MEMO - Georgia State University

MEMO
To: Psychology Faculty
From: Lindsey Cohen
Re: Graduate Students Award nominations due Feb. 1, 2013
Date: January 1, 2013
It is again time to solicit faculty recommendations for graduate student awards. This year
there are seven awards under consideration:
1. Richard Morrell Outstanding Graduate Student in Psychology Award
2. John Warkentin Memorial Award
3. Percival Rogers Statistics Award
4. Walter F. Daves Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
5. Bailey M. Wade Fellowship
6. Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention
7. Theresa Nash Bernstein Scholarship in International Travel Award
If you would like to nominate a student, please write me a brief memo (please limit to 1-2
paragraphs) providing a rationale for the nomination. Combine the memo with the
student’s CV and any other supporting materials, as appropriate. The Graduate Program
Committee will serve as the ad hoc awards committee to review these materials and
recommend awardees to the Chair.
Email materials to me, Lindsey Cohen (llcohen@gsu.edu), for the Richard Morrell,
Percival Rogers, Walter F. Daves, Bailey M. Wade, Trauma, and Bernstein awards.
Turn in materials to Page Anderson (panderson@gsu.edu), chair of the Clinical
Program, for the John Warkentin Award. Details concerning each of these awards
and past recipients follow.
1. Richard Morrell Outstanding Graduate Student in Psychology Award: This
award is made annually to an outstanding graduate student in the Department of
Psychology (or a student who has earned the PhD within the year). It has had various
names in the past, but beginning in 2004 was named for Richard Morrell, a talented
clinical graduate student, who died tragically in an airplane crash in Africa in 2003. The
original memorandum of understanding stated, “In the spirit of Richard Morrell,
awardees must exemplify breadth in their development as psychologists. It is expected
that awardees will have excelled in their professional development, teaching, and service,
appropriate to their level, as these matters are understood by the University and defined
by the Department of Psychology’s promotion and tenure manual.” This award is now
funded by the inclusive Department of Psychology Graduate Student Endowed Award
Fund.

2. John Warkentin Memorial Award: This award is made annually to a graduate
student (or students) showing outstanding potential in psychotherapy as well as financial
need. John Warkentin was a psychiatrist in Atlanta who died in 1983; both Dr. Warkentin
and his wife, who was a clinical psychologist, were strong supporters of the
psychotherapy program in the 1970s. The clinical Program recommends the recipient.
This award is now funded by the inclusive Department of Psychology Graduate Student
Endowed Award Fund.
3. Percival Rogers Statistics Award: This award is made annually to a graduate
student who has shown outstanding development and ability in the use of statistics in
psychology; it may not be awarded every year. It was first awarded in 2001. The original
memorandum of understanding stated, “The awardee must be a Ph.D. student enrolled in
the Department of Psychology who has not only excelled in courses in statistics but has
also embraced the quantitative analysis of data with understanding and verve.” It is
named for Percival Rogers Bakeman (1882–1932), a graduate of Brown University, who
was regarded as something of a polymath; he was a professor at Shanghai College, where
he distinguished himself as the only American to lecture routinely in Chinese. This award
is now funded by the inclusive Department of Psychology Graduate Student Endowed
Award Fund.
4. Walter F. Daves Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award: This award is made
annually to a graduate student who has been an outstanding instructor in the Department
of Psychology. Beginning in 2006 it will be named for Walter F. Daves, a professor in
the department from 1966–1997 and chair 1989–1994. This award is now funded by the
inclusive Department of Psychology Graduate Student Endowed Award Fund.
5. Bailey M. Wade Fellowship: This fellowship is usually awarded to a first-year
graduate student who has excelled in the tasks expected of first-year graduate students,
including coursework, individual research and scholarship, and departmental service. It
was first awarded for the 2004–2005 academic year. Per the original memo of
understanding, Bailey M. Wade Fellowships are awarded to support graduate students
who demonstrate need, merit, and career goals in keeping with those manifest in the life
of Dr. Bailey M. Wade during his life and tenure with the Department of Psychology
(Bailey M. Wade was the first chair of the department). Previously, several small awards
had been made annually but in 2004 the estate of Bailey Wade’s widow augmented the
fund, making it possible to award a more substantial fellowship.
Bailey M. Wade (1902-1981), for whom the Bailey M. Wade Memorial Scholarship is
named, was on the faculty at Georgia State from 1947 until his retirement in 1968. When
he joined the faculty in 1947, he was an associate professor and resident assistant to the
head of the department. At that time, the head of the department was A. S. Edwards, who
was concurrently the head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Georgia.
Subsequently, Wade became a professor and head of the Department of Psychology at
Georgia State University, a position that he retained from 1951 until 1965, when the
graduate program was started. After earning his Doctor of Philosophy degree from
Georgia Peabody College for Teachers, Wade was on the faculty of several colleges prior

to joining Georgia State University. After Wade died, the members of the Warner Hill
Sunday School Class at St Mark United Methodist Church established the Bailey M.
Wade Memorial Scholarship. Later, Ethel Wade, Bailey Wade's widow, contributed to
the scholarship fund. (Information supplied by James Pate, February 2006.)
6. Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention: The fellowship was awarded for the
first time in 2006. It is awarded to students whose program of study prepares them to
provide assistance to people who have experienced traumatic events (e.g., physical and/or
sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, terrorism, or war).
7. Theresa Nash Bernstein Scholarship in International Travel Award: The recipient
may be either an undergraduate or graduate student, majoring in psychology or a related
discipline, who is traveling to do research or study in a country the student has not yet
visited. Preference will be given to a student for whom the trip is a first journey abroad.
The Chair of Department of Psychology or her/his designee shall determine the criteria,
amount, and number of awards.

