Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

Presents the 2003 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest. A list of the members of the APA committee who selected the recipients for this year and a list of the previous recipients of this award from 1978 through 2003 are provided. The award recipients for 2003 are Phyllis Katz and Claude M. Steele. The award citation and award address by Dr. Katz and the award citation, biography and selected bibliography of Dr. Steele are included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: 1980.

The Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest is presented to a person (or persons) who has advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by distinguished contributions in such areas as the identification or solution of significant social problems; unusual initiative or dedication, in activity that makes psychology more accessible in meeting client and/or community needs; and the integration of psychology with social action. This year awards were presented to Isidor Chein and Nicholas Hobbs at the APA convention in Montreal. Chein and Hobbs each received a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation detailing their contributions. A citation and brief biography is presented for each award recipient. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: 1986.

The awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. These contributions might include the identification or solution of significant social problems; unusual initiative or dedication to activity in the public interest; or the integration of the science and/or profession of psychology with social action in a manner beneficial to all. The Committee is authorized to present two awards per year, each with a prize of $2,000. The second award, for which recipients may not have held a Ph.D. for more than 15 years, was established to recognize the large number of excellent psychologists who have made significant contributions to the public interest during the early stages of their careers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: 1987.

Announces the winners of the 1987 Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. These awards recognize persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. This year's recipients are Michael J. Saks and Urie Bronfenbrenner. For each recipient a citation, biography, and selected bibliography are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2003 Award Winners: Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest.

Presents the 2003 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest. This award is conferred on a psychologist who has made a distinguished empirical and/or theoretical contribution to research in public policy either through a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of work. A list of the previous recipients of this award from 1978 through 2003 are provided. The award citation, biography, and selected bibliography of the research of each of the award recipients for 2003 are included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Michael J. Saks.

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Michael J. Saks, one of the 1987 recipients, is recognized for successfully bringing psychological knowledge to bear on a wide range of legal and public policy concerns. Through his empirical research and creative applications of basic psychological research and theory, he has contributed to our knowledge of psychosocial assumptions in diverse areas of the law. As one of the rare psychologists who thinks like a lawyer, he has helped to increase the social sensitivity of the legal community and the legal and ethical sensitivity of the psychological community, with tremendous benefit to the public interest. In addition to the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of Saks' work are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

Presents the 2004 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest. This award is conferred on a psychologist who has made a distinguished empirical and/or theoretical contribution to research in public policy either through a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of work. A list of the members of the APA committee who selected the recipients for this year and a list of the previous recipients of this award from 1978 through 2004 are provided. The award recipients for 2004 are Dante Cicchetti and Susan Limber. The award citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies of both Cicchetti and Limber are presented. Cicchetti's award address is also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology: 1980.

The Early Career Awards, given for the first time in 1974, recognize the large number of excellent young psychologists. Recipients of this award may not be more than eight years post-PhD. For purposes of this award, psychology has been divided into nine areas (human learning/cognition, psychopathology, physiological, animal, personality, developmental, methodological, social, and sensation/perception), and the awards are given in three-year cycles. The awards for 1980 were given in the areas of methodological, social, and sensation/perception psychology. Every year panels are selected for the three areas in which the award is to be given, and these panels recommend nominees to the Committee on Scientific Awards. Awardees included Baruch Fischhoff, Lynn A. Cooper, Shelley Taylor, and Camille Wortman. A citation and brief biography is presented for each award recipient. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation awards for 1987: Gold Medal Awards for Psychological Science, Psychological Professional, and Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest; Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award; Distinguished Teaching in Developmental Psychology Award; and the National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media.

Announces the 1987 winners of the American Psychological Foundation Awards. The recipients are as follows: the Psychological Science Gold Medal Award, Fritz Heider; the Psychological Professional Gold Medal Award, Rollo May; the Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest Gold Medal Award, Kenneth B. Clark; the Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award, Benton J. Underwood; the Distinguished Teaching in Developmental Psychology Award, Eileen Mavis Hetherington; and the National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media (individual awards to Maya Pines, Alfie Kohn, Sally Squires, Craig Cheatham, Diane Hurwitz, and Jeanne Betancourt). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Public Interest.

Discusses the contributions made by L. C. Leviton and P. H. DeLeon, the 1993 recipients of the Awards for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest presented by the American Psychological Association. Leviton is awarded for her studies of the behavioral variables involved in AIDS prevention and worksite health promotion, and the methodological issues that arise in doing public interest research. DeLeon is recognized for his efforts to harness the contributions of behavioral science research and mental health practice to support needed reforms in the health, education, and well-being of underserved, neglected, and racial and ethnic minority groups. A biography of each recipient is provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Urie Bronfenbrenner.

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Urie Bronfenbrenner, a 1987 winner, is cited for his notable contributions to human welfare as a leading student of child development, an effective advocate of humane public policy toward children and families, and a sensitive participant in Soviet-American relations and perceptive interpreter of them. His attention to the complexity of the social context of childhood transformed perspectives in developmental psychology and greatly enriched psychological inquiries into child and family policy, including his own pioneering cross-cultural research on day care and child care policies. In addition to the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of his works are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest.

The Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest presents two awards annually to persons who, in the estimation of the Committee on Psychology in the Public lnterest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. One award is presented to a senior psychologist, and the other recognizes a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest less than 15 years after the receipt of her or his degree. The winners for 1994 are Robert Q. Pollard and Durand F. Jacobs. Their accomplishments are cited and biographies are provided. The winners since the establishment of the award are also listed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest.

Discusses the contributions of Hortensia Amaro and Florence L. Denmark, the 1992 recipients of the Awards for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest awarded by the American Psychological Association. Amaro is recognized for research and public policy leadership on behalf of ethnic minority communities and for advancement of issues confronting ethnic minority, particularly Hispanic, women. She is founder of the Latino Health Council, the Latino Health Network, and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition. Denmark is recognized for scholarship on the psychology of women; advocacy on behalf of ethnic minorities, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and gay men and lesbians; and writing on the pedagogical issues involved in integrating new scholarship on gender, race, ethnicity, and feminist and multicultural perspectives into psychology courses. Biographies of recipients are given. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest.

The American Psychological Association's Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest presents 2 awards annually to persons who, in the estimation of the Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. One award is presented to a senior psychologist, and the other recognizes a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest less than 15 yrs after receipt of her or his degree. 1996 awardees are Gregory M. Herek and Alan I. Leshner. Herek's work has furthered the understanding of prejudice and discrimination related to sexual orientation in a variety of social and professional settings. Leshner has been recognized for his contributions to the development of federal research and service programs at the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media.

National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media are given for outstanding performance in communicating psychology to the public. The winners of the awards in the following categories are presented: sustained contribution, book, magazine, radio, television/film, television/drama/entertainment, and honorable mentions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

Presents the 2002 winners of the American Psychological Association Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Two awards are given, the first to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his/her career, and the second to a senior psychologist. Recipients for 2002 were Phyllis A. Katz and Melba J. T. Vasquez, who shared the senior award, and Brian Smedley, who received the early career award. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Awards.

The Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award, which includes a check for $1,000, is given to the recipient for his or her contributions to the teaching of psychology. The following guidelines are used to determine the recipient: (a) demonstrated influence as a teacher of students who become outstanding psychologists, (b) development of effective teaching methods and/or teaching materials, (c) engagement in significant research on teaching, (d) development of innovative curricula and courses, (e) outstanding performance as a classroom teacher, (f) being an especially effective trainer of teachers of psychology, and (g) being responsible for administrative facilitation of outstanding teaching. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology 1986: Steven Penrod.

The Early Career Awards recognize the large number of excellent young psychologists. Three areas are considered each year, with areas rotated in three-year cycles. The areas considered for awards in 1986 were social, sensation and perception, and applied research. Steven Penrod is one of the 1986 recipients of the award "for distinguished and original contributions to research on legal decision making. His studies have significantly advanced our understanding of the relationship between rules of evidence and procedure and jury decision making, the reliability of eyewitness evidence, and the behavior of attorneys and judges. His research program reflects a deep understanding of the law; an imaginative application of psychological theories to legal questions; and a mastery of research methodology, ranging from mathematical and computer modeling to laboratory and field experimentation. His research exemplifies the best qualities of applied research: It speaks authoritatively to both the psychological and legal communities and has yielded both theoretical and practical insights into decision making." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest 1986: Stanley Sue.

Stanley Sue, one of the 1986 recipients of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, is recognized for "his energetic, enthusiastic and pioneering contributions to the human welfare of diverse ethnic and cultural groups during his distinguished professional career. An internationally recognized scholar of Asian-American personality and mental health, Stanley Sue has advanced our understanding of cultural diversity as a model for cooperation, mutual respect and collective advancement through his leadership, diplomacy and dedication, His books, chapters, and articles offer brilliant, thought-provoking analyses of the obstacles to cooperative race relations produced by value conflicts, and chart a course for effective system change to ameliorate these problems. He has served his own ethnic group as founder of the Asian American Psychological Association, the concerns of all ethnic minorities as a consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health, and the needs of underserved communities through his active lecture and workshop activities. He has influenced his profession as an elected officer of three APA divisions and as a valued member of the APA governance system. In every respect, Dr. Sue's total commitment to 'promoting human welfare' for all, embodies the ideals of this Association with good humor, sincerity, leadership, and unfailing dedication." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology 1986: Philip E. Tetlock.

The Early Career Awards recognize the large number of excellent young psychologists. Three areas are considered each year, with areas rotated in three-year cycles. The areas considered for awards in 1986 were social, sensation and perception, and applied research. Philip E. Tetlock is one of the 1986 recipients of the award "for the building of interdisciplinary bridges between social psychology and other social sciences; for a creative use of alternative research methods; for penetrating analyses of basic theoretical issues in social psychology, such as the tension between cognitive and motivational explanations or between impression management and intrapsychic explanations; for insightful work on the policy relevance of social psychological research; and in particular, for the place of political reasoning and rhetoric in actual policymaking settings. His reviews, integrations, and penetrating analyses of the theoretical issues in social psychology combine an originality, a clarity, and a thoughtfulness in the service of the profession." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)