Here's to the outstanding psychologists and students honored at APA's 2009 Annual Convention in Toronto.
- Raymond D. Fowler Award
Ronald E. Fox, PhD - APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology
Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, JD
Alan E. Kazdin, PhD
APA Committee on Scientific Awards
- Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions
Susan Carey, PhD
Alice Eagly, PhD
Steven Maier, PhD - Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology
Nancy Adler, PhD - Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology
Robert E. Ployhart, PhD (Applied Research),
Adam K. Anderson, PhD (Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience),
Daniel J. Bauer, PhD (Individual Differences; tie),
Ahmad R. Hariri, PhD (Individual Differences; tie),
Christian Olivers, PhD (Perception, Motor Performance),
Jennifer A. Richeson, PhD (Social Psychology)
APA Board of Professional Affairs
- Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
Luciano L'Abate, PhD - Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice
Jeffrey E. Barnett, PhD - Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice
Eduardo S. Morales, PhD - APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology
Julie E. Braciszewski
APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest
- Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (Senior Career)
Beverly Greene, PhD - Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (Early Career)
Keith Humphreys, PhD - Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy
Charlotte J. Patterson, PhD
Laurence Steinberg, PhD - APA Board of Educational Affairs
- Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology
Nadya A. Fouad, PhD - Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training
Richard Lehrer, PhD
APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology
- Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
Judith Torney-Purta, PhD - International Humanitarian Award
Michael Wessells, PhD
American Psychological Foundation
- Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award
William Buskist, PhD - Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology
Mary K. Rothbart, PhD - Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology
Stuart Oskamp, PhD - Gold Medal for Life Achievement by a Psychologist in the Public Interest
E. Scott Geller, PhD - Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology
Robert J. Resnick, PhD - Cummings PSYCHE Prize
Anne. E. Kazak, PhD - Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award
Peter J. Norton, PhD - Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology
Tu Ngo, PhD - Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology
Mark A. Blais, PsyD
Division 29 Early Career Award
- Katherine L. Muller, PsyD
Division 1 (Society for General Psychology)
- William James Book Award
Susan Pinker, MSc - Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award
Linda Bartoshuk, PhD - George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article on General Psychology
Diane Halpern, PhD
Camilla P. Benbow, EdD
David C. Geary, PhD
Ruben C. Gur, PhD
Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, PhD - Arthur W. Staats Lecture Award for Unifying Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation
Douglas Candland, PhD
Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
- American Psychological Foundation Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award
William Buskist, PhD - Presidential Citations
Charles L. Brewer, PhD
Randolph A. Smith, PhD - Robert S. Daniel Award
Richard L. Miller, PhD - Wayne Weiten Award
Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks - Mary Margaret Moffett Memorial Award
Susan Spencer - Jane S. Halonen Award
Debra Mashek, PhD - Wilbert J. McKeachie Award
Jeremy Houska
Division 3 (Experimental)
- New Investigator Awards
Stephen Cooper, PhD (Human Perception and Performance),
Gary Lupyan, PhD (General),
Raj M. Ratwani, PhD (Applied),
Nash Unsworth, PhD (Learning, Memory and Cognition),
Daniel S. Wheeler, PhD (Animal Behavior Processes)
Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics)
- Samuel J. Messick Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions
Howard Wainer, PhD - Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring
Lawrence J. Hubert, PhD - Anne Anastasi Award for Early Career Contributions
W. Holmes Finch, PhD - Distinguished Dissertation Award
Libo Li, PhD
Division 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative)
- D.O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
Joseph LeDoux, PhD - Brenda A. Milner Award
Nichole Avena, PhD - Clifford T. Morgan Award for Distinguished Service
Eric Wiertelak, PhD - Frank A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award
Jeffrey Burgdorf, PhD - D.G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award
Sara Burke, PhD
Division 7 (Developmental)
- Boyd McCandless Young Scientist Award
