Awards

Mentor Award

Award winner receives a plaque and a $300 award.

SEPA is seeking nominations for the 2011 Mentor Award. Please nominate a SEPA member who has demonstrated exceptional mentoring through some or all of the following activities:

Involving large numbers of students in the annual SEPA meeting
Shepherding the careers of various members of the SEPA
Supervising and teaching various members of the SEPA
Contributing to the professional development of members of the SEPA

Outstanding Professional Paper Award

Award winner receives a $500 award.

Eligibility: The sole or first (senior) author, as described in the APA Publication Manual, must be a non-student, professional member of SEPA in good standing at the time of the 2011 meeting.

CEPO Student Research Award for Research
on Minorities or Women

First Place in Women’s Issues - $250
First Place in Minority Issues - $250
Second Place Overall - $100

This is NOT the same as the CEPO Undergraduate Research Program (poster session), which must be submitted via U.S. mail.

Eligibility: A student who is not a member of SEPA may submit an application for membership or be sponsored by a SEPA member. If the paper is co-authored by a faculty member, the student must be the first author as described by the APA Publication Manual and be able to present the paper if it is accepted for the award.

Papers not selected for awards, but deemed appropriate for SEPA presentation, will automatically be considered for the SEPA program. Therefore, DO NOT submit your paper to both the SEPA and the CEPO Student Research Award Program.

Authors who are selected to present their work in the CEPO Student Research Award paper session will be expected to be present for the awards ceremony on Friday evening.

SEPA Graduate Student Research Award

First place winner receives a $200 award.

Additional award(s) may be made at the judges’ discretion.

Eligibility: The sole or first author, as described in the APA Publication Manual, must be a graduate student in a regionally accredited psychology program. The submission must be sponsored by a current SEPA Member, unless the submitting graduate student is a post-masters student and SEPA Member. The paper cannot be simultaneously submitted to other SEPA competitions or programs. However, legitimate submissions that are not nominated for consideration will automatically be reviewed for the SEPA program.

Authors who are selected to present their work in the Graduate Student Research Award paper session will be expected to be present for the awards ceremony on Friday evening.

Past Award Winners

Congratulations to SEPA’s award winners for 2011

Outstanding Professional Paper Award:
Dr. Shoshana Dayanim

Mentor Award:
Dr. Merry Sleigh-Ritzer

Graduate Student Research Award:
Ms. Melissa Sevlever

Committee on Equality of Opportunity Awards for Research on Minorities:
Ms. Brittany Weiner

on Women:
Mr. Roger C. McIntosh

Second place overall:
Ms. Witsinee (Guide) Bovornusvakcol