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American Psychological Association. (2016, September 1). 2016 Division award winners. Monitor on Psychology, 47(8). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/09/division-awards

The following awards were presented during APA’s 2016 Annual Convention in Denver:

Division 1 (The Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)

  • William James Book Award: Joseph LeDoux, PhD, for "Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety" and David S. Moore, PhD, for "The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics"
  • George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article on General Psychology: Bruce Overmier, PhD, and Robert Murison, PhD, for "Restoring Psychology’s Role in Peptic Ulcer"
  • Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award: Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD, and Robert J. Sternberg, PhD
  • Arthur W. Staats Lecture Award for Unifying Psychology: 2016 — Lisa M. Osbeck, PhD; 2017 — Dean Keith Simonton
  • Anne Anastasi General Psychology Graduate Student Research Awards: Under Two Years of Graduate Work — Andriana Christofalos; Two or More Years of Graduate Work — Konstantinos Papazoglou

Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)

  • Wayne S. Weiten Teaching Excellence Award (Two-Year Institutions): Katherine Wickes, PhD
  • Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award (Early Career): Jordan Troisi, PhD
  • Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award (Graduate Students): Leslie Bernsten
  • Mary Margaret Moffett Teaching Excellence Award (High School Teachers): Terri Lindenberg
  • Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award (Four-Year College): Erin Hardin, PhD
  • President's Award for Career Contributions: Thomas Pusateri, PhD
  • Division Award for Service as 2016 President: Janie H. Wilson, PhD
  • Division Award for Service as VP for Recognitions and Awards (2014–2016): Beth M. Schwartz, PhD

Division 3 (Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science)

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Henry L. "Roddy" Roediger III, PhD, and Duane M. Rumbaugh, PhD

Division 5 (Quantitative and Qualitative Methods)

  • Anne Anastasi Dissertation Award: Mariola Moeyaert, PhD
  • Distinguished Dissertation in Qualitative Inquiry Award: Dennis C. Wendt, PhD
  • Anne Anastasi Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award: Leslie Rutkowski, PhD
  • Jacob Cohen Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring Award: Patrick Curran, PhD
  • Distinguished Contributions in Qualitative Inquiry Award: Amedeo Giorgi, PhD

Division 6 (Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology)

  • D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award: David Crews, PhD
  • Clever Systems Early Career Investigator Award: Lydia M. Hopper, PhD

Division 7 (Developmental)

  • G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology: Susan Gelman, PhD
  • Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society: Mark T. Greenberg, PhD

Division 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology)

  • Nalini Ambady Award for Mentoring Excellence: Mark P Zanna, PhD
  • Jack Block Award: David Watson, PhD
  • Donald T. Campbell Award: Brenda Major, PhD, and Jennifer Crocker, PhD
  • Career Contribution Award: Harry Reis, PhD, and Yaacov Trope, PhD
  • Robert B. Cialdini Award: David Scott Yeager, Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Julio Garcia, Nancy Apfel, Patti Brzustoski, Allison Master, William Hessert, Matthew Williams and Geoffrey Cohen
  • Carol and Ed Diener Award in Personality Psychology: William Fleeson, PhD
  • Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology: Michele Gelfand, PhD
  • Distinguished Scholar Award: Phillip Shaver, PhD
  • Media Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality Science: Nicholas Epley, PhD
  • Media Award for Excellence in Science Journalism: Ezra Klein, PhD
  • Methodological Innovation Award: Robert Rosenthal, PhD
  • SAGE Young Scholar Awards: Wiebke Bleidorn, PhD, Jon Freeman, PhD, Ulrich Orth, PhD, Cheryl Wakslak, PhD, and Adam Waytz, PhD
  • Student Publication Awards: Samantha Heintzelman, Bo M. Winegard, Jiyin Cao, Alyssa Fu
  • Heritage Dissertation Research Awards: Jeffrey Bowen, David Chester, Allison Farrell, Nicole Lawless DesJardins, Chadly Stern, Konstatin Tskhay
  • Awards for Distinguished Service to the Society: Susie Schroeder, CPA
  • Awards for Service on Behalf of Personality and Social Psychology: Laura King, PhD
  • Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize: Michael Izlicht, PhD, Brandon Schmeichel, PhD, Neil Macrae, PhD, Brock Bastian, PhD, Jolanda Jetten, PhD, Matthew Hornsey, PhD, and Siri Leknes, PhD

Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)

  • Kurt Lewin Award: Mahzarin Banaji, PhD, and Anthony Greenwald, PhD
  • Distinguished Service to SPSSI Award: Dominic Abrams, PhD; Heather E. Bullock, PhD, Kim A. Case, PhD, and David Livert, PhD
  • Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award: Rashmita S. Mistry, PhD
  • Innovative Teaching Award: Dana Weiser, PhD; Honorable Mention — Gina Tillis, PhD
  • SPSSI Speaker at the National Institute for Teaching of Psychology Conference: Desdamona Rios, PhD
  • Louise Kidder Early Career Award: Keon West, PhD
  • Michele Alexander Early Career Award: Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD

Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts)

  • Arnheim Award: Anjan Chatterjee, MD
  • Berlyne Award: Thalia Goldstein, PhD, and Jen Katz-Buonincontro, PhD

Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)

  • Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology: Leslie C. Morey, PhD
  • Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology: J. Gayle Beck, PhD
  • Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology: Nolan Zane, PhD
  • Toy Caldwell-Colbert Award for Distinguished Educator in Clinical Psychology: Gregory L. Stuart, PhD
  • David Shakow Early Career Award for Contributions to Clinical Psychology: Thomas M. Olino, PhD
  • Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology: Brian Hall, PhD, and Cara L. Lewis, PhD
  • Theodore Millon Award: Joshua Miller, PhD
  • Samuel M. Turner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology: Lauren Mizock, PhD
  • Distinguished Student Research in Clinical Psychology Award: Hannah Williamson
  • Distinguished Student Practice in Clinical Psychology Award: Halina Dour
  • Distinguished Student Service in Clinical Psychology Award: Chardée Galán

Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology)

  • RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation: Robert F. Silzer, PhD
  • Leadership Worth Following Award for Excellence in Developing Consulting Psychologists: Carol Lynn Courtney, PhD, and Richard Olson, PhD
  • Presidential Commendation Award: Dick Kilburg, PhD, Steward Cooper, PhD, Colonel (Ret.) Debra Dunedin, PhD, Dale Thompson, PhD

Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)

  • Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award — Science: In-Sue Oh, PhD
  • Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award — Practice: David Van Rooy, PhD
  • Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award: Satoris "Tori" Culbertson, PhD
  • Distinguished Service Contributions Awards: Lisa Finkelstein, PhD
  • Distinguished Professional Contributions Award: Leaetta Hough, PhD
  • Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award: Eduardo Salas, PhD
  • S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award: Jamie L. Perry
  • M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace: Anthony S. Boyce, Jeffrey S. Conway and Pat M. Caputo
  • William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award: Songqi Liu, Jason L. Huang and Mo Wang
  • Raymond A. Katzell Award in I-O Psychology: Nathan D. Ainspan, PhD
  • John C. Flanagan Award: Ashley Membere
  • Wiley Award for Excellence in Survey Research: William Shepherd and Robert Ployhart
  • Best International Paper Award: Thomas Rockstuhl and Linn Van Dyne
  • Hogan Award for Personality and Work Performance: Wen-Dong Li, Doris Fay, Michael Frese, Peter D. Harms and Xiang Yu Gao
  • Jeanneret Award for Excellence in the Study of Individual or Group Assessment: Nathan Kuncel and Paul R. Sackett
  • Best Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) Research Award: Larry Martinez and Nicholas Smith

Division 15 (Educational)

  • E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award: Michelene Chi, PhD
  • Richard E. Snow Early Career Contributions Award: George Georgiou, PhD, MEd
  • Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award: Teomara Rutherford, PhD

Division 16 (School)

  • Outstanding Dissertation Award: Chunyan Yang, PhD
  • Lightner Witmer Award: S. Andrew Garbacz, PhD, and Stephen P. Kilgus, PhD
  • Jean Baker Mid-Career Service Award: Tammy L. Hughes, PhD
  • Tom Oakland Mid-Career Science Award: Sandra M. Chafouleas, PhD, and Shane R. Jimerson, PhD
  • Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award: Rik Carl D’Amato, PhD

Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)

