Student Awards
Thorndike Prize, Holzberg Fellowship, Walkley Prize, (University Prizes), and Phi Beta Kappa (Academic Honors)
Undergraduate Awards
The Thorndike PrizeEstablished by gift of Elizabeth Moulton Thorndike in memory of her husband, Edward Lee Thorndike, Class of 1895, for excellence in psychology, and are given to talented seniors who are carrying out individual work for Honors.
| 1991 | Laura Hampel, Laura Miller |
| 1992 | Cameron Johnson, Greg Richardson |
| 1993 | Rebekah Bradley, Robert Gladden |
| 1994 | Keather Kehoe |
| 1995 | Miriam Liss |
| 1996 | Jane Couperus |
| 1997 | Dara Greenwood, Erica Kaiser |
| 1998 | Amy Abbazia, Christine Flood |
| 1999 | Suzanne Bouffard, Laura Carroll, Jason Kolbe, Molly Steele |
| 2000 | Brianne Blumenthal Rhiannon Luyster |
| 2001 | Rachel Feinstein, Jennifer Greenberg |
| 2002 | Amy Sanchez, Suzanne Spencer |
| 2003 | Glenda Etwaroo, Amy Greenwood, Raymund Patrick Lao |
| 2004 | Ann Lee, Meredith MacGregor |
| 2005 | Leah Cappellucci, Jenna St. Martin, Jessica Wu |
| 2006 | Rachel Antler |
| 2007 | Kirsten Haller |
| 2008 | Kirsten Sharpes |
| 2009 | Nicholas Alt, Eyal Bar-David, Nahide Ozum Demirel, Megan Vees |
| 2010 | Rayna Edwards |
| 2011 | Joseph Rabison, Leah Shesler |
| 2012 | Cassidy Mellin |
| 2013 | Ginah Kim, Gabriel Rossman |
| 2014 | Ema Tanovic |
| 2015 | Emma Kemler |
| 2016 | Alison Denzer-King |
| 2017 | Yun Ju "Roxie" Chuang |
| 2018 | Xandra Ellin, Ilaria Schlitz |
| 2019 | Hannah Bolotin, Kaila Scott |
| 2020 | Saakshi Kakar |
| 2021 | Danielle Gozzo |
| 2022 | Gina Gwiazda |
| 2024 | Danielle Garten, Diana Zhumalieva |
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 |
| 2010 | Rebecca Loomis, Do'r Seifer |
| 2011 | Ellen Bartolini, Lauren Feld |
| 2012 | Tasmiha Khan, Hannah Monk |
| 2013 | Benjamin Abravanel, Eric Stephen |
| 2014 | Leada Fuller-Marashi, Ethan Hoffman, Yan Pui “Angela” Lo, Setareh O’Brien |
| 2015 | Caroline Mead, Tawni Stoop, Rachel Verner |
| 2016 | Stephanie Blumenstock, Samantha Hellberg, Harim Jung, Tyler Chase Knowles |
| 2017 | Rachel Guetta, Serene Murad |
| 2018 | Julia Lejeune, Ariana Lewis |
| 2019 | Marisella Andrews, Shani Erdman, Alexandra Riedel |
| 2020 | Ruth Chartoff, Niha Srinivas |
| 2021 | Olivia Siegal |
| 2022 | Gillian Weeks |
| 2023 | Danielle Greene, Jalen Lee, Prakriti Mittal, Daniel Schluger |
| 2024 | Isabella Pruscino |
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 Muros-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 |
| 2010 | Joanna Dicke, Dominic Gibson, Kyle MacDonald, Matthew Tannenbaum, Rebecca Turkewitz, Kacey Wochna |
| 2011 | Katelin daCruz, Christian Hoyos, Emily Kossow, Daniel McNeish, Joanna Seirup |
| 2012 | Eden Engel-Rebitzer, Charles Hanna. Lindsay Kenney, Nicola Latto |
| 2013 | Sydney Hausman-Cohen, Rebecca Lange, Katherine Schad, Dylan Turmeque-Lamont |
| 2014 | Matthew Donahue, Yun-Hsuan “Leslie” Lai, Xi “Cici” Liu, Jillian Roberts |
| 2015 | Shenghao "Isis" Chen, Alison Goldberg |
| 2016 | Aarit Ahuja, Bridget Doherty, Sheri Reichelson, Emily Sullivan, Claire Wright |
| 2017 | Megan Dolan, Maxine Lai, Gabriella Montinola, Jessica Perelman, Trinity Russell, Tima Zeng |
| 2018 | Martin Rubin, Rebecca Shteyn, Han Tay '19 |
| 2019 | Amabel Jeon, Anna Knes, Coey Li |
| 2020 | Hannah Ratner, Paul Willems |
| 2021 | Sara Libberton |
| 2022 | Rachel Cetron, William Miner, Sophia Sinins, Zanny Weinreb, Sophie Williamson |
| 2023 | Julia Brody-Barre, Grace Devanny |
| 2024 | Lilli Liu, Saige Rovero |
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.
