• Dean’s List of Graduate Master Students Award recipient from the College of Liberal Arts at CSULB
  • Isabella Di Lauro

• Gilbert J. Padilla Memorial Award from the CSULB Psychology Department
  • Everett Delfel 
  • Isabella Di Lauro
  • Maya Shankar

• University Achievement Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity from CSULB
  • Everett Delfel 

• Psychology Department’s nominee for the CLA Best Thesis Award
  • Jeremy Feiger   

• Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholar
  • Everett Delfel 
  • Alicia Castro 
  • Yeng Vue 

• J. Robert Newman Scholarship from the CSULB Psychology Department
  • Jeremy Feiger 
  • Dacey Bashaw 
  • Everett Delfel 

• Robert E. Thayer Scholarship from the CSULB Psychology Department
  • Everett Delfel 

• CSULB Student Summer Research Award
  • Isabella Di Lauro
  • Francisco Hernandez

• Outstanding Baccalaureate Student Award
  • JJ Mueller-Dombois

• Psychology Department Outstanding Senior
  • JJ Mueller-Dombois
  • Patrick Elia
  • Briana Franco
  • Elizabeth Franco
  • Kimberly Llontop
  • Joyee Niaz 

• Christina Maslach-Philip Zimbardo Social Psychology Award from the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference
  • Dacey Bashaw 
  • Francisco Hernandez
  • Sofia Uribe

• Barbara Tabachnick Award for Outstanding Application of Quantitative Methods at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference
  • Yeng Vue

• Murray Strauss Interpersonal Violence Original Research Award from the International Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma (IVAT) Conference
  • Isabella Di Lauro 

• Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Graduate Student Poster Award
  • Jeremy Feiger 
  • Chris Gunderson 
  • Claire Wigginton 

• Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Undergraduate Student Poster Award
  • Isabella DiLauro 

• SPSP Graduate Student Travel Award
  • Dacey Bashaw 
  • Isabella Di Lauro 
  • Chris Gunderson 
  • Valerie Vessels
  • Yeng Vue 

• SPSP Graduate Registration Awards
  • Dacey Bashaw 
  • Valerie Vessels 
  • Yeng Vue 

• WPA Travel Scholarship Award
  • Francisco Hernandez

• SPSP Diversity Fund Undergraduate Registration Award
  • Tatiana Avila
  • Sofia Uribe 

• Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
  • Elizabeth Franco

Over the past seven years, 38 students from the lab have been admitted to master’s and doctoral programs.  These include Ph.D. programs in social psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and quantitative psychology plus master’s programs in criminology and criminal justice, psychological research, applied psychology, IO psychology, education, and MFT and MSW programs.

Grad School Admissions for Fall 2024:

1. Joyee Niaz – Ed.S. in School Psychology (San Diego State University)
2. JJ Mueller-Dombois – Applied Social Psychology Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate University)
3. Jeremiah Sabale – MA in Social, Personality, and Affective Science (San Francisco State University)
4. Elizabeth Franco – MSW (San Diego State University)
5. Kimberly Llontop – M.S. in Counseling Psychology (CSULB)

Grad School Admissions for Fall 2023: 

1. Bella DiLauro – Social Psychology Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University)
2. Erick Garcia – Communication with an emphasis in Cognitive Science Ph.D. (UCSB)
3. Amy Johns – MAPR program (CSULB)
4. Alex Mosqueda – M.S. in Clinical/Counseling Psychology (CSU San Bernardino)

Grad School Admissions for Fall 2022:

1. Everett Delfel – Clinical Neuropsychology Ph.D. (SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program)
2. Ray McGuire – MS in Human Factors (CSULB)
3. David Guirgus –MSIO program (CSULB)
4. Briana Franco – MA in Psychology (Pepperdine University)
5. Joanne Kim – Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) (USC)
6. Ryan Cabrera – Neuroscience Ph.D. (UCSB)
7. Fernando Licea – Neuroscience Ph.D. (UNLV)

Grad School Admissions for Fall 2021:

1. Alicia Castro – Social Psychology Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh)
2. Isabella Di Lauro – MAPR program (CSULB)
3. Shane Toyohara — MS in Human Factors (CSULB)

Grad School Admissions for Fall 2020:

1. Dacey Bashaw – Positive Developmental Psychology Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate University)
2. Sydney Carpentier – Rehabilitation Science Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)
3. Malkie Hematillake – Clinical Health Psychology PsyD (Mount Saint Mary’s University)
4. Fernando Licea – MAPR program (CSU Fullerton)
5. Anthony Mendez – M.S. in Applied Psychology (University of Southern California)
6. Nicki Mounivong – MSIO program (San Jose State University)
7. Alex Spooner – M.A. in Clinical Psychology (Roosevelt University)
8. Lorelei Acuna – M.A. in Psychology (Pepperdine University)

Grad School Admissions for Fall 2019:

1. Alicia Castro – MAPR program (CSULB)
2. Everett Delfel – MAPR program (CSULB)
3. Ron Flores – Quantitative Psychology Ph.D. (University of Missouri)

Grad School Admissions for Fall 2018:

1. Jeremy Feiger – Clinical Psychology Ph.D. (University of Nebraska)
2. Katie Hardin – Social Psychology Ph.D. (UC Irvine)
3. Makenna Rivers – M.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Portland State University)
4. Shawn Toyohara – MSIO program (CSULB)
5. Steven Alba – MAPR program (CSULB)
6. Nancy Martinez – MA in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in MFT (Chicago School of Professional Psychology)
7. Gabby Ruiz – Master’s in Education Curriculum and Instruction Dual Credential program (MEd in Special Education) (University of San Diego)
8. Gabriela Lizarraga – MSW (USC)

In 2024, Sofia Uribe won the Christina Maslach-Philip Zimbardo Research Award in Social Psychology at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference.

In 2023, Yeng Vue won the Barbara Tabachnick Award for Outstanding Application of Quantitative Methods at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference.

In 2023, Francisco Hernandez won the Christina Maslach-Philip Zimbardo Research Award in Social Psychology at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference.

In 2022, Briana Franco was a finalist for the SPSP Undergraduate Student Poster Award.

In 2021, Claire Wigginton won the SPSP Graduate Student Poster Award.

In 2020, Isabella DiLauro won the Murray Strauss Interpersonal Violence Original Research Award from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT).

In 2020, Isabella DiLauro won the SPSP Undergraduate Student Poster Award.  Everett Delfel and Valerie Vessels were finalists for the SPSP Graduate Student Poster Award.

In 2019, Sydney Carpentier was a finalist for the SPSP Undergraduate Student Poster Award.

In 2018, Jeremy Feiger won the SPSP Graduate Poster Award.

In 2017, Chris Gunderson won the SPSP Graduate Student Poster Award.

• Five posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2024 Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in San Francisco, CA
• Nine posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2024 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference in San Diego, CA
• Seven posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2023 Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Riverside, CA
• Seven posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2023 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference in Atlanta, GA (online)
• Five posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2022 Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Portland, OR
• Nine posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2022 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference in San Francisco, CA
• Four posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2021 Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Las Vegas, NV (online)
• Five posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2021 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference in Austin, TX (online)
• Six posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2020 Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in San Francisco, CA (online)
• Five posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2020 Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT) Conference in San Diego, CA (online)
• Five posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Five posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2019 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference in Portland, OR.
• Three posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2019 Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Pasadena, CA
• Two posters were presented by students from the lab at the 2018 Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Portland, OR