thesis Award in the STEM category. 

Dr. Samantha Kempker-Margherio and collaborator Dr. Aparna Shah of the School of Neuroscience hosted a Brain Day: Just Say KNOW field trip for 55 fifth graders from Falling Branch Elementary. The students learned about the brain, methods to study the brain, and the effects of substance abuse on the brain. This project was funded through Dr. Shah's VT Engage grant and Dr. Margherio and Dr. Shah's Center for Peace Building

The Virginia Tech Department of Psychology would like to recognize CNB student Jasmine Lewis for being selected for the ADAA 2024 Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program in the Basic Neuroscience/Clinical Research Track, as well as selected to receive a BIPOC Membership Scholarship. Congratulations Jasmine on this achievement! 

The Virginia Tech Department of Psychology would like to recognize 2nd year Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology student Erica Shafer for being selected for a Graduate Student Award at the 2024 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting. Congratulations Erica on this achievement!