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Conor Smithson wins Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award

Posted by on Monday, March 10, 2025 in News.

Conor Smithson wins Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award

This premier award is from the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and the Dean of the Graduate School. This award celebrates doctoral students who demonstrate truly exceptional research and scholarship. This award celebrates doctoral students who demonstrate truly exceptional research and scholarship.  Conor won it based on his outstanding publication in Annual Review of Psychology. Annual Review in Psychology holds the #1 ranking in both “Psychology (Science)” and “Psychology, Multidisciplinary (Social Science)” categories, with a 2023 impact factor of 23.6. Notably, this article is an expansion of the written portion of his Qualifying exam (MAP). This is a great example for our graduate students on how the MAP can represent a novel and significant contribution to the field.