College of Education and Human Development

Emily Kuhlmann: Outstanding Student in Human Development

Emily Kuhlmann is a master’s candidate in the Human Development program and the recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Student in Human Development Award from the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. She is originally from Onawa, Iowa and received her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in human relations from the University of Iowa. During her undergraduate career she received the Bright Scholars of Iowa award, worked as a bus driver for CAMBUS (the University’s campus transportation system) and worked as a research assistant in the DEN (development, experience, neurocognition) Lab. In Fall 2021, she started her master’s program and started as a graduate assistant in the University of Maine Graduate School. She is currently working as an academic records specialist at the grad school and she plans to start the MBA program at UMaine in the fall.