This award, established in August 2011, recognizes an individual who has made a significant or sustained contribution to innovative methods in social and personality psychology. The award recognizes contributions that are especially likely to generate the discovery of new hypotheses, new phenomena, or new ways of thinking about the discipline of social/personality psychology.
Any kind of innovative methodological contribution (including developments of new methods, including analytic methods; innovative applications of existing methods; and creative application of methods from other fields), regardless of the format of the contribution, can be considered as evidence for the award. Contributions by an individual could include articles, papers, book chapters, books, websites, pieces of software or hardware, symposia, or other inventions created or released and judged to be innovative. The award can be made in recognition of a single significant contribution or a record of sustained contributions in one or several areas.
Methodological contributions may be judged innovative and generative even before they have generated substantial empirical findings. The emphasis of the award is on a contribution's conceptual innovation and potential to motivate new research and further conceptual investigation. The recipient receives a $500 honorarium.
Past Recipients
2012 David Kenny
Past Citations 2012 David Kenny is a giant among methodologists in psychology. His record of methodological innovation within social and personality psychology is unparalleled. His influential early article on mediation was followed by many other contributions. Widely admired are his sophisticated models of interpersonal perception and truth and bias in judgment. His methodological achievements include innovative research designs (such as the round robin) and analytic approaches for questions involving nonindependent data in dyads and groups. David Kenny has also applied these and other innovative approaches to answer substantive questions such as "Do people know how others view them? and "Do we know how much people like one another? He is also a master of writing clear explanations of complex techniques, both in journal articles and monographs on psychological methods. This award symbolizes the great appreciation that social and personality psychologists have for his many important contributions to methodology.
Nomination Instructions Eligibility: Any kind of innovative methodological contribution (for example, developments of new methods, including analytic methods; innovative applications of existing methods; and creative application of methods from other fields), regardless of the format of the contribution, can provide evidence of excellence. Contributions by an individual could include articles, papers, book chapters, books, websites, pieces of software or hardware, symposia, or other inventions created or released and judged to be innovative. The award can be made in recognition of a single significant contribution or a record of sustained contributions in one or several areas. Nomination Process:
- Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by others. The Award Nomination Panel also reserves the right to nominate potential recipients for this award.
- Nomination letters (1 page maximum) should specify the nature and impact (or likely impact) of the nominee’s contributions. Supporting materials, such as a CV, can be included in the nomination package.
- People nominated last year will be considered again this year. If a nominator would like to update a person’s nomination information, new or replacement materials can be sent in. Otherwise, there is no need to re-nominate a person.
- Email the nomination letter and any additional material to MethodologicalAward@gmail.com
Please designate that the nomination is for the Methodological Innovation Award The submission deadline is May 15, 2013
This year’s Award Nomination Panel members are Ed Diener (Chair), Phoebe Ellsworth, and Dave Kenny. - Questions should be directed to the Chair at MethodologicalAward@gmail.com
- The recipient will receive a $500 honorarium.
- This 2013 award will be presented at the annual 2014 convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, which will take place in Austin, TX, February 13-15.
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