Samuel J. and Anne G. Beck Early Career Award

The Samuel J. and Anne G. Beck Early Career Award is bestowed annually for outstanding early career research in the field of personality assessment. The award honors scholars who are no more than 10 years beyond their graduate degree and whose early work has been characterized by substantial innovation and promise for the field of personality assessment and psychological test development. 

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Meet the Samuel J. and Anne G. Beck Award Winner,
Dr. Tess Neal!

Tess Neal, PhD is an associate professor of psychology, a founding faculty member of Arizona State University’s Law and Behavioral Science Initiative, and inaugural director of ASU’s Future of Forensic Science Initiative. She is a scientist; a licensed clinical psychologist trained to assess, diagnose, and treat mental and behavioral disorders; and a forensic psychologist trained to bring psychology into legal contexts. She studies the nature and limits of expertise. Her basic work focuses on understanding and improving human judgment processes – especially among trained experts, and her more applied work focuses on improving forensic and legal experts’ judgments in particular. Her work has been funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation, she has published more than three dozen scientific papers, and she serves as an associate editor for two journals, including SPA’s Journal of Personality Assessment. She recently completed a Fulbright Scholarship in Australia. Website: https://psych-law.lab.asu.edu/

Samuel J. and Anne G. Beck Award Winners

The SAMUEL J. and ANNE G. BECK AWARD is bestowed annually for outstanding early career research in the field of personality assessment. The cash award is presented at the Annual Meeting.
Jaime Anderson

Jaime Anderson

Sam Houston State University

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(859)380-2841

2022

Michael J. Roche

West Chester University

2020

Ryan Joseph Marek

Ryan Joseph Marek

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

2019

Aidan G. Wright

2018

Nicole M Cain

Nicole M Cain

Rutgers University

2017

Justin Dean Smith

University of Utah

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(865)776-1186

2016

Dustin Boyd Wygant

Dustin Boyd Wygant

Professor of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University

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(859)622-6796

2015

Michelle B. Stein

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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(516)658-4491

2014

Jennifer L Tackett

Jennifer L Tackett

University of Houston

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(416)978-8810

2013

James Bernard Hoelzle

2012

Christopher J. Hopwood

Christopher J. Hopwood

Professor of Personality Psychology, University of Zurich

2011

Matthew Ryan Baity

Alliant International University

2010