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About Clinical Psychology
Division 12 Students
    FELLOWSHIPS IN DIVISON 12
    2008 AWARDS IN DIVISION 12
    DESCRIPTION OF AWARDS
    LIST OF PAST AWARD WINNERS

    Fellowship in Division 12

    The Society encourages all those who have been a member for at least a year to apply for Division Fellowship. There are two categories of Fellowship:

    1. "Initial Fellows" - those who have never received Fellow status from any Division
    2. Fellows who are already Fellows in another Division.

    Achieving Initial Fellow status in the American Psychological Association (APA) has always been associated with the recognition that the individual has achieved great distinction in his or her own field.

    For Division 12, criteria for Fellowship can have a broad range, including direct therapeutic services, consultation, administration, research and involvement in national, regional, state and local professional governance activities. Outstanding service to APA Boards or Committees, or to Division 12 Committees meet the criteria for fellowship, provided that such services can be shown to have had a positive impact on the field of clinical psychology as a profession or science.

    Nominees' accomplishments must be visible and sharable with their colleagues. The nominator or applicant must be able to identify these accomplishments, e.g., via a Master Series lecture, repeated presentations at national or regional conventions, journal articles, brochures or publication of a text. Is the nominee's performance outstanding, noteworthy and consistent with the highest levels of performance as compared with recognized leaders in the field of clinical psychology? For nominees in predominately clinical practice, there is a need to specify how their therapy or practice represents an innovative application with, for example, a difficult disorder or an atypical patient population. It is the responsibility of each Fellow who endorses a candidate to specify clearly how the nominee has made a visible impact on the field of clinical psychology. Incomplete, vague or general endorsements will be returned for further specification of the nominee's outstanding or noteworthy contributions.

    To request an application for Intitial Fellow Status, please contact the Central Office: div12apa@comcast.net, 303-652-3126.

    Fellows who have already become members in another division need not complete the entire Initial application again. Send a letter of achievements and vita to the Central Office.

    Due date for all Fellows applications: December 1 of a given year. Note to Initial Fellow applicants - the entire process takes just a few months shy of a year. After being reviewed by the Div 12 Fellows Committee, names selected are reviewed by APA's Membership Committee, and finally by the Council at each year's Convention.

    Society of Clinical Psychology Fellowship Committee 2005

    The Society Fellowship Committee, led by Fellowship Chair Charles Golden Ph.D., has approved the following individuals for Fellowship status, effective January 1, 2006:

    Initial Fellows:
    Gary Groth-Marnat, Ph.D.
    Norman Bradley Schmidt, Ph.D.

    APA Membership Committee has approved these individuals. 

    Fellows Who are Already Fellows in Another Division:

    Frank Andrasik, Ph.D.
    Jacques P. Barber, Ph.D.
    Sharon S. Brehm, Ph.D.
    G. Leonard Burns, Ph.D.
    Kate B. Carey, Ph.D.
    Edward Carr, Ph.D.
    John E. Carr, Ph.D., ABPP
    Paul F. Dell, Ph.D., ABPP
    Marie A. DiCowden, Ph.D.
    Jack W. Finney, Ph.D.
    Mary A. Fristad, Ph.D., ABPP
    Ronald A. Giannetti, Ph.D.
    Michael C. Gottlieb, Ph.D., F.A.F.P.
    Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D., ABPP
    Mary Beth Kenkel, Ph.D.
    Elizabeth Adele Klonoff, Ph.D.
    John E. Lochman, Ph.D.
    Christopher R. Martell, Ph.D., ABPP
    Robert E. McGrath, Ph.D.
    Scott S. Meit, Psy.D.
    Michael G. Perri, Ph.D.
    Joseph G. Poirier, Ph.D., ABPP
    Scott W. Powers, Ph.D., ABPP
    Lisa J. Rapport, Ph.D.
    Richard Rogers, Ph.D., ABPP
    Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D.
    Wendy K. Silverman, Ph.D., ABPP
    Glenn E. Snelbecker, Ph.D.
    Ruth Striegel-Moore, Ph.D.
    Daniel Tranel, Ph.D.
    Luis A. Vargas, Ph.D.
    Karen Fraser Wyche, Ph.D.

