Ph.D. alumnus wins Hershel D. Thornburg Dissertation Award
By Carol Jean Tomoguchi-Perez
September 23, 2024
September 23, 2024
The Society for Research in Adolescence (SRA) awarded Sirui Wan Ph.D. ’22 the Hershel D. Thornburg Dissertation Award. The annual award recognizes outstanding scholastic promise in research on adolescence and is the highest achievement for graduate research in the subfield of research on adolescence.
Wan's dissertation was coadvised by Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles and Professor Drew Bailey. His dissertation investigated the age-related changes in how children and adolescents figure out whether they are a “math person” or a “reading person” at school.
Wan is now a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Psychology Department. His current research focuses on understanding what influence people’s educational and career choices throughout childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood from the perspectives of psychology and educational policy.
The SRA was founded in 1984 as a nonprofit, multi-disciplinary, international professional association. The SRA's goal is to promote research and dissemination to help people better understand adolescence. The SRA's membership includes researchers and other groups who work with, for, or conduct research on adolescents, such as professionals and graduate students in psychology, education, sociology, and public policy.
Wan's dissertation was coadvised by Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles and Professor Drew Bailey. His dissertation investigated the age-related changes in how children and adolescents figure out whether they are a “math person” or a “reading person” at school.
Wan is now a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Psychology Department. His current research focuses on understanding what influence people’s educational and career choices throughout childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood from the perspectives of psychology and educational policy.
The SRA was founded in 1984 as a nonprofit, multi-disciplinary, international professional association. The SRA's goal is to promote research and dissemination to help people better understand adolescence. The SRA's membership includes researchers and other groups who work with, for, or conduct research on adolescents, such as professionals and graduate students in psychology, education, sociology, and public policy.
