Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Corinne A. Moss-Racusin.

Abstract

The Early Career Awards, given for the first time in 1974, recognize the large number of excellent early career psychologists. Recipients of this award may not have held a doctoral degree for more than nine years. For purposes of this award, psychology has been divided into 10 areas: animal learning and behavior, comparative; developmental; health; cognition/human learning; psychopathology; behavioral and cognitive neuroscience; perception/motor performance; social; applied research; and individual differences. Five areas are considered each year, with areas rotated in two-year cycles. The areas considered in 2021 were animal learning and behavior, comparative; developmental; health; cognition/human learning; and psychopathology. Each year, panels are selected for the areas under consideration, and these panels recommend nominees to the Committee on Scientific Awards. The 2021 recipients of the APA Scientific Contribution Awards were recognized by the 2020 Board of Scientific Affairs and selected by the 2020 Committee on Scientific Awards. For her outstanding contributions to social psychology including investigations of backlash against gender vanguards, which have led to successful interventions that defeat stereotypes and prejudice. Corinne A. Moss-Racusin's work helps society to overcome biases that contribute to gender segregation in the workforce, thereby liberating people to perform the work they are most passionate about without being held to double standards or expectations regarding what they 'ought to be.' As a testament to her interdisciplinary approach, her research has appeared in leading scientific journals, including Nature, Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and has been widely communicated through prestigious news outlets. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).