International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI):
An Interdisciplinary Association for Social and
Behavioral Scientists
ISSI Awards for Scientific Contributions
Each year ISSI honors researchers who have made important empirical and theoretical contributions to the understanding of self and identity. The Distinguished Lifetime Career Award is presented to a researchers who have made major, enduring contributions to understanding self and identity over the course of their academic careers. The Outstanding Early Career Award is given to researchers who have made especially impressive contributions to the field within their first 10 years of obtaining a Ph.D.
Distinguished Lifetime Career Award Recipients
SPSP 2017 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award Recipient: Constantine Sedikides
2018 Mark Alicke, Ohio University (award to be given at the 2019 SPSP Self & Identity Preconference)
2017 Costantine Sedikides, University of Southampton
2016 David Dunning, University of Michigan
2015 William B. Swann, University of Texas
2014 June Tangney, George Mason University
2013 Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan, University of Rochester
2007 E. Mark Snyder, University of Minnesota
2006 Sheldon Stryker, Indiana University
2005 E. Tory Higgins, Columbia University
2004 Claude Steele, Stanford University
2003 Hazel Markus, Stanford University
2002 Abraham Tesser, University of Georgia
2001 Marilynn Brewer, The Ohio State University
Outstanding Early Career Award Recipients
SPSP 2017 Early Career Award Recipient: Sapna Cheryan
SPSP 2017 Early Career Award Recipient: Mary Murphy
2018 Kimberly Rios, Ohio University (award to be given at the 2019 SPSP Self & Identity Preconference)
2017 Sapna Cheryan, University of Washington and Mary Murphy, Indiana University
2016 Emily Balcetis, New York University
2015 Wilhelm Hofmann, University of Cologne
2014 Brandon Schmeichel, Texas A&M
2013 Mark J. Landau, University of Kansas
2000 Sandra L. Murray, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Best Paper Award
ISSI has established anaward for the best paper published in its journal Self and Identity.
2017 Winner:
Hamilton, H. R., & DeHart, T. (2017). Drinking to belong: The effect of a friendship threat and self-esteem on college student drinking. Self and Identity, 16, 1-15.
2016 Winner:
Villicana, A. J., Delucio, K., & Biernat, M. (2016). "Coming out" among gay Latino and gay White men: Implications of verbal disclosure for well-being. Self & Identity, 15, 468-487.
2015 Winner:
Howe, T. R., Aberson, C. L., Friedman, H. S., Murphy, S. E., Alcazar, E., Vazquez, E. J., & Becker, R. (2015). Three decades later: The life experiences of mid-life functioning of 1980s heavy metal groupies, musicians, and fans. Self & Idenity, 14, 602-626.
2014 Winner:
Ntoumanis, N., Healy, L. C., Sedikides, C., Smith, A. L., & Duda, J. L. (2014). Self-regulatory responses to unattainable goals: The role of goal motives. Self & Identity, 13, 594-612.
2013 Winner:
Silvia, P. J., & Phillips, Ann G. (2013). Self-awareness without awareness? Implicit self-focused attention and behavioral self-regulation. Self & Identity, 12, 114-127.
2011 Winner:
Balcetis, E., & Dunning, D. (2013). Considering the situation: Why people are better social psychologists than self-psychologists. Self & Identity, 12, 1-15.
2010 Winner:
Amiot, C. E., & Hornsey, M. J. (2010). Collective self-esteem contingency and its role in predicting intergroup bias. Self & Identity, 9, 62-86.
2009 Winner:
Wolf, S. T., Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., & Insko, C. A. (2010). Shame proneness and guilt proneness: Toward the further understanding of reactions to public and private transgressions. Self & Identity, 9, 337-362.
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