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 University
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 recognizes APS members who have significantly fostered the careers of others, honoring those 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.
2019 Spence Award Recipients
Luke Chang
Dartmouth College
Mina Cikara
Harvard University
Molly Crockett
Yale University
Katherine Ehrlich
University of Georgia
Willem Frankenhuis
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Jon Freeman
New York University
Michael Treadway
Emory University
Scott Vrieze
University of Minnesota
APS Fellows
Fellow status is awarded to APS members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application.
About Fellow Status | Nomination Information | Recent Fellows | All Fellows
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.
About Rising Stars | Nomination Information | Meet the Rising Stars