    The members of the 2005 Fellowship Committee are: 
    Gary B. Melton, Ph.D., Lillian Comas-Diaz, Ph.D., Lauren B. Alloy, Ph.D., Alfred J. Finch, Ph.D., Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D., and Charles J. Golden, Ph.D. Chair.

     

    2008 Awards in Division 12

    The Division 12 Award Winners for 2008 are as follows:

    C. R. Snyder, Ph.D. for distinguished scientific contributions to clinical psychology

    The Florence Halpern Award presented to Bruce Bongar, Ph.D. for distinguished professional contributions to clinical psychology

    The David Shakow Early Career Award presented to Samuel Thomas Gontkovsky, Psy.D. for outstanding early career contributions to the science and practice of clinical psychology

    The Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award presented to Rebecca Jackson, Ph.D. for outstanding early career contributions to the profession of clinical psychology

    The Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity presented to Lillian Comas-Diaz, Ph.D. for outstanding contributions to diversity in the profession of clinical psychology

    The Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award presented to Michael G. Perri, Ph.D. for distinguished contributions in applied clinical research

    The Outstanding Clinical Educator Award presented to Leonard Handler, Ph.D. for excellence in mentoring clinical psychology graduate students, interns, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty

    The Contributions to Interventions and/or Assessment for Communities of Color in Clinical Psychology Award presented to Guillermo Bernal, Ph.D. for contributions to the development and advancement of research or practice to communities of color

    The Lifetime Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology Science and Practice – Public Interest presented to Cheryl Anne Boyce, Ph.D. for outstanding contributions in the promotion of diversity in clinical psychology

    The American Psychological Foundation Theodore Millon, Ph.D. Award presented to Mark F. Lenzenweger, Ph.D. for outstanding mid-career contributions to personality psychology

    Student Awards:

    Distinguished Student Service in Clinical Psychology: Melissa Noya

    Distinguished Student Practice in Clinical Psychology: Jessica Ruiz

    Distinguished Student Research in Clinical Psychology: Hanjoo Lee

    Award nominations are due October 1st of any given year. They should be sent to the Central Office: Division 12-APA, PO Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544-1082. Additional letters of reccomendation are also welcome. Several of the Division Sections also grant awards. Please review the Section pages for more information.

    Description of Awards

    Award Criteria
    (Note: At the June, 2004 BD Meeting, the BD voted that no voting member of the Division 12 Board of Directors will be eligible to receive awards from the Division while serving their term.).

    Theodore Blau Award
    The "Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology" will be given by the Division of Clinical Psychology to a Clinical Psychologist who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession of Clinical Psychology. Outstanding contributions are broadly conceived as promoting the practice of Clinical Psychology through professional service, innovation in service delivery, novel application of applied research methodologies to professional practice, positive impact on health delivery systems, development of creative educational programs for practice, or other novel or creative activities advancing the profession. Given the difficulty of making such contributions very early in one’s career, the award will be given to a person who is within the first 10 years of receiving his or her doctorate. This award is made possible through the sponsorship of Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. ($1,000 is awarded to the winner), and the American Psychological Foundation (an additional $1000 to the winner).

    David Shakow Award
    The “David Shakow Early Career Award” shall be given for contributions to the science and practice of Clinical Psychology. The awardee will be a person who has received the doctorate within the past seven years and who has made noteworthy contributions both to the science and to the practice of Clinical Psychology. Letters of nomination should include the nominee’s vita and a summary of his/her contributions. (Up to $500 for travel to the APA Convention is awarded.)

    Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
    Honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology.

    Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions
    The Florence Halpern award for distinguished professional contributions honors psychologists who have made distinguished advances in psychology leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems and honors psychologists who have made outstanding contributions to the general profession of clinical psychology.

    (Created 2003) The Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology
    Will be given by Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) to a psychologist who has made remarkable contributions to the understanding of human diversity and whose contributions have significant promise for bettering the human condition, overcoming prejudice, and enhancing the quality of life for humankind. Other contributions may be broadly conceived as advancing knowledge through research; developing innovative approaches to service delivery, teaching, or consultation; or providing mentoring and active promotions of people of color.

