Congratulations Anna on successfully defending her Master’s Thesis!

Congratulations Dr. Cowan on being awarded the APS Rising Star Designation!

Congratulations Abby on being awarded a Dean’s Assistantship for her senior thesis!

Read about graduate student Anna Benedict’s play adaptation of her on-going Our Stories Project—a collaboration between undergraduate students and Clubhouse members navigating serious mental illness to write and publish members’ life stories.

Congratulations Marlo on receiving two research funding awards for her independent project!

Congratulations Anna on being named honoree of Notre Dame’s 2025 Domer Dozen!

Congratulations Rachael on winning a College of Social Science Provost Undergraduate Research Initiative award!

Congratulations Anna on publishing the third book in the Our Stories Project—a partnership between undergraduate students and adults navigating serious mental illness through the Clubhouse psychosocial recovery centers to co-write and produce members’ life stories!

Recently, WELL members Dr. Henry Cowan, Anna Benedict, and Kristen Johnson presented at the Association for Research in Personality conference. Read more about their recent presentations here.

Kayla received a first-place award for her presentation at UURAF 2025. Her presentation focused on the findings of her senior honors thesis that evaluated the presence of weight normativity in GLP-1 TikTok videos.

We are excited to welcome Kristen Johnson, an incoming graduate student to the WELL!

Learn more about Dr. Cowan’s research interests and his goals as he joins the Michigan State clinical science program!