Theodore Sarbin Award
The Theodore Sarbin Award is intended to honor a specific body of work by an individual psychologist which demonstrates notable achievement in one or more of the fields to which Theodore Sarbin has contributed.
These include:
• Narrative psychology
• Contextualist theory
• Social psychological theories of hypnosis
• Other innovative theoretical work that is 'critical' in the broad sense of the term
The recipient is selected by a rotating panel of three judges. Each judge serves a three-year term, with the most senior judge each year serving as Chair. Each year, a new judge (to replace the outgoing one) is chosen by the current judges and approved by the President of Division 24.
The recipient is selected by a rotating panel of three judges. Each judge serves a three-year term, with the most senior judge each year serving as Chair. Each year, a new judge (to replace the outgoing one) is chosen by the current judges and approved by the President of Division 24.
2026
Lisa Cosgrove
2025
Alexandra Rutherford
2024
Miraj Desai
2023
Margaret Wetherell
2022
Jeanne Marecek
2021
Joseph Gone
2020
Helen A. Neville
2019
Suzanne Kirschner and Thomas Teo
2018
Michelle Fine
2017
Sunil Bhatia
2016
Brian Schiff
2015
John Shotter
2014
Rom Harre, BPhil, DLitt
2013
Michael Bamberg, PhD
2012
Lisa Osbeck
2011
Bertram Kohler
2010
Mark Freeman
2009
Ruthellen Josselson
2008
Don Polkinghorne
2007
Ken Gergen
2006
Dan McAdams
2005
Jefferson Singer