Simona Ghetti, PhD - G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology
Nancy Eisenberg, PhD - Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contributions to Developmental Psychology
Michael Lewis, PhD
Division 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology)
- Henry A. Murray Award
Robert Emmons, PhD
Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)
- Kurt Lewin Memorial Awards
Beatrice Wright, PhD
Mark Zanna, PhD - Distinguished Service to SPSSI Awards
Frances Cherry, PhD
Victoria Esses, PhD
James Jones, PhD
Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)
- Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology Award
G. Alan Marlatt, PhD - Florence Halpern Award
Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD - David Shakow Early Career Award
Matthew K. Nock, PhD - Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award
Peter J. Norton, PhD - Stanley Sue Award
Frederick T. I. Leong, PhD - American Psychological Foundation Theodore Millon, PhD Award
Mark A. Blais, PsyD - Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award
Andrew Christensen, PhD - A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert Outstanding Clinical Educator Award
Eric Bermann, PhD - Contributions to Interventions and/or Assessment for Communities of Color in Clinical Psychology Award
Lorraine Gutierrez, PhD - Lifetime Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
Laura S. Brown, PhD - Distinguished Student Research in Clinical Psychology Award
Randy Auerbach - Distinguished Student Service in Clinical Psychology Award
Malique Carr
Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology)
- RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation
Vicki V. Vandaveer, PhD - RHR International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Dawn S. Cone, PhD - Society of Consulting Psychology Service Award
Paul C. Winum, PhD - Elliott Jaques Memorial Publication Award
Richard R. Kilburg, PhD
Harry Levinson, PhD
Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)
- New fellows
Natalie J. Allen, PhD
Carsten K.W. De Dreu, PhD
E. Kevin Kelloway, PhD
Robert J. Lee, PhD
Jose M. Peiro, PhD
David B. Peterson, PhD
Paul E. Tesluk, PhD
Phyllis Tharenou, PhD
Kecia M. Thomas, PhD
Peter B. Warr, PhD
Thomas A. Wright, PhD
Division 15 (Educational)
- Paul R. Pintrich Dissertation Award
Lyn Arnold, PhD - Richard Snow Early Career Award
Alison Ryan, PhD - E.L. Thorndike Award for Career Achievement in Educational Psychology
Bernie Weiner, PhD
Division 16 (School)
- Outstanding Dissertation Award
Kelly A. Fenney-Kettler, PhD - Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award
Steven G. Little, PhD - Lightner Witmer Award
Shannon M. Suldo, PhD - Senior Scientist Award
Stephen N. Elliott, PhD
Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)
- Outstanding Counseling Center Early Career Psychologist
Ben Locke, PhD - Outstanding Contribution to Counseling Center Work
Christine Asidao, PhD - Professional Achievement Award
Nancy Betz, PhD - Outstanding Graduate Student
Adryon Burton Denmark
Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service)
- Harold M. Hildreth Awards
Robert K. Ax, PhD
Guy O. Seymour, PhD - Diversity Award
Dolly Sadow, PhD - Outstanding Student Award
Jennifer Marie Doucet
Division 19 (Society for Military Psychology)
- Arthur W. Melton Early Achievement Award
Craig Bryan, PhD - John C. Flanagan Lifetime Achievement Award
Howard T. Prince, PhD - Robert Yerkes Award
Robert Scales, PhD - Charles S. Gersoni Military Psychology Awards
James Griffith, PhD
Brad Johnson, PhD - Student Research Award
Camila S. Rodrigues - Student Travel Award
Kristine J. Olson
Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging)
- Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging
Elizabeth Kensinger, PhD - The Walter G. McMillen Memorial Award for Parkinson's Disease Research
Amanda Hemmesch - The Retirement Research Foundation Mentor Award
Patricia Reuter-Lorenz, PhD - The Retirement Research Foundation Master Mentor Award
William E. Haley, PhD - Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award
Sherry Willis, PhD - M. Powell Lawton Retirement Research Fund Distinguished Contribution Award in Applied Gerontology
Antonette Zeiss, PhD - John Santos Distinguished Program Development in Clinical Gerontology Award
John Santos, PhD (first-time recipient) - Retirement Research Foundation Completed Postgraduate Research Award
Julie Bugg, PhD - Retirement Research Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Psychology of Aging
Allison Bielak, PhD - Retirement Research Foundation Completed Doctoral Research Award
Joe Dzierzewski - Retirement Research Foundation Proposed Doctoral Research Award
Xuefei Gao - Retirement Research Foundation Completed Masters Research Award
Erin Hastings - Retirement Research Foundation Proposed Masters Research Award
Tonya Elliott - Retirement Research Foundation Undergraduate Research Award
Crystal Kellenberger - Student Poster Award
