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Congratulations to the following students for their accomplishments:  
  
Jenna Kahn (Brown University, '12) received the 2012 Muriel Fein Sher Premium, awarded annually to an outstanding senior in Psychology, for her Senior Honors Thesis, entitled "Understanding Factors that Contribute to Informal Assessments of Personality Change".   

Catherine McCarthy (Brown University, '12) received the 2012 Muriel Fein Sher Premium, awarded annually to an outstanding senior in Psychology, for her Senior Honors Thesis, entitled "Assessment of Child Behavior Change: Conflict Between Standardized Syndromal and Contextual Measures".  Catherine worked as a research assistant at Wediko Children's Services on the project in the Summer 2011, and as the coordinator of the research team in the Summer of 2012. 
 
Anne Banducci (Brown University '08) was admitted to U. Maryland's doctoral program in clinical psychology starting in 2009.  She worked as a research assistant on the Project in the Summer of 2007 and completed two semesters of independent research in '07-'08. Her Senior Honors Thesis was entitled, "Integrating Person and Environmental Influences into the Assessment of Children’s Behavioral Changes." She is co-author on a poster presented at EPA in 2008. 

Stephanie Cardoos (Connecticut College '06) was admitted to UC-Berkley's doctoral program in clinical psychology starting in 2008.  Stephanie worked as a research assistant and on-site coordinator of the Transitions Project starting in the Summer of 2004.  Her Senior Honors Thesis was entitled, "Gender differences in deviancy training in a clinical setting." She is first author on one poster presented at SRCD in 2009, and a co-author on two other SRCD posters based on data collected as part of the project.
 
Sophia Choukas-Bradley (Brown University '08) was admitted to the the UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral program in clinical psychology starting in 2009. At Brown, she received the 2008 Muriel Fein Sher Premium, awarded to an outstanding senior in Psychology, and the 2008 Davids Book Prize, for a senior who shows promise in clinical psychology.  Sophie worked as an assistant on the Project beginning the Summer of 2006.  Her Senior Honors Thesis was entitled, "Alternative approaches to the study of change: When syndromal assessments conflict with adults’ and children’s impressions of improvement." She is first author on a poster presented at EPA in 2008, and on another at SRCD in 2009, both based on data from the project.

Caitlin Delaney (Connecticut College, '09) worked as a research assistant on the project in the Summers of 2008-09. Her Senior Honors Thesis was entitled, "Youth in Residential Treatment: Deviant Behavior and Iatrogenic Effects in Peer Groups". She is an author on a poster presented at EPA in 2010.

Kara Emery (Connecticut College '07) worked as an academic year research assistant in '06-'07 and completed an independent study. She was accepted to Baylor University's PsyD program, starting in September, 2008.
 
Kate Hanley (Colby College '06) worked as a research assistant in the summer of 2006. She was admitted to the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Penn State starting in August, 2007.
 
Anselma Hartley (SUNY-Stonybrook '05), who completed her Masters degree in psychology at Connecticut College ('08), received the Otello Deserato award for the student with most promise in doctoral studies in psychology, and entered the doctoral program in psychology at Brown University in August, 2008.  Anna worked as a research assistant on the Transitions Project starting in 2007.  Her Master's thesis, completed at Connecticut College, was entitled, "Can contextual assessment methods reduce or explain cross-informant disagreement in the assessment of childhood psychopathology?"  She is first author on several posters, including one presented at EPA in 2008, one at SRCD in 2009, and another presented at APS in 2009, all based on data related to the project.  Her First-Year Project at Brown is entitled, "An Experimental Analysis of the Assessment of Personality Change: Integrating Standardized Methods with People’s Informal Impressions".
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
Lindsey (Hopkins) DeBoer (UT-Dallas '06) entered the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Southern Methodist University in August, 2008.  Lindsey worked as a research assistant and on-site coordinator of the Transitions Project in Summers of 2007 and 2008. She is first author on one poster presented at SRCD in 2009 based on data from the project.
  
Hana Kolibiarova (Connecticut College '08) worked as a research assistant in the summer of 2008. She was accepted to New York University's MSW program starting in September, 2009.
 
Natalie Kretsch (Brown University '07) was admitted to UT-Austin's doctoral program in clinical psychology starting in 2010.  Natalie was an independent research advisee during her senior year at Brown, and was first author on a poster presented at EPA in 2008. 
 
Lindsay Metcalfe (Brown University '07) received the 2007 Harold Schlosberg Memorial Premium, given annually to an outstanding student in the senior class concentrating in Psychology at Brown University.  Lindsay worked as a research assistant on the Transitions Project in Summer, 2006.  Her Senior Honors Thesis was entitled, "Contextual versus syndromal assessment of child behavior change: Disentangling components of change impressions."   Lindsay is now in her third year of the graduate program in clinical psychology at U. Mass-Amherst.  She is a co-author on one poster presented at EPA in 2008, and on another poster presented at SRCD in 2009 based on data from the project.

Winslow Robinson (Connecticut College, '08) worked as a research assistant in the summer of 2007 and a liaison in 2008. He was admitted to Columbia University's MSW program starting September, 2009.
 
Seth Solway (Connecticut College '07) worked as a research assistant in the summer of 2006 and as a research liaison in 2007.  He was admitted to the Chicago School of Professional Psychology's PsyD program starting in September, 2009.
 
Hallie Spierings van der Wolk (Brown University '09) worked as a research assistant on the Transitions Project in the summers of 2007 and 2008.  Her Senior Independent Research Thesis is entitled, "The Relationship between Children’s Self-perceptions and Behavior in Context: Implications for the Study of Behavior Change in At-Risk Youth."  For the 2009 summer session at Wediko, Hallie is Lead Staff for a clinical team.  She is first author on a poster presented at EPA in 2010, based on her thesis.
 
Inez Strama (Connecticut College '06) worked as a research assistant in the summer of 2006. She was admitted to the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, starting in September 2008.