Lab News

August 29, 2019

The lab has published a new paper in SPPS, Trajectories of Marital Satisfaction in Diverse Newlywed Couples, with collaborator Justin Lavner at UGA.

See coverage of this paper on Forbes.com.

April 9, 2019

1st year graduate student Thao Nguyen has been awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The fellowship provides $138,000 of funding over 3 years. Congratulations Thao!

April 8, 2019

Dr. Williamson published an article in the National Council on Family Relations Report, in the special section Family Focus: Policies with Unintended Consequences. This is a brief that summarizes the results and policy implications of her previous research on efforts to support unmarried new parents with economic interventions. You can read the new article here.

March 1, 2019

Dr. Williamson presented “A comparison of low-income vs. higher-income individuals seeking a relationship intervention” at the annual meeting of the Texas Council on Family Relations held this year in Austin. This presentation was offered for CE credit for attendees who included many counselors, therapists, and family life educators.

February 8, 2019

Williamson lab graduate student Thao Nguyen was named as a recipient of the the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Diversity Graduate Travel Award! This award provides $500 to underrepresented graduate students to pay for conference-related expenses. She was also honored at a special reception and had a mentorship meeting with three senior relationship science scholars. Congratulations Thao!

February 7, 2019

Graduate student Thao Nguyen presented her poster, entitled ‘A dyadic investigation of romantic relationships and friendship within an Investment Model framework’ at SPSP 2019 in Portland, OR. 

December 10, 2018

Undergraduate honors student Danielle Salinas presented her honors thesis at the Psych Department undergraduate research symposium.