Anna Koren (NYU), 2007, Hillary Citrin Award for Outstanding Departmental Theses
Margot Campbell (NYU), 2004, Hillary Citrin Award for Outstanding Departmental Theses
Jessie Garciaguirre (NYU), 2004, Hillary Citrin Award for Outstanding Departmental Theses
Toni Webster (NYU), 2003, Hillary Citrin Award for Outstanding Departmental Theses
Toni Webster (NYU), 2003, Albert S. Borgman Memorial Prize for Best Honors Thesis in Social Sciences
Jackie Anderson (NYU), 2002, Lawrence Erlbaum Book Award for Distinguished Honors Theses
Ofronama Biu (NYU), 2001, Hillary Citrin Award for Outstanding Departmental Honors Theses
Andrew Leo (NYU), 2000, Hillary Citrin Award for Outstanding Departmental Honors Theses
Shaziela Ishak (NYU), 2000, Lawrence Erlbaum Book Award for Distinguished Honors Theses
Emily R. Mondschein (NYU), 1999, Katherine Vassilakis Award
Emily R. Mondschein (NYU), 1999, Hillary Citrin Award for Outstanding Departmental Theses
Emily R. Mondschein (NYU), 1999, Albert S. Borgman Memorial Prize for Best Honors Thesis in Social Sciences
Garry Faradjian (NYU), 1999, Lawrence Erlbaum Book Award for Distinguished Honors Theses
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Anna Koren (NYU), 2007, Multiple Sources of Information for Guiding Locomotion Over Slippery Slopes
Grace Lin (NYU), 2006, Perceiving Affordances for Reaching Through Apertures
Priya Narayanan (NYU), 2005, Leaps and Boundaries: What Do Walkers Know about Friction.
Margot Campbell, (NYU), 2004, Against Intuition: Shine is Not Always a Reliable Cue for Friction
Jessie Garciaguirre, (NYU), 2004, Keeping Balance: How Infants Adapt Locomotion to Changes in Body Proportions
Betina Yanez, (NYU), 2004, Why Healthy Adults Limp in Walking
Vivianna Pignetti, (NYU), 2003, Developmental Patterns in a Locomotor Discrimination Learning Task
Rachel Sotsky, (NYU), 2003, Developmental Differences in Step Frequency
Toni Webster (NYU), 2003, Connecting the Dots: Effects of Interpolation on Characterizing Change
Jackie Anderson (NYU), 2002, Uneven Developmental Progress: How Infants Lose Balance In Order to Walk
Ofronama Biu (NYU), 2001, Developmental Transitions: The Trajectory of Motor Skill Development
Shaziela Ishak (NYU), 2000, Gender Differences in Parents' Expectations of their Infants' Motor Ability and Risk-Taking
Andrew Leo (NYU), 2000, Functional Relationships of Crawling, Cruising, and Walking
Idell Weise (NYU), 2000, The Role of Visual Guidance in Controlled Locomotion
Garry Faradjian (NYU), 1999, Step to Step Adaptation in Infant Walking
Emily R. Mondschein (NYU), 1999, Mothers' Expectations for Infants' Behaviors: Do Mothers Know the Risks Their Babies Will Take?
Anthony Avolio (CMU), 1996, Can Walking Infants Adapt Locomotion to Changing Body Dimensions?