Graduate students who have received awards in past years are listed below.
Psychology Department, Graduate Awards
Year Richard Morrell
Outstanding
Psychology
Graduate Student
Award a
John Warkentin
Memorial Award
Percival Rogers
Statistics Award
Walter F. Daves
Outstanding
Graduate
Teaching Award b
Bailey M. Wade
Fellowship c
Bernstein Travel
award
Doctoral
Fellowship in
Trauma
Intervention
2012 Kathryn Gallagher Martha Calamaras Wilson Vincent Cameron Miller Jessica Morgan Tracy Hipp Jalika Street
2011 Josie Welkom Joanna Weinberg Christopher Harper Elizabeth Anthony Claire Lisco
Natasha Ludwig
Natasha Mehta
Samantha Emerson Josephine Serrata
2010 Matt Price Jean Cobb none Mike Barker Kate Talbot Molly Sikes Lindsey
(undergraduate) Zimmerman
2009 Emily Papazoglou Brandeis Green none Tim Flemming Ashley Myers Lawanda Negar Fani
Amanda Woods
Natalie McCoy
Cummings
Doyanne Darnell
Wilkins
Jean Cobb
2008 Emily Marr
Crystal Lim
Cathy Roche Jack Barile Matt Price Kathryn Gallagher
2007 Kate Brookmeyer Anabel Alvarez Kostas Fanti Simon Kim Beth Anthony
Matthew Mumau Mike Barker
Lisa Heimbauer
Adam Hudepohl
Vivian Piazza
2006 Desiree Krebs Nicolle Anjali Matt Price Kate Brookmeyer Louis Chow
Frances Palin Stefan Schmertz
Chantal Tusher

2005 Gretchen Lindner Andrea Hindes none Justin Wise Lisa Wiggins d
2004 Karen Gamble
Laura Secrest
2003 Joanna Ball
Debora Deckner
2002 Michael Beran
Aaron Jasnow
Charles Collier
Francis Palin
Kate Brookmeyer
Duane House
Leanne Valentine
Desiree Krebs
Chantal Tucher
Jerris Raiford
Justin Wise Lisa Ferdinand Baldwin, Erin
Harris, Emily
Jacobs, Carli
Niolen, Phyllis
Jacobus, Laura
Lidner, Gretchen
Smith, Katrina
Smith, Sharon
Stroeble, Nanette
Lisa Ferdinand Adam Darnell — Jamie Blandino
Karen Gamble
Jonathon Gulledge
Angela Picot
Melanie Bliss
Laura Secrest
2001 Heloise Ledesma Shira Maguen
Libby Tannenbaum Corbin Feroleto
Lauren Baker Violaine Chalvin
Carrie Elrod
Charlene Baker Stephanie Plunkett
Leigh Rankin
Jusitn Wise
Cari Courtenay-
Quirk
Deborah Deckner
Jennifer Foster
Andrew Mashburn
Rebecca Block
Melanie Bliss
Aaron Jasnow
Marla Zucker

2000 Gladys Ibanez
Marla Zucker
1999 Chris Chin
Leigh Rankin
Chad Buck
Libby Tannenbaum
Candice Lutter
Katherine Suzman
Jennifer Lewis Rebecca B Bone
Deborah Deckner
Corbin C Feroleto
Fontina B Rashsid
Frank Kosmicki Lauren Baker
Jane Bowden
Gladys Ibanez
Korinne Louison
1998 ? ? ?
1997 ? ? ?
1996 Jasmin Riad Hamid Mirsalimi Robert Casey
Susan Chance
Charles Nguyen
Christie Rogers
Richard Schultz
Gary Uhl
1995 Susan Reviere Karen Foster Kevin Baldwin
Susan Chance
Samantha Levy
Elizabeth Mehiman
1994 ? David Coddington
Diane Stober-
Slocum
Gary Uhl
Jay Beard
Linda Lesondak
Linda Mona
Charlie Nguyen
Susan Reviere
Chirtine Rogers
Lean Stock
Martha Thompson
Gary Uhl

1993 Les Kertay
Leah Z. Stock
Sue Matthews Mary G Davidson
Jeffery B Kingree
Susan L Reviere
Martie Thompson
Gary A Uhl
1992 Les Kertay Virginia Erhardt Keven C Baldwin
Scott A Bressler
Nancy Cahir
Bonnie Carlson-
Green
Kim Deffebach
Julia L Perilla
Susan L Reviere
Martie Thompson
Note. The Psychotherapy Interest and Development Award, during its two years of existence, went to Sharon Young in 2000 and
Suzanne Womack, Rebecca Block, and Andra Gailis in 1999.
a
Before 1997, Psychology Faculty and Alumni Award; 1997–2003, Outstanding psychology graduate student award.
b
c
d
Before 2006, Outstanding graduate teaching award.
Fellowship first awarded 2004–2005; those listed for 2005 and before received Bailey M. Wade Awards.
Bailey M. Wade Fellow for 2004–2005.