Distinguished Contributions in Mixed Methods Award

The Distinguished Contributions in Mixed Methods Award honors an individual who has a long and distinguished history of scientific contributions to integrating qualitative and quantitative methods and in mixed methods methodology. Sponsored annually by Harris L. Friedman, PhD.

Awards recipients attending the APA Convention will receive the following: An invitation to receive the award at the APA Division 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 APA convention*;

• An honorary one-year membership to Division 5; and

• An award plaque and a place in history.

The annual 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.

*Sponsorship and funding arrangement: Harris L. Friedman, PhD, will provide financial support for the honorarium and plaque annually. As the award's sponsor, Friedman will participate in the deliberations of the Award Committee and shall have one vote in decisions concerning this award. He will recuse himself from participation on occasions of apparent conflict of interest, such as when the applicant was nominated by him. Should Friedman discontinue support, he will inform the Division 5 Awards Committee at the start of the calendar year in which applications are solicited, and information about the award on the Division website will be revised to indicate that the award will be offered annually without sponsorship and without the $500 honorarium.

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 nominee’s major contributions. The letter should comment on the number and quality of publications; the impact of the nominee’s contributions as evidenced by citations, grants, leadership roles, policy involvement and/or translation of theory to practice; and the nominee’s promise for future contributions to quantitative research methods.
• 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.

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

John W. Cresswell