Div. 1 (Society for General Psychology) seeks nominations for its three awards for 2009:

• The William James Book Award honors a recent book that provides outstanding examples of the effort to bring together diverse subfields of psychology and related disciplines.

• The Ernest R. Hilgard Award for a Career Contribution to General Psychology recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the division's ideals and mission.

• The George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article in General Psychology recognizes a recent paper that contributes to the division's ideals and mission.

The division also welcomes nominations for the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology, a talk to be presented at APA's 2010 Annual Convention. This award honors an individual who has made contributions toward integrating the diverse subfields of psychology.

The award winners each receive a certificate and a $1,200 prize; the prize for the Staats lecturer is $1,000. For criteria on each award, visit www.apa.org/about/division/div1.html.

Nominations and supporting materials are due Feb. 15. Self-nominations are welcome.

Div. 17 section focuses on the bonds between animals and humans

Join Div. 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) in its work to examine, understand and evaluate the relationship between humans and animals through its new section, Animal-Human Interaction: Research and Practice. The section will focus on issues such as the role of human-animal bonds in emotional, social, cognitive and moral development; the use and effectiveness of animal-assisted therapies and prevention programs; the role of animals in human health; and the link between animal abuse and interpersonal violence.

For more information and membership applications, go to www.apa.org/divisions/div17/sections/sec13/Home.html.

Become a Div. 38 student leader

Students: Interested in health psychology? Join the Div. 38 (Health) Student Council. Members can join committees and develop professional relationships, participate on an all-student listserv and help build programs for professional development from internship to faculty.

For more information, contact the council chairs.

Three divisions create psychology speakers network

Need a speaker to address your group for an important meeting? Visit the new Web-based psychology speaker network, which helps students and community groups easily identify local speakers. The network, which contains nearly 200 speakers nationwide, was created by a team of psychologists from Divs. 1 (Society for General Psychology), 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) and 52 (International).

"Many APA fellows are willing to be more engaged in APA work, so several of us felt this speaker network is one easy way to engage them," says one of the network's founders, Harold Takooshian, PhD, of Fordham University.

Speakers can lecture on the full range of psychology topics. To access the network, visit www.internationalpsychology.net/resources/APASpeakersbyZipCode.pdf.

—D. Schwartz