- Renee Pepin
Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering)
- Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
Wayne D. Gray, PhD - Earl A. Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement
Frank A. Drews, PhD - George E. Briggs Dissertation Award
Anne C. McLaughlin, DPhil
Division 22 (Rehabilitation)
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Barry Nierenberg, PhD, ABPP - Roger G. Barker Distinguished Research Contribution Award
Timothy R. Elliott, PhD - Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence
Dana S. Dunn, PhD - Rosenthal Early Career Research Award
Juan Carlos Arango, PhD - Lifetime Practice Excellence Award
Michele J. Rusin, PhD - Early Career Practice Award
Aaron P. Turner, PhD
Division 24 (Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology)
- Award for Distinguished Theoretical and Philosophical Contributions to Psychology
Michael Wertheimer, PhD - Distinguished Service Award
Frank Richardson, PhD - Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology
Michael Tissaw, PhD - Theodore Sarbin Award
Ruthellen Josselson, PhD
Division 26 (Society for the History of Psychology)
- Lifetime Achievement Awards
David Leary, PhD
John Burnham, PhD - Early Career Achievement Award
Michael Petit, PhD - Best Article in the Journal History of Psychology
Elizabeth Johnston, PhD
Ann Johnson, PhD
Division 27 (Society for Community Research and Action)
- Outstanding Educator Award
Sylvie Taylor, PhD - Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research in Community Psychology
Chris Keys, PhD - Distinguished Contributions to Practice in Community Psychology
Richard Jenkins, PhD - Emory L. Cowen Dissertation Award for the Promotion of Wellness
Andrew Lohmann, PhD
Louis Brown, PhD - Outstanding Dissertation Award
Sarah Chilenski, PhD
Darcy Freedman, PhD - Ethnic Minority Mentorship Award
Meg Bond, PhD - Award for Special Contributions to Public Policy
Steve Howe, PhD - John Kalafat Award in Applied Community Psychology for Community Practitioners
Bill Berkowitz, PhD
Division 29 (Psychotherapy)
- Distinguished Publication of Psychotherapy Research Award
Michelle Newman, PhD
Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis)
- Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Psychological Hypnosis
Arreed Barabasz, PhD, EdD
Marianne Barabasz, EdD
Division 31 (State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs)
- Outstanding Psychologist Award
Katherine C. Nordal, PhD
Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology)
- Carmi Harari Early Career Award
Alan Pope, PhD - Charlotte and Karl Bühler Award
David L. Rennie, PhD - Rollo May Award
Larry M. Leitner, PhD - Carl Rogers Award
Peter F. Schmid
Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
- Edgar A. Doll Award for Outstanding Scientific Contributions
Sara S. Sparrow, PhD - John W. Jacobson Award for Critical Thinking
James A. Mulick, PhD
Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
- The Bonnie R. Stickland and Jessica Henderson Daniel Award for Distinguished Mentoring
Linda Forrest, PhD - Corann Okorodudu International Women's Advocacy Award
Louise Evans, PhD - Carolyn Payton Early Career Award
Dionne Stephens, PhD - Carolyn Wood Sherif Award
Joan Chrisler, PhD - Division 35/Association for Women in Psychology Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender
Lindsay M. Orchowski
Sally Theran, PhD - Geis Memorial Award for Dissertation Research
Julie E. Phelan - Heritage Award
Susan A. Basow, PhD - Hyde Graduate Student Research Grant Award
Chris Allen, Amy Lehrner - Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award
Andrea Dottolo, PhD - Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Distinguished Service
Karen Fraser Wyche, PhD - Psychology of Black Women Graduate Student Award (Section I)
Bryana French - Laura Brown Distinguished Contributions Award (Section IV)
Ruth Fassinger, PhD - New Fellows
Glenn Good, PhD
Alexandra Rutherford, PhD
Jane Simoni, PhD
Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, PhD
Bonnie Moradi, PhD
Josephine Tan, PhD
Eileen Zurbriggen, PhD
Division 36 (Psychology of Religion)
- Distinguished Service Award
Richard Gorsuch, PhD - Virginia Sexton Mentoring Award
Carrie Doehring, PhD - Margaret Gorman Early Career Award
Adam Cohen, PhD - William C. Bier Award
Fraser Watts, PhD
Division 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice)
- Nicholas Hobbs Award
Donald Wertlieb, PhD - Distinguished Child Advocacy Award
Olivia Golden, PhD - Interdivisional Exemplary Service Award
Mary Campbell
Division 38 (Health)
- Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (Senior Award)
Howard A. Tennen, PhD - Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (Junior Award)
Angela J. Grippo, PhD
Angela Fagerlin, PhD - Timothy B. Jeffrey Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Health Psychology
Tu Ahn Ngo, PhD - Nathan Perry Career Service to Health Psychology Award