  • Leona Tyler Award: Sandra L. Shullman, PhD
  • Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award in Counseling Psychology: Jo-Ida C. Hansen, PhD
  • Best in Practice Address: Ben Locke, PhD
  • Best in Science Address: Mindi Thompson, PhD
  • Fritz & Lynn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award: Mindi Thompson, PhD
  • Donald E. Super Fellowship: Brittan L. Davis, MEd
  • Barbara A. Kirk Award: Theodore T. Bartholomew

Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service)

  • Best Paper Award in Psychological Services: "Efficacy of structured approach therapy in reducing PTSD in returning veterans: A randomized clinical trial," by Frederic J. Sautter, Shirley M. Glynn, Julia Becker Cretu, Damla Senturk and Amanda S. Vaught
  • Harold M. Hildreth Distinguished Public Service Award: Randy E. Phelps, PhD
  • Psychologists in Public Service Distinguished Career Award: Nathan D. Ainspan, PhD
  • Psychologists in Public Service Wayfinder Award: Bonnie M. Duran, DrPH
  • Michael S. Neale Award: Mary Elizabeth Craig Shea, PhD
  • Leadership in Education Award: Allison N. Ponce, PhD
  • Peter J. N. Linnerooth National Service Award: Shira Maguen, PhD
  • Psychologists in Public Service Early Career Achievement Award: Erin E. Andrews, PsyD
  • Psychologists in Public Service Student Award: Christina L. Patton; Distinguished Mention — Benjamin O. Emmert-Aronson

Division 19 (Society for Military Psychology)

  • John C. Flanagan Lifetime Achievement Award: Colonel (Ret.) Paul T. Bartone, PhD
  • Charles S. Gersoni Military Psychology Award: COL James Stephenson, PsyD, USAF; MAJ Chad Morrow, PsyD, USAF; Craig Bryan, PsyD; COL Mark Staal, PhD, USAF; MAJ Jeremy Haskell, PsyD, USAF
  • Arthur W. Melton Early Achievement Award: Katy L. Barrs, PsyD, and Rebecca K. Blais, PhD
  • Roberts S. Nichols Award: Rose E. Rice, PhD
  • Julius E. Uhlaner Award: Michael G. Rumsey, PhD
  • Robert M. Yerkes Award: Lieutenant General (Ret.) David H. Huntoon Jr.
  • Member/Affiliate Research Grants: Mallory Lucier-Greer, PhD; Michelle L. Kelley, PhD; James E. Griffith, PhD; and Ann Hergatt Huffman, PhD, and Robert J. Goodman, PhD
  • Member/Affiliate Travel Grant: David M. Barry, PhD
  • Student Travel Awards: Aaron Banas, Cara Blevins, Dominika Borowa, Joshua Camins, Tiffany Duffing, Katie Fry, Ryan Hess, Jeremy Jinkerson, Megan O'Shea, Allison Robbins, Kelsi Rugo and Tiffany Urquhart
  • Student Research Grants: Stefanie Block and Sarah Carter

Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging)

  • Baltes Award: Thomas Hess, PhD
  • Lawton Award: Neil Charness, PhD
  • Mentor Award: Alice Cronin-Golomb, PhD
  • Springer Award: Ruchika Prakash, PhD

Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology)

  • Briggs Dissertation Award: Sara Ann Lu, PhD
  • Earl Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement: Motonori Yamaguchi, PhD
  • Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Applied Experimental/Engineering Psychology: Neil H. Charness, PhD
  • Raymond S. Nickerson for Best Paper in the Journal of Experimental Psychology — Applied: Sabrina R. Cohen-Hatton and R.C. Honey for "Goal-oriented training affects decision-making processes in virtual and simulated fire and rescue environments"

Division 22 (Rehabilitation)

  • Roger G. Barker Distinguished Research Contribution Award: Jennifer Bogner, PhD
  • Lifetime Practice Excellence Award: Terrie Price, PhD
  • Liferime Achievement Award: Dan Rohe, PhD
  • Mentoring Award: Dawn Ehde, PhD

Division 23 (Society for Consumer Psychology)