| 1991 | Laura Hampel, Laura Klatt, Doreen Lukowski, Laura Miller, Lai-Wan Wong |
| 1992 | Elizabeth Gilbert, Peter Kringstein, Jean Lin, Greg Richardson, Matthew Schlesinger, Matthew Tresch |
| 1993 | Sara Auerbach, Jessica Blue, Rebekah Bradley, Elena Gertsenzon, Robert Gladden, Jessica Goodkind, Todd Herrold, Janice Jones, Gabriel Kasper, Susan Walker |
| 1994 | Diana Destefano, Keather Kehoe, Colleen Meigher, Susannah Paletz, Jennifer Simmonds, Lawrence Yang |
| 1995 | Carolyn Aibel, Erica Brody, Jordana Brown, Jessica Gerald, Krista Johansen, Miriam Liss, Sharon Pincus, Bethany Surgan |
| 1996 | Arwen Anderson, Janine Bouchard, Jane Couperus, Katherne Jamieson, Maria Kogan, Neha Vora, Jesse Wegman |
| 1997 | Alexander Blau, Dara Greenwood, Melanie Harned, Erica Kaier, Wendy Spero, Steven Tejada, Shira Weinstock |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Rebecca Loomis, Rebecca Turkewitz; Rayna Edwards, Dominic Gibson, Julianne Hall, Gwynne Hunter, Leah Lucid, Deepti Sood, Kacy Wochna, Ho Ling Yip |
| 2011 | Joseph Rabison, Joanna Seirup, Ellen Bartolini, Katie DiBona, Lauren Feld, Devon Hopkins, Emily Kossow, Leah Shesler, Meredith Steinman, Emily Weiss |
| 2012 | FALL: Cassidy Mellin, Allegra Stout; SPRING: Deborah Cho, Kenneth Feder, Lana Lana, Nicola Latto, Jane Nestler, Sara Schineller, Michaela Swee |
| 2013 | FALL: Benjamin Abravanel; SPRING: Ilana Bondell, Corey Guilmette, Sydney Hausman-Cohen, Hee-Kyong Kang, Lily Kaplan. Ginah Kim, Rebecca Lange, Julia Mark, Samantha Melvin, Gabriel Rossman, Eric Stephen, Boyan Zhong |
| 2014 | FALL: Amy Blum, Setareh O'Brien, Ema Tanovic; SPRING: Kamonwan Arttachariya, Srotoshini Bhalobasha, Michele Drossner, Yumengxi Fu, Elizabeth Halprin, Hope Kabel, Yun-Hsuan “Leslie” Lai, Xi “Cici” Liu, Yan Pui “Angela” Lo, Victoria Mathieson, Carlen May-Mann |
| 2015 | FALL: Nathaniel Campagne, Alison Goldberg, Emma Kemler, Caroline Mead; SPRING: Isis Shenghao Chen, Anqi Guo, Brett Keating, Andrew Postman, Molly Rappaport, Elena Rein, Tawni Stoop, Adin Vaewsorn |
| 2016 | FALL: Harim Jung, Lisa Kremen, Emily Sullivan, Claire Wright; SPRING: Stephanie Blumenstock, Christopher Caines, Anna Cocuzzo, Lucille De Souza, Alison Denzer-King, Jennifer Farris, Jordan Friedland, Samantha Hellberg, Tyler Chase Knowles, Sherri Reichelson, Angela Reiss, Evan Schleifer-Katz |
| 2017 | FALL: Roxie Chuang, Jessica Perelman, Elizabeth Schackney, Meredith Smith; SPRING: Sarah Corner, Megan Dolan, Matthew Godshall, Rachel Guetta, Gabriella Montinola, Mikaela Reyes, Abigail Wheeler |
| 2018 | FALL: Christina Glusac, Rebecca Zegans; SPRING: Vera Benkoil, Kerry Brew, So Young Chung, Danielle Cohen, Julia Lejeune, Ariana Lewis, Maile McCann, Joanna Paul, Jade Ransohoff, Lily Segal, Jingxuan Wang, Yi Zhou |
| 2019 | FALL: Anna Knes, Maria Rodriguez-Castro, Shane Ross, Han Yang Tay; SPRING: Erin Angell, Cara Bendich, Steven Fields, Rebecca Foster, Sarah Goss, Kathe McCormick-Evans, Alexandra Riedel, Ella Sinfield, Medha Swaminathan, Yuhan Wang, Becca Weinzimer, Lindsay Zelson |
| 2020 | FALL: Ari Liu, Allie Tung; SPRING: Kiara Benn, Julia Boland, Ruth Chartoff, Lillian Davis, Gabriella Feder, Stephen Ferruolo, Luke Forsthoefel, Julia Glassman, Corynn Greene, Daniel Heimler, Saakshi Kakar, Margaret Polk, Hannah Ratner, Jesse Sandler |
| 2021 | FALL: Olivia Siegal, Maya Vaishnaw; SPRING: Michael Bloom, Charlotte Curnin, Claudia Ferrara, Danielle Gozzo, Xiangyi Guo, Jack Jontz, Julia Kahn, Sam Libberton, Ciara O'Flynn, Shirley Sullivan, Tyla Taylor |
| 2022 | FALL: Courtney Collins-Pisano, Sophie Williamson; SPRING: Jamie Cheng, Hannah Docter-Loeb, Zelda Galdenzi, Lilley Gallagher, Gabriel Goldberg, Gina Gwiazda, Noah Lilienthal, Courtney Litts, Aiden Malanaphy, William Miner, Maddie Nagler, Tanya Phanich, Emerson Sarni, Gillian Weeks, Ari Westreich |
| 2023 | FALL: Alexander Giummo, Danielle Greene, Prakriti Mittal, Chris-ann Walker; SPRING: Julia Brody-Barre, Alayna D'Amico, Grace Devanny, Nina Eyres, Zoe Genden, Nellie Ghosheh, Shannon McLoughlin, Abigail Seevak, Maya Verghese, Peihan Christina Xu, Yuchen Flora Yao, Kaya Zamil |
| 2024 | FALL: Diana Zhumalieva; SPRING: Bannon Brody, Claire Edwards, Max Fan, Danielle Garten, Alexander Geula, Anna Graziano, Zariah Greene, Nina Jakobson, Minji Kang, Madison Mehta, Nicole Motherway, Lila Popell, Isabella Pruscino, Michelle Seaberg, Alexandra Short |