Binghamton University student receives Graduate Excellence Award

BINGHAMTON, NY (04/01/2014)(readMedia)-- Each year, Binghamton University recognizes research excellence by graduate students with a set of awards designed to recognize the wide variety of approaches to the advancement of knowledge on the Binghamton campus and the important role played by graduate students in research at the University.

Kristie McHugh from Melville, NY has recently received a Graduate Student Excellence in Research award from Binghamton University, State University of New York:

Through her work on collective intelligence and collective decision-making, Kristie McHugh has the potential of being a thought leader in her field. Traditional research has focused on the study of dyads and groups. Her research is not only novel, writes her nominator, but important from the standpoint of innovations, since some of the breakthroughs of our times have emerged from the work of collectives. With very little idea of how collectives are formed and what it takes for them to thrive, her work begins to ask and answer some of these questions. She has an impressive publication record, including four journal articles in highly respected journals including Leadership Quarterly and Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice; four conference posters and presentations; as well as six articles in progress. She has been recognized as a National Science Foundation Fellow and was selected for the Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition "20 in their Twenties."

Binghamton University is one of the four university centers of the State University of New York. Known for the excellence of its students, faculty, staff and programs, Binghamton enrolls close to 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Its curriculum, founded in the liberal arts, has expanded to include selected professional and graduate programs.