Accolades

Seed Funding Winners Go To Psychology Faculty Members

Psychology professor Todd Kashdan is noted in a Harvard Business Review article for the development of the skillset known as psychological flexibility, which is described as turning difficult emotions into greater focus and dedication.

Mason’s psychology program is No. 23 nationally among public universities and No. 47 overall in the country. The program also saw a big improvement in its worldwide ranking, going from the 251-300 group to the 126-150 group.

This special award, new this year, recognizes and rewards outstanding Mason graduate students who mentor undergraduate students on their research and creative activities, and who help to foster a culture of student scholarship in support of Mason's Students as Scholars initiative

Air Force Scholar, Ryan McKendrick, receives 2nd Best Paper Award from Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group

CENTEC Air Force scholar, Brian Falcone, receives a Student Grant Award from the Augmented Cognition Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Mr. Falcone received this grant for a proposal on the effects of transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation (tDCS) on cognitive performance.

Dr. Raja Parasuraman received the Inaugural Raymond S. Nickerson Award for Best Paper in the 2009 issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied with coauthors James Thompson and Tyler Shaw, as well as graduate students Ewart de Visser, Ellen Clarke, Ryan McGarry, and Liz Hussey.