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Div. 13 (Consulting)
Div. 13 is accepting nominations for three awards:
* The 1999 Harry Levinson Award.
* The 19992000 RHR International Award.
* The 19992000 RHR International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
The recipient of the Harry Levinson Award should be an APA member who has shown leaders and managers how to create more effective, healthy and humane organizations by integrating a range of psychological theories and concepts. Winners receive a $1,000 prize.
The RHR International Award goes to an APA member whose career achievements reflect outstanding service to public or private organizations by helping them respond more effectively to human needs. Primary emphasis will be placed on the practice of consultation rather than teaching, research or publications. The successful candidate wins $1,500.
Nomination dossiers for both of these awards should include a letter of nomination, the nominee's curriculum vitae and supporting documentation, such as publications, letters from clients or colleagues or other evidence supporting the significance of the nominee's work.
The RHR International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation is given to a doctoral student or recent doctoral graduate for a dissertation that displays exemplary research and theorizing on topics relevant to consulting psychology. Winning candidates receive $1,000. Nominees must send one copy of his or her defended dissertation from 199799, a one-page letter explaining why the dissertation is an exemplary work to the domain of consulting psychology and two letters of recommendation from faculty or members of Div. 13.
The deadline for submissions for each award is June 20. Contact: John E. Deleray, PhD, chair, awards committee, Division of Consulting Psychology, 16801 Addison Road, Suite 255, Dallas, TX 75248, (972) 713-7587.
Div. 38 (Health)
Div. 38 launched its newly redesigned Web site at www.health-psych.org on Feb. 1. Division members and nonmembers will find useful information about the division and about the field of health psychology. New features include an announcements board for job postings, a news section that provides the latest information in health psychology and highlights of articles published in the division's journal, Health Psychology. Students will find detailed information about programs offering doctoral, postdoctoral
and clinical psychology internship training.
In fall 1999, Div. 38's executive board appointed Lance S. Weinhardt, PhD, of the Medical College of Wisconsin, as the first Web editor. He guides the development of the new site and oversees all aspects of its operation. Please submit announcements, job listings, calls for papers, etc., to the editor at webeditor@health-psych.org, or by using the submission form available throughout the Web site.
Div. 38 also offers e-mail listservs: one for full members and one for students. More than 100 students have joined the listserv to discuss training issues, dissertation topics, professional prospects, division services and other topics. Students need not be division members to receive the listserv.
To receive either listserv, send a request to Barbara Keeton, Division 38 Administrative Officer, at apadiv38@erols.com.
Div. 50 (Addictions)
Div. 50 members are using the Web in a variety of ways to conduct academic and clinical activities and to study Internet-related problems:
* Neal A. Buchman, PhD, works for Kaiser Permanente Online, a members-only Web site for a large HMO. In a "virtual medical center" augmenting regular services, members have online conversations with other members and professional staff about health problems, treatment, resources and benefits. Buchman moderates discussions, including some on chemical dependency and monitors discussions for quality assurance.
* Eric Griffin-Shelley, PhD, and his colleagues are examining Internet problems, such as how online infidelity affects marital relationships. He has also completed work on computers, the Internet and sex addiction, to be presented at the 2000 National Conference of the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity.
* Reid K. Hester, PhD, a staff writer for Self-Help & Psychology Magazine (www.shpm.com), has written online articles and assisted with an online question-and-answer section on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Hester and his colleagues distribute treatment software for people with alcohol problems and also receive referrals for clinical work related to addictions and other problems through the Web site for Behavior Therapy Associates (www.behaviortherapy.com).
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As an online psychology faculty
member at Capella University in
Minneapolis (www.capella.edu), Nancy
A. Piotrowski, PhD, also a
member of Div. 28 (Psychopharm-
acology and Substance Abuse) works in a virtual classroom. In classes such as substance-abuse therapies, students participate in online discussions and assignments. Some assignments take students into their communities for outreach and research. Piotrowski's virtual classroom consists of students from the United States and abroad, allowing for discussions of cultural and other regional differences important to addictive behavior.
--M. WATERS
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