Dissertation Awards
2022 Dissertation award recipients
The Psychology of Technology Institute hosts an annual dissertation award program for doctoral students around the world to help them gain support and visibility for their work. In 2022, the Institute awarded 3 dissertation grants of $1,000 each and 3 additional honorable mentions. This initiative is in line with the Institute’s mission of connecting and supporting scholars from multiple scientific disciplines who conduct research examining the factors that shape people's attitudes about new technologies (e.g., social media, smartphones, algorithms, self-driving cars, robots, artificial intelligence), and how the adoption and use of these technologies are transforming how people live, work, play, and interact.
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
AWARDS (in alphabetical order):
Nicole Abi-Esber, Harvard University - “Behavioral Cues That Create Safe Spaces for Speaking Up”
Emaad Manzoor, Carnegie Mellon University - “Persuasion in Text-Based Communication”
Lisa Walsh, University of California at Riverside - “Does Your Smartphone Make You Unhappy? The Effects of Digital Media and Social Media on Well-being”
HONORABLE MENTIONS (in alphabetical order):
Ian Anderson, University of Southern California - “The Psychology of Motivation to Post and Scroll on Social Media”
Hannah Mieczkowski, Stanford University - “Agency and Ownership in AI-Mediated Communication”
Simona Sciara, NYU/Sacred Heart University in Milan - “Self-Completion Processes Underlying Social Media Use”