SESPSociety of Experimental Social Psychology

 

Dissertation Award Recipients

















The Society of Experimental Social Psychology has honored outstanding dissertation research since 1972. Listed below are the previous award winners (W) and finalists (F).

Year Recipient Ph.D. Institution Advisor
2006 Gregory Walton (W)
Aaron Kay (F)
Naomi Eisenberger (F)
Yale University
Stanford University
Univ. of California--LA
Geoff Cohen
John Jost and Lee Ross
Shelly Gable and Shelley Taylor
 
2005 Pamela K. Smith (W)
Erica Carranza (F)
Etsuko H. Browne (F)

Gerben van Kleef (F)
New York University
Princeton University
University of Waterloo

University of Amsterdam
Yaacov Trope
Deborah Prentice
Steven Spencer and Mark Zanna
Carsten de Dreu and Tony Manstead
 
2004 Rick van Baaren (W)

Zakary L. Tormala (F)
J. Mark Weber (F)
University of Nijmegen

Ohio State University
Northwestern University
Ad van Knippenberg and Kerry Kawakami
Richard Petty
Keith Murnighan
 
2003 Faby Gagné (W)
Anja Eller (F)
Bianca Beersma (F)
McGill University
University of Kent
Amsterdam University
John Lydon
Dominic Abrams
Carsten de Dreu
 
2002 Heejung S. Kim (W)
Nicholas Epley (F)
Michael Inzlicht (F)
Stanford University
Cornell University
Brown University
Hazel Markus
Tom Gilovich
Talia Ben-Zeev
 
2001 Bernard Nijstad (W)
E. Ashby Plant (F)
Jason Plaks (F)
University of Utrecht
University of Wisconsin
Columbia University
Wolfgang Stroebe
Patricia Devine
Carol Dweck
 
2000 Ayelet Fishbach (W)
Tonya Chartrand (F)
Nanmathi Manian (F)
Tel Aviv University
New York University
University of Wisconsin
Yaacov Trope
John Bargh
Timothy Strauman
 
1999 Blair Jarvis (W)
Adam Galinsky (F)
Ian Skurnik (F)
Ohio State University
Princeton University
Princeton University
Richard Petty
Gordon Moskowitz
Gordon Moskowitz
 
1998 S. Sethi-Iyengar (W)
Nira Liberman (F)
Patrick Vargas (F)
Stanford University
Tel Aviv University
Ohio State University
Mark Lepper
Yaacov Trope
Richard Petty and William von Hippel
 
1997 Lorella Lepore (W)
Steven Heine (F)
C. Raymond Knee (F)
University of Kent
Univ. of British Columbia
University of Rochester
Rupert Brown
Darrin Lehman
Miron Zuckerman
 
1996 Victoria Medvec (W)
Cornell University
Thomas Gilovich
 
1995 Bertram Malle (W)
Sandra Murray (F)
Duane Wegener (F)
Stanford University
University of Waterloo
Ohio State University
Leonard Horowitz
John Holmes
Richard Petty
 
1994 Deb Gruenfeld (W)

A. Hollingshead (F)
Eric Depret (F)
Steve Spencer (F)
University of Illinois

University of Illinois
Univ. of Massachusetts
University of Michigan
Robert Wyer and Joseph McGrath
Joseph McGrath
Susan Fiske
Claude Steele
 
1993 Michael Morris (W)
Sara Baker (F)
Yi-Cheng Lin (F)
David Bersoff (F)
University of Michigan
Ohio State University
University of Rochester
Yale University
Richard Nisbett
Richard Petty
Harry Reis
Joan Miller
 
1992 Kari Edwards (W)

Margo Monteith (F)
Mark Klinger (F)
Deborah Kashy (F)
University of Michigan

Univ. of Wisconsin
Univ. of Washington
Univ. of Connecticut
Phoebe Ellsworth and Robert Zajonc
Patricia Devine
Anthony Greenwald
David Kenny
 
1991 Yuichi Shoda (W)
Sheila Murphy (F)
Michael Zarate (F)
Columbia University
University of Michigan
Purdue University
Walter Mischel
Robert Zajonc
Eliot Smith
 
1990 Leonard Newman (W)
Rasyid Sanitioso (F)
Brett Pelham (F)
David Houston (F)
New York University
Princeton University
Univ. of Texas--Austin
Indiana University
Diane Ruble
Ziva Kunda
Daniel Gilbert
Steven J. Sherman
 
1989 Yechiel Klar (W)
Shinobu Kitayama (F)
Leigh Thompson (F)
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
Northwestern University
Arie Kruglanski
Robert Zajonc
Reid Hastie
 
1988 Lee Jussim (W)
Timothy Strauman (W)
Steven Neuberg (F)
University of Michigan
New York University
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Lerita Coleman
E. Tory Higgins
Susan Fiske
 
1987 Peter Shapiro (W)
Charles Stangor (F)
Edward Hirt (F)
Univ. of Wisconsin
New York University
Indiana University
Vernon Allen
E. Tory Higgins
Steven J. Sherman
 
1986 Ziva Kunda (W)
Roderick Kramer (W)
Patricia Devine (F)
Ralph Erber (F)
University of Michigan
Univ. of California--LA
Ohio State University
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Richard Nisbett
Marilynn Brewer
Thomas Ostrom
Susan Fiske
 
1985 Diane Mackie (W)
Stan Klein (F)
Laraine Winter (F)
Princeton University
Harvard University
New York University
Joel Cooper
Peter Gordon
Jim Uleman
 
1984 Leonard Martin (W)
Steven Breckler (F)
UNC--Greensboro
Ohio State University
John Seta
Anthony Greenwald
 
1983 Paget Gross (W)
Renee Weber (F)
Princeton University
Northwestern University
John Darley
Reid Hastie
 
1982 John Bargh (W)
Susan Andersen (F)
Richard Ryan (F)
University of Michigan
Stanford University
University of Rochester
Robert Zajonc
Lee Ross
Ed Deci
 
1981 Ann Boggiano (W) Princeton University Diane Ruble
 
1980 Steven Penrod (W)
Fred Rhodewalt (F)
Harvard University
Princeton University
Reid Hastie
Ronald Comer
 
1979 Nancy Cantor (W)
Susan Fiske (F)
Stanford University
Harvard University
Walter Mischel
Shelley Taylor
 
1978 Donal Carlston (W)
Teresa Amabile (F)
Richard Petty (F)
University of Illinois
Stanford University
Ohio State University
Robert Wyer
Mark Lepper
Timothy Brock
 
1977 Richard Lippa (W)
Malcolm Brenner (F)
Harriet Shaklee (F)
Stanford University
University of Michigan
University of Oregon
Daryl Bem
Robert Zajonc
Robyn Dawes
 
1976 Thomas Srull (W) University of Illinois Robert Wyer
 
1975 Yaacov Trope (W) University of Michigan Eugene Burnstein
 
1974 David Wilder (W) Univ. of Wisconsin Vernon Allen
 
1973 Mark Snyder (W) Stanford University Daryl Bem
 
1972 Darren Newtson (W) Univ. of Wisconsin Vernon Allen