1. 2021 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award

Dear Colleagues,

The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) is seeking nominations for its 2021 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award.  This award is made annually to recognize a scientist who has made sustained and important contributions to our understanding of self and identity throughout their academic career.


The award will be made on the basis of originality, quality, and impact of scientific research in the area of self and identity. Please go to our web site to see the list of past winners:

http://www.issiweb.org/awards/

The award winner will be invited to present a distinguished address at the 2022 SPSP Self and Identity Pre-Conference (February 17th in San Francisco, CA) where they will be presented with a plaque. ISSI will cover travel expenses to SPSP, up to $1000, to the award winner. The winner will also be invited to submit an Award Address paper to the journal, Self & Identity. Please help us get this information to a wide audience of talented scientists for this year’s competition.

Candidates for the award are not restricted by discipline and membership in ISSI is not a requirement. 

Nominations should include a brief letter of nomination addressing the nature and impact of the nominee’s contribution to the scientific study of self and identity, a copy of the nominee’s CV, and no more than 3 PDFs of their work selected for their quality and relevance to the award.  Please send nominating materials electronically. Nominations are due by FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021.

The selection committee (Laurie O’Brien, Jessica Tracy, and Michael Hogg) will make its recommendation to the ISSI Executive Committee and the winner will be selected by mid-June 2021.

Nominating materials should be sent to Laurie O’Brien, Chair, ISSI Distinguished Lifetime Career Award Committee: lobrien2@tulane.edu.

2. 2021 Outstanding Early Career Award

The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) seeks nominations for its 2021 Outstanding Early Career Award.  This award is made annually to recognize and encourage a distinguished junior scientist who has made outstanding theoretical and empirical contributions to the scientific study of self and identity.


The award will be made on the basis of originality, quality, and impact of scientific research in the area of self and identity. Please go to our web site to see the list of past winners:

http://www.issiweb.org/awards/

The award winner will be invited to present a distinguished address at the 2022 SPSP Self and Identity Pre-Conference (February 17th in San Francisco, CA) where they will receive a plaque. ISSI will cover the award winner’s travel expenses to SPSP, up to $1000. The award winner will also be invited to submit an Award Address paper to the journal, Self & Identity. Please help us spread this information to a wide audience of talented scientists for this year’s competition.

Eligibility:  Nominees should have completed their PhD no earlier than January 2011.

Nominations should include a brief letter of nomination addressing the nature and impact of the nominee’s contribution to the scientific study of self and identity, a copy of the nominee’s CV, and no more than 3 PDFs of her/his work selected for their quality and relevance to the award.  Please send nominating materials electronically. Nominations are due by FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021.

The selection committee (Jennifer Bosson, Shira Gabriel, and Mesmin Destin) will make its recommendation to the ISSI Executive Committee and the winner will be selected by mid-June 2021.

Nominating materials should be sent to Jennifer Bosson, Chair, ISSI Outstanding Early Career Award Committee: jbosson@usf.edu.

Thank you,

Serena Chen

President, International Society for Self & Identity

Professor, Department of Psychology

University of California, Berkeley

serchen@berkeley.edu