Dissertation Award
Dissertation Award in Developmental Psychology
This award is given to an individual whose dissertation is judged to be an outstanding contribution to developmental psychology. Criteria include: important question, strong theoretical rationale, systematic methods, publishable in a top journal, well-written summary, contribution to developmental science and theory, and a strong letter of support from the dissertation advisor. The awardee must have completed his or her dissertation as a part of a developmental graduate program and the dissertation defense must have taken place during 2009 or 2010. The award is given at the annual APA Convention. To make a nomination, please submit an electronic summary of the research (maximum 2,000 words, excluding references) to the Chair of the Dissertation Award Committee. Accompanying the summary should be an electronic letter from the chair of the student’s dissertation committee. This letter should attest to the student’s primary and major contributions to the research and explain why the dissertation is worthy of the award.
Send nominations to:
Robyn Fivush, Department of Psychology, 36 Eagle Row, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322;
email: psyrf@EMORY.EDU.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is 3/15/2010.
Previous Award Recipients |
| 1989 |
Dymphna C. van den Boom
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1990 |
Lisa Jane Bridges
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| 1991 |
Reiko Masuka
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1992 |
Angeline Lillard
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| 1993 |
Martha Ann Bell
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1994 |
Derek Montgomery
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| 1995 |
Thomas Lyon
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1996 |
Eunhui Lee
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| 1997 |
Susan Toth
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1998 |
Ariana Shahinfar
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| 1999 |
Theo Linda Dawson
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2000 |
Ashley Elisabeth Maynard
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| 2001 |
Earl Williams
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2002 |
Sophie Jacques
Stacey Horn
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| 2003 |
Ariel Knafo
Heidi Gazelle
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2004 |
Susan Birch
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| 2005 |
Vaishali Raval
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2006 |
Lyscha Marcynyszyn |
| 2007 |
Florrie Fei-Yin Ng |
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2008 |
Jessica Horst |
| 2009 |
No Award |
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2010 |
Kate Monahan |
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