SITAR Awards
- 2018 – Debbie Moskowitz (McGill University)
“This year, the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Dr. Debbie Moskowitz for her many contributions to SITAR. Professor Moskowitz’s is a preeminent scholar in our field whose highly generative work has influenced the fields of personality, assessment, person-by-situation interactions, psychopathology, and quantitative methodology. Her work using ecological momentary assessment to measure stability and cross-situational generality of affect and of interpersonal behaviors using terms such as flux, pulse, and spin have inspired an entire generation of interpersonal scholars and have truly changed the way we understand and measure personality and psychopathology. I know that many share my sentiment that recognizing Professor Moskowitz for her work was very well deserved.” — Mark Lukowitsky, SITAR President - 2017 – Leonard Horowitz (Stanford University)
“We honored Dr. Len Horowitz with the 1st SITAR Lifetime Achievement Award. This special award was created by the Awards Committee to honor a SITAR member who has made a clear contribution to interpersonal theory and research (in terms of SITAR’s mission statement) and who is a senior leader in the field. I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this award than Len Horowitz, a founding member of SITAR and our 1st President. Len has had tremendous influence on numerous interpersonal scholars over the years and this was clearly evidenced by the thoughtful comments from his former students and post-docs.” — Nicole Cain, SITAR President
- 2018 – Debbie Moskowitz (McGill University)
- The Jerry S. Wiggins Student Award for Outstanding Interpersonal Research is given annually by the Society of Interpersonal Theory and Research in order to recognize and promote outstanding student research in interpersonal psychology. One award is given for the best student-led interpersonally focused research paper published in a given year.
To apply, please submit either the 2025 published paper by May 1, 2026 by emailing Whitney Ringwald.
Award Criteria
- Thoughtfulness of research question
- Scientific/practical significance
- Theoretical grounding
- Interpersonal focus
- Methodological soundness
- Strong connection between methods and research question
- Rigorous analyses
- Appropriateness/depth of interpretation
- Claims proportional to data
- Well-integrated with existing literature
- Shows understanding of the contribution to science/practice
- Impact of findings
- Presentation clarity/quality
- Quality of writing
Wiggins Award Winners
- 2021 – Whitney Ringwald (University of Pittsburgh)
Associations between personality (dys)function and general socioemotional dysregulation - 2019 – Elizabeth Edershile (University of Pittsburgh)
Fluctuations in grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic states - 2018 – Leon Wendt (University of Kassel)
The latent structure of interpersonal problems - 2017 – Jeffrey Girard (University of Pittsburgh)
Measuring head pose and interpersonal behavior - 2016 – Anne-Marie Gallrein (Technische Universität Dresden)
Blind spots in self-perception - 2015 – Sarah Dermody (University of Pittsburgh)
Modeling the complexity of dynamic, momentary interpersonal behavior - 2014 – Kelly McDonald (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Socially anxious behavior disrupts patterns of interpersonal calibration - 2013 – Michael Roche (The Pennsylvania State University)
Examining the interpersonal core of personality pathology - 2012 – Marina Milyavskaya (McGill University)
Interpersonal consequences of self-criticism and dependency in close female friendships - 2011 – Aidan Wright (The Pennsylvania State University)
Interpersonal development, stability, and change in early adulthood - 2010 – Johannes Zimmermann (University of Heidelberg)
Interpersonal implications of first person pronoun use - 2009 – Mark Lukowitsky (The Pennsylvania State University)
Self and peer perspectives on pathological narcissism and interpersonal problems
- Thoughtfulness of research question
- The Leonard M. Horowitz Poster Award is given annually by the Society of Interpersonal Theory and Research to the best interpersonally focused student-led poster presentation given at a research conference (SITAR or otherwise) in a given year.
To apply, please submit the pdf of your 2025 poster by May 1, 2026 by emailing Whitney Ringwald.
Award Criteria
- Thoughtfulness of research question
- Scientific/practical significance
- Theoretical grounding
- Interpersonal focus
- Methodological soundness
- Strong connection between methods and research question
- Rigorous analyses
- Appropriateness/depth of interpretation
- Claims proportional to data
- Well-integrated with existing literature
- Shows understanding of the contribution to science/practice
- Impact of findings
- Presentation Clarity / Quality
- Visual impact
Horowitz Award Winners
- 2021 – Siyuan Huang (The Pennsylvania State University)
Interpersonal Perceptions and Relational Goals in Daily Life - 2019 – Sydney Waring (University of Waterloo)
Investigating relationship-specific variations in perceived unconditional acceptance and body image - 2018 – William Woods (University of Pittsburgh)
Approaches to modeling interpersonal complementarity in intensive longitudinal data - 2017 – Alison Schreiber (The Pennsylvania State University)
Physiological coregulation in romantic couples differentially mediates perceptions of interpersonal stance depending on personality pathology? - 2016 – Minita Franzen (University of Groningen)
Intra- and interindividual variability in the behavioural, affective, and perceptual effects of alcohol consumption in a social context
- Thoughtfulness of research question
- The purpose of the Travel Grant Program is to support the travel costs of graduate students who are members of SITAR and presenting at the annual meeting. Thanks to your generous donations, many students (i.e., the future of SITAR) have been able to attend and present at our annual meeting. Simply click on the button below and you can make your donation via PayPal using a credit card. Any amount is appreciated. If you would prefer to make your donation via a check please contact Alytia Levendosky <levendo1@msu.edu>.
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