Student Awards

Undergraduate Awards
(Thorndike Award, Holzberg Fellowship, Walkley Prize, Phi Beta Kappa)

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Undergraduate Awards

The Holzberg Fellowship
Established in memory of Jules D. Holzberg, professor of psychology, by gifts of his colleagues and friends. Awarded to a senior who intends to pursue graduate study in clinical or community psychology in recognition of the commitment to research and applied work on the resolution of social problems on the individual and collective level that is consistent with Professor Holzberg's lifelong professional interests and humanitarian concerns.

1999	Abbie Goldberg, Katherine Mayland
1998	Arielle Shanok
1997	Melanie Harned
1996	Shireen Rizvi, Dan Schneider
1995	Naomi Goldstein
1994	Coleen Meigher, Lawrence Yang
1993	Sara Auerbach, Elena Gertsenzon
1992	Shade Cronan, Tamra Williams
1991	Jennifer Beyers, Kim Buxenbaum, Ann Goebel, Matthew Diascro
2000	Erica Sood, Kai Low
2001	Julie Ahn, Farah Andre, Emily Bravo, Lara Perez-Longobardo,  Sarah Turbert
2002	John Guerry, Alys Hanzlik
2003	Sajjadur Rahman, Anna Christensen
2004	Laura Middelberg, Lindsey Sherdell
2005	Sarah Bellovin-Weiss
2006	Leah Cappellucci, Julia Fox, Rebecca Gordon, Kaneza Schaal
2007	Sarah Faeth, Nikko Lencek-Inagaki, Emily Pisetsky
2008	Brittany Morse
2009	Sarah Jeffrey, Miriam Krent

The Walkley Prize
Two prizes, the gift of Webster Rogers Walkley, Class of 1860, in memory of David Hart Walkley, Class of 1878, for excellence in psychology. Awarded to those juniors and seniors who present the best reports or work embodying original research.

1999	Susan Landau, Christopher Lorah, Melissa Rocklen, Elizabeth Shulman, Megan Smith, Bessie Wilkerson
1998	Beth Hickey, Risa Friedman
1997	David Degnan, David Gallo, Wendy Spero
1996	Masha Kogan, Jessica Quarles, Ayanna Thomas, Jesse Wegman
1995	Krista Johansen, Sara Wilson
1994	Daniel Signorelli, Darren Spielman
1993	Ron DeWitt, David Ellis, Karen Frieder, Jacklyn Friedman
1992	Heather Brown, Daren Girard, Robert Mangels, Alison Miller,  Jennifer Stark, Quentin Travis, Matthew Tresch
1991	Barbara Diggs, Beverly Horner, Peter Kim, Laura Klatt
2000	Amanda Muro-Bishoff, Catherine Himell, Ami Student, Sarah Toner, Monique Doussard, Sarah Schur, Jonathan Kopeky, Michael Brunet
2001	Rebecca Duke, Rebecca Lopatin, Alea Mitchell, Amy Rosenblu,  Kathryn Van Nimwegen
2002	Carolyn Eisert, Ben Goldstein, Madeleine Goodkind, Amanda Gordon, Anna Johnson, Hyungsoo Kim, Marianna Litovich, Greg Marsh,  Kimberly Nelson
2003	Rachel Krasnow, Cecily Mitchell, Julie Stankiewicz, Neville Williams
2004	Adam Barton, Linday Caparyan, Morgan Philbin, Alexandra Sedlovskaya
2005	Sivan Cotel, Molly Greenberg, Jessica Jacobson
2006	Yu-hsuen "May" Chao, Rebecca Gordon, Steven Wengrovitz
2007	Ariel Ballinger, Margaret Gullick, Karen Oelschlaeger, Brittany Speisman
2008	Julia Kessler, Zachary Frosch, Hyun Hannah Nam
2009	Rachel Berkowitz,, Sarah Edelman, Jena Gordon, Allison Heaney, Newman Hoffman, Wesley Moss

Phi Beta Kappa
Is the oldest national scholastic honor society at Wesleyan, and is limited to 12% of the graduating class each year. Election to the society is based on grades and fulfillment of the eligibility requirements.