    (Created 2004) The American Psychological Foundation Theodore Millon, Ph.D. Award
    Division 12 is to administer the American Psychological Foundation's new Theodore Millon, Ph.D. Mid-Career Award in Personality Psychology. The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Theodore Millon, Ph.D. Award will be conferred annually (from 2004 through 2008) to an outstanding mid-career psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology including the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement. A scientific review panel appointed by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association will select the recipient upon approval of the APF Trustees. The recipient will receive $1,000 and a plaque. The deadline for nominations is November 1. Nominees should be no less than 8 years and no more than 20 years post doctoral degree. Nominations should include a cover letter outlining the nominee's contributions to science of personality psychology (in one or more of the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement) and a copy of an abbreviated curriculum vitae. Self-nomination is permitted. One or two letters in support of the nomination are also encouraged.

    (Created 2006) The Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award
    The Samuel M. Turner Award honors a psychologist who has made an outstanding contribution in applied clinical research.

    (Created 2007) The Outstanding Clinical Educator Award
    This award will be conferred annually to a psychologist displaying excellence in mentoring clinical psychology graduate students, interns, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty. It will recognize those individuals who have been outstanding in supporting, encouraging and promoting education and training, professional and personal development, and career guidance to junior colleagues. Qualities that can contribute to good mentoring are advisor/guide in research related to clinical psychology, advisor/guide in clinical practice related to clinical psychology, advisor/guide in education and teaching related to clinical psychology, advisor/guide in public policy related to clinical psychology, acting as a successful role model, fostering the development of talents, acting as an advocate and guide, “friend” with concern for students and junior colleagues as people and support of their personal development, supportive on both a personal and professional level and long-term commitment to mentoring. This award seeks to recognize those individuals who truly go out of their way to mentor more junior colleagues, honoring them for efforts which often go unnoticed—but not unappreciated.

    graphic(Created 2008) The Award for Contributions to Interventions and/or Assessments for Communities of Color in Clinical Psychology.

    This award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the development and advancement of research or practice to communities of color or who have applied existing treatment modalities effectively with these populations.

    graphic(Created 2008) Lifetime Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology Science and Practice.

    This award will be given in any one of the four areas of psychology: Education, Science, Public Interest, or Practice. This award recognizes distinguished psychologists whose lifetime contributions have advanced the fields of education, science, public interest, and practice with ethnic and sexual minority populations. The nominees for any of these awards should be a senior psychologist who has made outstanding contributions in the promotion of diversity in clinical psychology as in leadership and positive influence in the education of students of color and sexual minority students; or who has made theoretical or empirical contributions to basic or applied research; or has identified solutions to social problems and enduring dedication to community needs; or development or delivery of services that are focused on ethnic and sexual minority populations.

    All materials should be sent to Central Office: Division 12-APA, PO Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544-1082 or via email to div12apa@comcast.net.

    (Created 2005) The Distinguished Student Research Award
    The Distinguished Student Research Award honors a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made exemplary theoretical or empirical contributions to research in clinical psychology. Clinical research contributions can include quantity, quality, and/or innovations in research. The recipient will be a person who is a matriculated doctoral student in clinical psychology (including pre-doctoral interns) and who is a student member (affiliate) of Division 12.

    Nominations should include a copy of nominee’s curriculum vitae and two letters of support detailing the nominee’s contributions to research in clinical psychology. Recipients of the award receives a plaque, a $200 honorarium contributed jointly by Division 12 and Journal of Clinical Psychology (JCLP & JCLP in-session), and a complementary two-year subscription to JCLP &JCLP in-session

    The Division 12 Education & Training Committee will determine the award recipients.

    (Created 2005) The Distinguished Student Practice Award
    The Distinguished Student Practice Award honors a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made outstanding clinical practice contributions to the profession. Clinical practice contributions can include breadth and/or depth of practice activities, innovations in service delivery, and/or other meritorious contributions. The recipient will be a person who is a matriculated doctoral student in clinical psychology (including pre-doctoral interns) and who is a student member (affiliate) of Division 12. Nominations should include a copy of nominee’s curriculum vitae and two letters of support detailing the nominee’s contributions to the practice of clinical psychology.