  • Society for Consumer Psychology Fellow: Barbara Kahn, PhD
  • Society for Consumer Psychology Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award: Joel Huber, PhD
  • Society for Consumer Psychology Early Career Award: Rajech Bagchi, PhD
  • Dissertation Proposal Competition Winner: Christilene du Plessis
  • C. W. Park Outstanding Contribution to the Journal of Consumer Psychology Award: Joann Peck, PhD, Victor Barger, PhD, and Andrea Webb, PhD, for their article titled "In Search of a Surrogate for Touch: The Effect of Haptic Imagery on Perceived Ownership"
  • C. W. Park Young Contributor to the Journal of Consumer Psychology Award: DaHee Han

Division 24 (Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology)

  • Award for Distinguished Theoretical and Philosophical Contributions to Psychology: Jeanne Marecek, PhD
  • Steve Harrist Distinguished Service Award: Mark Freeman, PhD
  • Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology: Leeat Granek, PhD
  • Theodore Sarbin Award: Brian Schiff, PhD
  • Outstanding Student Service Award: Snjezana Huerta

Division 25 (Behavior Analysis)

  • Nathan H. Azrin Outstanding Contributions to Applied Behavior Analysis Award: Linda A. LeBlanc, PhD
  • Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Don Hake Translational Research Award: David P. Wacker, PhD
  • Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Applied Behavior Analysis Dissertation Award: Alyssa N. Suess, PhD
  • Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Basic Behavior Analysis Dissertation Award: Nathaniel C. Rice, PhD
  • Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award: Kent R. Johnson, PhD
  • Med Associates Distinguished Contribution to Basic Behavior Analysis Award: Edward A. Wasserman, PhD
  • B. F. Skinner New Applied Researcher Award: Derek D. Reed, PhD
  • B. F. Skinner New Basic Researcher Award: Greg Jensen, PhD

Division 26 (Society for the History of Psychology)

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Katherine Milar, PhD
  • Early Career Award: Jennifer Bazar, PhD, and Wahbie Long, PhD
  • Best Paper in the History of Psychology, 2015: Alan Costall, PhD, and Paul Morris, PhD, for "The 'Textbook Gibson': The Assimilation of Dissidence"

Division 27 (Society for Community Research and Action)

  • Best Dissertation in a Topic Relevant to Community Psychology: Kate Dorozenko, PhD
  • Emory L. Cowen Dissertation Award for the Promotion of Wellness: Sarah Reed, PhD
  • SCRA Early Career Award: Jenna Watling Neal, PhD
  • SCRA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Theory & Research: Douglas Perkins, PhD
  • SCRA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Practice in Community Psychology: Ruth Hollman, PhD
  • Ethnic Minority Mentorship Award: Robin Miller, PhD
  • SCRA 2016 Special Contribution Awards: G. Anne Bogat, PhD, Jean Hill, PhD, Bradley Olson, PhD, and Jacob K. Tebes, PhD

Division 28 (Society for Psychopharmacology and Substance Use)

  • MED Associates Brady-Schuster Award: John Grabowski, PhD
  • Young Psychopharmacologist Award: Matthew Kirkpatrick, PhD
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award: Katherine Marks, PhD

Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy)

  • Division 29 Distinguished Psychologist Award: Jeffrey Magnavita, PhD
  • Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring Award: Charles Gelso, PhD
  • Division 29/American Psychological Foundation Early Career Award: Christian Webb, PhD, and Joshua Swift, PhD

Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis)

  • Distinguished Contributions to Professional Hypnosis: James Council, PhD
  • Distinguished Contributions to Scientific Hypnosis: Auke Tellegen, PhD
  • Early Career Contributions: Ciara Christensen, PhD
  • Ernest R. Hilgard Best Thesis Award: Michael B. Quant, PhD

Division 31 (State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs)

  • Award for the Outstanding Association: Nevada Psychological Association
  • Outstanding Staff Member: Tom Coté, executive director, New York Psychological Association
  • Outstanding Diversity Program: Georgia Psychological Association
  • Outstanding Early Career Psychologist Program: Ohio Psychological Association

Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology)

  • Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Humanistic Psychology: Adelbert H. Jenkins, PhD
  • Charlotte and Karl Bühler Award: Existential Humanistic Institute and Nader R. Shabahangi, PhD (recipient)
  • Carl Rogers Award: Paul T. P. Wong, PhD
  • Abraham Maslow Award: Harris L. Friedman, PhD
  • Rollo May Award: Edward Mendelowitz, PhD

Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorders)