Robert T. Croyle, PhD - Outstanding Contributions to Developmental Health Psychology Award
Margaret Gatz, PhD
Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology)
- Blue Ribbon Awards
Christine Till, PhD
Talar Hopyan, PhD
Mark Daniel, PhD
Saurabh Gupta, PhD - Science Advisory Committee Award for Excellence in Applied Neuropsychological Research
Mark L Ettenhofer, PhD - Science Advisory Committee Award for Excellence in Cognitive Neuroscience Research
Jennifer Iudicello - Pearson Assessment Awards
Amanda J. Hornaday
Jiyeon Lee - Early Career Award
Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD - Junior Investigator Pilot Grant Awards
Farzin Irani, PhD
Heather Belanger, PhD - Student Travel Awards
Lisa Jacola
Melissa Castro
Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice)
- Distinguished Psychologist of the Year
Robert J. Resnick, PhD - Distinguished Public Service Award
Barbara Van Dahlen Romberg, PhD - Mentoring Award
Steven Walfish, PhD - Best of the Independent Practitioner Award
G. Andrew H. Benjamin, PhD, JD
Division 44 (Society for the Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)
- Clarity Award
Brent Hawks, DMin - Distinguished Book Award
Lisa M. Diamond, PhD - Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training
Kathleen Bieschke, PhD - Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues
Karine L. Waters, PhD - Distinguished Professional Contribution
Beverly Lepischak - Distinguished Scientific Contribution
Caitlin Ryan, PhD - Distinguished Service Award
Gregory M. Herek, PhD - Distinguished Student Contribution
Lore M. Dickey - Evelyn Hooker Award for Distinguished Contribution by an Ally
Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD - Presidential Citation
Rebecca E. Fox - Richard A. Rodriguez Student Travel Award
Angel Marie Eno
Bryce Way McDavitt - Task Force on Mentoring Award
Michael Parent - Malyon-Smith Award
Anna Dendy - Bisexual Foundation Award
Lindsey Brooks
Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues)
- A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert Distinguished Student Service Award
Annel Cordero - Distinguished Student Research Award
Kristine M. Molina - Emerging Professional Award
Juan Carlos Arango, PhD - Distinguished Career Contributions to Research Award
- Frederick T.I. Leong, PhD
- Distinguished Career Contributions to Service Award
Teresa LaFromboise, PhD - Charles and Shirley Thomas Award
Helen A. Neville, PhD - Lifetime Achievement Award
Patricia Arredondo, EdD
Division 46 (Media)
- News Media Recognition Awards
Carolyn Abraham
Nancy Shute - Awards for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Media Psychology
Dorothy Singer, EdD
Lenore Walker, EdD - Distinguished Professional Contributions to Media Psychology
Roger Klein, PhD
Division 47 (Exercise and Sport)
- Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Exercise and Sport Psychology
Edward Etzel, EdD - Dissertation Award
Mercedes Carswell, PhD
Division 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence)
- Peace Psychology Early Career Award
Phillip Atiba Goff, PhD - Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award
David Adams, PhD - Ralph K. White Lifetime Achievement Award
Thomas Pettigrew, PhD
Division 51 (Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity)
- Practitioner of the Year Award
Larry Beer, PhD - Student of the Year Award
Joseph Hugh Hammer
Division 52 (International)
- Outstanding International Psychologist Award (U.S. resident)
Chris E. Stout, PsyD - Outstanding International Psychologist Award (non-U.S. resident)
Marilyn P. Safir, PhD - Florence L. Denmark/Mary E. Reuder Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Psychology of Women and Gender
Kathryn Northworthy, PhD - Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Awards
Jagdeep S. Chhokar, PhD
Felix C. Brodbeck, PhD
Robert J. House, PhD
Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)
- Distinguished Career Award
William Pelham, PhD
Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology)
- Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award
Grayson Holmbeck, PhD - Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award
Maureen M. Black, PhD - Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award
Terry Stancin, PhD - Routh Early Career Award
Avani C. Modi, PhD
Division 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy)
- Outstanding Contribution to RxP on a National Level
Bob McGrath, PhD - Outstanding Contribution to RxP on a State Level
Robin Henderson, PsyD
Lynnea Lindsey, PhD
David Wade, PhD
Division 56 (Trauma)
- Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology
Jennifer J. Vasterling, PhD - Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma Psychology
Francine Shapiro, PhD - Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology
Farris K. Tuma, ScD - Award for Lifetime Achievement
Charles R. Figley, PhD - Award for Outstanding Dissertation
Michael V. Baratta, PhD