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 2009 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 (preferred-- in .pdf or .doc formats) or postal mail by the committee chair on or before June 30, 2009.  

Email: Daniel.Krauss@ClaremontMcKenna.edu
Mail:  Daniel A. Krauss, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Claremont McKenna College
850 Columbia Ave
Claremont, CA 91711  

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. 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  Hannah Dietrich, 1st time this award was made