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Committee on Children, Youth, and Families Call for Nominations for Terms Beginning in 2006
The Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (CYF) is anticipating two vacancies in 2006. CYF welcomes nominations from individuals interested in linking research and policy for children and families within APA and the profession. The Committee is particularly interested in candidates with substantial expertise and demonstrated experience in applying psychological knowledge to the well being and optimal development of children, youth, and families; and in issues advancing psychology as a science and profession in the area of promoting health and human welfare. Candidates are sought who have particular expertise in contemporary issues facing children, youth, and families, including (but not limited to) rural mental health and promoting healthy lifestyles for children, youth, and families. Candidates who have particular interest in underserved and ethnic minority populations are also particularly encouraged to apply.
Members are expected to propose and take leadership on a targeted project to be completed during their three year term on the Committee. Some examples of projects previously implemented by the Committee include immigrant children, youth, and families; school drop-out prevention; sexuality education; social practices that induce violence; psychological implications of disasters; early mental health interventions; violence against children in the family and community; training psychologists to work in the public sector; cultural competence; day care; testing; and the mental health needs of children and adolescents in the juvenile justice system. Projects have included topic specific taskforces, working groups, conferences, publications, and public policy statements.
Each candidate is asked to submit (1) a letter indicating his/her willingness to serve; (2) a brief (not more than one page) description of a project promoting the application of psychological knowledge to the well-being and optimal development of children, youth, and families (e.g., convention programs, edited books, journal articles, policy resolutions or statements), and (3) a current curriculum vita. The Committee places a priority on maintaining representation within the Committee's membership that reflects the diversity of psychology and society (e.g., ethnicity, culture, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, geographic location, and those who are employed less than full time).
The candidates selected to serve on the Committee will serve for three years and will be required to attend two Committee meetings a year in Washington, DC, with expenses reimbursed by APA, and to participate in conference calls. The successful candidate is expected to attend, if possible, the informal CYF meeting held during the APA convention at the member's own expense. In addition, members are expected to work on projects and Committee business between meetings.
Nomination material including a letter from the candidate indicating a willingness to serve, project description and a current CV must be received by Monday, August 29, 2005. Nomination material received after August 29 will be held for consideration the following year. Although it is not required, candidates may wish to have letters (not more than three) supporting their nomination submitted to the Committee. Material may be sent to CYF Nominations, c/o Trena King, Public Interest Directorate, at the APA Address or by phone at (202) 336-6040 or by Email Email.
Nominations Requested for Dissertation Award
APA’s Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) seeks nominations for the Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology, which recognizes work that contributes to a better understanding of the psychological issues and concerns facing communities of color.
Dr. Tanaka was an Asian-American scholar and psychologist whose work emphasized the importance of culture and ethnicity in the scientific understanding of behavior. He was a fellow of APA’s Div. 5 (Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics) and a member of Divs. 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) and 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues). Tanaka was chair-elect of CEMA at the time of his death in1992.
CEMA welcomes applications from individuals who filed their dissertations in 2003 or 2004 on research involving one or more of the following areas:
- Enhancing the psychological understanding of ethnic-minority issues.
- Improving psychological service delivery systems to ethnic minorities.
- Developing new concepts or theories relevant to ethnic-minority populations.
- Creating methodological paradigms that promote effective research and understanding of the values, beliefs and needs of ethnic-minority communities.
A CEMA-appointed selection subcommittee will choose the winner through an anonymous review process. Criteria include impact on ethnic-minority populations, completeness and clarity, creativity and effectiveness of the research design. The subcommittee will choose semifinalists from submitted abstracts. Semifinalists must also submit copies of their entire dissertation for the final selection process.
The winner receives a nominal cash award, APA convention registration, a travel award sponsored by the APA Science Directorate to APA’s 113th annual convention in Washington, DC, and an invitation to briefly present the dissertation to the membership.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is April 1. Please provide four copies of no more than 1,000 words. The dissertation title should appear on all four abstracts, although only one should identify the author and provide a current mailing address and daytime telephone number. All submissions should be sent to the Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs at the APA Address. For additional information, please call (202) 336-6029.
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