Lea Dougherty Receives APS Early Career Award

It is our great pleasure to announce that Lea Dougherty (PSYC, UMD Autism Consortium) has been  selected as a 2013 recipient of the Association for Psychological  Science (APS) Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early  Career Contributions, in recognition of the significant impact that  her work is already having in the field of psychological science.    

The award was created in honor of Janet Taylor Spence to laud the  creativity and innovative work of scientists who represent the future  promise and potential of psychological science. As noted by Joseph E. Steinmetz, President of APS, in his award notification letter, this  award “places [Dougherty] among the brightest minds in our field, setting an  impressively high standard for the field in years to come.” 

Dougherty’s award will be conferred during the Opening Ceremony of the  upcoming 2013 APS Convention in Washington, DC, on May 23-26, 2013.  Please join us in congratulating Lea Dougherty on this wonderful accomplishment  and well-deserved award.

Published May 20, 2013