Educational Psychologist Wins Presidential Early Career Award - November 8, 2007

Department of Educational Psychology alumna Dr. Jenefer Husman has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on a young scientist or engineer.

Husman was selected winner based on her development of a theoretical model of student perceptions of the future and the effect of those perceptions on whether or not a student goes into science or engineering and is successful. She will assist in developing programs at secondary and post-secondary levels to attract and retain more students in science and engineering careers.

Husman is an assistant professor of psychology in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University and a 1998 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education. She received a doctorate in educational psychology with a specialization in Area I study of Learning, Cognition and Emotion.

According to the National Science Foundation, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers was created to honor and support the extraordinary achievements of young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers in the fields of science and technology. It embodies the high priority placed by the U.S. government on maintaining the country's leadership position in science by producing outstanding scientists and engineers.

President George W. Bush stands amidst recipients of the 2006 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers during a photo opportunity Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, on the North Portico of the White House. Established in 1996, PECASE represents the highest honor that any young scientist or engineer can receive in the United States.

—White House photo by Chris Greenberg

—Kay Randall, Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs, 512-232-3910

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Last updated on April 29, 2011