AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper
To be eligible for an award, the student must be the major contributor to a project on a topic relevant to psychology and law (i.e., the student had primary responsibility for initiating and conducting the project even though the project will usually be conducted under the supervision of a mentor). Data collection should be complete. Winners will be encouraged to submit their work for presentation at the AP-LS Conference (as first authors). Students may submit their work during their first post-undergraduate year as long as the work was conducted during their undergraduate career.
Nominations/applications: Send one copy of each of the following:
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APA style manuscript or thesis detailing the research to be considered for an award in less than 20 pages of text.
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Letter of support from the student’s faculty supervisor; this letter must characterize the nature and extent of the student’s contribution to the project.
Nomination deadline
June 30 (annually)
Decision made by
AP-LS Undergraduate Paper Award Committee
Proposals will be judged based on independence, originality, contribution to field, soundness of design and analyses and quality of writing.
Awarded
Annually at the AP-LS Annual Meeting. First, second and third place winners will be determined. First place will receive an award of $500, second place $300 and third place $150. Award recipients will be strongly encouraged to attend the conference and to present a poster at the poster session in a “Winner’s Circle.”
Submissions
Submissions must be received via email (in Microsoft Word) committee chair on or before June 30.
2017
Nicholas Michalski (Advisor: Jennifer Hunt)
Weyam Fahmy (Advisor: Brent Snook)
Eleanor Prince (Advisor: Michael Lamb)
2016
Julian Siebert (Advisor: Colin Tredoux)
Sydney Wood (Advisor: Evan Mandery)
Zsofia Szojka (Advisor: Michael Lamb)
2015
Hannah Phalen (Advisor: Edie Greene)
Siara D. Johnson (Advisor: Naomi Goldstein)
Tyler J. Plogher (Advisor: Margaret Stevenson)
2014
Alex Lyon (Advisors: Gail Goodman/Deborah Goldfarb)
Alan Buttars (Advisor: Matt Huss)
Samantha Andrews (Advisor: Michael Lamb)
2013
Dana Forman (Advisor: Dave DeMatteo)
Nikoleta Despodova (Advisor: Elizabeth Jeglic)
Alan Buttars (Advisor: Matt Huss)
2012
Natalie Harrison (Advisor: Ron Roesch)
Evan Marie Lowder (Advisor: Aubrey Immelman)
Shelby Arnold (Advisor: Naomi Goldstein)
2011
Devon Porter (Advisor: Daniel Reisberg) & James Lant (Advisor: Kimberley Clow)
Christina Stanford (Advisor: Jeffrey Anastasi)
2010
Adam Blanchard (Advisor: Kevin Douglas)
Darcy Burgers (Advisor: Dickon Reppucci)
Jennifer Newman (Advisor: Kim Roberts)
2009
Kyla Matthews (Advisor: Meredith Allison)
Adana Lagerstrom (Advisor Jodi Viljoen)
Alison Ryan (Advisor: Daniel Krauss)
2008
Sarah McFadden
Marissa Reiter
2007
Haley Deveau
Kaitlin Bountress