A Duke Visits the White House - Part 2
It's not every day that a JMU student gets an invitation to the White House, or receives presidential recognition for acting as a "Champion of Change" in their field of study. Read More »
News & Announcements
2012 CISAT Faculty Award Recipients Announced More >
JMU Student Recieves VOTA Scholarship Sarah DiDomenico is the The Virginia Occupational Therapy Association (VOTA) Graduate Student Scholarship Award winner for 2011. More >
O. Ashton Trice Scholarship Founded This memorial scholarship is open to all School Psychology students and is awarded to the student with the highest GPA and exceptional academic performance, honoring the intent of the donor. More >
JMU-RMH Collaborative Fall 2011 Research Rounds Announced All meetings in RMH Lower Level Conference Rooms 2 and 3. More >
New CSD Faculty Receives Award
Posted: June 19, 2008
At her May, 2008 commencement ceremony at Vanderbilt University when she was awarded the Ph.D., Dr. Kia Johnson, who will be a new CSD faculty member as of Fall 08, also received the The Dr. Vera Stevens Chatman Award for Outstanding Graduate/ Professional Student which recognizes an African-American graduating graduate or professional student who has exemplified excellence in their field. Dr. Vera Stevens Chatman is the first Fisk University student to enroll in the joint Fisk/Vanderbilt PhD Program in Psychology and one of the first black females to receive a PhD in Psychology (1976) from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.

