Nicholas Hobbs Award
The Nicholas Hobbs Award is presented annually to a psychologist who exemplifies the ideals and devotion to child advocacy/policy. Hobbs was a charter member of Division 37 whose life and work represented the values of the division. He was the first director of the John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development at George Peabody College, provost of Vanderbilt University (1967-75), and then director of the Center for the Study of Families and Children at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies. He helped develop innovative research and training programs, and subsequent policy changes, for children with mental retardation and children with chronic illness. Hobbs’ work also extended to the Peace Corp where he was the first director of selection and research for the corp. Hobbs’ work and contributions led APA to award him the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award and the Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Award. He also served as president of APA. Psychologists with an EdD, PsyD, or PhD are eligible for the award.
Nominees for this award must be members of Division 37. The award comes with a $750 honorarium and an invitation to give an award talk at the APA Convention as part of the Division 37 programming. If the winner is able to attend and present in person, the division will cover up to $1200 in travel expenses.
Annual deadline: February 20
Nominations should include a letter of nomination, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, two letters of support, and other pertinent supporting materials as desired. Self-nominations are not accepted. Nominations should be submitted via email to the current president of Division 37.
2023
Mary Ann McCabe, George Washington University School of Medicine and Private Practice
2022
Deborah Phillips, PhD, Georgetown University
2021
Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD
2020
Barbara Fiese, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2019
Elizabeth (Liz) Gershoff, PhD
2018
Jodi Quas, PhD
2017
John Eckenrode, PhD
2016
Patrick Tolan
2015
Sandra Graham-Bermann
2014
Michael C. Roberts, PhD
2010
W. Rodney Hammond, PhD
2009
Donald Wertlieb, PhD, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.
2008
Sheila M. Eyberg, PhD, University of Florida—Gainesville
2007
Brian L. Wilcox, PhD, University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Center on Children, Families, and the Law
2006
Karen Saywitz, PhD, University of California—Los Angeles
2005
Robert Friedman, PhD, University of South Florida
2004
John Weisz, PhD, University of California—Los Angeles
2003
Gail Goodman, PhD, University of California—Davis
2002
Joy Osofsky, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine
2001
Barbara L. Bonner, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma
2000
Aletha C. Huston, PhD, Department of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin
1999
Dante Cicchetti, PhD, Mt. Hope Family Center and University of Rochester
1998
Lawrence Aber, PhD, National Center for Children in Poverty, New York
1997
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, PhD, Center for Young Children and Families, Columbia University
1996
Donald K. Routh, PhD, University of Miami