Beginning in 1998, PMIG initiated an annual award to honor Tom Ostrom's memory. The Thomas M. Ostrom Award recognizes oustanding lifetime contributions to theory and research in the field of social cognition. The criteria for "contributions" are modeled after those so clearly exemplified in Tom's career. Therefore the Thomas M. Ostrom Award recognizes a person or persons whose career manifests not only a record of significant and influential publications but also contributions to social cognition through training students, editing important volumes and journals, and facilitating collegial interaction through meetings and conferences. The recipient(s) receives a plaque commemorating this recognition and is invited to give an award address at the PMIG meeting.
Recipients of Thomas M. Ostrom Award
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1998 --- Robert S. Wyer, Jr.
1999 --- E. Tory Higgins
2000 --- David L. Hamilton
2001 --- Tony Greenwald
2002 --- Steven J. Sherman
2003 --- Susan T. Fiske & Shelley Taylor
2004 --- Eliot R. Smith
2005 --- Norbert Schwarz and Fritz Strack
2006 --- Russell Fazio
2007 --- Marilynn B. Brewer
2008 --- Myron Rothbart
2009 --- Donal Carlston
2010 --- Charles Judd & Bernadette Park
2011 --- John Bargh
2012 --- Reid Hastie
2013 --- James S. Uleman
2014 --- Patricia G. Devine
2015 --- Yaacov Trope
2016 --- Richard Petty
2017 --- Shelly Chaiken
2018 --- Timothy Wilson
2019 --- Mahzarin Banaji
2020 --- Anne Maass & Gün Semin
2021 --- Claude Steele & Alice Eagly
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2022 --- Jennifer Crocker & Peter Gollwitzer
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2023 --- Galen Bodenhausen & Diane Mackie
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2024 --- Jack Dovidio & Hazel Markus