Awards & Fellows: Lightner Witmer Award

Each year the Division of School Psychology presents the Lightner Witmer Award to young professional and academic school psychologists who have demonstrated scholarship that merits special recognition. Continuing scholarship, rather than a thesis or dissertation alone, is the primary consideration in making the award. While a specific scholarly work may be salient in the evaluation of a nominee, it is not likely that a single work will be of such exceptional character that it would be the basis of the award. Similarly, numerous papers, articles, etc., will not by themselves be a sufficient basis for the award. Instead, the Lightner Witmer Award will be given for scholarly activity and contributions that have significantly nourished school psychology as a discipline and profession. This will include systematic and imaginative use of psychological theory and research in furthering the development of professional practice, or unusual scientific contributions and seminal studies of important research questions that bear on the quality of school psychological training and/or practice. In addition, there should be exceptional potential and promise to contribute knowledge and professional insights that are of uncommon and extraordinary quality. Nominees must be (a) within seven years of receiving their doctoral degree as of September 1 of the year the award is given; and (b) be a Fellow, Member, Associate, or Student Affiliate of Division 16 .

Five sets of materials should be forwarded on each nominee including a vita, at least three signed supporting letters, reprints, other evidence of scholarship, and contact information for the nominee, nominator, and letter writers (as indicated on the Division 16 website) so that they may receive results. All nominations and related materials should be submitted by March 15 to Scott Ardoin, Committee Chair (c/o spardoin@uga.edu). Mailing address is: Dr. Scott Ardoin, Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, College of Education , 325L Aderhold Hall, University of Georgia , Athens , GA , 30602 . Only hard copies or CDs will be accepted.

Past Recipients

1973 James E. Ysseldyke
1974 Ellen C. Bien
1975 (no award)
1976 Judith L. Alpert
1977 Thomas R. Kratochwill
1978 Emmanual J. Mason
1979 Raymond S. Dean
1980 Cecil R. Reynolds
1981 Terry B. Gutkin
1981 Frederic J. Medway
1982 Frank M. Gresham
1983 George W. Hynd
1984 Stephen Elliott
1985 Cathy F. Telzrow
1986 Joe Witt
1987 Edward Shapiro
1987 Jack Kramer
1988 Timothy Keith
1988 Marybeth Gettinger
1989 Janet Graden
1989 Howard Knoff
1990 Brian Martens
1990 Kevin Stark
1991 William Erchul
1992 Sandra Christenson
1993 Susan Sheridan
1994 Gregg Macmann
1995 Christopher Skinner
1996 (No Award)
1997 Dawn Flanagan
1998 Steuart Watson
1999 John Hintze
1999 Cynthia Riccio
2000 George H. Noell
2002 Tanya Eckert
2003 Melissa Bray
2003 Shane Jimerson
2004 Richard Gilman
2005 Jim DiPerna
2006 Amanda VanDerHeyden
2007 Scott Ardoin
2007 Jessica Blom-Hoffman
2008 Theordore Christ