  • Doll Award: Michael Cataldo, PhD
  • Sparrow Award: Abbey Eisenhower, PhD
  • Student Research Award: Elina Veytsman, for "Selecting Informants to Assess Social Functioning and Treatment Outcome for Adolescents With ASD," and Jessica R. Scherr, "Patterns of Physiological Arousal in Infants At-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder"

Division 34 (Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology)

  • Career Achievement: Robert Gifford, PhD
  • Early Career Achievement: John Fraser, PhD
  • Graduate Student Best Paper: Nathan Geiger
  • Undergraduate Student Best Paper: Annabel Price

Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)

  • Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender by Students: Anjali Dutt; Honorable Mention — Carlie D. Trott
  • Bonnie R. Strickland and Jessica Henderson Daniel Award for Distinguished Mentoring: Antonia Abbey, PhD
  • Carolyn Payton Early Career Award: Adrienne Carter Sowell, PhD
  • Carolyn Wood Sherif Award: Janis Yoder, PhD
  • Corann Okorodudu Global Women’s Advocacy Award: Nisha Sajnani, PhD
  • Distinguished Pioneer Award: Diane Hayashino, PhD
  • Early Career Psychology Research Award: Katina Sawyer, PhD
  • Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging: Ellen Cole, PhD
  • Florence L. Geis Memorial Award: Andrea C. Vial; Honorable Mention — Jacqueline Woerner
  • Georgia Babladelis Best Paper Award Psychology of Women Quarterly: Victor E. Sojo, Robert Wood and Anna Ginnat
  • Graduate Student Research Award: Kaitlin Portz
  • Heritage Award: Pamela Remer, PhD
  • Hyde Graduate Student Research Grant: Carey Pulverman and Megan Sutter; Honorable Mentions — Jennifer Brady, Marina Leigh Costanzo, Chelsea Kilimnik and Elizabeth Neilson
  • Laura Brown Award: Margaret Charmoli, PhD
  • Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award: Katina Sawyer, PhD, and Sara McClelland, PhD
  • Pioneer Award, Distinguished Mentor: Susan Lowe, PhD
  • Pioneer Award, Graduate Student: Fanny Ng
  • Psychology of Black Graduate Student Women Award: Amanda Long
  • Psychotherapy with Women Award: Sona Dimidjian, PhD, S. H. Goodman, J. N. Felder, R. Gallop, A. P. Brown and A. Beck
  • Student Scholar Hispanic Women/Latina Award: Veronica Caridad Rabelo and Mary T. Guerrant
  • Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Distinguished Service: Stephanie A. Shields, PhD, and Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD

Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality)

  • Gorman Early Career Award: Hisham Abu-Raiya, PhD
  • Sexton Mentoring Award: Julie Exline, PhD
  • Bier Award: Richard Sosis, PhD
  • Service Award: Lisa Miller, PhD

Division 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice)

  • Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award: Richard P. Barth, PhD, "A Lifetime of Research, Practice, and Policy Efforts to Support Successful Parenting"
  • Nicholas Hobbs Award: Patrick H. Tolan, PhD, "Speaking Truth to Policy: Lessons Learned in Producing and Translating Empirical Findings on Youth Development"
  • Diane J. Willis Early Career Award: Daniel M. Bagner, PhD, "Intervening Early: An Effort to Reach High-Risk Children and Their Families"

Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology)

  • Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology by a Senior Professional: Timothy W. Smith, PhD
  • Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology by an Early Career Professional: Richard B. Slatcher, PhD, and A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD
  • Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Health Psychology: Lloyd Berg, PhD
  • Cynthia D. Belar Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Health Psychology: Christine Dunkel Schetter, PhD
  • Nathan W. Perry Jr. Award for Career Service to Health Psychology: Robert D. Kerns, PhD
  • Graduate Student Research Awards: Michael Bernstein, Lacey Clement, Helen Murray, Courtney Stevens and Ashley Whillans

Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)

  • Leadership Award: Steven Reisner, PhD, and Stephen Soldz, PhD
  • Diversity Award: Dorothy Holmes, PhD
  • Scholarship Award: Philip Bromberg, PhD
  • Research Award: Jeremy Safran, PhD
  • Founders Award: Bertram Karon, PhD

Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology)

