{"646502":{"#nid":"646502","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Psychology Honors Exceptional Student, Best Paper, Instructor Awards for Graduate Students and Early Career Scientists","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn her biography for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rahnevlab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EComputational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;website,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rahnevlab.gatech.edu\/documents\/CVs\/CV_Medha.pdf\u0022\u003EMehda Shekhar\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;says her primary research area involves \u0026ldquo;understanding how we make perceptual decisions and generate confidence estimates.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EConfidence in her own research efforts are on full display this month \u0026mdash; Shekhar is the recipient of the Exceptional Student Award, presented annually by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShekhar is one of eight Psychology graduate students to win end-of-school-year honors and nominations as announced by professor and school chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/435\u0022\u003EMark Wheeler\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/422\u0022\u003ERick Thomas\u003C\/a\u003E, who serves as associate chair of Operations and Graduate Studies, associate professor of Cognition \u0026amp; Brain Science, and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dpl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDecision Processes Laboratory (DPL)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShekhar has six publications, three of which are first-authored research papers. \u0026ldquo;[T]hese papers are in the very top psychology and neuroscience journals:\u0026nbsp;Psychological Review,\u0026nbsp;Journal of Neuroscience, and\u0026nbsp;Trends in Cognitive Sciences,\u0026rdquo; according to Wheeler and Thomas. \u0026ldquo;Beyond that, she has been an outstanding teaching assistant, and has been very active in the graduate student community as a member of the Graduate Student Government Association.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther School of Psychology\u0026nbsp;graduate student awards include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Instructor Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/graduate-students\/321\u0022\u003EElyse Carlson\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarlson, an experienced student instructor, worked with Wheeler in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab and with academic professional\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/lecturer\/627\u0022\u003EMeghan Babcock\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the Methods lab. Carlson has been the instructor for five General Psychology courses, teaching hundreds of students over the past two years.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Elyse is an enthusiastic and passionate instructor who cares deeply about her students and improving student learning outcomes,\u0026rdquo; say Wheeler and Thomas. \u0026ldquo;Elyse had several support statements from previous students that detailed how important Elyse\u0026rsquo;s instruction was to their learning experiences.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBest Graduate Student Paper Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/graduate-students\/611\u0022\u003EJiwon Yeon\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYeon wins this year\u0026#39;s best paper award for her paper titled \u0026ldquo;The suboptimality of perceptual decision making with multiple alternatives,\u0026quot; published in\u0026nbsp;Nature Communications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Psychology Nominee,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/content\/awards\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for Teaching and Learning\u0026rsquo;s Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.taylorcurley.com\/\u0022\u003ETaylor Curley\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurley is this award\u0026rsquo;s nominee \u0026ldquo;because of his excellent teaching record as a laboratory instructor\u0026nbsp;for PSYC 6020, Statistical Analysis of Psychological Data II,\u0026rdquo; according to Wheeler and Thomas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPsychology Interlab Grant Winners\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the Graduate Student Awards, the School of Psychology presents annual\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/pig\u0022\u003EPsychology Interlab Grants\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as part of its effort to foster collaborative studies and support new graduate student initiated interlab research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s winning teams are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/graduate-students\/717\u0022\u003EZach Tidler\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/graduate-students\/716\u0022\u003ECorey Tatel\u003C\/a\u003E for their proposal, \u0026ldquo;Tedium vs. Efficiency: A Study of Individual Differences in \u0026lsquo;Hacky\u0026rsquo; Behavior\u0026rdquo; \u0026mdash; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/workfamilyhealth.psych.gatech.edu\/node\/8\u0022\u003EKate Kidwell\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/graduate-students\/778\u0022\u003EClaire Burnett\u003C\/a\u003E for their proposal, \u0026ldquo;Age Discrimination and Leader Effectiveness: A Follower-Centric Investigation into the Relationship Between Perceived Age and Leader Effectiveness.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe recipients of the Instructor, Best Paper, and Exceptional Student awards will each receive $500. Each Interlab grant will be awarded $1500 to support the proposed research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight School of Psychology graduate students and early career scientists are recognized for stellar classroom, teaching, and research achievements in 2020-2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Eight School of Psychology graduate students and early career scientists are recognized for stellar classroom, teaching, and research achievements in 2020-2021."}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-04-15 17:09:01","changed_gmt":"2021-04-19 15:32:48","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"634509":{"id":"634509","type":"image","title":"Buzz and Tech Tower ","body":null,"created":"1587310495","gmt_created":"2020-04-19 15:34:55","changed":"1602864357","gmt_changed":"2020-10-16 16:05:57","alt":"","file":{"fid":"241463","name":"Buzz and Tech Tower.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Buzz%20and%20Tech%20Tower.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Buzz%20and%20Tech%20Tower.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":885580,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Buzz%20and%20Tech%20Tower.jpg?itok=GwcGBlJT"}}},"media_ids":["634509"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"18691","name":"graduate student awards"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERenay San Miguel\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer II\/Science Writer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-5209\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["renay.san@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}