Volunteer industrial and organizational (I/O) psychologists working in academia, business, consulting or the government will visit college campuses to engage in activities such as discussing I/O careers at colloquia or Psi Chi chapter meetings and conducting guest lectures in introductory psychology courses.

The I/O Ambassadors program is being sponsored by the SIOP Foundation and is available throughout the United States and Canada.

To take advantage of this free service and have an I/O Ambassador visit your campus, contact Todd Harris by e-mail or (800) 832-8884, ext. 113.

At the division’s 22nd annual conference later this month in New York City, management and leadership authority Jeffrey Pfeffer, PhD, will present at the opening session.

Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and the author or co-author of 10 books, including the critically acclaimed “Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management,” and “Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People.”

More than 250 other sessions will cover a wide range of workplace topics, including the use of personality tests to predict worker behavior, employee retention, employment interviews, workplace stereotypes, effective leadership, and work and family issues.

For more information, go to the SIOP Web site at www.siop.org.

Div. 15 creates dissertation research grant program

Div. 15 (Educational) announces the creation of an annual dissertation research grant program for graduate students who are members of the division. The award seeks to provide financial support for educational psychology doctoral students who are preparing to collect their dissertation data.

Applicants must be a graduate student who submitted or defended a dissertation proposal to his or her committee and who is also a member or student affiliate of Div. 15. To join Div. 15, visit www.apa.org/about/division/memapp.html.

The division will award two grants each year and will announce the winners at APA’s 2007 Annual Convention during its business meeting. Each grant carries a $1,000 monetary award.

To apply, electronically submit the following items as four separate e-mail attachments to committee chair Michele Gill:

• A brief summary of your dissertation work that includes a separate title page with full contact information and an abstract.

• A three- to four-page summary that includes the title of your study, statement of the problem, research question, hypotheses and proposed methodology (double-spaced, maximum 1,000 words, prepared for a blind review.)

• An up-to-date curriculum vitae.

• Contact information for your dissertation chair.

The deadline is May 1.

Div. 17 to host international counseling conference

Div. 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) President-elect Linda Forrest, PhD, has announced that the International Counseling Psychology Conference will convene March 6–8, 2008, in Chicago. Watch the division’s newly constructed Web site, http://www.div17.org, for forthcoming information.

In other division news, work is progressing on the three presidential initiatives of Div. 17 President William D. Parham, PhD:

• The Stepping to the Plate: Giving Back to the Community special task group, co-chaired by Michael Mobley, PhD, and Rebecca Toporek, PhD, launched its inaugural efforts during APA’s 2006 Annual Convention in New Orleans and generated interest that is being translated into numerous outreach efforts directed to the northern California communities during APA’s 2007 Annual Convention in San Francisco, Aug. 17–20. To get involved, contact Mobley at e-mail and Toporek at e-mail.

• The Passing the Baton special task group, chaired by Kathleen Bieschke, PhD, Elizabeth Skowron, PhD, and Christopher Daood, is focusing its efforts on documenting, acknowledging and commemorating the mentoring of students and young professionals within the division and across APA.

• The Tapping into the Wellspring of Talent special task group, co-chaired by Hardin Coleman, PhD, and Steve Danish, PhD, is generating an intervention program that will assist professional sport communities in addressing their player, team and league challenges.

Div. 19 and 21 hold annual symposium

Div. 19 (Society for Military Psychology) and Div. 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology), in collaboration with the Potomac Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, held their Annual Symposium on Applied Experimental Research at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, March 1–2. The theme of the symposium was “A New Collaborative Frontier: Innovative Approaches and Applications.” The keynote address, given by Dr. Ben Schneiderman, PhD, of the University of Maryland, was “Information Visualization: A Platform for Discovery Through Collaboration.”

Div. 32 announces first annual conference, seeks journal submissions

Div. 32 (Humanistic) will hold its first annual conference, “Humanistic Psychotherapies for the 21st Century,” Aug. 14–16 before APA’s Annual Convention. The focus will be on evolution in theory, research and practice. Attendees may earn up to 24 hours of continuing-education credits.