1997	Alexander Blau, Dara Greenwood, Melanie Harned, Erica Kaier,  Wendy Spero, Steven Tejada, Shira Weinstock
1996	Arwen Anderson, Janine Bouchard, Jane Couperus, Katherne Jamieson, Maria Kogan, Neha Vora, Jesse Wegman
1995	Carolyn Aibel, Erica Brody, Jordana Brown, Jessica Gerald,  Krista Johansen, Miriam Liss, Sharon Pincus, Bethany Surgan
1994	Diana Destefano, Keather Kehoe, Colleen Meigher, Susannah Paletz, Jennifer Simmonds, Lawrence Yang
1993	Sara Auerbach, Jessica Blue, Rebekah Bradley, Elena Gertsenzon,  Robert Gladden, Jessica Goodkind, Todd Herrold, Janice Jones,  Gabriel Kasper, Susan Walker
1992	Elizabeth Gilbert, Peter Kringstein, Jean Lin, Greg Richardson,  Matthew Schlesinger, Matthew Tresch
1991	Laura Hampel, Laura Klatt, Doreen Lukowski, Laura Miller,  Lai-Wan Wong
1998	James Basch, Rebecca Bermont, Christine Flood, Allison Radecki,  Devin Robel , Ronnie Rubin, Arielle Shanok
1999	Hannah Blitzer, Suzanne Bouffard, Melissa Cantiello, Bessie Wilkerson Adam Francis, Abbie Goldberg, Jason Kolbe, Joshua Rempell, Eve Fox, Vanessa Rodriguez, Elizabeth Shulman, Courtney Snegroff, Molly Steele
2000	Brianne Blumenthal, Michael Brunet, Jonathan Kopecky, Sarah Schur, Michael Aaron Schwartz, Michael Adam Schwartz., Erica Sood,  Ami Student, David Tuchmann, Rachel Wheeler, Peter Wiley
2001	Emily Bravo, Rachel Feinstein, Rebecca Lopatin, Sarah Turbert,  Samantha Yard, Mattitiyahu Zimbler
2002	Carolyn Eisert, Rachel Gooze, John Guerry, Amy Sanchez,  Suzanne Spencer, Brianna Wadler
2003	Jeannette Brown,  Gina Capodilupo, Anna Christensen, Amy Greenwood, Rachel Krasnow, Cecily Mitchell, Tin Man Tammy Pau,  Suzanne Sacher, Ann Schlegelmilch, Julie Stankiewicz, Rebecca Sutter, Neville Williams
2004	Linda Caparyan, Ann Lee, Meredith MacGregor, Morgan Philbin, Anna Rose, Sara Sadownik, Lindsey Sherdell, Alexandra Sedlovskaya
2005	Sarah Bellovin-Weiss, Sivan Cotel, Emmakate Friedlander, Molly Greenberg, Jessica Jacobson, Mia Khimm, Cheryl Lim, Shoshana Pavel, Jenna St. Martin, Jessica Wu
2006	Rachel Antler, Beth Bernstein, Claire Blumenson, Leah Cappellucci, Yu-hsuen "May" Chao, Sara Cohen, Julia Fox, Kimberly Landry, Rachael Lax, Eleanor Conger-Milnes, Evan Katin-Borland, Laura Rindlaub, Kaneza Schaal, Steven Wengrovitz
2007	Margarette Arias, Christina Durfee, Gretchen Kishbauch
2008	Rachel Bedick, Zachary Frosch, Andrea Gentile, Rachel Jacobson, Julia Kessler, Kaitlyn Krauss, Jessica Markowitz, Hyun Hannah Nam, Sharon Newman, William Warner, Andrew Wiltshire, Alice Woodman-Russell
2009	Sarah Edelman, Megan Vees, Nicholas Alt, Eyal Bar-David, Philip Benjamin, Nahide Ozum Demirel, Jena Gordon, Allison Heaney, Miriam Krent, Joshua Van Vliet

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