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Graduate Student Susan Rodriguez Wins Poster Award at 2025 Conference of Florida Graduate Schools
CNS student Susan Rodriguez earned 2nd place in the Biological, Health, and Life Sciences category at the Statewide Graduate Research Poster Symposium for the 2025 Conference of Florida Graduate Schools.
April 9, 2025Accomplishments, Research
U.S. News & World Report ranks USF a national leader for dozens of graduate programs
USF’s highest-ranked programs are industrial and organizational psychology at No. 3, criminology at No. 18 and rehabilitation counseling, which jumped 28 spots to No. 18, breaking into the top 25.
April 8, 2025Accomplishments
Psychology graduate students receive awards at the USF's 2025 Graduate Student Research Symposium
On March 26, 2025, the Office of Graduate Studies and the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) held their annual USF Graduate Research Symposium. Two Psychology graduate students, Alaina Helmerichs and Susan Rodriguez, won awards at this event.
March 28, 2025Accomplishments
Eleven USF faculty among 2024 class of Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
David Diamond, Professor in the Department of Psychology (elected AAAS Biological Sciences Section), for pioneering research in the fields of neuroscience and cardiovascular disease, particularly in the study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the role of cholesterol in heart disease.
March 27, 2025Faculty News
American Psychological Foundation (APF) Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Winner
The Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant, a prestigious national award recognizing outstanding contributions to LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy, has been awarded to Jason R. Schmidt Avendaño for his pioneering research exploring the neural mechanisms of emotional regulation in LGBTQ+ individuals within the context of family connectedness.
February 13, 2025Accomplishments, Research
Psychology Professor Jennifer O’Brien is being recognized on the global stage for her contributions to science and impacting her field.
February 5, 2025Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
Tammy Allen is the recipient of the 2025 SIOP Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award. This award is given to an individual who has made distinguished empirical and/or theoretical scientific contributions to the field of I-O psychology.
February 5, 2025Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research
Your work habits may be threatening your sleep, USF-led study shows
People whose jobs are highly sedentary – an estimated 80% of the modern workforce – experience a much higher risk of insomnia symptoms.
January 7, 2025Faculty News, Research
Warm Welcome Donation Project to Support Local Refugee Families
Warm Welcome Donation Project sponsored by the USF Psychology Student Diversity Committee and the USF Psychology Department Diversity Committee.
December 20, 2024Accomplishments
Kim Badanich receives a 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dr. Kim Badanich has received a 2024 USF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching award. Kim is a Professor of Instruction on the Sarasota-Manatee campus and an alumna of the CNS program.
December 19, 2024Accomplishments, Faculty News
Seven Psychology majors named King O'Neal Scholars at Fall Commencement
Seven Psychology undergraduates were honored as King O’Neal Scholars at USF’s Friday, December 13, 2024, commencement ceremony.
December 16, 2024Accomplishments
52 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Inducted into Psi Chi at Fall Ceremony
Congratulations to the 52 undergraduate and graduate students inducted into Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology, on Friday, November 22. They come from all three campuses of USF. Faculty advisors are Sandra Schneider (Tampa), Kemesha Gabbidon (St. Petersburg), and Valentina Iturriaga (Sarasota-Manatee).
November 24, 2024Accomplishments