Psychology in Latin America: Legacies and Contributions - Part 2

Abstract

This is the second part of a three part series discussing the Interamerican Society of Psychology (www.sipsych.org), known as SIP (for the acronym of its name in Spanish, Sociedad Interamericana de Psicología) and featuring the Spanish or Portuguese speaking psychologists distinguished with the Interamerican Psychology Award. Every two years, SIP?s board of directors, in consultation with nominations from SIP?s membership, grants an award to an English or French speaking psychologist and another to a Spanish or Portuguese speaking psychologist whose work has advanced psychology as a science and profession in the Americas.The purpose of this series is to advance the dissemination of psychological knowledge generated in Latin America and the Caribbean in an effort to balance the predominant influence and presence of European psychology and, more recently, Asian psychology, in the USA. In the first article ofthe series (Consoli & Morgan Consoli, 2012), we noted the accomplishments of the first six of the 19 awardees (1976 ?Rogelio Díaz Guerrero, Mexico; 1979 ? Arrigo Angelini, Brazil; 1981 ? Jacobo Varela, Uruguay; 1983 ? Rubén Ardila, Colombia; 1985 ? Aroldo Rodrigues, Brazil; 1987 ? Carlos Albizu Miranda, Puerto Rico, awarded posthumously). This second installment features the next six awardees, organized in chronological order (1987 ? Emilio Ribes-Iñesta, Mexico; 1989 ? Eduardo Rivera Medina, Puerto Rico; 1991 ? Ignacio Martin Baró, El Salvador, awarded posthumously; 1993 ? José Miguel Salazar, Venezuela; 1995 ? Maritza Montero,Venezuela; 1997 ? Rolando Díaz-Loving, Mexico).