    Nominations should include a copy of nominee’s curriculum vitae and two letters of support detailing the nominee’s contributions to research in clinical psychology. Recipients of the award receives a plaque, a $200 honorarium contributed jointly by Division 12 and Journal of Clinical Psychology (JCLP & JCLP in-session), and a complementary two-year subscription to JCLP &JCLP in-session

    The Division 12 Education & Training Committee will determine the award recipients.

    (Created 2005) The Distinguished Student Service Award
    The Distinguished Student Service Award honors a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made outstanding service contributions to the profession and community. Service contribution can include development of creative educational programs or other novel activities in the advancement of service, working to increase funding for agencies, volunteer time, working on legislation regarding mental health, general mental health advocacy; as initiating outreach to under served communities or substantive involvement in efforts to do such outreach. The recipient will be a person who is a matriculated doctoral student in clinical psychology (including pre-doctoral interns- and who is a student member 9 affilite0 of Division 12. Nominations should include a copy of nominee’s curriculum vitae and two letters of support detailing the nominee’s service contributions to the profession and community.

    Nominations should include a copy of nominee’s curriculum vitae and two letters of support detailing the nominee’s contributions to research in clinical psychology. Recipients of the award receives a plaque, a $200 honorarium contributed jointly by Division 12 and Journal of Clinical Psychology (JCLP & JCLP in-session), and a complementary two-year subscription to JCLP &JCLP in-session

    The Division 12 Education & Training Committee will determine the award recipients.

    Please send nomination materials as Word documents to Ms. Laura Pence via electronic mail to division12awards@gmail.com. Indicate “Division 12 Student Award” in the subject line. In the body of the email message, indicate which award the nomination is for (research, practice, service).

    List of past award winners

    DIVISION OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
    AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

    DISTINGUISHED AWARDS for the contributions to the SCIENCE AND PROFESSION OF CLINCIAL PSYCHOLOGY


    YEAR

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    SCIENCE

    Frederic L. Wells
    Starke R. Hathaway
    David Rappaport
    Samuel J. Beck
    Stanley D. Porteus
    Jean Walker McFarlane
    Norman A. Cameron
    George A. Kelly
    Joseph Zubin
    Paul E. Meehl
    Julian B. Rotter
    Noble H. Kelly
    John E. Bell
    Silvan S. Tomkins
    Anne Roe
    J. McVicker Hunt
    Robert Holt
    O. Hobart Mowrer
    Sol L. Garfield
    Norman Farberow
    Sheldon Korchin
    Benjamin Wolman
    Bruno Bettelheim
    Molly Harrower
    Hans Strupp
    Janet T. Spence
    Joseph D. Matarazzo
    Mary D.S. Ainsworth
    Harold L. Raush
    Lester Luborsky
    Oscar A. Parsons
    Morris Parloff
    Norman Garmezy
    Charles D. Spielberger
    Herman Feifel
    No Awards Granted
    Alan E. Kazdin
    K. Daniel O’Leary
    G. Terence Wilson
    Herbert C. Quay
    Edna B. Foa
    Lizette Peterson
    Marvin R. Goldfried
    Gordon Paul
    David H. Barlow
    Marsha Linehan
    Mark Sobell
    Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson
    Sidney J. Blatt
    Martin E.P. Seligman
    Philip C. Kendall
    Larry E. Beutler
    C. R. Snyder, Ph.D.

    PROFESSIONAL

    John G. Darley
    David Shakow
    David Wechsler
    Henry A. Murray
    Carl R. Rogers
    Edgar A. Doll
    Robert White
    Bruno Klopfer
    Nicholas Hobbs
    William A. Hunt
    Jerry W. Carter

