SPSSI Two-Year College Teaching & Mentoring Excellence Award

The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) offers an award recognizing the contributions of faculty at two-year institutions in furthering SPSSI's mission to advance the understanding of social issues. Community and junior college faculty have unique opportunities to reach pre-professional students for whom an associate's degree or a certificate program may be their terminal educational goal. Two-year faculty are uniquely positioned to advance SPSSI's goals through work at their institutions. This award recognizes teaching and/or initiatives at the two-year college level that share applied, social issues research with students and/or surrounding community. Nominees should be two-year college faculty members who have significantly incorporated psychological or allied social science research on social issues through integration into courses or programs, development of initiatives or educational programs, or presentation of workshops or training highlighting social issues research to students and/or the surrounding community.