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Top Graduating Seniors Honored at Psychology Day
Fri, 05/10/2019 - 10:33am
Two graduating seniors received awards at this year's Psychology Day on April 8.
Lauren Short received the department's Hait-Lewis Award for Academic Excellence in Psychology. Ms. Short was also selected as the department's Outstanding Graduate, and will be recognized at graduation. Lauren is the Vice President of Psi Chi and is a member of Psy Co, NAMI on Campus, Actively Moving Forward, and Phi Mu sorority. She has worked in three research labs: with Dr. Scott Smith in Psychology, with Dr. Emily Sandoz in Psychology, and with Dr. Sean Jefferson in Child and Family Studies. Through these research labs, she has contributed to numerous research conference presentations. Among her community service efforts, Lauren regularly volunteers for Healing House and works with individuals with disabilities through UL's LIFE program and with Therapy Center of Acadiana. Lauren will be attending the University of Southern Mississippi in the Fall, where she will begin work towards a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
Hope Marceaux received the Psychology Star award. Hope is a member of the UL Honors program, is a founding member and treasurer of the Actively Moving Forward student organization, and is a member of Psi Chi and PsyCo. She conducts research as part of Dr. Brooke Breaux's Cognition and Pscyholinguistics (CaP) lab and Dr. Michelle Jeanis's Spruce lab in the Criminal Justice department. She has been volunteering with Hearts of Hope as an ER advocate since 2017, and has contributed to numerous other community service projects. Hope plans to combine her interests in psychology and criminal justice and become a forensic psychologist.