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Congratulations to Dr. Williamson

November 21, 2023
Dr. Williamson was recently awarded the Early Career Contributions to Couple Relationships Award by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Couples Special Interest Group, which was presented (in absentia) at the ABCT annual conference in Seattle last week. Congratulations!
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Fulbright Mediterranean Research Seminar

November 21, 2023
This past weekend Dr. Williamson attended the Fulbright Mediterranean Research Seminar in Alicante, Spain.  Fulbright Scholars who are conducting research in Mediterranean countries across all disciplines were in attendance. Dr. Williamson presented preliminary results from research conducted in collaboration with colleagues at the Universidad de Granada examining the impact of close relationships on health and well-being in Spain and the U.S.
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Dr. Williamson receives Fulbright Fellowship

April 25, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Williamson, who has received a Fulbright Fellowship to Spain. She will spend the 2023/2024 academic year as a visiting scholar at the Universidad de Granada, where she will be hosted by Dr. Inmaculada Valor-Segura, Professor of Psychology. Dr. Williamson’s Fulbright project focuses on diversifying and globalizing the scientific study of close relationships. An important step toward studying the family relationships of people who have been historically underrepresented in research is to

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Congrats to Katie Hale for completing her honors thesis

April 21, 2023
Undergraduate Katie Hale completed her honors thesis in the Williamson Lab this year, working with data from the Future First project, which is an evaluation of a youth sexual and relationship education program delivered in public high schools in Texas. She focused on sexual and gender minority youth participating in the program, finding that 25% of the students who participated in the program identified as a sexual or gender minority. These students had higher levels of knowledge about STDs after finishing the program than non-SMY youth, but report feeling less interested in the program than Read more about Congrats to Katie Hale for completing her honors thesis

Congratulations

March 1, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Williamson for earning tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, effective in September.