    Nevitt Sanford
    Rollo R. May
    E. Lowell Kelly
    Florence C. Halpern
    Evelyn Hooker
    Gardner Lindsey
    Eliot H. Rodnick
    Edwin S. Shneidman
    Bernard Kalinkowitz
    Erich Fromm
    Erik Erikson
    Karen Machover
    Carl N. Zimet
    Alan O. Ross
    Jack G. Wiggins
    Louis D. Cohen
    Saul Rosenzweig
    Jeanne Phillips
    Robert A. Harper
    Robert D. Weitz
    Ronald E. Fox
    Patrick H. DeLeon
    Rogers H. Wright
    No Awards Granted
    Donald K. Routh
    Robert J. Resnick
    Kenneth S. Pope
    Allan G. Barclay
    Diane J. Willis
    Arnold Lazarus
    Carolyn S. Schroeder
    Jerome Resnick
    Dianne L. Chambless
    Edward Zigler
    George Stricker
    Gerald P. Koocher
    Lynn P. Rehm
    W. Edward Craighead
    Beverly Greene
    Richard Rogers


    SPECIAL AWARDS

    DAVID SHAKOW EARLY CAREER AWARD
    1994        Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
    1995        Judy Garber
    1996        Thomas N. Bradbury
    1997        Thomas Joiner
    1998        Scott O. Lilienfeld
    1999        Patricia Arian
    2000        Sheila R. Woody
    2001        Martin Antony
    2002        Louis Castonguay                                                                                                                      
    2003        Michael Addis
    2004        Jonathan S. Abramowitz
    2005        Kelly L. Klump
    2006        Julie Loebach Wetherell
    2007        Michael J. Zvolensky
    2008        Samuel Thomas Gontkovsky, Psy.D.

    THEODORE BLAU AWARD           
    1998        Elizabeth Todd Bazemore
    1999        Juan Carlos Gonzalez
    2000        Phillippe Cunningham
    2001        Stephen Ilardi
    2002        Michael Goldber      
    2003        Julia Kasl-Godley
    2004        Mitchell Prinstein
    2005        Martin M. Antony
    2006        W. Dean Klinkenberg
    2007        Melissa C. Kuhajda
    2008        Rebecca Jackson, Ph.D.

    STANLEY SUE AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO DIVERSITY
    2003        Stanley Sue
    2004        A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert
    2005        Beverly Greene
    2006        Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
    2007        John D. Robinson
    2008        Lillian Comas-Diaz, Ph.D.

    THEODORE  MILLON
    2004        Drew I. Westen
    2005        Paul R. Duberstein & Robert F. Bornstein (co-recipients)
    2006        Robert Krueger
    2007        Aaron L. Pincus
    2008        Mark F. Lenzenweger, Ph.D.

    SAMUEL M. TURNER
    2006        Michelle G. Newman
    2007        Deborah Beidel
    2008        Michael G. Perri, Ph.D.

    OUTSTANDING CLINICAL EDUCATOR AWARD
    2007        Marsha D. Marcus & Paul A. Pilkonis (co-recipients)
    2008        Leonard Handler, Ph.D.

    FLORENCE HALPERN AWARD
    2008        Bruce Bongar, Ph.D.

    The Contributions to Interventions and/or Assessment for Communities of Color in Clinical Psychology Award
    2008        Guillermo Bernal, Ph.D.

    The Lifetime Award
    2008        Cheryl Anne Boyce, Ph.D.

    DISTINGUISHED STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
    2004        Bunmi Olatunji
    2005        Sona Dimidjian & LaRicka R. Wingate
    2006        Michele A. Schottenbauer
    2007        Amit Bernstein & Martin Sellbom (co-recipients)
    2008        Hanjoo Lee

    DISTINGUISHED STUDENT PRACTICE AWARD
    2004        Carrie Spindel
    2005        Kelly C. Cukrowicz
    2006        Kathryn H. Gordon
    2007       Julia D. Buckner
    2008       Jessica Ruiz

    DISTINGUISHED STUDENT SERVICE AWARD
    2004        Jessica Foley
    2005        Ignacio David Acevedo-Polakovich
    2006        Jessica Tartaro
    2007        Brian J. Hall
    2008        Melissa Noya

    OTHER AWARDS
    1983        Stanley F. Schneider - Unique Leadership in Furthering the Training of Clinical Psychologists
    1988        Frank J. Sullivan - Outstanding Public Service to Clinical Psychology
    1994        Jonathan Kellerman - APA Division 12 Media Award
    1996        Hans J. Eysneck - Special Centennial Award (for outstanding contributions to field)
    1996        Paul E. Meehl - Special Centennial Award (for outstanding contributions to field)

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