Grace Shannon Woodard

Proudest Moment: My proudest moment was receiving a call from President Cauce that I am the President's Medalist for the Class of 2018.

Thesis: Fear Generalization and Avoidance: Reactions to Ambiguous Stimuli Contributing to Post-Trauma Psychopathology

During my time at UW, I have been deeply involved in academics, student leadership, and service for which I was awarded the Class of 2018 President's Medal. I was elected to the Panhellenic Executive Board and instituted many programming changes for which I earned the national award for Outstanding Leadership and Educational Programming. I was involved in the ASUW Mental Health Working Group, Honors service study abroad, tutoring/mentoring at a local high school, and helping to raise $55,000 for Court Appointed Special Advocates of King County. I completed my undergraduate thesis in the UW Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress and received a scholarship to present my research at UCLA. Next year I will be working at Dr. Dorsey's Dissemination and Implementation Lab as a Research Coordinator before applying to PhD programs.