Henry Tomes Awards for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Psychology
These awards honor psychologists from each ethnic minority community — African-American, Alaska Native/American Indian, Asian-American/Pacific Islander, Latina/o American — on a rotating basis.
The Henry Tomes Awards for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Psychology, named in honor of one of the leaders and pioneers of ethnic minority psychology, are awarded biennially at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit. The awards are funded by the member associations of the Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests (CNPAAEMI). The winners of the 2013 CNPAAEMI Henry Tomes Awards will each receive an award trophy and a cash honorarium of $500 that will be presented during the opening reception of the National Multicultural Conference and Summit in Houston, Texas, January 2013.
Eligibility
Funded by the member Associations of the Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests (CNPAAEMI), the Tomes Awards honor psychologists from each ethnic minority community — African-American, Alaska Native/American Indian, Asian-American/Pacific Islander, Latina/o American — on a rotating basis. The 2013 Tomes Awards will recognize one Latina(o)/Hispanic American psychologist in each of the two categories:
Senior Latina(o)/Hispanic American Psychologist who has been in the field for 20 or more years and whose work demonstrates distinguished contributions for the empowerment of ethnic minority individuals and communities in all of the following arenas: (a) the development and promotion of ethnic minority psychology in the areas of research, training, practice and/or policy; (b) advocacy in the interests and psychological well-being of individuals across multiple ethnic minority communities: African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian-American/Pacific Islander and Latino/a Americans; and (c) leadership in institutions and organizations to advance ethnic minority interests in the practice, science, and/or education of psychology.
Emerging Latina(o)/Hispanic American Psychologist who has earned a doctoral degree no earlier than 2003 (i.e., 10 years post-doctorate), and whose work has already influenced and demonstrates promise for distinguished contributions towards the empowerment of ethnic minority individuals and communities in the following arenas: (a) development and promotion of ethnic minority psychology in two of the four following areas — research, training, practice, policy — with emerging efforts in the remaining two; (b) advocacy in the interests and psychological well-being of individuals in one of the following ethnic minority communities: African-American, Alaska Native/American Indian, Asian-American/Pacific Islander and Latino/a Americans with emerging contributions to at least one other ethnic minority community; and (c) leadership in institutions and organizations to advance ethnic minority interests in the practice, science, and/or education of psychology.
