The Parker Award recognizes the most outstanding paper written by an undergraduate student in psychology

YearStudentPaperMentor
2025Melanie Quiring“Effects of Age and ApoE-ɛ4 Genotype on the Relationship Between Pulse Pressure and Executive Function in Older Adults Without Dementia”Terry Cronon, Ph.D
2024 Ashley Simard“Binge drinking is associated with altered neurobehavioral indices of cognitive control: fMRI evidence”Ksenija Marinkovic, Ph.D
2023Sofia Ortega“The ERP Response to Semantic Categorization in an Object Recognition Megastudy”Phil Holcomb, Ph.D
2021Two Winners
Pearl Cummins 

Ezekiel Welsh
“Locus Coeruleus Integrity Predicts Memory Above and Beyond Traditional Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers in Older Adults”

“Context Religious Diversity Indicators  Predict Implicit Attitudes Towards Various Religions”
Terry Cronan, Ph.D

Thierry Devos, Ph.D