Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Award Year
2019
University Award
Distinguished Teachers Graduate and Professional
Section B
, Location 45
Monica Luciana is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. For over 20 years she has served as an inspiring and impactful mentor to dozens of doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows pursing research on how the brain and behavior interact in the context of psychopathology. As chair of the Psychology Department she initiated transformative changes to the graduate program that fostered greater equity, diversity, and inclusion.