The College of the Liberal Arts honored faculty members who received external funding for their research at the Third Annual Researcher Appreciation Reception. Among the faculty honored were several psychology researchers (bolded below):
In addition to the 21 faculty members who were awarded their first grant at Penn State this year, special recognition was given to those who have received external funding for their research for 15 or more consecutive years. Those honors included Lynn Liben, James Tybout, and Pamela Cole (15 years), Jim Lantolf and Joan Richtsmeier (16 years), John McCarthy, Mark Shriver, and Judy Kroll (17 years), and Ken Weiss, Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus (23 years).
Karen Bierman, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies was honored for having 25 years of consecutive funding. She currently has an NIH R01 grant that goes through 2020.