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The Kurt Lewin Award

Named for the late Kurt Lewin, a pioneer in the science of group dynamics & a founder of the SPSSI, this award is presented annually for "outstanding contributions to the development and integration of psychological research and social action."

The award recipient presents a distinguished address each year as part of SPSSI's program at the Annual APA Convention or at SPSSI's biennial conventions.

This is a list of past award winners and the titles of their spoken addresses.

Past winners sorted by name / Sorted by Year

Name	Year	Title of Address
Gordon Allport	1950	Prejudice: A Problem in Psychological and Social Causation
Craig Anderson	2017	Global Warming and Human Violence
Chris Argyris	1997	Field Theory as a Basis for Scholarly Research-Consulting
Mahzarin Banaji	2016	Doing Research on Implicit Social Cognition and Surprises Along the Way
Roger G. Barker	1963	On the Nature of the Environment
Jessie Bernard	1976	Homosociality and Female Depression
Marilynn B. Brewer	1996	The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations: Can Research Inform Practice?
Orville G. Brim, Jr.	1979	Types of Life Events
Urie Bronfenbrenner	1977	Lewinian Space and Ecological Substance
Daphne Bugental	2003	Thriving in the Face of Early Adversity
Brad Bushman	2017	Deadly Child’s Play: Exposure to Guns in Movies Increases Interest in Real Guns
Donald T. Campbell	1974	Qualitative Evaluation in Action Research
Dorwin P. Cartwright	1978	Theory and Practice
Isidor Chein	1975	There Ought to a Law – But Why?
George B. Chisholm	1948	Social Responsibility
Kenneth B. Clark	1965	Problems of Power and Social Change: Toward a Relevant Social Psychology
Stuart Cook	1960	The Systematic Analysis of Socially Significant Events: A Strategy for Social Research
Faye J. Crosby	2005	The Uses of a Good Theory
Kay Deaux	2007	To be American: Immigration, Hyphenation, and Incorporation
Tamara Dembo	1981	Some Problems in Rehabilitation as Seen by a Lewinian
Morton Deutsch	1968	Conflicts: Productive and Destructive
Jack F. Dovidio	2004	Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Racism: From Aversive Racism to the Common Ingroup Identity Model
Alice Eagly	2018	The Shaping of Science by Ideology: How Feminism Inspired, Led, and Constrained Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
Jacquelynne Eccles	1999	Activities, Identity, and Adolescent Development: The Social and Educational Policy Implications of Extracurricualr Involvement
Michelle Fine	2011	Resuscitating Critical Psychology for “Revolting” Times
Susan Fiske	2014	Talking Up and Talking Down: The Power of Positive Speaking
John R.P. French, Jr.	1992	A Lewinian's Lewinia
Jerome D. Frank	1972	Galloping Technology: A New Social Disease
Lawrence K. Frank	1957	Research for What?
Samuel Gaertner	2004	Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Racism: From Aversive Racism to the Common Ingroup Identity Model
Greg Herek	2006	Confronting Sexual Stigma and Prejudice: Theory and Practice.
Fritz Heider	1959	On Lewin’s Method and Theory
Michael Hogg	2022	Building and Breaking Walls between Groups: Self-Uncertainty, Social Identity, and Intergroup Leadership
Joseph McVicker Hunt	1982	Toward Equalizing the Developmental Opportunities of Infants and Preschool Children
James Jackson	2021
Marie Jahoda	1980	To Publish or Not to Publish
Irving Janis	1985	Problems of International Crisis Management in the Nuclear Age
James Jones	2001	TRIOS: A Psychological Theory of the African Legacy in American Culture
John T. Jost	2023
Robert L. Kahn	1988	Nations as Organizations: Organizational Theory and International Relations
Daniel Katz	1966	Group Process and Social Integration: A System Analysis to Two Movements of Social Protest
Harold H. Kelley	1990	Lewin, Situations, and Interdependence
Herbert C. Kelman	1973	Violence without Moral Restraint: Reflections on the Dehumanization of Victims and Victimizers
Otto Klineberg	1956	The Role of the Psychologist in International Affairs
Eleanor E. Maccoby	1991	Trends in the Study of Socialization: Is There a Lewinian Heritage?
Robert MacIver	1961	Disturbed Youth and the Agencies
Brenda Major	2013
Alfred J. Marrow	1964	Risks and Uncertainties in Action Research
Margaret Mead	1954	Cultural Discontinuities and Personality Transformation
Norman Miller	2000	Personalization and the Promise of Contact Theory
Jyuji Misumi	1994	The Development in Japan on the Performance-Maintenance (PM) Theory of Leadership
Gardner Murphy	1953	Human Potentialities
Gunnar Myrdal	1952	Psychological Impediments to Effective International Cooperation
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