Division 37 Fellows

Applications for Fellow Status are now being accepted from individuals who are members of Division 37. Applications must be completed and submitted by November 1, 2012. Send requests for applications, nominations, and  applications to: Mindy S. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Chair, Fellows Committee, Division 37; mindyrosenberg@gmail.com

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Division 37 Awards

Division 37 has established the following awards to recognize work of distinguished and upcoming professionals in the field:

Lifetime Advocacy Award:

Interdivisional Exemplary Service Award:

Nicholas Hobbs Award: This award was established in honor of Nicholas Hobbs in 1983. It is presented annually to a psychologist who exemplifies the ideals and devotion to child advocacy/policy characterized by Nicholas Hobbs. Past recipients of this award were:

Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award: This award was established in 1982, and is presented annually to a nonpsychologist who has made significant contributions to advocacy on behalf of children, youth, and families. The spirit of the award has been to recognize persons currently involved in advocacy efforts to encourage ongoing advocacy efforts. Past recipients of this award were:

Division members are invited to nominate people for the Hobbs and Child Advocacy awards each year. Nominations are due to the Past-President by December 1.

Student Awards

Dissertation Award: This award is given for a completed doctoral dissertation concerning issues of social policy, service delivery, welfare, and/or advocacy for children, youth, and families. Submit dissertations by JUNE 1, 2012 to the 2012 Division 37 Past-President, Karen Budd (kbudd@depaul.edu).

2011 - Anna D. Johnson for Child Care Subsidies: Who Uses Them, and What Do They Buy Low-Income Families and Children? (Columbia University; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Advisor)

2010 - Catherine DeCarlo Santiago for Family Coping as a Protective Factor for Poor Children

2010 - Honorable Mention: Erin Gabrielson for Cultural Responsiveness: Working with Interpreters when Providing Mental Health Services to LEP Clients; and Margaret Stevenson for Understanding Jurors' Discussions of a Defendant's History of Child Abuse and Alcohol Abuse in Capital Sentencing Trials

2009 - No award given

2008 - Timothy D. Nelson for Practitioner Perspectives on Evidence-Based Practice: Toward a Model for Designing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Treatments with Research support

2007 - Lily Alpert for Caseworker Family-Focus and Parent Engagement in Foster Care

2006 - Richard W. Puddy for The Role of Service Coordination in an Innovative School-Based Intensive Mental Health Program

2005 - Shadi Houshyar for Genetic and Environmental Predictors of Resiliency in Maltreated Children

2004 - M. Alexis Kennedy for Identifying Child Abuse: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of History of Abuse and Westernization on Perceptions of Abuse among Asian-descent and European-descent Students

2002 - Jane G. Querido for Early Intervention for Child Conduct Problems in Head Start Families

Student Poster Award: These awards are for graduate students who have submitted exemplary posters to the APA convention. The student must be the first author of the paper.

2011 Winners:

Briana L. Anderson for Therapist Motivation for Gaining PCIT Training and Its Effects on Treatment Outcome (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Sponsor: Beverly Funderbunk, Ph.D.)

Justin A. Lavner for Child and Parent Adjustment Over Time in Gay and Straight Families Adopting from Foster Care (University of California, Los Angeles; Sponsor: Jill Waterman, Ph.D.)

Diane Wach Miller for Identifying Precursors to Borderline Personality Disorder Among Maltreated Youth (Human Development/Family Life Development Center, Cornell University; Sponsor: John J. Eckenrode, Ph.D.)

2010 Winners:

Colin B. King for Comparing Child Abuse Referrals Received from Educators to Other Professionals

Jonathan I. Martinez for How Parents' Social Networks Influence Youth Mental Health Service Use

Sara L. Stromeyer for Inflation of Competencies and Academic Outcomes in Aggressive Children.

2009 Winners:

Stephanie T. Snow for Mothers' Attributions Predict Concurrent and Longitudinal Mother-Child Interaction Quality

Lisa A. De La Rue for An Alternative to Incarcerating Youth: Developing Programs that Decrease Recidivism and Strengthen Family Relationships

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