The department's annual awards ceremony is held each spring to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of WSU Psychology alumni, graduates, and faculty.

Alumni of the Year Award

Psychology Alumni of Year Winners 2016-2020
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*

Psychology alumni award winners from 2016 to 2020

Graduate Researcher of the Year Award

University Graduate Researcher Award Winners 2016-2020
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*

Psychology Graduate Researcher Award winner 2016-2020

Graduate Student of the Year Award

Graduate Student of the Year Winners 2016-2020
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*

Psychology Graduate student of year winners 2016-2020

Faculty of the Year Award

PGSO Faculty of the year
(PGSO = Psychology Graduate Student Organization)
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*

2016    Dr. Barbara Chaparro (HF) and Dr. Jim Snyder (CC)

2017    Dr. Alex Chaparro (HF)

2018    Dr. C. Brendan Clark (CC)

2019    Dr. Joel Suss (HF)

2020   Dr. Traci Hart (Staff); Dr. Rachel Petts (CC; Honorable Mention) 

2021: Dr. Rachel Petts (CC)

2022: Dr. Jennifer Demers (Com)

Other Recent Awards & Scholarships 

Summer Research Awards (From the Graduate Dean)
*CC= Clinical-Community, Com = Community, HF = Human Factors*

2020  Elissa Failes (CC), Adrianne Ralston (Com), Abbie Hutton (HF)

Graduate School Awards

Tifford Fellowship  Keyondra Brooks (Com)

Delano Maggard Jr. Research Grant  Shivani Nagrecha (HF)

Dora Wallace Hodgson Outstanding Masters Student  Huan Quan (CC)

Dora Wallace Hodgson Outstanding Doctoral Student  Elissa Failes (CC)