  • Robert A. and Phyllis Levitt Early Career Award in Neuropsychology: Shawn Mcclintock, PhD
  • Blue Ribbon Award Established Career: Jimmy Choi, PsyD
  • Blue Ribbon Award Early Career: Uraina S. Clark, PhD
  • Blue Ribbon Award Postdoctoral Fellow: Erin K. Bailey, PhD
  • Blue Ribbon Award Student: Justin Karr
  • Student Research Awards: Mary E. Godfrey, Priscilla H. Duong and Rebecca B. Williams

Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society)

  • Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in the Field of Psychology and Law: Matthew Huss, PhD, and Amanda Zelechoski, PhD (Early Career Professional Winner)
  • Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and Law Award: Kirk Heilbrun, PhD, and Christopher Slobogin, JD
  • Saleem Shad Award for Early Career Excellence in Psychology and Law: Tess Neal, PhD
  • 2015 Dissertation Award Winners: 1st place — Skye Stephens, PhD; 2nd place — Laura White, PhD; 3rd place — Alana Krix, PhD
  • Book Award: Ron Roesch, PhD, and Patricia Zapf, PhD

Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice)

  • Rosalie G. Weiss Award: Jana Martin, PhD
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Stanley Graham, PhD
  • Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award: Lisa Grossman, JD, PhD, and Jeffrey Younggren, PhD
  • Distinguished Public Service Award: Josephine Johnson, PhD
  • Mentoring Award: Carol Falender, PhD

Division 43 (Society for Couple and Family Psychology)

  • Family Psychologist of the Year: Susan Johnson, PhD
  • Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology: Barbara Fiese, PhD
  • Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award: Gonzalo Baciagalupe, PhD
  • Distinguished Service to the Division: Erika Lawrence, PhD, and Galena Rhoades, PhD

Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)

  • Distinguished Professional Contribution: APA Task Force on Guidelines for Psychological Practice with TGNC Clients co-chairs lore m. dickey, PhD, and Anneliese E. Singh, PhD
  • Distinguished Book Award: "Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies," Abbie E. Goldberg, PhD, Editor
  • Evelyn Hooker Award for Distinguished Contribution by an Ally: Kelly Ducheny, PhD
  • Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues: Marie L. Miville, PhD
  • Distinguished Service Award: Judith Glassgold, PsyD
  • Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award: Jonathan J. Mohr, PhD
  • Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training: Gary Howell, PsyD
  • Distinguished Student Contribution: Skyler Jackson
  • Distinguished Student Contribution: Kinton Rossman

Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)

  • Charles and Shirley Thomas Award: Bridgette Peteet
  • Distinguished Career Contribution to Service Award: Jeffrey Mio
  • Distinguished Career Contribution to Research Award: Patricia Arredondo
  • Emerging Professional — Contributions to Service Award: Wendy Peters
  • Emerging Professional — Contributions to Research Award: Sannisha Dale
  • Toy Caldwell-Colbert Student Contributions to Service Award: Jamey Rislin
  • Asuncion Miteria Austria and John Robinson Distinguished Mentoring Award: Rosie Bingham
  • Distinguished Student Research Award: Chelsea Derlan (advisor Adriana Umana-Taylor, PhD); Runners-up — William Tsai (advisor Anna Lau, PhD) and Yang Hou (advisor Su Yeong Kim)

Division 46 (Society for Media Psychology and Technology)

  • Distinguished Early Career Applied Contributions to Media Psychology and Technology Award: Stephanie Reich, PhD
  • Student Dissertation in Media Psychology and Technology Award: Deirdre Bradley, PhD
  • Golden Psi Media Award: Bill Brochtrup, for his work on "Major Crimes"

Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology)

  • Distinguished Contributions to Professional Practice Award: Len Zaichkowsky, PhD
  • Early Career Professional Award: Nick Galli, PhD
  • Thesis Award: Erika Van Dyke
  • Dissertation Award: Jaclyn P. Maher, PhD
  • ACSM-APA Exchange Lecture: Sourav Poddar, MD
  • Steven R. Heyman Memorial Keynote: Kate Hays, PhD

Division 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence)

  • Outstanding Service Award: Eduardo Diaz, PhD, and Bradley Olson, PhD

Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy)

  • Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year: Giorgio Tasca, PhD

Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology)

  • Distinguish Scientific Contributions to the Application of Psychology Award: Linda Carter Sobell, PhD
  • Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions: Joseph William Ditre, PhD
  • Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions: Cora Lee Wetherington, PhD

