This award is given to an individual whose dissertation is judged to be an outstanding contribution to developmental psychology. Award winning dissertations demonstrate strong contribution to developmental science and theory through asking important questions and displaying theoretical rationale and systematic methods. A distinguished dissertation includes a well written summary and is publishable in a top journal.
Winners will be presented with the award at the annual APA Convention.
Eligibility
The nominee must have completed his/her dissertation as part of a developmental graduate program.
The nominee must have participated in his/her dissertation defense during the current or prior calendar year of the award.
How to Apply
Nominations should include:
An electronic summary of the research (maximum of 2,000 words, excluding references)
Electronic letter form the chair of the student’s dissertation committee attesting to the student’s primary and major contributions to the research and explaining why the dissertation is worthy of the award
Please send nominations to the Chair of the Dissertation Award Committee:
Peter A. Ornstein
University of North Carolina
Department of Psychology, Davie Hall, CB 3270
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-001
Email: pao@unc.edu
Past Recipients
1989 Dymphna C. van den Boom
1990 Lisa Jane Bridges
1991 Reiko Masuka
1992 Angeline Lillard
1993 Martha Ann Bell
1994 Derek Montgomery
1995 Thomas Lyon
1996 Eunhui Lee
1997 Susan Toth
1998 Ariana Shahinfar
1999 Theo Linda Dawson
2000 Ashley Elisabeth Maynard
2001 Earl Williams
2002 Sophie Jacques, Stacey Horn
2003 Ariel Knafo, Heidi Gazelle
2004 Susan Birch
2005 Vaishali Rava
2006 Lyscha Marcynyszyn
2007 Florrie Fei-Yin Ng
