Call for Nominations 2009 Awards

The Society for General Psychology, Division One of the American Psychological Association is conducting its Year 2009 awards competition, including the William James Book Award for a recent book that serves to integrate material across psychological subfields or to provide coherence to the diverse subject matter of psychology, the Ernest R. Hilgard Award for a Career Contribution to General Psychology, the George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article in General Psychology, and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology, which is an American Psychological Foundation Award managed by the Society .

All nominations and supporting materials for each award must be received on or before February 15, 2009.

There are no restrictions on nominees, and self-nominations as well as nominations by others are encouraged for these awards.

The Society for General Psychology encourages the integration of knowledge across the subfields of psychology and the incorporation of contributions from other disciplines. The Society is looking for creative synthesis, the building of novel conceptual approaches, and a reach for new, integrated wholes. A match between the goals of the Society and the nominated work or person will be an important evaluation criterion. Consequently, for all of these awards, the focus is on the quality of the contribution and the linkages made between diverse fields of psychological theory and research.

Winners will be announced at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association the year of submission. They will be expected to give an invited address at the subsequent APA convention and also to provide a copy of the award address for inclusion in the newsletter of the Society (The General Psychologist). They will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $1000 to help defray travel expenses for that convention.

For the William James Book Award, nominations materials should include three copies of the book (dated post-2004 and available in print); the vita of the author(s) and a one-page statement that explains the strengths of the submission as an integrative work and how it meets criteria established by the Society. Click here to view the award criteria. Textbooks, analytic reviews, biographies, and examples of applications are generally discouraged. Nomination letters and supporting materials should be sent to John D. Hogan, PhD, Psychology Department, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY 11439.

For the Ernest R. Hilgard Award, nominations packets should include the candidate's vita along with a detailed statement indicating why the nominee is a worthy candidate for the award and supporting letters from others who endorse the nomination. Nomination letters and supporting materials should be sent to Thomas J. Bouchard, PhD, P.O. Box 880104, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488.

For the George A. Miller Award, nominations packets should include four copies of the article being considered (which can be of any length but must be in print and have a post-2004 publication date), vita of the author(s), and a statement detailing the strength of the candidate article as an outstanding contribution to General Psychology. Nomination letters and supporting materials should be sent to Donald A. Dewsbury, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Box 112250, Gainesville, FL 32611-2250.

The 2009 Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology is to be awarded in 2008 and given at APA's 2009 annual convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nominations materials should include the candidate's vita along with a detailed statement indicating why the nominee is a worthy candidate for the award including evidence that the nominee would give a good lecture. They should be sent to Harold Takooshian, PhD, Fordham University-916, New York, NY 10023.

Requests for further information should be directed to MaryLou Cheal, Awards Coordinator, Society for General Psychology, 127 E. Loma Vista Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282.

2008 Division 1 Awards