The Psychology department is proud to announce the following honors, awards, and accomplishments achieved by our faculty:

Awards Dr. Wendi Everton was awarded the CSUS Trustee Teaching Award (March 2009)

Dr. Jeff Danforth was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award by the ECSU chapter of Psi Chi (April 2009)

Dr. James Diller was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award by the ECSU chapter of Psi Chi (May 2010)

Grant Funding Dr. Jeff Danforth was awarded a CSU Faculty Development Grant to attend the course Anxiety Disorders: Children/Adolescents/Adults at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. (2009-2010)

Dr. James Diller was awarded a CSU Research Grant (2009-2010)

Dr. James Diller and Dr. Kristi Salters-Pedneault were awarded a Liberal Arts Work! Summer Research Activity Grant (2010)

Dr. Melanie Evans was awarded a Summer Curriculum Development Grant for her Family Psychology course (2010)

Dr. Wendi Everton was awarded a Summer Curriculum Development Grant for her Ethics course (2010)

Dr. Lyndsey Lanagan-Leitzel was awarded a CSU Research Grant (2010-2011)

Dr. Jennifer Leszczynski was awarded a Faculty Development Grant to attend the Association for Women in Psychology conference (March 2011)

Promotion & Tenure Dr. Alita Cousins was awarded tenure & promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (May 2010)

Dr. Melanie Evans was awarded tenure & promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (May 2010)

Dr. Wendi Everton was promoted to the rank of Professor (May 2010)

Dr. Jennifer Leszczynski was awarded tenure (May 2010)

Sabbatic Leave Dr. Carlos Escoto (Fall 2010)

Dr. Peter Bachiochi (Spring 2011)

Research Reassigned Time Dr. James Diller was awarded Research Reassigned Time (Fall 2010)

Dr. Deirdre Fitzgerald was awarded Research Reassigned Time (Fall 2010)

Dr. Alita Cousins was awarded Research Reassigned Time (Spring 2011)