The division would like to congratulate Joseph Gone, PhD, (Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Anthropology), Faculty of Medicine (Global Health and Social Medicine) at Harvard University, Faculty Director of the Harvard University Native American Program) for receiving the prestigious APA award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research, which recognizes a psychologist whose research has led to important discoveries or developments in the field of applied research. He is also this year’s recipient of Div. 24’s Theodore Sarbin Award, and Div. 27’s Seymour B. Sarason Award for Community Research and Action. Gone has made significant contributions to the application of psychological knowledge for American Indian peoples, helping improving accessibility to relevant and appropriate mental health services.
The division would like to congratulate Mark Freeman, PhD, (Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Department of Psychology at College of the Holy Cross) for receiving The American Psychological Foundation’s 2021 Joseph B. Gittler award for significant scholarly contributions to the philosophical foundations of psychological knowledge. Freeman’s sixth book, "Do I Look at You with Love? Reimagining the Story of Dementia" in which he recounts the journey of his mother’s dementia from his perspective, was published earlier this year.
The division would like to congratulate Mary Beth Morrissey, PhD, (fellow appointment at the Fordham University Global Health Care Innovation Management Center) for receiving STPP’s 2021 Steve Harrist Distinguished Service Award. This award is intended to recognize substantial contributions to the division that further the goals of theoretical and philosophical psychology. Morrissey’s stunning contributions are cross-disciplinary and focus on the field of health and aging research, concentrating on public health law and policy.
The division would like to congratulate Brady Wiggins, PhD, (faculty member at Brigham Young University) for received the STPP’s 2021 Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology. This award is presented to an exceptional psychologist who is within ten years of the PhD degree and has made promising contributions to theoretical or philosophical psychology.