Dr. Soo Rhee writes that Alta, who is on track to complete her Clinical Ph.D. as well as the听IBG Interdisciplinary Certificate Program and the Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods for听Behavioral Sciences, has been听very active and productive in research in her time at CU.听 She already has seven听articles and a book chapter that have been published or are in press. Her master's thesis听examined anger and depressive rumination as specific predictors of internalizing.听 She is also the first听author of a study examining the associations between neuroticism, rumination, and psychopathology,听which is in press in Journal of Abnormal Psychology.听 An article on externalizing听psychopathology was recently published in Clinical Psychological Science. She is one of the most intrinsically motivated and enjoys all steps of the research process.听听She has a high level of research听integrity and is interested in obtaining the right answer to a question, even if it means a great deal of听extra work such as learning a new statistical method.听 Alta was just awarded the P.E.O. Scholar Award. As the award听letter states, Alta鈥檚 scholarly excellence, academic achievement, and worthwhile career goals speaks to听her ability to make a significant contribution to her field.听听Given her excellent credentials and progress,听Alta was awarded an institutional fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health by the faculty at听the Institute for Behavioral Genetics.