Jenessa Shapiro Award for Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion

The Jenessa Shapiro Award for Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion recognizes a faculty member who has had a direct and significant impact on the representation and experiences of underrepresented individuals in social and personality psychology and/or the broader community.

Award Info

Description

About the Award

The Jenessa Shapiro Award for Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion recognizes a faculty member who has had a direct and significant impact on the representation and experiences of underrepresented individuals in social/personality psychology and/or the broader community.

The award is named in memory of UCLA professor Jenessa Shapiro, who thought it was extremely important to promote diversity and inclusion in her lab, at the university, and in the field more generally. Jenessa took concrete actions to do this in a number of ways, ranging from volunteering for mentorship lunches at professional conferences to serving on committees to address issues of diversity within her departments as well as at the National Institutes of Health. She also engaged in countless other less visible activities to contribute to the goals of diversity, inclusion, and social justice that she never advertised.

Recipients of this award receive a $500 honorarium and accompanying plaque, which are presented at the annual Awards Ceremony held at the SPSP Annual Convention, as well as a complimentary one-year SPSP membership.

Eligibility

Requirements

Recipients should have had a direct and significant impact on the representation and experiences of underrepresented individuals in social/personality psychology and/or the broader community

Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by others.

How to Apply

Submission Criteria

A bulleted list that describes how the nominee fits the criteria for this award
OPTIONAL: Letters of support from up to three individuals (e.g. student mentees, colleagues) who are in a position to speak to the nominee’s qualifications for the awards.
Nominee's current vita in electronic format.

How to Submit

Submissions for this award are accepted from March 15 to June 1.

Past Recipients

2019

Yolanda Flores Niemann headshot Yolanda Flores Niemann

Yolanda is Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas. Her research focuses on the effects and social ecological contexts of stereotypes and tokenism. She has published multiple books and journal article publications, and a film Microaggressions in the Classroom. She has been Principal Investigator of over 40 million dollars in federal grants, and served as an administrator for 15 years. She lectures nationally on microaggressions and inequities in the workplace.

2018

Mikki Hebl headshot Mikki Hebl

Mikki Hebl holds the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychology at Rice University. She graduated from Smith College (B.A.) and Dartmouth College (Ph.D.). Her research advances knowledge gender and diversity in organizations. Her proudest accomplishment is watching her students become the next generation diversity scholars.

Contact

SPSP Awards Coordinator

Brannan Meyers, awards@spsp.org

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