ISSI honors two researchers each year. These awards are presented to scholars who have made important empirical and theoretical contributions to the understanding of self and identity. The Early Career award is given to a researcher who has made such contributions within 10 years of obtaining a Ph.D. The Lifetime Career award is presented to a researcher who has made a sustained contribution to our understanding of self and identity throughout his or her academic career.

Call for Nominations for the ISSI Early Career Award

This award is made annually to recognize and encourage a distinguished junior scientist who has made outstanding theoretical and empirical contributions to the scientific study of human self. The award will be made on the basis of originality, quality, and impact of scientific research in the area of self and identity. The award winner will be invited to present a distinguished address at the SPSP Self and Identity Pre-Conference. Please help us get this information to a wide audience of talented scientists for this year's competition. The selection committee (June Tangney, Jeff Greenberg, and Serena Chen) will make its recommendation to the ISSI Executive Committee and the winner will be announced in late 2007.

Eligibility: Nominees should have completed their PhD no more than 10 years prior to nomination.

Nominations should include a letter of nomination addressing the nature and impact of the nominee's contribution to the scientific study of self and identity, a copy of the nominee's CV, and no more than 3 reprints of his/her work selected for their relevance to the award. Electronic submissions of nominating materials are encourage; hard copy form is also acceptable (4 copies, please). Nominations are due by September 25, 2007.

Nominating materials should be sent to June Tangney, Ph.D., Chair, ISSI Early Career Award Committee, Department of Psychology, MSN 3F5, 4400 University Ave., Fairfax VA 22030, (703) 993 1365, jtangney@gmu.edu.

Early Career Award Recipients
 

2006 Serena Chen

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

2005 Wendi Gardner

Department of Psychology, Northewestern University

2004 John Jost

Department of Psychology, New York University

2003 Ying-Yi Hong

Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2002 Andrew J. Elliot

Department of Clincal and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester

2001 Steven J. Heine

Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Canada

2000 Sandra L. Murray

Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA

Lifetime Career Award Recipients
 

2005 E. Tory Higgins

Department of Psychology, Columbia University, USA

2004 Claude Steele

Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA

2003 Hazel Markus

Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA

2002 Abraham Tesser

Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, USA

2001 Marilynn Brewer

Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, USA