News
Today, we celebrated a major milestone for the YESS Lab: the doctoral hooding ceremony for Dr. Amanda Davis, Dr. Jody Samuels, and Dr. Olivia Schmitke. We are beyond proud of their achievements and excited to see the incredible contributions they will continue to make in the field of psychology. Congratulations!
Congratulations to YESS Lab graduate student, Savannah Simpson, for the successful defense of Doctoral Orals! Great work!
We’re thrilled to share the release of a new book titled Scaling Effective School Mental Health Interventions & Practices! This comprehensive resource is co-edited by our very own YESS Lab PI, Dr. Sam McQuillin. Be sure to check out the chapter on just-in-time training (JITT), authored by YESS Lab members.
Congratulations to YESS Lab graduate student, Bailey Dow, for passing her Master’s Oral Comprehensive Exam! Way to go!
Last week, YESS Lab members Savannah Simpson and Bailey Dow presented alongside Dr. McQuillin at the OnTrack Greenville Summit.
Congratulations to the following YESS Lab graduate students for successfully completing their milestones!
Bailey Dow - Master’s Thesis
Savannah Simpson - Doctoral Comprehensive Written Examination
YESS Lab graduate student, Savannah Simpson, recently won two awards! She was awarded the Graduate School’s Rhude M. Patterson Fellowship and the Clinical-Community Psychology Program’s Outstanding Publication Award. The Rhude M. Patterson Fellowship is awarded to a female graduate student in the humanities and/or social sciences field who exhibits excellence in graduate study, research, and scholarship. The Clinical-Community Psychology Program’s Outstanding Publication Award recognizes a graduate student’s first author publication with a high impact on the field. Check out Savannah’s publication here! Congratulations, Savannah!
YESS Lab graduate student, Alena Quinn, presented at SPR last week. Way to go, Alena!
YESS Lab members, Dr. McQuillin, Bailey, Savannah, Kenzie, and Alena, presented at the pre-conference mentor summit! The lab enjoyed collaborating and networking with mentoring organizations, school districts, and mentoring researchers throughout the Southeastern area.
YESS Lab members, Bailey, Savannah, and Elliot, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence this week in Chicago!
