The Society for Psychological Anthropology Lifetime Achievement Award honors career-long contributions to psychological anthropology that have substantially influenced the field and its development. The award seeks to recognize the work of individuals whose sustained involvement in psychological anthropology has had a major impact on research directions, on the wider visibility and relevance of the field, and on the growth of a community of scholarship addressing issues of culture and psychology.
Carol Worthman
2021 Winner
Mary-Jo Good
2020 Winner
Bradd Shore
2019 Winner
Byron J. Good
2017 Winner
Richard Schweder
2016 Winner
Vincent Crapanzano
2015 Winner
Jean Lave and Anthony F. C. Wallace
2013 Winner
Gananath Obeyesekere
2011 Winner
Naomi Quinn
2009 Winner
Robert Edgerton
2007 Winner
Jean Briggs and Roy D’Andrade
2005 Winner
Theodore Schwartz and Walter Goldschmidt
2003 Winner
Robert I. Levy
2001 Winner
Robert A. LeVine
1997 Winner
Melford E. Spiro
1991 Winner
John and Beatrice Whiting
1989 Winner