Anne Anastasi Dissertation Award
The Anne Anastasi Dissertation Award recognizes distinguished dissertations that address a topic in the field of quantitative research methods (assessment, evaluation, measurement, statistics). Award recipients attending the APA convention will receive the following:
- A cash award of $500 to help offset travel expenses to the subsequent APA convention.
All award recipients will also receive:
- An honorary one-year membership to Division 5.
- An awards plaque and a place in history.
The deadline for this award is the second Monday of December.
Questions about the awards, nominations, and review process can be addressed to Brian French. The outcome of the review process will be announced each year in March.. The outcome of the review process will be announced each year in March.
Neither the nominator nor nominee need be a current or former member of either the APA or Division 5. Both self-nominations and nominations of others will be considered.
Nominees must have completed dissertation no earlier than three years previous.
Nominees must be willing to participate in the process of selecting winners for their awards in the following year.
Nomination materials should include:
- An abstract of 1,000-2,000 words that (a) summarizes the dissertation and (b) highlights its broader theoretical and/or applied relevance and importance.
- A letter of support from the dissertation adviser (or other faculty member from the institution where the dissertation was completed) that describes (a) the significance of the dissertation to the field, (b) the implications of the project for future research, and (c) the promise of the nominee for future contributions to research or professional practice.
- The nominee’s current curriculum vitae.
- Please send all requested nomination materials to Brian French by the second Monday in December. In your email, please use the subject line “APA Division 5 Award Nomination”. In addition, please ask for confirmation that your materials have been received. If you do not receive a confirmation, please follow up to make sure that your materials have been received.
2026
Robyn Mennella
2025
Gyeongcheol Cho
2024
Mark Himmelstein
2023
Kenneth Tyler Wilcox
2022
Jason Rights
Tianjun Sun
2021
Samantha Anderson
2020
Julia Haaf
2019
Ross Jacobucci
2018
Daniel McNeish
2017
Qiwei He
2016
Mariola Moeyaert
2015
Carel F. W. Peeters
2014
Nathaniel E. Helwig
2013
A.G.J. (Rens) van de Schoot
2012
Zhushan “Mandy” Li
2011
Sarah Depaoli
2010
Clintin P. Davis-Stober
2009
Libo Li
2008
Hsiu-Ting Yu
2007
Guangjian Zhang
2006
Yanyan Sheng
2005
Emilio Ferrer
2004
Kristopher J. Preacher
2003
Sarah McConnell Hartzson
1994
Nalini Ambady
1993
Ruth Axman Childs
1992
Joseph L. Fava
1991
Jeanie L-Jen Weng
1990
P. Scott Richards
1989
Walter M. Houston