Awards - Kendall College of Arts and Sciences

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Grants – Cromer

  • Feb. 1, 2023-Dec. 31, 2025: Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology: Health Research Funding Competition: Can a Brief Therapy Improve Pediatric Nightmares, Mental Health, and Suicidality?
    Role: co-PI along with PI Tara Buck, MD
    Amount: $132,500 direct costs
  • Feb. 1, 2023-Dec. 31, 2025: National Endowment for the Humanities Initiatives Grant: Historical Trauma and Transformation: A Place-Based Humanities Minor at The University of Tulsa
    Role: PI
    Amount: $149,956 direct costs
  • April 19, 2022-April 18, 2023: University of Tulsa Faculty Research Grant Pilot Study for Reducing Youth Suicidality and Nightmares
    Role: PI
    Amount: $4,000 direct costs
  • July 2020-June 2022: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Alumni Association: Evaluating the Feasibility of a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Children with Nightmares as a Mediator of Suicide Risk
    Role: co-PI along with PI Tara Buck, MD
    Amount: $25,000 direct costs
  • Jan. 15, 2019-July 2020: University of Tulsa Faculty Research Grant: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Treating Nightmares in Children
    Role: PI
    Amount: $3,510 direct costs
  • May 1, 2018-April 30, 2019: American Athletic Conference Grant: Golden Strategies and Techniques for Achievement, Resilience, and Transition (Golden START)
    Role: PI
    Amount: $10,000
  • July 1, 2012-March 30, 2016: Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology: Health Research Funding Competition for the study: Treating Trauma-Related Nightmares in Children Aged 5-17
    Role: PI
    Amount: $135,000
  • 2010, 2011, 2012: Faculty Development Summer Fellowship Grant, The University of Tulsa
  • 2011, 2010: Faculty Research Grant, The University of Tulsa
  • 2010: Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Grant, The University of Tulsa
  • 2005: Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon, Travel Grant
  • 2001: Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon, Travel Grant
  • 2001: NIMH Development and Psychopathology Training Grant (declined)
  • 2000: Dissertation Research Fellowship, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon
  • 1985-89: Weyerhaeuser Academic Scholarship
  • 1985-87: Soroptimist Academic Scholarship

Awards – Cromer

  • 2022: Most Valuable Professor (MVP) award from Golden Hurricane Women’s Soccer
  • 2021: Most Valuable Professor (MVP) award from Golden Hurricane Football
  • 2020: Most Valuable Professor (MVP) award from Golden Hurricane Rowing
  • 2020: Most Valuable Professor (MVP) award from Golden Hurricane Softball
  • 2019: Medicine Wheel Award: Outstanding Community Service, Awarded to one faculty member at The University of Tulsa annually
  • 2016: Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, Fellow
  • 2016: CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar Awardee, “Ruin & Revival: History, Modern Memory & Identity” in Poland and Germany
  • 2014: Most Valuable Professor (MVP) award from Golden Hurricane Women’s Tennis
  • 2013: Most Valuable Professor (MVP) award from Golden Hurricane Women’s Soccer
  • 2012: Outstanding Early Career Achievement in Trauma Psychology, Awarded by Division 56 (Trauma) of the American Psychological Association

Student Awards and Grants

Graduate

Aviva Johns

  • The University of Tulsa Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2023-24 academic year)

Mollie Rischard Kimrey

  • The University of Tulsa Bellwether Fellowship (2020-21 academic year)
  • American Psychological Association Society Child and Adolescent Psychology Student Poster Award: Best Translational Research (summer 2020)
  • The University of Tulsa 21st Annual Research Colloquium Best Poster (spring 2018)
  • Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (spring 2018). The Fellowship is awarded to doctoral students to develop service projects that address issues seen in under-resourced populations. Mollie’s program helps children heal from traumatic experiences through a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy group program.
  • The University of Tulsa Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Conference Travel Grant. Funded $500 to defray costs of attending and presenting at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2018).
  • The University of Tulsa Chapman Distinguished PhD Funds (fall 2017). Funded $191 for travel to present at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2018).

