Jena Hwang, a December, 2014 LING/CogSci joint PhD, is one of four recipients of the 2015 Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prize awarded by the Cognitive Science Society and the Glushko-Samuelson Foundation. The Prize committee considered 51 nominated dissertations that represented the full range of research in cognitive science. The committee stated: "your work indicates a future of exciting advances in cognitive science".
The prize will be given on Thursday, July 23, the first day of the Cognitive Science Conference in Pasadena, California.
Congratulations, Jena!