Distinguished
Alumni Awards for 2007
James
E. Spoor
James
“Jim” Spoor is Founder and Chairman of SPECTRUM Human Resource
Systems Corporation. Since its founding more than 23 years ago, SPECTRUM
has established itself as a leading provider of HR, Benefits Administration,
Talent Acquisition, and Training and Development systems to high expectation
mid-market organizations.
After completing his Psychology degree in 1958, Jim
had a very successful career that covered more than 25 years in both
HR and line management with well respected Fortune 500 corporations
in the energy, high tech, and food processing industries including executive
level responsibility for global HR operations.
During his career, Jim has earned a reputation as
a respected tell-it-like-it-is, non-traditional maverick. He enjoys
stimulating people to think outside the box and outside their comfort
zone. He is regarded within the HR and Workforce management industry
as a visionary pioneer, and innovator who focuses on exploiting technology
to address strategic business issues.
Jim’s professional involvements include serving
for over 7 years on the Board of Directors of the International Association
for Human Resource Information Management.
Bruno G. Breitmeyer
Professor
Bruno G. Breitmeyer, is a world-renowned research psychologist. His
undergraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Illinois were
a stepping stone to a Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University.
After receiving his doctorate, Breitmeyer joined the Psychology faculty
at the University of Houston (UH). He has been on the UH faculty since
1972. Prof. Breitmeyer’s research has centered on visual attention and
perceptual processes. His book, Visual Masking, (1984) has established
itself as a classic text in the field of cognitive psychology. This
work, republished in 2006, explores how our visual system processes
information at both conscious and unconscious levels. Understanding
the factors that control whether a stimulus reaches our awareness, and
the fate of those stimuli that remain at an unconscious level, is the
focus of this work and are the major challenges of brain science in
the new millennium. Professor Breitmeyer has prolifically contributed
to the study of visual processing for the past thirty-five years, with
more than 80 publications, four books, and countless delivered papers.
Professor Breitmeyer’s research has been recognized
by the United States Air Force, National Science Foundation, and the
National Institute of Health. He has presented his findings world-wide,
including Japan, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland.
Other
Awards ...
Honors
Received by Graduate Students in Psychology
| Clinical/Community
Psychology |
| Eric
J. David |
2007
Distinguished Student Research Award presented by APA Division 45
- Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues.
Eric is advised by Sumie Okazaki. |
| Michelle
Cruz-Santiago |
Fellowship
from the Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society |
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| Cognitive
Psychology |
| Michael
Diaz |
NSF
Graduate Fellowship |
| Jason
Finley |
NSF
Graduate Fellowship |
| Scott
Fraundorf |
NSF
Graduate Fellowship |
| Audrey
Kittredge |
NSF
Graduate Fellowship |
| Laura
Matzen |
Sandia
National Laboratory Fellowship |
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| Developmental
Psychology |
| Eva
Chen |
Predissertation
Summer Travel Grant from the Center for East Asian and Pacific
Studies at UIUC |
| Florrie
Ng |
2007
APA Division 7 Outstanding Dissertation Award (Division 7 is the
Developmental Psychology Division) Supervised by Eva Pomerantz |
| Sylvia
Yuan |
Dissertation
travel grant from the Graduate College |
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| Quantitative
Psychology |
| Ying
Cheng |
Graduate
Student Award from Applied Psychological Measurement |
| Yan
Huo |
Honorable
Mention: Robert Bohrer Award for Student Paper in Statistics |
| Hans-Friedrich
Koehn |
Honorable
Mention: Robert Bohrer Award for Student Paper in Statistics |
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| SPO
Psychology |
| Evelyn
Au |
APA
Diversity Award |
| Joshua
Jackson |
NSF
Graduate Fellowship |
Honors
Received by Undergraduate Students in Psychology
Distinction
in Psychology |
The
Psychology Department provides an opportunity for undergraduate
students who have demonstrated excellence in their research work
to receive recognition by graduating with Distinction. Graduation
with Distinction in Psychology requires the successful completion
of a senior thesis after a minimum of three semesters of research
experience under faculty supervision.
The senior thesis is evaluated for awarding distinction by the department’s
Undergraduate Studies Committee. |
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Jessica
M. Berger |
Timothy
Meier |
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Eva
Chow |
Kristen
A. Otte |
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Dawn
Epstein |
Gloria
Nicole Rider |
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Andrew
Franklin |
Lauren
Sehy |
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David
Alan Klein |
Tim
Stubenvoll |
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Carolyn
Kwok |
Pamela
L. Wyatt |
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Honors
in Psychology |
| The
Psychology Department’s Undergraduate Honors Program is a
three semester pattern of courses designed to offer promising undergraduates
an opportunity to do sustained scholarly work on a specific research
project, culminating in the preparation of an undergraduate Bachelor’s
thesis, and poster presentation. |
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Anna
Dombrowski |
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Sunyoung
Kwak |
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Abigail
Folberg |
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Kristin
Lupo |
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Megan
Herting |
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Edward
Malkowski |
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Ka
Yi Hui |
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Stephen
Serio |
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Catherine
Kowalczyk |
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Krzysztof
Supinski |
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Nicole
Kosacz |
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Amber
Twellman |
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Andrew Wegrzyn |
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