Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring

The Jacob Cohen Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring, sponsored by the Taylor and Francis Group in memory of Jacob Cohen, PhD, recognizes demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring within the field of quantitative research methods.

Award recipients attending the APA convention will receive the following:

• An invitation to receive the award at the APA Div. 5 awards ceremony, with a description of their accomplishments being conveyed by one of their nominators.
• A cash award of $500 to help offset travel expenses to the subsequent convention.

All award recipients will also receive:

• An honorary one-year membership to Div. 5.
• An awards plaque and a place in history.

The annual deadline for this award is the first Monday of December.

Questions about the awards, nominations and the review process can be addressed to Heidi Levitt. 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 Div. 5. Both self-nominations and nominations of others will be considered.

Nominees must be willing to participate in the process of selecting winners for their awards in the following year.

Nomination materials should include:

1. A nomination letter and two other letters of support that describe distinguished teaching and mentoring through teaching evaluations, awards or testimonials, the nominee’s impact on student career trajectories and the nominee’s impact via public dissemination, such as workshops, conference presentations, books, web sites or involvement in public media.
2. The nominee’s current curriculum vitae.
3. Please send all requested nomination materials to Heidi Levitt by the first Monday in December. In your email, please use the subject line "Division 5 Award Nomination". In addition, please ask for a 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.

2019

Richard Gonzalez

2018

Daniel Bauer

2017

Scott E. Maxwell

2016

Patrick J. Curran

2015

John McArdle

2014

Bruce Thompson

2013

Todd D. Little

2012

Charles M. Judd & Gary H. McClelland 

2011

Gregory R. Hancock

2010

Ronald K. Hambleton

2009

Lawrence J. Hubert

2008

Kurt F. Geisinger

2007

Hariharan Swaminathan

2006

Stephen G. West

2005

Roger Kirk

2004

Liora Schmelkin

2003

L.L. Harlow & A.T. Panter

2002

Barbara M. Byrne

2001

Leona S. Aiken