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Dissertation Award Recipients
SESP has honored outstanding dissertation research since 1972. Listed below are the previous award winners (in bold) and finalists.
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| Year |
Recipient |
Ph.D. Institution |
Advisor |
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| 2009 |
Kristina Olson |
Harvard University |
Mahzarin R. Banaji |
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Jay J. Van Bavel |
University of Toronto |
William A. Cunningham |
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Cheryl Wakslak |
New York University |
Yaacov Trope |
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| 2008 |
Edward Lemay |
Yale University |
Margaret Clark |
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Emily Amanatullah |
Columbia University |
Michael W. Morris |
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Stéphane Dandeneau |
McGill University |
Mark Baldwin |
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Mark J. Landau |
University of Arizona |
Jeff Greenberg |
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| 2007 |
Emily Balcetis |
Cornell University |
David Dunning |
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Markus Denzler |
Jacobs University Bremen |
Jens Förster |
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Carey Morewedge |
Harvard University |
Daniel Wegner, Daniel Gilbert |
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| 2006 |
Gregory Walton |
Yale University |
Geoff Cohen |
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Naomi Eisenberger |
UCLA |
Shelly Gable, Shelley Taylor |
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Aaron Kay |
Stanford University |
John Jost, Lee Ross |
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| 2005 |
Pamela K. Smith |
New York University |
Yaacov Trope |
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Etsuko H. Browne |
University of Waterloo |
Steven Spencer, Mark Zanna |
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Erica Carranza |
Princeton University |
Deborah Prentice |
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Gerben van Kleef |
University of Amsterdam |
C. de Dreu, Tony Manstead |
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| 2004 |
Rick van Baaren |
University of Nijmegen |
Knippenberg, Kawakami |
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Zakary L. Tormala |
Ohio State University |
Richard Petty |
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J. Mark Weber |
Northwestern University |
Keith Murnighan |
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| 2003 |
Faby Gagné |
McGill University |
John Lydon |
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Bianca Beersma |
Amsterdam University |
Carsten de Dreu |
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Anja Eller |
University of Kent |
Dominic Abrams |
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| 2002 |
Heejung S. Kim |
Stanford University |
Hazel Markus |
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Nicholas Epley |
Cornell University |
Tom Gilovich |
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Michael Inzlicht |
Brown University |
Talia Ben-Zeev |
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| 2001 |
Bernard Nijstad |
University of Utrecht |
Wolfgang Stroebe |
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Jason Plaks |
Columbia University |
Carol Dweck |
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E. Ashby Plant |
University of Wisconsin |
Patricia Devine |
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| 2000 |
Ayelet Fishbach |
Tel Aviv University |
Yaacov Trope |
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Tonya Chartrand |
New York University |
John Bargh |
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Nanmathi Manian |
University of Wisconsin |
Timothy Strauman |
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| 1999 |
Blair Jarvis |
Ohio State University |
Richard Petty |
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Adam Galinsky |
Princeton University |
Gordon Moskowitz |
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Ian Skurnik |
Princeton University |
Gordon Moskowitz |
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| 1998 |
S. Sethi-Iyengar |
Stanford University |
Mark Lepper |
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Nira Liberman |
Tel Aviv University |
Yaacov Trope |
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Patrick Vargas |
Ohio State University |
Rich Petty, Bill von Hippel |
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| 1997 |
Lorella Lepore |
University of Kent |
Rupert Brown |
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Steven Heine |
Univ. of British Columbia |
Darrin Lehman |
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C. Raymond Knee |
University of Rochester |
Miron Zuckerman |
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| 1996 |
Victoria Medvec |
Cornell University |
Thomas Gilovich |
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| 1995 |
Bertram Malle |
Stanford University |
Leonard Horowitz |
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Sandra Murray |
University of Waterloo |
John Holmes |
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Duane Wegener |
Ohio State University |
Richard Petty |
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| 1994 |
Deb Gruenfeld |
University of Illinois |
Robert Wyer, Joe McGrath |
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Eric Depret |
Univ. of Massachusetts |
Susan Fiske |
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Andrea Hollingshead |
University of Illinois |
Joe McGrath |
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Steve Spencer |
University of Michigan |
Claude Steele |
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| 1993 |
Michael Morris |
University of Michigan |