Melissa Wechsler (Middlebury), 1995, Strategy Acquisition and Strategy Choice in Infants Descending Slopes
Tamara Weiner (IU), 1992, Toddlers Descending Slopes: Effects of Slant and Slope Height on Perceived Possibilities for Locomotion
Intel-Westinghouse Science Project Awards
Sonal Batra ( Stuyvesant High School ), 2000, Semi-finalist, Mothers' Expectations About Their Infants' Motor and Language Milestones
NIH Summer Research Fellowship
Katherine Melton (CMU), 1997, Infant Learning About Balance Control Across Changes in Postural Positions ($3000)
Distinguished Undergraduate Student Research Awards
Grace Lin & Alison Myers (2006), Gauging Possibilities for Fitting through Apertures Honorable Mention, Undergraduate Research Conference, NYU
Ximena Acevedo (2003) Millenium Fellow, Society for Research in Child Development
Jessie Garciaguirre (2003) Millenium Fellow, Society for Research in Child Development
Jackie E. Anderson (2002 ), Uneven developmental progress: How infants lose balance in order to walk . Dean's Prize for Poster Presentation, Undergraduate Research Conference, NYU
Jackie E. Anderson & Christiane S. Bode (2001), Automaticity and Adaptability in Infant and Adult Walking , Sigma Xi Scientific Society Team Award, Undergraduate Research Conference, NYU
Christiane S. Bode (2001), Departmental Award for Psychological Research to Graduating Seniors, NYU
Amit Saxena (2001), Departmental Award for Psychological Research to Graduating Seniors, NYU
Jamie N. Stevenson (2001), Infants' Abilities to Update a Locomotor Plan , Sigma Xi Scientific Society Award, 2 nd Place, Undergraduate Research Conference, NYU
Shaziela Ishak (2000), Gender Differences in Parents' Expectations in their Infants Motor Ability and Risk Taking , Sigma Xi Scientific Society Award, 2 nd Place , Undergraduate Research Conference, NYU
Rose Biancaniello (2000), Departmental Award for Psychological Research to Graduating Seniors, NYU
Mei-Yung Chan, Dympna Lynch, Ying Lu, & Charlotte Tilson. (1999), Departmental Award for Psychological Research to Graduating Seniors, NYU
Andrew Leo & Judy Chiu (1999), Crawling, Cruising, and Walking: Temporal and Functional Relationships , Award from Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Conference for Natural Sciences, NYU
Su Chong Kim, Vanessa Leung, Te-Wen Lo, & Sherrie Massop (1998), Can Infants Adapt to Changes in Surface Friction and Slant? , Sigma Xi Scientific Society Award, Honorable Mention, Undergraduate Research Conference, NYU
Vanessa Leung, Te-Wen Lo, Sharon Lobo, Neha Patel, & Nooshin Reimer (1998), Departmental Award for Psychological Research to Graduating Seniors, NYU
Katherine Melton (1998), Phi Beta Kappa Richard L. Shoenwald Award for Undergraduate Research, Infant Learning About Balance Control Across Changes in Body Postures , $500, CMU
Undergraduate Research Grants
Anna Koren (NYU), 2006, Beyond Limits: Infants' Use of Social Information for Descending Slippery Slopes. Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($1,250)
Victoria A. Dietz (NYU), 2005, Walking Down Slopes: Walkers' Use of Visual and Tactile Information. Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($1,050)
Priya Narayanan (NYU), 2004, Leaps and Boundaries: What Do Walkers Know about Friction. Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($800)
Angela Palmer & Amelia Renhard (NYU), 2004, Squeezing and Sliding: Understanding the Consequences of Rigidity for Manual Action. Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund ($850)
Priya Narayanan & Laura Wall (NYU), 2004, How Walkers Avoid Falling: The Special Case of Friction and Rigidity. Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($900)
Kunal Domakonda & Betina Yanez (NYU), 2003, What Happens to Symmetrical Movements When the Body is Asymmetrical? Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($1500)
Margot Campbell (NYU), 2002, The Role of Perception in Predicting Slipperiness of Ground Surfaces, Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($1580)
Jessie Garciaguirre & Rachel Sotsky (NYU), 2002, Step Counter Diary: Walking Experience in Infants and Their Caregivers, Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($ 800)
Alyssa Friedman & Karla Starr (NYU), 2000, The Effects of Location Cues on Infants' And Adults' Perception of Surface Rigidity, Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($886)
Jackie Anderson (NYU), 2000, Babies in Backpacks: Adapting Posture and Gait to Maintain Balance , Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($660)
Mei Yung Chan & Ying Lu (NYU), 2000, Telephone Diary: Capturing Crawling Experience, Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid-Of-Research ($700)
Mei Yung Chan & Ying Lu (NYU), 2000, Telephone Diary: Capturing Crawling Experience, College of Arts and Science Student Council ($150)
Andrew Leo (NYU), 1999, Crawling, Cruising and Walking: Temporal and Functional Relationships , Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($600)
