Distinguished Contributions in Qualitative Inquiry Award
This award honors an individual who has a long and distinguished history of scientific contributions within the field of qualitative research methods.
Award recipients attending the APA convention will receive the following:
- 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 Jessica McKenzie. 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 be willing to participate in the process of selecting winners for their awards in the following year.
Nomination materials should include:
- A nomination letter and two additional letters of support that describe the relevance, magnitude and breadth of the nominee’s scientific contributions to the field of qualitative methods throughout his or her career.
- The nominee’s current curriculum vitae.
- Please send all requested nomination materials to Jessica McKenzie 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.
2025
Joseph Patric Gone
2024
Kenneth Gergen
Mark Freeman
2023
No award
2022
Abigail J. Stewart
2021
Linda McMullen
2020
Heidi Levitt
2019
Frederick J. Wertz
2018
Ruthellen Josselson
2017
Michelle Fine
2016
Amedeo P. Giorgi