APS William James Fellow Award
The APS William James Fellow Award honors APS members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.
2019 James Award Recipients
Daniel T. Gilbert
Harvard University
Lynn Nadel
The University of Arizona
Elizabeth A. Phelps
Harvard
Janet F. Werker
University of
British Columbia
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award
The APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award honors APS members for their lifetime of significant
intellectual achievements in applied psychological research and their impact on a critical problem in
society at large.
2019 Cattell Award Recipients
George A. Bonanno
Columbia University
Roberta L. Klatzky
Carnegie Mellon University
Robert J. MacCoun
Stanford Law School
APS Mentor Award
The APS Mentor Award honors those who have significantly fostered the careers of others, recognizing APS members who masterfully help students and others find their own voices and discover their own research and career goals.
2019 Mentor Award Recipients
Geraldine Downey
Columbia University
Carol S. Dweck
Stanford University
Marcia K. Johnson
Yale University
Mark H. Johnson
University of Cambridge and Birkbeck, University of London
APS Janet Taylor Spence Award For Transformative Early Career Contributions
The APS Janet Taylor Spence Award recognizes transformative early-career contributions to psychological science. Award winners are APS members who are among our most creative and promising investigators.
Learn more about APS Past President Janet Taylor Spence.
2018 Spence Award Recipients
Elliot T. Berkman
University of Oregon
Marc G. Berman
The University of Chicago
Catherine Hartley
New York University
Kristin Laurin
University of British Columbia
Robb B. Rutledge
Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research
Amrisha Vaish
University of Virginia
APS Fellows
Fellow status is awarded to APS members who made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application.
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APS Rising Stars
The Rising Star designation recognizes outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their post-PhD research careers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.
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