AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper

Description: The AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate research paper that is focused on the interdisciplinary study of psychology and law.

Eligibility: To be eligible for an award, the student must be the major contributor to a project on a topic relevant to psychology and law (i.e., the student had primary responsibility for initiating and conducting the project even though the project will usually be conducted under the supervision of a mentor).  Data collection should be complete.  Winners will be encouraged to submit their work for presentation at the 2012 AP-LS Conference (as first authors). Students may submit their work during their first post-undergraduate year as long as the work was conducted during their undergraduate career.

Nominations/Applications: Send one copy of each of the following:

• APA style manuscript or thesis detailing the research to be considered for an award in less than 20 pages of text.

• Letter of support from the student’s faculty supervisor; this letter must characterize the nature and extent of the student’s contribution to the project.

Submissions: Submissions must be received either via email (in Microsoft Word) or postal mail by the committee chair on or before June 30, 2012.  

Email: wingroveta@appstate.edu
Mail: Dr. Twila Wingrove
Department of Psychology
Appalachian State University
222 Joyce Lawrence Lane
ASU Box 32109
Boone, NC 28608-2109

Nomination Deadline: June 30 (annually)  

Decision Made By: AP-LS Undergraduate Paper Award Committee  

Proposals will be judged based on independence, originality, contribution to field, soundness of design and analyses, and quality of writing.  

Awarded: Annually at the AP-LS Annual Meeting. First, second, and third place winners will be determined.  First place will receive an award of $500, second place $300, and third place $150.  Award recipients will be strongly encouraged to attend the conference and to present a poster at the poster session in a “Winner’s Circle”.  

Previous Award Winners:

2006  1. Hannah Dietrich

2007  1. Haley Deveau
         2. Kaitlin Bountress

2008  1. Sarah McFadden
         2. Marissa Reiter

2009  1. Kyla Matthews (Advisor: Meredith Allison)
         2. Adana Lagerstrom (Advisor Jodi Viljoen)
         3. Alison Ryan (Advisor: Daniel Krauss)

2010  1. Adam Blanchard (Advisor: Kevin Douglas)
         2. Darcy Burgers (Advisor: Dickon Reppucci)
         3. Jennifer Newman (Advisor: Kim Roberts)