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Alycia Mosley Austin, Ph.D.

Alycia Mosley Austin holds a PhD in the Neurosciences from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and received an ScB in Neuroscience from Brown University. During her time at UCSD, Dr. Austin demonstrated a strong commitment to service and scientific outreach. She served as Graduate Student Representative to the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, and to the Neurosciences Graduate Program Diversity Recruitment Committee. Dr. Austin is a former President of Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GradWiSE), and was a Graduate Advocate for the Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences (STARS) Program. She has also taken advantage of opportunities to bring science to the local community by volunteering with the UCSD Neuroscience Outreach Program and Salk Mobile Science Lab. In the spring of 2010 Dr. Austin was inducted as an inaugural member of the UCSD chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which "honors graduate students who exemplify a commitment to promoting diversity in doctoral education and supporting groups that are traditionally underrepresented in academia".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 University of Rhode Island Graduate School Excellence in Doctoral Research Award

STEM AWARD

Anabela da Maia
Department-Biological Sciences
Dissertation Title - "FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE DORSAL FINS IN SHARKS DURING STEADY SWIMMING AND MANEUVERING"
Major Professor - Dr. Cheryl Wilga

NON-STEM AWARD

Elisabeth C. O'Bryon
Department - Psychology
Dissertation Title - "BILINGUAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS' EXPERIENCES CONSULTING WITH TEACHERS TO SUPPORT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS"
Major Professor - Dr. Margaret Rogers

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