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Jordan Hassani
 Jordan Hassani. Photo by Ron Aira/Office of University Branding |
Psychology, Dean’s Challenge Scholarship, and 2022 Alumni Chapter Scholar Award Recipient
Honors College student Jordan Hassani, BS Psychology ’23, has been involved in Mason research since arriving on campus his freshman year from his hometown of San Diego, California.
After taking a class on executive function with Mason psychology professor Sabine Doebel, he asked to work in her lab. Since then, he has been a research assistant in the Developing Minds Lab, where the work focuses on executive function and working memory in preschoolers. He recently completed his honors thesis with Doebel as his advisor and received the Outstanding Honors Thesis Award. His peers also voted him Best Honors Researcher.
During his time at Mason, he received a Dean's Challenge Scholarship from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), an award that was established in 2007 to acknowledge exceptional undergraduates who have excelled while making academically challenging choices. More recently, he received the 2022 Alumni Chapter Scholar Award. He says he has also received travel grants from Mason that have enabled him to present his research at conferences.
“College is incredibly expensive, so every bit helps,” says Hassani, who aspires to one day earn a PhD. “And it is nice to be recognized.”
Hassani, who graduated in May, said the travel grants he received from the Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research (OSCAR) were critical in his development as a researcher. It’s a skill he used throughout the spring as he applied to full-time research positions around the country to get some more experience before applying to PhD programs in the extremely competitive field of clinical psychology.
“These awards have enabled me to travel around the United States presenting at four different national conferences,” he says. “I am grateful for what that financial assistance has enabled me to do.”
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