Graduate Program in Psychology | Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) /gradstudies Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:08:07 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Celebrating Excellence: Psychology Graduate Students Honoured /gradstudies/2025/11/18/grad-psychology-honours/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:56:27 +0000 /gradstudies/?p=67591

The Graduate Program in Psychology proudly recognizes 29 students for exceptional academic achievement, research excellence, and contributions to the field. Their work spans cognitive neuroscience, clinical interventions, social change, equity, and mental health advocacy.

Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence
Master’s Level

  • Ana Badal (Developmental Science, Supervisor: Lara Pierce) – Associations Between Socioeconomic Stress, Engagement in Joint Attention, and Infant Neurodevelopment in 24- to 36-Month-Old Infants
  • Marina Charalampopoulou (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Jonathan Weiss) – A Therapeutic Photography Intervention for Autistic Young Adults
  • Hannah Tran (Social Personality, Supervisor: Kerry Kawakami) – Explicit and Implicit Perceptions of Facial Trustworthiness: White and Black Perspectives in an Intergroup Context
Group photo of award recipients from the Graduate Program in Psychology

Group photo of award recipients from the Graduate Program in Psychology

PhD Level

  • Dr. Benjamin Diplock (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Debra Pepler) – A telepsychology-based social competence program for youth with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties during COVID-19
  • Dr. Rebecca Lewinson (Clinical, Supervisor: Joel Katz) – Gaming as a coping strategy during COVID-19
  • Dr. Elizabeth Wanstall (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Maggie Toplak) – Parent Mediation of Screen Media Use in Children and Youth at-risk of Attention Difficulties

CCDP Teaching Assistant Awards

Photo of Sonya Varma

  • Patricia Colaco (Social Personality, Supervisor: Jennifer Steele) – PSYC 2010 Writing in Psychology
  • Samantha Feldman (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Mary Desrocher) – PSYC 6910 Psychoeducational Assessment
  • Michelle Hirsch (BBCS, Supervisors: Buddhika Bellana & Andree Ann Cyr) – PSYC 2010 Writing in Psychology
  • Suzanne Mckeag (Clinical, Supervisor: Joel Goldberg) – PSYC 2020 Statistical Methods I & II
  • Sonya Varma (Clinical, Supervisor: Skye Fitzpatrick) – PSYC 6422 & PSYC 2010
  • Danika Danylchuk-Wagner (Clinical, Supervisor: John Eastwood) – PSYC 4180 Critical Thinking

Research Fellowships and Awards

  • Norman S. Ender Research Fellowship: Ariel Shoikhedbrod (Clinical, Supervisor: Amy Muise) – When a Partner Supports Your Sexual Autonomy…
  • Sandra Pyke Award: Rebecca Dunk (Social Personality, Supervisor: Raymond Mar)
  • Clinical Psychology Student Excellence Award: Anna Waisman (Clinical, Supervisor: Joel Katz)
  • Graduate Student Award in Clinical Neuropsychology: Natasha Baptist Mohseni (Clinical, Supervisor: Matthew Keough)
  • Outstanding Doctoral Research in Clinical Health Psychology: Anna Waisman – The autobiographical memory system and chronic pain

Photo of Rebecca Dunk

Photo of Anna Waisman

  • Outstanding Master Research in Clinical Health Psychology: Lojain Hamwi (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Rebecca Pillai Riddell) – Machine learning classification of EEG responses to pain-related vs non-pain-related stimulus in preterm infants
  • Graduate Student Research Award in Clinical Developmental Psychology: Alaina Thomas (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Yvonne Bohr)
  • Graduate Student Master’s Award in Clinical Developmental Psychology: Isabella Sewell (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Magda Wojtowicz)

Clinic and Service Awards

  • Dr. Louise A. Hartley Graduate Psychology Award: Natasha Baptist-Mohseni & Kaitlyn Butterfield
  • YUPC Award in Clinical Developmental Psychology: Stephanie McKenzie (Clinical Development, Supervisor: Debra Pepler)
  • Faculty Advisory Committee Commendation: Samantha Feldman

Historical, Theoretical & Critical Studies Awards

  • Fancher-Bakan-Danziger Awards: Neil Franchuk (Supervisor: Thomas Teo), Spencer Arshinoff (Supervisor: Chris Green)

Methodology and Specialty Awards

  • Michael Friendly Award: Gabriel Crone (Quantitative Methods, Supervisor: Chris Green)
  • E. Lynn Kirshner Memorial Scholarship: Lina Musa (BBCS, Supervisor: Douglas Crawford)
  • Ivana Guglietti-Kelly Prize: Lucas Norton (Clinical, Supervisor: Karen Fergus) – Cancer Recovery Narratives Pre- and Peri COVID-19
  • Mirka Ondrack Award: Miranda Too (Social Personality, Supervisor: Joey Cheng)

These awards celebrate students’ scholarship, research innovation, and contributions to psychology, both in academia and the community.

Photo of Lina Musa

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