2010 Award

University of Connecticut Rohner Center Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection

2010 OUTSTANDING PAPER OF THE BIENNIUM
Mattie Tops, Ph.D.
	Dr. Tops is Assistant Professor in the Center for Child and Family Studies at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. He is also a member of the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition. There he focuses on the ways in which early experiences and mother-infant interactions relate to psychophysiological adaptations and predispositions in the development of psychopathological syndromes. Formal presentation of a US $1,000 award will be made to Dr. Tops at the 3rd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection in Padua, Italy where Dr. Tops will give the following Distinguished Address: Social Inclusion as a Source of Interpersonal Control: Implications for Psychopathology and Physiological Response. Click here to view his publication.

2010 OUTSTANDING PAPER BY AN EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONAL
John Pachankis, Ph.D.
	Dr. Pachankis is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York. There he examines the psychological consequences of possessing a stigmatized identity. He follows three closely related lines of investigation: The mental health implications of possessing a concealable stigma like being gay or HIV-positive; anxiety reactions in stigmatized populations (e.g., social anxiety and rejection sensitivity in gay men); and, effective psychosocial interventions for individuals coping with these difficulties. The overarching goal of his research is to identify the social-cognitive mechanisms that may be implicated in mental health complications of stigmatized individuals while applying these findings to the psychotherapeutic alleviation of these difficulties. Dr. Pachankis will give the following Distinguished Address at the 3rd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection in Padua, Italy, July 28-31, 2010: Psychosocial Mechanisms and Consequences of the Interpersonal Rejection of Sexual Minority Individuals. Click here to view his publication.

Manuscripts are currently being accepted from ISIPAR members for the 2012 competition. Details about the University of Connecticut Rohner Center Awards can be found here.