The Psi Chi chapter at MSP is pleased to announce the chapter award winners for this year!听The purpose of the Psi Chi Professional Development Award is to promote Psi Chi members’ academic and professional excellence in psychology.听听This year, Psi Chi awarded ten grants:
Marwa Attia (PsyD 2)
Funding toward lodging costs for The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2026 Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois where she co-presented the poster, Development and Validation of a Unidimensional Measure of Authoritarian Aggression.
Kalani Banks (MA 鈥�24, PsyD 2)
Funding toward transportation costs for the 2026 Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois where she co-presented the presentations, Ethical Considerations in Couple’s Therapy听补苍诲 Cell Phones and Marriage: Connection or Disruption?,听and the poster, Authoritarian Aggression and Support for Immigrant Surveillance and Deportation.
Lauren Dushane (MA ’21, PsyD 3)
Funding toward registration costs for the 2026 American Psychological Association Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. where she will co-present the poster,听ACT-Based Movement Therapy for Depression in Men with Parkinson鈥檚 Disease.听
Jifune Hermiz (MA 鈥�24, PsyD 2)
Funding toward registration costs for the Fourth World Congress on Existential Psychology in Denver, Colorado where she will present Between Two Worlds: Authenticity, Community, and the Mystery of Being a Middle Eastern American Therapist.听
Devon Kardel (PsyD 4)
Funding toward registration and transportation costs for the 2026 Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois where she co-presented Liberatory Movement: Dance as a Pathway to Transformative Healing.听
Tasnia Khan (MA with ABA concentration)
Funding toward study materials for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst Certification Exam.
Renelle Staebler Lamey (MA ’24, PsyD 2)
Funding toward registration costs for the University of Michigan Online Sexual Health Certificate Program.听
Reba Meagher (MA 鈥�23, PsyD 3)
Funding toward lodging costs for the 2026 Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois where she co-presented Affirming Practice with LGBTQIA+ Clients Amid Political Polarization.
Desirae Peel (MA)
Funding toward registration costs for the 2026 Spring Meeting of Division 24 Society for Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she will co-present Movement as Ritual, Resistance, and Becoming.
Samantha Wiechert听(MA)
Funding toward registration costs for the EMDR Skills for Trauma Treatment continuing education course.