Hannah Williamson

  • Associate Professor
  • Human Development & Family Sciences
  • Human Ecology
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Contact Information

Research

Dr. Williamson is a relationship scientist whose research examines how intimate partnerships develop and are sustained across diverse cultural and socioeconomic contexts. Her basic research investigates the behavioral and cognitive processes that shape relationship functioning, with particular attention to how communication, stress, and structural conditions operate within and across cultural settings. She also conducts applied research evaluating policies and interventions designed to strengthen couples and families, working with community organizations to adapt relationship education programs for underserved populations. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Administration for Children and Families, and the Russell Sage Foundation.

Student Opportunities

If you are interested in applying to my lab for graduate school, please see my lab website for more information about the research we conduct.

If you are interested in working in my lab as a research assistant, please see my lab website for instructions on how to apply.

Research Areas

  • Relationships, Families and Youth
  • Human Development

Fields of Interest

  • Behavior
  • Contexts of Human Development
  • Interpersonal Relationships

Centers and Institutes

  • Population Research Center

Education

  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, UCLA (2017)
  • B.A., Psychology, University of Rochester (2008)

Publications

  • See my lab website at the button above for the most up to date list of publications.

Awards

  • 2024 National Council on Family Relations Reuben Hill Award
  • 2023 Fulbright Scholar Award (Spain)
  • 2023 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Couples Research & Treatment Special Interest Group - Early Career Contributions to Couple Relationships Award
  • 2022 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star
  • 2019 Journal of Family Psychology Consulting Editor of the Year
  • 2017 UCLA Michael J. Goldstein Distinguished Dissertation Award
  • 2016 APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) Distinguished Student Research in Clinical Psychology Award
  • 2015-2016 U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Family Strengthening Scholars Grant
  • 2015-2016 UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship
  • 2015 Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology - Outstanding SSCP Student Researcher Award
  • 2014 APA Anne Anastasi General Psychology Graduate Student Research Award – Finalist
  • 2014 UCLA Dept. of Psychology Senior Clinician-Scientist Award
  • 2013 Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award
  • 2012-2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • 2012 UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship
  • 2012 IARR Conference Student Travel Award
  • 2011 UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship
  • 2010-2011 UCLA University Fellowship
  • 2008 University of Rochester Dept. of Psychology Zimmer Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
  • 2007 University of Rochester Barth-Crapsey Undergraduate Research Award