Idell Weiss (NYU), 1999, The Effects of Friction on Walking Gait at Various Stages in Development , Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($600)
Emily R. Mondschein (NYU), 1998, Risk Aversion in Infant Locomotion: Individual Differences in Recklessness, Temperament, and Home Accidents , Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($1500)
Garry S. Faradjian (NYU), 1998, Step to Step Adaptation in Infant Walking , Dean's Undergraduate Research Grant ($950)
Christopher Scott, Tracy Barrett, Ana A. Lucero, & Simone V. Gill (CMU), 1996, Quantifying Infants' Everyday Walking Experience , Small Undergraduate Research Grant ($1700)
Heather S. Arnet & Katherine Melton (CMU), 1996, Infant Learning About Balance Control Across Changes in Postural Positions, Small Undergraduate Research Grant ($1000)
Huey Lin & Samir Biswas, 1996, Can Walking Infants Adapt Locomotion to Changes in Body Dimensions? , Small Undergraduate Research Grant ($700)
Kevin Byrne & Irma Ilustre, 1996, Footprint Method of Gait Analysis: New Insights into Infant Walking , Small Undergraduate Research Grant ($670)
Anthony Avolio & Barbara Thompson, 1995, Effects of Changing Body Proportions on Infant Motor Learning, Small Undergraduate Research Grant ( $1000)
Simone V. Gill, Ana Lucero, and Yamam Fadl, 1995, Mechanisms of Motor Learning: How Infants Learn to Modify Their Gait , Small Undergraduate Research Grant ($1000)
Tamra Weiner (IU), 1992, Perception of Slant and Height in Toddlers' Locomotion Over Slopes, Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research ($350)
Travel Awards
Kasey Soska (NYU), 2008, International Conference on Infant Studies Student Travel Grant, International Conference of Infant Studies, Vancouver, Canada
John M. Franchak (NYU), 2007, NIH Travel Award, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA ($300)
Kasey Soska (NYU), 2007, FAS Travel Award
Kasey Soska (NYU), 2007, Elsevier/Vision Research Travel Award
Priya Narayanan (NYU), 2004, NYU College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, Travel Assistance, North American Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Society, Storrs, CT. ($150)
Kunal Domakunda, Jessie Garciaguirre. Rachel Sotsky, Betina Yanez (NYU), 2004, International Society of Infant Studies Student Travel Grant, International Conference of Infant Studies, Chicago , IL ($500 per student)
Jessie Garciaguirre, Rachel Sotsky, Betina Yanez (NYU), 2004, NYU College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, Travel Assistance, International Conference of Infant Studies, Chicago, IL ($300 per student)
Amy S. Joh (NYU), 2004, FAS Travel Award ($300)
Shaziela Ishak-Mohammed (NYU), 2004, FAS Travel Award ($300)
Amy S. Joh, Rachel B. Sotsky, Jesse W. Young (NYU), 2003, NIH Travel Award, Conference of the International Society of Developmental Psychobiology, New Orleans, LA ($500 per student)
Amy S. Joh (NYU), 2003, FAS Travel Award ($300)
Amy S. Joh (NYU), 2002, FAS Travel Award ($300)
Andrew Leo, Garry Faradjian, Idell Weise (NYU), 2000, Conference on Human Development, Memphis , TN ($300 per student)
Andrew Leo, Rose Biancaniello, Mei Yung Chan (NYU), 2000, International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton , ENGLAND ($300 per student)
Katherine Melton & Tracy Barrett (CMU), 1998, International Conference on Infant Studies, Washington, DC ($250 per student)
Huey Lin, Samir Biswas, Heather Arnet, Catherine Stergiou, Simone V. Gill, Ana Lucero, Katherine Melton, Christopher Scott, and Tracy Barrett (CMU), 1997, Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC ($360 per student)
Heather Arnet, Kevin Byrne, Yamam Fadl, Simone V. Gill, Irma Ilustre, Huey Lin (CMU), 1996, International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI ($300 per student)
Yamam Fadl, Simone V. Gill, and Ana Lucero (CMU), 1995, American Psychological Society, New York , NY ($250 per student)
Anthony Avolio, Barbara Thompson, Carolina Diaz-Peroza, Kevin Byrne, and Mark Denny (CMU), 1995, Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN ($250 per student)
Distinguished Graduate Research Awards
Amy S. Joh, (2006), Martin Braine Memorial Award for Excellence in Research
Sharon A. Lobo, (2002), Second Place Prize for Poster Presentation, Masters Conference, New York University
Amy S. Joh, (2001), Engborg Award for Excellence, New York University
Sarah E. Berger, (2000), Martin Braine Memorial Award for Excellence in Research
Sarah E. Berger, (1999), Katzell Summer Fellowship in Psychology, Honorable Mention
Sarah E. Berger, (1998), Award for Outstanding Poster in its Category, American Psychological Society
Graduate & Postdoctoral Research Grants
Shaziela Ishak-Mohammed, (2003-present), MacCracken Graduate Fellowship, New York University
Simone V. Gill-Alvarez, (2003-present), MacCracken Graduate Fellowship, New York University
Amy S. Joh, (2001-present), MacCracken Graduate Fellowship, New York University
Sarah E. Berger, (2001), American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship
Sarah E. Berger, (1994-1999), MacCracken Graduate Fellowship, New York University