Georgia Southern Psychology Department

05/23/2026

We have officially concluded the 2025-2026 Academic Year! Between the Fall and Spring semesters we awarded 258 degrees in Psychology, and it was wonderful to see so many of you at our Commencement Ceremonies. Congratulations to all of our new graduates! I also wanted to take a moment to congratulate our Departmental Award recipients.

The Psychology Award, given to a graduating senior who earned the highest GPA with the most credit hours at GS, was awarded to Ruby Buckingham & Kaitlyn Muni.

The Georgelle Thomas Award, given to students with senior status, who earned at least a 3.5 overall GPA, and demonstrated excellence in their pursuit of research, was awarded to Ruby Buckingham & Elizabeth Powell.

The Richard and Ruth Ann Rogers Scholarship was awarded to De'Ajah Lamar.

The Kathryn S. Lovett Endowed Memorial Scholarship was awarded to De'Ajah Lamar & Amira Morgan.

The Georgia Brown Watson Scholarship in Psychology, given to high achieving graduate students, was awarded to Jessica Polk & Collin Williams.

K.&.W. Field Psychology Behavioral Analysis Scholarship was awarded to Gracelyn Fernandez.

The Stu Worthington Award for Academic Excellence was awarded to Andria Bonaparte & Meera Patel.

The Nancy McCarley Bright Spot Award for brightening the Department was awarded to Seth England.

The Cindy McCormack Award for Academic Excellence and Service to the Department was awarded to Pamela Kplivi

Honorary Recognition for Departmental Service was awarded to Michael Woodcock

On behalf of the faculty of the Department, I want to share how proud we are of all of your achievements and to wish you all the best of luck in all the amazing things you go on to do!

Sincerely,

Ty W. Boyer
Chair of Psychology

04/14/2026

Congratulations to Ashlie Tyson, our phenomenal administrative assistant at the Armstrong campus, and the 2026 College of Georgia Southern College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Staff Award Recipient!

03/26/2026

Congratulations, Dr. Wickline!
https://www.instagram.com/gasoutherncbss/p/DU6LDYujaHI/

10/30/2025

Learn more about how Psychology Department faculty and students are working to improve rural mental health.
https://www.georgiasouthern.edu/2025/10/27/georgia-southern-psychology-faculty-receives-195000-federal-grant-renewal-to-expand-behavioral-health-services-in-rural-georgia

05/03/2025

We are very proud of our nominees for the College of Graduate Studies Averitt Awards: Cynthia Ware (M.S. in Experimental Psychology) and Amanda Bradley (M.S. in Behavior Analysis) were nominated for the Excellence in Graduate Research Award and Alyssa Klas (M.S. in Exp Psyc) was nominated for the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. Thank you for representing us well!

05/02/2025

Kudos to our students at the Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium (GS4) that were held earlier this week. Molly Self received the Undergrad Oral Presentation Award! Victoria Grim, Amanda Bradley, Devon Dashnaw, and Felicia Tilles received honorable mentions for their Graduate Poster Presentations! Joshua Richardson, Antonea Johnson, Pamela Kplivi, Caden Stalnaker, Nicholas Dillard, Samira Farmer, and Tyler Smith received the first place award and Nicholas Dillard and Antonae Johnson received the third place award for Undergraduate Poster Presentations at the Armstrong Campus GS4! Alyssa Klas received the second place award and Monika Krah received the third place award for Graduate Poster Presentations at the Statesboro Campus GS4. Well done, all!

04/30/2025

Psychology faculty received honors at the CBSS annual meeting! Congratulations to Nicolette Rickert (CBSS Distinction in Teaching Award), Kayla Randall (CBSS Distinction in Research Award), and Drew Bulla (CBSS Award of Excellence)!

04/25/2025

Congratulations to each of the presenters at our research celebration! Shelby Madden, Banner Cook, Audrey Molter, Ezra Greidinger, Eliza Hamby, andMarisa Kortright (pictured in the photos). Others who coauthored these projects include: Emma Fayette, Haley Senn, Ny’Asia Jones, Janet Paradise, Rachel Williams, Barididum Kponi, Lanier Daughtry, and Makalaya Washington. Well done, all!

04/21/2025

Congratulations!

Students from Georgia Southern University’s psychology program have earned nationally competitive travel awards two years in a row, showcasing their research on an international stage.

03/27/2025

We have great students! Kudos to Heaven Divinity, Carmen Ford, and to their advisor, Dr. Wickline!

Students from Georgia Southern's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ psychology program have won nationally competitive travel awards for their research two years in a row. Heaven Divinity ('24) and Carmen Ford ('24) won the Council on Undergraduate Research's (CUR) Social Science and Psych...