Division 51 (Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity)

  • Practitioner of the Year Award: Sam J. Buser, PhD
  • Distinguished Professional Service Award: Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD
  • Researcher of the Year Award: Ryon C. Mcdermott, PhD
  • Student of the Year Award: Tyler C. Bradstreet
  • Loren Frankel Student Research Award: Alex Rowell

Division 52 (International)

  • Outstanding International Psychologist Award (non-U.S. based): Geoffrey Mark Reed, PhD
  • Outstanding International Psychologist Award (U.S. based): Larry Gerstein, PhD
  • Early Career Outstanding Psychologist Award (U.S. based): Gail M. Ferguson, PhD
  • Early Career Outstanding Psychologist Award (non-U.S. based): Brian J. Hall, PhD
  • International Student Research Awards: Lauren Dewey, Xue Yang, Jean-Machelle Benn-Dubois, PhD, and Ben Chun Pan Lam, M.Phil
  • Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award: Zeynap Aycan for "Organizations and Management in Cross-Cultural Context"
  • Anne Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award: Han Na Suh and Roseanne M. Jocson
  • Henry David International Mentoring Award: Non-U.S. Awardee — Helene Hoi-Lam Fung, PhD; U.S. Awardee — Irene Lopez, PhD
  • Division 52 and Psi Chi APA Conference Travel Grant: Julia Daugherty
  • Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award for Outstanding International Contributions to the Psychology of Women and Gender: Jeanne Marecek, PhD

Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)

  • Distinguished Career Award: Elizabeth Mccauley, PhD
  • Abidin Early Career Award and Grant: Tara Peris, PhD
  • Routh Research and Dissertation Grant: Jennifer B. Blossom, John L. Cooley, Erin Elizabeth O'Connor and Andrea Trubanova

Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology)

  • SPP Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity: Monica J. Mitchell, PhD
  • Wright Ross Salk Award for Distinguished Service: Michael C. Roberts, PhD
  • SPP Award for Outstanding Mentorship: Lynn S. Walker, PhD
  • Dennis Drotar Distinguished Research Award: Cynthia A. Gerhardt, PhD
  • Carolyn S. Schroeder Award for Outstanding Clinical Practice: Stephen R. Lassen, PhD
  • Donald K. Routh Early Career Award: Despina Stavrino, PhD
  • Targeted Research Grants: Meghan E. McGrady, PhD, and Jason Van Allen, PhD
  • Student Research Award: Cyd Eaton
  • Marion and Donald Routh Student Research Grant: Casey Lawless
  • Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant: Marissa Swanson
  • Diversity Research Grant: Wade McDonald
  • C. Eugene Walker Education Award: Mary Beth McCullough
  • Mary Jo Kupst Trainee Grant for Research in Resilience: Sarah Westen
  • ​APA ​Student Travel Award: Abby Demianczyk, Sahar Eshterhardi, Kimberly Klages, Nilani Shankar, Rachel Wasserman
  • SPPAC Student Travel Awards: Samantha Bento, Erin Brannon, Casey Lawless, Kendra Krietsch, Samantha Miadich, Melissa Pielech, Alexandra Psihogios and ​Heather Strong
  • ​SPPAC International Travel Awards: ​Line Caes and Jennifer Keane

Division 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy)

  • Outstanding National Contribution Award: David Nussbaum, PhD
  • Outstanding State Contribution Award: Jill M. Oliveira Gray, PhD
  • Patrick DeLeon Award to Young Psychologist: Wendy P. Linda
  • Major Caraveo National Service Award: Thomas C. Thompson, PhD

Division 56 (Trauma)

  • Award for Outstanding Dissertation in the Field of Trauma Psychology: Sarah Campbell, PhD
  • Award for Outstanding Contribution to Trauma Psychology by an Early Career Psychologist: Brian Hall, PhD
  • Early Career Awards for Ethnic Minority Psychologists in Trauma Psychology: Jack Tsai, PhD
  • Award for Media Contributions to the Field of Trauma Psychology: Gerald Young, PhD
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma Psychology: Ani Kalayjian, PhD
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology: Terry Keane, PhD
  • Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD
  • Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Trauma Psychology: Constance Dalenberg, PhD
  • Presidential Award: Shaka Senghor, PhD
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