EMCOR Student Awards

As members of the EMCOR (Emotion, Motivation, and Control Research) laboratory, students conduct thesis projects on topics funded by grants focusing on metacognitive, affective, and motivational processes. I’ve supervised over 100 Honours, Masters, and PhD theses, in addition to serving as a member of many other students’ theses committees. In recognizing my graduate teaching and thesis supervision duties, I received the University of Manitoba Graduate Students Association Teaching Award (1990). Among the 18+ PhD dissertation theses I supervised, several won outstanding dissertation awards from the University of Manitoba (Faculty of Graduate Studies), Canadian Psychological Association, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, and American Educational Research Association.

The EMCOR laboratory offers students a “window on the world” in professional contacts and career development by providing opportunities to develop as skilled researchers and “next-generation” scientists. For example, Bernard Weiner (UCLA) is a leading social cognition theorist in motivation science; Jutta Heckhausen (University of California-Irvine) is acclaimed for her motivation theory of lifespan development; Reinhard Pekrun (University of Munich) is acknowledged for his theory of emotions. In pursuing these opportunities, 20 students have won postdoctoral awards from local, national and international agencies that include: eight from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; four from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; three from the Manitoba Health Research Council; two from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; and one from the Killam Foundation.

In Canada, students have pursued postdoctoral fellowships at Concordia University, the University of Alberta, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Québec-Laval; in the USA, at UCLA, the University of California-Irvine, and Yale University; and, in Germany, the University of Munich, University of Konstanz, the University of Nürnberg, among others. Following postdoctoral training, academic appointments have been offered by the University of Alberta, the University of Manitoba, McGill University, the University of Toronto, and York University in Canada; and, in the USA, Idaho State University, the University of Maryland, North Dakota State University, and the University of North Dakota.

As members of the EMCOR laboratory, students have conducted research for their theses through grant-funded support to me and Judith G. Chipperfield from national and international agencies on a variety of topics involving metacognitive, affective, and motivational processes. The accomplishments below are a selection of academic awards and fellowships they received while associated with the EMCOR laboratory and thereafter.

EMCOR Student Alumni Career Awards

• Tier I University Research Chair
• Tier II Canada Research Chair (Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada)
• Rising Star Award (Association for Psychological Science)
• Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Early Career Award (Gerontological Society of America)
• President’s New Researcher Award (Canadian Psychological Association)
• New Researcher Award (American Educational Research Association)
• APA Featured Research Article: Psychology and Aging Webpage (American Psychological Association)
• Pintrich Memorial Research Award (American Educational Research Association)
• New Investigator Award (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)
• CIHR Age-Plus Publication Award (Canadian Institutes for Health Research)
• CIHR Institute in Aging Fellowship (Canadian Institutes for Health Research)

EMCOR Student Postdoctoral Fellowships

• CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (J. Hamm), Concordia University/University of Manitoba	2018
• CIHR Summer Institute in Aging Fellowship (J. Hamm)	2018
• CIHR Summer Institute in Aging Fellowship (P. Parker)	2017
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (J. Hamm), University of California-Irvine/University of Manitoba	2016
• CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (T. Haynes-Stewart), Yale University	2011
• CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (N. Newall), University of Manitoba	2011
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (R. Stupnisky), Laval University	2009
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (T. Haynes-Stewart), University of Manitoba	2009
• Manitoba Health Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (N. Newall), University of Manitoba	2009
• Killam Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (L. Daniels), University of Alberta	2008
• Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (N. Hall), University of Munich, Germany	2007
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (N. Hall), University of California-Irvine	2005
• CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (J. Ruthig), University of Manitoba	2005
• Manitoba Health Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (J. Ruthig), University of Manitoba	2004
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (S. Hladkyj), University of Manitoba	2003
• Manitoba Health Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (N. McKeen), University of Manitoba	2001
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (V. Menec), UCLA	1996
• University of Manitoba Postdoctoral Fellowship (V. Menec), University of Manitoba	1995
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (W. Struthers), UCLA	1994

EMCOR Student Publications and Conference Awards

• Pintrich Memorial Research Award (J. Hamm), American Educational Research Association	2014
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research Age-Plus Publication Award (T. Stewart)	2013
• Research Poster Award (G. Boese), Society for Personality and Social Psychology	2011
• American Psychological Association Psychology and Aging Webpage Featured Article (N. Hall)	2010
• Canadian Institutes for Health Age-Plus Publication Award (N. Newall)	2009
• Research Poster 2nd Prize (T. Haynes), Society for Personality and Social Psychology	2008
• Pintrich Memorial Research Award (L. Daniels), American Educational Research Association	2006
• Pintrich Memorial Research Award (R. Stupnisky), American Educational Research Association	2006
• Research Presentation Award (R. Stupnisky), Western Psychological Association	2004
• Research Presentation Award (J. Ruthig), Western Psychological Association	2004

EMCOR Student Graduate Training and Other Awards

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada PhD Research Exchange Award (J. Hamm), University of Nürnberg	2016
• German Academic Exchange Research Award (J. Hamm recipient), University of Nürnberg	2014
• MA Thesis Award (J. Hamm), Canadian Psychological Association	2012
• Outstanding PhD Award (R. Stupnisky), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba	2010
• Distinguished PhD Award (N. Hall), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba	2007
• Outstanding PhD Award (N. Hall), Canadian Psychological Association	2007
• Vineberg Research Award (T. Haynes), Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba	2007
• Distinguished PhD Award (N. Hall), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba	2007
• PhD Dissertation Certificate of Academic Excellence (N. Hall), Canadian Psychological Association	2007
• MA Thesis Award (N. Newall), Canadian Psychological Association	2006
• German Academic Exchange Research Award (N. Hall), University of Munich	2003
• MA Thesis Award (N. Hall), Canadian Psychological Association	2003
• Vineberg Research Award (N. Hall), Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba	2002
• PhD Thesis Award (L. Weinberg), Canadian Psychological Association	2001
• Outstanding Dissertation Award (D. Shonwetter), American Educational Research Association	1997
• Outstanding Dissertation Award (F. Hechter), Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education	1996
• Outstanding Dissertation Award (J. Magnusson), Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education	1990