ADTA Recognition Award Recipients

Begun in 2006 - ADTA Recognition Award recipients are nominated by ADTA members and the Board of Directors to acknowledge outstanding contributions to the profession of dance/movement therapy and to ADTA. Annual Research Award recipients are chosen by the ADTA Research Subcommittee and the Marian Chace Foundation. To nominate someone for an award, click here.

2009
Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr. Joan Chodorow
President's Award - Stacey Hurst
Leader of Tomorrow Award - Nancy Tonsy
Outstanding Achievement - Susan Kleinman
Excellence in Education Recognition Award - Rena Kornblum
Exceptional Service Award - Jody Wager

Research Award - Allison Winters "Emotion, Embodiment, and Mirror Neurons in Dance/Movement Therapy: A Connection Across Disciplines." American Journal of Dance Therapy

2008
Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr. Dianne Dulicai
President’s Award- Christina Devereaux
Outstanding Achievement Award - Ellen Schelly-Hill
Leader of Tomorrow Award - Lora Wilson
Exceptional Service Award - Sheila Gilstein
Excellence in Education Award - Naropa Dance/Movement Therapy Program Faculty

Research Award - Corinna Brown "The Importance of Making Art for the Creative Arts Therapist: An Artistic Inquiry." Arts in Psychotherapy

2007
Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr. Miriam Roskin Berger
Outstanding Achievement of the Year - New York Chapter of ADTA
Excellence in Education Award - Linni Deihl
Leader of Tomorrow Award - David Alan Harris
Exceptional Service Award - Leslie Best

Research Award - David Alan Harris “Dance/Movement Therapy Approaches to Fostering Resilience and Recovery Among African Adolescent Torture Survivors.” Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture; Sabine Koch “Specific effects of a single dance intervention on psychiatric patients with depression.” Arts in Psychotherapy

2006
Lifetime Achievement Award- Dr. Claire Schmais
President’s Award - Sharon Chaiklin
Exceptional Service Awards - Marylee Hardenbergh & Joan Wittig
Excellence in Education - Susan Imus
Leader of Tomorrow - Shannon Lengerich
Outstanding Achievement of the Year - Susan Rizzo Vincent