Carolyn Wood Sherif Award

The Carolyn Wood Sherif Award Committee invites nominations for the16th annual Carolyn Wood Sherif Award. This award is based on contributions to the field of the psychology of women as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and leader. Thus, selection requires evidence of excellence in teaching and mentoring, research and scholarship, and professional leadership in the area of the psychology of women.

Previous winners include

Helen Astin

Faye Crosby

Kay Deaux

Florence Denmark

Irene Frieze

Lucia Gilbert

Beverly Greene

Ravenna Helson

Nancy Henley

Janet Hyde

Phyllis Katz

Bernice Lott

Martha Mednick

Nancy Russo

Sandra Tangri

Cheryl Brown Travis

Rhoda Unger

Barbara Wallston

Jacquelyn White

Gail Wyatt

The recipient of the next award will receive a cash prize and will be invited to deliver the Sherif Memorial Lecture at the following APA convention. The winner also chairs the subsequent year's award committee.

To nominate an individual for the award, please send 1 hard copy by snail mail and an electronic version (either as an email attachment or a Windows formatted disk or CD in a .doc or .rft format) of the following materials:

• a nomination letter (including the nominee's phone number and email address)
• the nominee's curriculum vitae
• copies of two or three selected publications
• 3 additional letters in support of the nominee (only 3 letters are considered)

Also, if you want to nominate someone nominated (but not chosen) earlier, you should treat this like a new nomination.

to the Award Chair:

Jacquelyn W. White, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
PO BOX 26170
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Phone: 336-256-0014
Fax: 336-334-5066
jackie_white@uncg.edu

Deadline: March 15th, 2009