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AMENA-Psy Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Scholarship Award

Previous Award Winners      

  • 2023: Dr. Ibrahim Kira
  • 2022: Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating
  • 2021: Dr. Nancy Howells Wroebel
  • 2020: Dr. Mona Amer
  • 2019: Dr. Sawssan Riad Ahmed
  • 2018-Dr. Julie Hakim-Larson

AMENA-Psy Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Service or Practice Award

Previous Award Winners      

  • 2023: Dr. Bahaur Amini
  • 2022: Dr. Nuha Abudabbeh
  • 2021: Dr. Nora Alarifi Pharaon

AMENA-Psy Outstanding Paper Award

Previous Award Winners      

  • 2023: Sarah Alsaidi, Brandon L. Velez, Laura Smith, Anjali Jacob, and Nour Salem for the manuscript titled, “Arab, Brown, and Other”: Voices of Muslim Arab American Women on Identity, Discrimination, and Well-Being, published in Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • 2022: Danny Rahal and Beth Kurtz-Costes for the manuscript titled, “Religiosity and mistreatment among Christian and Muslim Arab Americans” published in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • 2021: Mohammad Atari, Jesse Graham, & Morteza Dehghani for the manuscript titled, “Foundations of morality in Iran” published in Evolution and Human Behavior
  • 2020: Merve Balkaya, Charissa Cheah, & Madiha Tahseen for the manuscript titled, "The Mediating role of multiple group identities in the relations between religious discrimination and Muslim-American adolescents' adjustment," published in the Journal of Social Issues

AMENA-Psy Dissertation Award

Previous Award Winners      

  • 2023: Dr. Hanan Hashem for dissertation titled, "Identity, Discrimination, and Belonging: The Arab/MENA American Muslim Experience"
  • 2022: Dr. Nuha Alshabani for dissertation titled, “Exploring the Lived Experience of Transmitting Resiliency among Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African (AMENA) Migrants”
  • 2021: Dr. Rawan Atari-Khan for dissertation titled, “Capturing the meaning of well-being among Arab Americans”
  • 2020: Dr. Jihan Najjar for dissertation titled, “The experiences of Iranian Sexual Minority Refugees and asylum seekers: A phenomenological study"
  • 2019: Dr. Serene Habayeb
  • 2018: Dr. Aieyat Zalzala