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.
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
View All Previous Award Winners Below.
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.
| Year | Outstanding Early Research |
| 2022 | Jaime Anderson |
| 2020 | Michael Roche |
| 2019 | Ryan Marek |
| 2018 | Aidan Wright |
| 2017 | Nicole Cain |
| 2016 | J.D. Smith |
| 2015 | Dustin B. Wygant |
| 2014 | Michelle B. Stein |
| 2013 | Jennifer L. Tackett |
| 2012 | James Hoelzle |
| 2011 | Christopher J. Hopwood |
| 2010 | Matthew R. Baity |
| 2009 | Martin Sellbom |
| 2008 | Leonard J. Simms |
| 2007 | Jon Elhai |
| 2006 | Richard W. Handel |
| 2005 | Steven R. Smith |
| 2004 | Mary L. Cashel |
| 2003 | John L. McNulty |
| 2002 | Joni L. Mihura |
| 2001 | Harold Janson |
| 2000 | Radhika Krishnamurthy |
| 1999 | B. Christopher Frueh |
| 1998 | J. Christopher Fowler |
| 1997 | Margot Holaday |
| 1996 | Yossef S. Ben-Porath |
| 1995 | Seth Kalichman |
| 1994 | Carl Gacono |
| 1993 | No Award Given |
| 1992 | Stephen R. Hibbard |
| 1991 | Gregory Meyer |
| 1991 | Michael Sperling |
| 1990 | John C. Parmer |
| 1989 | G. M. Le-Xuan-Hy, SJ |
| 1988 | Patricia Thomas |
| 1987 | Richard D. Lennox |
| 1986 | Sheila M. Coonerty |
| 1985 | Arnold Wilson |