Nevitt Sanford Award for
Professional Contributions to
Political Psychology

Nevitt Sanford was deeply influenced by John Dewey, who imposed upon the scholar the obligation to put knowledge to work in the solution of social problems. Thus the ISPP was dear to his heart. Nevitt's problem-centred approach to the generation of human knowledge involved not only perceiving but also doing or making, so his interests ranged widely through the disciplines, much like ISPP. His specialization was in personality theory and human problems, particularly the authoritarian personality and social destructiveness, higher education and adult development.

This award, set up in the honor of Nevitt Sanford, is to be given yearly to someone deemed by the committee to be 1) engaged in the practical application of political psychological principles, or 2) creating knowledge that is accessible and used by practitioners to make a positive difference in the way politics is carried out.

The 2009 award recipient will be strongly encouraged to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting and Award's Banquet in Dublin, Ireland, and will be asked to give a talk at the 2010 annual meeting in recognition of their work in the field.

All nominations must include a CV of the nominee and an argumentation why he/she deserves the award. Send nominations via post or email by March 1, 2009, to:

William Ascher (2009 Award Committee Chair)
Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics
Claremont McKenna College
850 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
william.ascher@cmc.edu

Deadline: March 1, 2009.

First awarded in 1979.

2008 Joe Montville

2007 Doris Graber

2006 Henk Dekker

2005 Helen Haste

2004 Martha Crenshaw

2003 Ervin Staub

2002 Jerrold Post

2001 Judith Torney-Purta

2000 Jansuz Reykowski

1999 Hal Saunders

1998 Elizabeth Lira Kornberg

1997 Phil Tetlock

1996 M. Kent Jennings

1995 Margaret G. Hermann

1994 Vamik D. Volkan

1993 Roberta Sigel

1992 Robert Jervis

1991 Richard Christie

1990 Irving L. Janis

1989 Ralf G. Dahrendorf

1988 Ole R. Holsti

1987 Ralph K. White

1986 Robert E. Lane

1985 Morton Deutsch

1984 Herb Kelman

1983 Gabriel Almond

1982 David Reisman

1981 Hilda Himmelweit

1980 David Riesman

1979 Nevitt Sanford