Faculty Accolades
National Academy of Science Members
Jon Kaas: Elected Member
Gordon Logan: Elected Member
Randolph Blake: Elected Member
Troland Research Award
Frank Tong: Troland Research Award, National Academy of Sciences
Isabel Gauthier: Troland Research Award, National Academy of Sciences “For seminal experiments on the role of visual expertise in the recognition of complex objects including faces and for exploration of brain areas activated by this recognition”
Geoffrey Woodman: Troland Research Award, National Academy of Sciences
Jeff Schall: Troland Award, National Academy of Science
Distinguished Career Award
Isabel Gauthier: SEC Professor of the Year (2015), David Teller Award
Steve Hollon: Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, Joseph Zubin Award for Lifetime Contributions, Distinguished Scientist Award (2002)
Jon Kaas: George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience, Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
Sohee Park: Alexander Gralnick Research Investigator Prize (American Psychological Foundation)
Gordon Logan: Howard Crosby Warren Medal (Society of Experimental Psychologists)
Early/Mid- Career Award
Frank Tong: Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Young Investigator Award from the Vision Sciences Society
Isabel Gauthier: Mid-career award from the Psychonomic Society, APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2002)
Antonia Kaczkurkin: NARSAD Young Investigator Award, SRP Early Career Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology (2023), APS Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science (2020), NARSAD Young Investigator Award (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation)
Thilo Womelsdorf: CIHR New Investigator Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2012), Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
Sohee Park: NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Young Investigator Award, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, P.I. NARSAD Young Investigator Award (spatial working memory project), P.I. NARSAD Young Investigator Award (negative symptoms project)
Geoffrey Woodman: Young Investigator Award from the Vision Sciences Society
René Marois: Division of Experimental Psychology New Investigator Award in Experimental Psychology
Ashley Watts: Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career, Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science, Association for Psychological Sciences Early Career invitation, Distinguished Contribution, Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology
Kari Hoffman: Ontario Early Researcher Award, Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Bunmi Olatunji: American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (2015), American Psychological Association Division 12 Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology (2014), American Psychological Association Division 12 David Shakow Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology (2010), Early Career Award – Association for the Advancement of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2008), American Psychological Association Science Directorate Early Research Career Recognition (2006), Early Career Award Address: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2008), Randolph Blake Early Career Award Committee (2014-2015, 2009-2010)
Bunmi Olatunji: American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology
Thomas Palmeri: APA Division of Experimental Psychology New Investigator Award (1998), Departmental Ad Hoc Committee for the Randolph Blake Early Career Award (2012)
Ashleigh Maxcey: National Eye Institute Early Career Scientist Travel Grant from the Vision Sciences Society (2019), University of Iowa, J. R. Simon Early Scholarship Potential Award (2006)
Vanderbilt University Award for Research, Teaching, or Service
Major Research Awards
Steve Hollon: Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award
Sohee Park: Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor, Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Award, Chancellor’s Award for Research
Frank Tong: Chancellor’s Award for Research
Isabel Gauthier: Chancellor Award for Research
Geoffrey Woodman: Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Award for Research (for work with Sohee Park), Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow
René Marois: Chancellor’s Award for Research
Gordon Logan: Chancellor’s Award for Research, Vanderbilt University (with J.D. Schall and T.J. Palmeri), Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research
Thomas J. Palmeri: The Chancellor’s Award for Research
Jon Kaas: The Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research
Bunmi Olatunji: Vanderbilt University Chancellors Faculty Fellow
Major Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Isabel Gauthier: Vanderbilt Professor of the Year, Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award (Vanderbilt Graduate School), Graduate Mentoring Award (College of Arts and Science)
Jon Kaas: Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award (College of Arts and Science), Best Mentor, Professor and Friend Award. College of Scholars Council Awards
Bunmi Olatunji: Vanderbilt Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching
Alex Maier: Vanderbilt Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (College of Arts and Sciences)
Thilo Womelsdorf: Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (Neuroscience Graduate Program), Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (Neuroscience Graduate Program)