Robert W. Proctor Best Student Poster Award

Robert W. Proctor played a large role in the leadership of Division 21 and has made many outstanding contributions to applied experimental psychology. He served as president-elect, president, and past president of the division from August 2016-19. Proctor mentored many students and encouraged graduate students and early career researchers to join the division and to take on leadership roles. Proctor also represented Division 21 on the APA Council of Representatives and Board of Scientific Affairs. Proctor was a strong advocate of rigor in psychological sciences at APA. In 2013, he received the Franklin V. Taylor Award for outstanding contributions in the field of Applied Experimental/Engineering Psychology. He also made efforts to support the documentation of the division’s history so that the legacy of the division can be passed on to future generations.

The Best Student Poster Award was established in 2018 during Proctor’s term as president of Division 21. In 2024, the division named this award in his honor. This award recognizes the best student poster submitted to the division as part of the annual meeting program. The first-place awardee will receive a certificate and an award of $200. Students receiving honorable mention will receive a certificate.

Students who are the first author on a poster submitted to the APA’s Annual Convention Division 21 program will be considered for the award.

Deadline:
APA Annual Convention Division Poster Proposals deadline

Students who are the first author on a poster submitted to the Division 21 program will be considered for the award. Students will be asked to submit a pdf of their poster prior to the annual meeting to the program chair who will coordinate the selection process.

2026

Xinzhu Chai (First Place)
Robert (Eli) McConnell (Honorable Mention)
Jennifer Zamudio (Honorable Mention)

2025

Andrea Macedo Sales (First Place)
Lingfan Cui (Honorable Mention)
Kaila C. Dawkins (Honorable Mention)

2024

Katherine Garcia (First Place)
Joanna Kuc (Honorable Mention)

2023

Rachel Benton (First Place)

Shraddha Swaroop (Honorable Mention)

2022

Joshua D. Bell (First Place)
Katherine R. Garcia (Honorable Mention)

2021

No award (COVID-19 pandemic impact)

2020

No award (COVID-19 pandemic impact)

2019

Isis Chong (First Place)
Renato F. L. Azevedo (Honorable Mention)
Makenzie Pryor (Honorable Mention)

2018

Joshua Bell (First Place)
Salim A. Mouloua (Honorable Mention)