The Society of Personality and Social Psychology has announced winners in its annual Awards of Excellence program. The winners below will be recognized during the awards ceremony at the annual convention in Portland, February 7, 2019.
Jack Block Award for Distinguished Research in Personality - Laura A. King, University of Missouri
Donald T. Campbell Award - Eliot Smith, Indiana University, Bloomington
Career Contribution Award - William Swann, University of Texas; Naomi Ellemers, Utrecht University
Distinguished Scholar Award - Craig Anderson, Iowa State University
Methodological Innovator Award - Elaine Hatfield, University of Hawaii
Application of Personality and Social Psychology Award - Daphna Oyserman, University of Southern California
Nalini Ambady Award For Mentoring Excellence - Dacher Keltner, University of California, Berkeley
Carol and Ed Diener Award in Personality Psychology - Sonja Lyubomirsky, University of California, Riverside
Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology - Shigehiro Oishi, Columbia University
Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award - Neil Lutsky, Carleton College
Robert B. Cialdini Prize For Contributions in Field Research in Social Psychology - "Language from police body camera footage shows racial disparities in officer respect" - Rob Voigt, Nicholas P. Camp, Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, William L. Hamilton, Rebecca C. Hetey, Camilla M. Griffiths, David Jurgens, Dan Jurafsky, and Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize - "Beyond Sacrificial Harm: A Two-Dimensional Model of Utilitarian Psychology" - Guy Kahane, Jim A.C. Everett, Brian D. Earp, Lucius Caviola, Nadira S. Faber, Molly J. Crockett, and Julian Savulescu; "State authenticity as fit to environment: The implications of social identity for fit, authenticity and self-segregation" - Toni Schmader, Constantine Sedikides
Book Prize for The Promotion of Social and Personality Science - Abigail Marsh, Georgetown University, for The Fear Factor
Media Award for Excellence in Science Journalism - James Ryerson, The New York Times
Award for Distinguished Service to the Society - Stephanie Fryberg, University of Washington
Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social and Personality Psychology - Dave Nussbaum, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Student Publication Prize - Frederick Clavel, Iowa State University; Bruce Doré, University of Pennsylvania; David March, University of Tennessee; Amit Goldenberg, Stanford University & Kinneret Endevelt and Feng Bai, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yuen J. Huo to Lead Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin as Editor
Ximena Arriaga Added to SPSP Heritage Wall, Honoring Her Contributions to Personality and Social Psychology
