Jenessa Shapiro Award for Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion

The Jenessa Shapiro Award for Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion recognizes a faculty member who has had a direct and significant impact on the representation and experiences of underrepresented individuals in social and personality psychology and/or the broader community.

Award Info

About the Award

This year’s recipient

Keith B. Maddox, Tufts University

Dr. Keith Maddox examines social cognitive aspects of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination related to racial phenotypicality bias, bias confrontation, and interracial dialogue. The long-range goal of this work is to further the understanding of the representation of stereotypic knowledge and its implications for the treatment of members of marginalized groups.

About the Award

The Jenessa Shapiro Award for Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion recognizes a faculty member who has had a direct and significant impact on the representation and experiences of underrepresented individuals in social/personality psychology and/or the broader community.

The award is named in memory of UCLA professor Jenessa Shapiro, who thought it was extremely important to promote diversity and inclusion in her lab, at the university, and in the field more generally. Jenessa took concrete actions to do this in a number of ways, ranging from volunteering for mentorship lunches at professional conferences to serving on committees to address issues of diversity within her departments as well as at the National Institutes of Health. She also engaged in countless other less visible activities to contribute to the goals of diversity, inclusion, and social justice that she never advertised.

Recipients of this award receive a $500 honorarium and accompanying plaque, which are presented at the annual Awards Ceremony held at the SPSP Annual Convention, as well as a complimentary one-year SPSP membership.

Eligibility

Requirements

Recipients should have had a direct and significant impact on the representation and experiences of underrepresented individuals in social/personality psychology and/or the broader community

Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by others.

How to Apply

Submission Criteria

A bulleted list that describes how the nominee fits the criteria for this award
OPTIONAL: Letters of support from up to three individuals (e.g. student mentees, colleagues) who are in a position to speak to the nominee’s qualifications for the awards.
Nominee's current vita in electronic format.

How to Submit

apply here

The application period is February 20 - April 20.

Past Recipients

2020

Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell, Eden King

2019

Yolanda Flores Niemann

2018

Mikki Hebl

Contact

For more information, please contact awards@spsp.org

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