Convention Competition Winners

We would like to congratulate our student research competition winners!   Each of the research projects below were judged on both the written abstract submissions (extended length, see competition guidelines on the Submission Instructions page), as well as the actual paper presentation given at the SWPA convention.
 
Each competition had at least five submissions, with the top five given presentation honors at the SWPA convention. The top three presentations of the five given at the convention are recognized with monetary awards as well as certificates.   Awards are announced at the SWPA business meeting at the convention. Recently we have also been able to award travel stipends to our finalists who haven't placed in the top three.

You can also view previous convention winners (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005), (more to come as we gather archival data)

2010 SWPA Graduate Student Research Competition Winners

 
First Place:  Friendship, perceived mattering and happiness among American and Turkish young adults
by Nicholas Bilyk, Aysun Doĝan, & Ayça Özen           (Northern Arizona University)

Second Place: Do Happy and Angry Virtual Characters Elicit Emotional Responses in Humans?
Devin Pierce           (Texas A & M University - Commerce)

Third Place: Investigating Prejudice and Openness toward Homosexual Persons
by Richard L Sylvester, Dustin Shelby Whitlock, Rebecca Hoffmann & Barbara Duff Calvert           (Louisiana Tech University)

Finalist: Informational Influence and Ambiguity in Conforming to Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
by Jessica Cascio           (Lamar University)

Finalist: Political Orientation and Prejudice: A Test of the Integrated Model of Racism
by Peter Zunick           (University of Central Arkansas)