Brooke Pangelinan

  • The University of Tulsa Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2023-2024 academic year)
  • The University of Tulsa Chapman Distinguished PhD Funds (fall 2021). Funded $301 to present at the 2021 Biennial Pediatric Sleep Medicine Virtual Meeting (2021).

Lauren Prince

  • The University of Tulsa Chapman Graduate Scholar Presentation Award (spring 2023). Funded $1000 to present at the 2023 Annual American Psychological Association Convention.

Jack Stimson

  • The University of Tulsa Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2023-2024 academic year)

Graduate Alumni

Danielle Zanotti

  • University of Tulsa Clinical Psychology Program’s Research in Practice – Practice in Research (RIPPR) Award. This award is given to one graduate student in the clinical psychology program for embodying what it means to be a scientist-practitioner through their respective research and clinical work.
  • University of Tulsa Bellwether Fellowship (2017-18 academic year)
  • Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (fall 2016). This Fellowship is awarded to doctoral students to develop service projects that address issues seen in under-resourced populations. Danielle’s program helps veterans strengthen parenting skills and gain developmentally appropriate knowledge about their children’s behavior.
  • The University of Tulsa Chapman Distinguished PhD Funds
    Fall 2015: Funded $191 for travel to present at the American Psychological Association’s annual convention
    Fall 2014: Funded $1,500 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
  • The University of Tulsa Graduate School Chapman Graduate Scholar Presentation Awards (spring 2015). Funded $1,000 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (fall 2014). Awarded $1,000 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Emily Kaier

  • University of Tulsa Bellwether Fellowship (2015-2016 academic year)
  • Kaier, E. (2014-15). Reaching Rural Communities: Feasibility of Delivering a Child Posttraumatic Nightmare Treatment Via Videoconferencing. Funded $1,000 for doctoral research.
  • The University of Tulsa Graduate School Chapman Graduate Scholar Presentation Awards
    Spring 2015: Funded $1,500 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
    Fall 2013: Funded $1,000 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
  • Recipient of the 2014 Department of Psychology Research Informed Practice Practice Informed Research award.

Ashley Louie

  • University of Tulsa Bellwether Fellowship (2015-2016 academic year.) The University of Tulsa Student Research Grant fall 2015: Resilience in military families with young children: The effect of pre-deployment parent training. Funded $1,000 for dissertation research.
  • Fall 2011: Parenting in the Military: At Home and Away. Funded $1,000 for pre-doctoral candidacy research.
  • National Military Family Association Military Spouse Scholarship Program – Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship (2012, 2013, 2014). Funded $4,000 for educational expenses.
  • The University of Tulsa Graduate School Chapman Graduate Scholar Presentation Awards:
    Spring 2015: Funded $1,500 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
    Fall 2013: Funded $1,000 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
  • The University of Tulsa Chapman Distinguished PhD Funds:
    Spring 2015: Funded $150 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
    Spring 2013: Funded $285.71 for conference travel.
    Fall 2013: Funded $252 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
    Spring 2012: Funded $140.62 for travel to present at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association.
  • Osage Nation Higher Education Scholarship (2011-15). Funded $28,450 for educational expenses.

Ludivina Vasquez

  • Awarded the American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship for master’s students (2015). The fellowship supports the training of master’s level practitioners in mental health services, designed for students in terminal master’s programs in psychology whose training prepares them to provide mental health services to transition age youth (ages 16 through 25) and their families.

Undergraduate

James Whisenhunt

  • Received The University of Tulsa’s psychology department’s “Outstanding Senior Award” 2016.

Darian Dozier

  • Received The University of Tulsa’s psychology department “Fab-Five Award” 2016.

Chase Winterberg

  • APA Division 19 (Military Psychology) Student Travel Award (amount $750) 2014
  • Received The University of Tulsa’s psychology department’s “Spectacular Six Award” 2014.

Tom Gaus

  • Received the Best Poster Award at the 17th TU Annual Student Research Colloquium 2014.

Mitchel Johnson

  • Received The University of Tulsa’s psychology department’s “Fearless Four Award” 2012.

Kaylene Rojas

  • Received $500 to fund research on the benefits of interacting with a therapy dog following a medical exam, 2011.