STUDENT PRIZES & AWARDS
Our students are/have been funded by: SSHRC, FRQSC, CIHR, Concordia University (Faculty of Arts & Science Fellowship, Steven Goldberg Graduate Scholarship, Concordia Entrance Award, Goldberg Scholarship in Child Development, Concordia Accelerator Award).
Recipients since 2017
Canadian Psychological Association's thesis prize
Certificate of Academic Excellence for outstanding PhD thesis
- Fall 2025 - Elizabeth Leong
- Fall 2023 - Marisa Mercuri
- Fall 2023 - Alison Kirkpatrick
- Fall 2018 - Ciara Briscoe
Certificate of Academic Excellence for outstanding MA thesis
- Fall 2021 – Marie-Pier Paré-Ruel
- Fall 2019 – Nicole Atkinson
- Fall 2018 – Marisa Mercuri
Lieutnant Governor's Youth Medal
- April 2022 – Melanie Afriat
CRDH Citizenship Award
- Spring 2022 – Catherine Cimon-Paquet
Concordia Stand-Out Graduate Research Award
- 2025 – Paré-Ruel, M.-P., Stack, D. M., Hastings, P. D., & Serbin, L. A. (2023). Specialized and versatile antisocial behavioral profiles in preschoolers: Association with persistent behavioral problems. Child Development, 95(4), 1142-1160. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14060
- 2021 – Ferrar, S.J., Stack, D.M., Dickson, D.J., & Serbin, L.A. (2020). Conflict resolution and emotional expression in mother-preadolescent dyads: Longitudinal associations with children’s socioemotional development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01312-z
FRQ-SC Prix Relève étoile Paul-Gérin-Lajoie 2021
- Kennedy-Turner, K., Serbin, L.A., Stack, D.M., Dickson, D.J., Ledingham, J., & Schwartzman, A.E. (2020). Prevention of criminal offending: The intervening and protective effects of education for aggressive youth. British Journal of Criminology, 60, 537-538, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz053
Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award
- May 2020 – Cassandra St-Roch
CRDH Citizenship Award
- January 2020 – Saskia Ferrar
Best Poster Abstract Prize
Poster presented at the 4th annual Human Development Student Research Conference April 26, 2019, McGill University, Montreal.
- Paré-Ruel, M-P., Stack, D.M., Mills, R.S.L., Hastings, P.D., Serbin, L.A. (2019 April). Confirmatory factor analysis of orthogonal dimensions of antisocial behaviours from preschool to late childhood.
American Psychological Association’s (APA) Division 7 Young Researchers in Developmental Psychology Symposium at the APA Convention
Paper presented and submission selected for oral presentation
- Langevin, R., Stack, D.M., Serbin, L.A., & Schwartzman, A.E. (2017). Pathways to adolescents’ externalizing behaviors: Individual, parental and relational factors. Paper presentation at the American Psychological Association’s (APA) annual Convention, August 3-6, Washington, DC.