This award is offered to an individual whose innovative research in the psychology of religion is marked by scholarly excellence and has implications for theory, practice or further research.
Eligibility: The recipient of the award must have completed the doctoral degree within ten years of the submission deadline.
2025 Kathryn Johnson
2024 Larisa Heiphetz Solomon
2023 Don E. Davis
2022 Daryl R. van Tongeren
2021 Joshua Hook
2020 Ward Davis
2019 Patty Van Cappellen
2018 Amy Wachholtz
2017 Jesse Preston
2016 Hisham Abu-Raiya
2015 Will Gervais
2014 Uffe Schjoedt
2013 Jessie Dezutter
2012 Azim Shariff
2011 Jamie Aten
2010 Pehr Granqvist
2009 Adam Cohen
2008 Nat Wade
2007 Bart Duriez
2006 Mark E. Koltko-Rivera
2005 Vassilis Saroglou
2004 Israela Silberman
2003 Julie J. Exline
2002 Todd W. Hall
2001 W. Paul Williamson
2000 Michael E. McCullough
1999 Crystal L. Park
1998 None
1997 Christopher Burris
Nominations for this award should include a brief statement explaining why the nominee deserves the award as well as a copy of the nominee's CV. Self-nominations are welcome.
Please send a single document containing all materials (as either a PDF or MS Word document) to Awards Committee Chair Crystal Park. Deadline for the current cycle of awards is February 28, to be given the subsequent year.
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