Dr. Shawn Rhoads awarded the 2024 Harold N. Glassman Dissertation Award

May 17, 2024 — Dr. Shawn Rhoads has been awarded the 2024 Harold N. Glassman Dissertation Award in the Sciences for his dissertation: Understanding others and valuing their welfare: The neural basis of interpersonal accuracy, social learning, and altruistic choice. One of Shawn’s 3 dissertation papers has already been published in PNAS Nexus, which is one of 8 first-author publications (and 24 total peer-reviewed publications) he had published at the time of nomination. Shawn has also been the recipient of a range of other awards and honors since he matriculated at Georgetown, including the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (one of only 2 awarded in social neuroscience the year he applied), the Lindau Nobel Laureate Young Scientist Distinction, and the Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional PhD Student Award. Congratulations, Dr. Rhoads!