Featured presenters include: Les Greenberg, PhD, Elizabeth Bugental, PhD, Jim Bugental, PhD, Mick Cooper, PhD, Natalie Rogers, PhD, Gary Yontef, PhD, Art Bohart, PhD, Kirk Schneider, PhD, Al Mahrer, PhD, David Rennie, PhD, Ilene Serlin, PhD, Kerry Moustakas, PhD, Maurice Friedman, PhD, Jeanne Watson, PhD, Ernesto Spinelli, PhD, Bob Resnick, PhD, Mark Stern, PhD, and Robert Elliott, PhD.

For a conference registration form, visit the Div. 32 Web site at www.apa.org/divisions/div32 or contact conference chair David Cain, PhD, at e-mail.

Register by May 1 for the best rate.

The division’s journal, The Humanistic Psychologist, recently rotated editors. Scott D. Churchill, PhD, begins a six-year term as editor-in-chief effective with the 2007 volume, and David J. Cain, PhD, and Harris L. Friedman, PhD, will serve as associate editors. In addition, the editorial board has been expanded to include approximately 40 consulting editors.

The journal’s new editorial team welcomes submissions and embraces perspectives from a wide spectrum of humanistic psychologies, and will make room for both modern conceptions and postmodern critiques of the field. Qualitative research will continue to be of special interest, along with developments in transpersonal, constructivist and phenomenological conceptions of a broadly defined “humanism” in psychology.

The editors envision the journal as a forum for both academic and professional psychologists and encourage student submissions. Send proposed articles in APA format to e-mail.

Div. 37 chooses new name

The Div. 37 membership has voted to change the division’s name from the Division of Child, Youth and Family Services to the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice. The name change aims to more clearly define the division’s identity to individuals and organizations outside APA and to increase the ability to recruit members who are not currently APA members. The division also hopes its new name will help it form partnerships with other scholarly organizations.

Apply for Div. 37 Dissertation Award

(Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice) invites applications for its $400 Student Dissertation Award for a completed doctoral dissertation concerning issues of social policy, service delivery, welfare, and/or advocacy for children, youth and families. The Div. 37 Executive Committee will judge papers on the following dimensions: scientific, technical or clinical importance; originality/creativity of the work; adequacy of the research design and methods; quality of the conclusions drawn from results; quality of the written presentation. Applicants must be members of Div. 37. Students may apply prior to sending their submission. Applications should include a copy of the completed dissertation, the signed cover page, and an abstract of no more than 1,000 words summarizing the research and its relevance to Div. 37’s mission (available at www.apa.org/divisions/div37/).

Submit materials to Anne Culp, PhD, Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences, 209E Education Building, P.O. Box 161250, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL 32816, e-mail. The deadline for submission is June 1.

Nominations sought for Div. 55 prescriptive authority contributions award

The Awards Committee of Div. 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy) is soliciting nominations for outstanding contributions to the prescriptive authority movement. Two awards will honor Div. 55 members who have made outstanding contributions at the state or national level. The third award, the Patrick H. DeLeon Prize, will be given for an outstanding contribution by a student or early-career psychologist.

Outstanding Contribution at the State Level Nominees will be considered on the basis of a sustained history of excellence in advancing the prescriptive authority agenda. Nominations should detail accomplishments in measurable terms, introduction of legislation, organization of effective advocacy groups, papers or presentations at meetings, or other demonstrable achievements in advancing the prescriptive authority agenda. Outstanding National Contribution Award Nominees will be considered on the basis of a sustained history of excellence in advancing the prescriptive authority agenda that has had a national effect.

The Patrick H. DeLeon Prize, established in 2002, is awarded annually for an outstanding paper, thesis or dissertation in the areas of clinical psychopharmacology or prescriptive authority for psychologists. The award is aimed at graduate students or early-career psychologists. Submissions may be published or unpublished but should substantially reflect work done as a graduate student. Submissions with multiple authors are considered, however, the applicant must be the first author on the paper submitted. The prize carries a cash award of $500.

The deadline for nominations is May 15. Nominees for the career awards must be members or fellows of Div. 55. Nominees for the DeLeon Prize need not be affiliates or members of Div. 55, but membership is encouraged.

All awards will be announced and presented at APA’s 2007 Annual Convention in San Francisco, Aug. 17–20. Submit nominations for all awards to Morgan T. Sammons, PhD, Awards Committee chair, care of Elaine LeVine, PhD, Div. 55 president, 1395 Missouri, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88001; e-mail.

—D. Schwartz