Join us in congratulating this year’s Peterson Prize and Awards recipients.

Help us celebrate our 50 YEARS OF IMPACT!

Congrats to GSAPP Associate Professor Dr. David Shernoff on the release of his new book, Integrative STEM and STEAM Education for Real-Life Learning.

Dr. Denise Hien’s Treating Traumatic Stress and Substance Misuse: A Guide to Integrative Practice addresses the many dilemmas faced by clinicians in working with the complexities of problematic substance use and traumatic stress.

Congratulations to Dr. Germán Cadenas for receiving the Provost Award for Excellence in Community and Publicly Engaged Scholarship! 

The Black Graduate Student Association hosted a Lunch & Learn with GSAPP Alumnae, Dr. Jennifer Jones-Damis and Dr. Kelly Moore, to discuss their newly released book, Racial Trauma in Black Clients: Effective Practice for Clinicians.

Dr. Peggy Swarbrick continues to earn distinguished honors due to her renowned expertise and valuable contributions!

Dr. Germán Cadenas is the worthy recipient of the prestigious 2025 APA Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest!

Congratulations to these amazing GSAPP students for being awarded RU ScarletWell Wellness Connection Grants!

Jenna Budge (Ed.D., LSW, BCBA-D) was a panelist for a NJ Bar Association event

Honored as a Team Recipient of the Rutgers Spirit Award, the RCAAS is making a profound impact by supporting autistic adults on our campus, in our state, and beyond!

GSAPP, in collaboration with faculty from Rutgers SSW and SAS-Newark, has secured a $4.6M federal grant to expand mental health services for children in our state’s largest school district. Through the Pathways Project, graduate fellows in school psychology and social work will provide vital school-based mental health services in six Newark, NJ high-need schools. 

Congratulations to our esteemed GSAPP faculty, Dr. Timothy Cleary, Dr. Anne Gregory, and Dr. Louis Sass, for being recognized as top scholars in their respective fields by the Elsevier Data Repository and its associated Science-wide Author Citation Database! 

This honor highlights their groundbreaking contributions to psychology academia and the transformative impact and influence their published work has had around the globe.

Congratulations to Autism MVP Award recipient, Jessica Huertas Monterroso, 2nd-year MAP-ABA student! This award recognizes GSAPP students working at the RCAAS who receive training in supporting adults on the autism spectrum. Their goal is to foster the development of exceptional behavior analysts who support the underserved population of adults with ASD.