Richard Nisbett |
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Sara Baker |
Ohio State University |
Richard Petty |
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David Bersoff |
Yale University |
Joan Miller |
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Yi-Cheng Lin |
University of Rochester |
Harry Reis |
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| 1992 |
Kari Edwards |
University of Michigan |
P. Ellsworth, R. Zajonc |
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Deborah Kashy |
University of Connecticut |
David Kenny |
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Mark Klinger |
University of Washington |
Anthony Greenwald |
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Margo Monteith |
University of Wisconsin |
Patricia Devine |
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| 1991 |
Yuichi Shoda |
Columbia University |
Walter Mischel |
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Sheila Murphy |
University of Michigan |
Robert Zajonc |
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Michael Zárate |
Purdue University |
Eliot Smith |
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| 1990 |
Leonard Newman |
New York University |
Diane Ruble |
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David Houston |
Indiana University |
Steven J. Sherman |
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Brett Pelham |
Univ. of Texas--Austin |
Daniel Gilbert |
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Rasyid Sanitioso |
Princeton University |
Ziva Kunda |
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| 1989 |
Yechiel Klar |
University of Maryland |
Arie Kruglanski |
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Shinobu Kitayama |
University of Michigan |
Robert Zajonc |
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Leigh Thompson |
Northwestern University |
Reid Hastie |
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| 1988 |
Lee Jussim |
University of Michigan |
Lerita Coleman |
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Timothy Strauman |
New York University |
E. Tory Higgins |
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Steven Neuberg |
Carnegie Mellon Univ. |
Susan Fiske |
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| 1987 |
Peter Shapiro |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
Vernon Allen |
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Edward Hirt |
Indiana University |
Steven J. Sherman |
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Charles Stangor |
New York University |
E. Tory Higgins |
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| 1986 |
Roderick Kramer |
UCLA |
Marilynn Brewer |
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Ziva Kunda |
University of Michigan |
Richard Nisbett |
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Patricia Devine |
Ohio State University |
Thomas Ostrom |
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Ralph Erber |
Carnegie Mellon Univ. |
Susan Fiske |
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| 1985 |
Diane Mackie |
Princeton University |
Joel Cooper |
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Stan Klein |
Harvard University |
Peter Gordon |
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Laraine Winter |
New York University |
Jim Uleman |
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| 1984 |
Leonard Martin |
UNC--Greensboro |
John Seta |
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Steven Breckler |
Ohio State University |
Anthony Greenwald |
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| 1983 |
Paget Gross |
Princeton University |
John Darley |
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Renee Weber |
Northwestern University |
Reid Hastie |
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| 1982 |
John Bargh |
University of Michigan |
Robert Zajonc |
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Susan Andersen |
Stanford University |
Lee Ross |
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Richard Ryan |
University of Rochester |
Ed Deci |
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| 1981 |
Ann Boggiano |
Princeton University |
Diane Ruble |
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| 1980 |
Steven Penrod |
Harvard University |
Reid Hastie |
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Fred Rhodewalt |
Princeton University |
Ronald Comer |
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| 1979 |
Nancy Cantor |
Stanford University |
Walter Mischel |
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Susan Fiske |
Harvard University |
Shelley Taylor |
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| 1978 |
Donal Carlston |
University of Illinois |
Robert Wyer |
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Teresa Amabile |
Stanford University |
Mark Lepper |
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Richard Petty |
Ohio State University |
Timothy Brock |
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| 1977 |
Richard Lippa |
Stanford University |
Daryl Bem |
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Malcolm Brenner |
University of Michigan |
Robert Zajonc |
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Harriet Shaklee |
University of Oregon |
Robyn Dawes |
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| 1976 |
Thomas Srull |
University of Illinois |
Robert Wyer |
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| 1975 |
Yaacov Trope |
University of Michigan |
Eugene Burnstein |
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| 1974 |
David Wilder |
University of Wisconsin |
Vernon Allen |
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| 1973 |
Mark Snyder |
Stanford University |
Daryl Bem |
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| 1972 |
Darren Newtson |
University of Wisconsin |
Vernon Allen |
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