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Div. 1 (Society for General Psychology)
Div. 1 welcomes nominations for its 2001 awards program to honor outstanding achievements in general psychology. In addition to its prestigious William James Book Award, the society sponsors the Ernest R. Hilgard and the George A. Miller awards, and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology Award.
The William James Book Award winner receives $1,000 for a book published within the past five years that successfully integrates the diverse subfields of psychology. The Staats Award recognizes significant contributions that serve to develop psychology as a unified science. The recipient wins $1,000. The Hilgard Award recognizes lifetime contributions to general psychology, and the Miller Award recognizes an outstanding recent article in general psychology. Each award includes a plaque or certificate, and a $500 cash prize.
The emphasis of all these awards is on the quality of the contribution and the connections made between the diverse fields of psychological theory and research. Div. 1 is looking for people who in their work have integrated knowledge across psychology's subfields and included contributions from other disciplines.
To nominate a psychologist for the Hilgard and Staats awards, submit the candidate's name and vitae, a detailed statement indicating why the nominee is a worthy candidate and letters of recommendation from other colleagues.
Nominations for the Miller and James awards should include four copies of the article or book (post-1994 publication date and still available in print), a one-page statement of support and the author's curriculum vitae. Self-nominations are encouraged.
All nomination materials for each award must be received by March 15. Contact: General Psychology Awards, c/o C. Alan Boneau, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, (703) 993-4118; fax: (301) 320-2845; e-mail: aboneau@gmu.edu.
Div. 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology)
Several members of Div. 21 will receive $3.2 million from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) over the next five years to fund a program developed to redesign computer equipment and restructure training routines to help older adults understand how to use computer programs and devices.
The program, called the Center for Research and Education for Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE), is a consortium of researchers from three universities. Each will contribute research in three areas:
Sara Czaja, PhD, and Joseph Sharit, PhD, co-principal investigators from the University of Miami, will focus on ways to boost efficiency at tasks involving information search and retrieval, such as surfing the World Wide Web.
Neil Charness, PhD, principal investigator from Florida State University, will study how well adults at various age levels can use input devices, such as a mouse, light-pen or speech-recognition software, and how practice affects performance with some of these input devices in dominant or non-dominant hands. Charness will also examine how adults fare with tasks that involve video conferencing and voice-over Internet protocol.
Arthur D. Fisk, PhD, and Wendy A. Rogers, PhD, co-principal investigators from Georgia Institute of Technology, will uncover principles for training seniors to use web browsers and other computer applications. They plan to study the influence of age-related changes in cognition on learning to use technology.
CREATE will receive funds from NIA until Aug. 31, 2004. For more information about the project, contact any of the principal investigators via e-mail: Charness: charness@psy.fsu.edu; Czaja: sczaja@coeds.eng.miami.edu; Fisk: arthur.fisk@psych.gatech.edu; Rogers: wr43@prism.gatech.edu; Sharit: jsharit@miami.edu.
Div. 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
As of Nov. 22, Div. 35 has changed its name from "Psychology of Women" to the "Society for the Psychology of Women."
The division has met the requirements of both its own bylaws and APA's Association Rules regarding the change in its name. Once Div. 35 members voted on the change, the Council of Representatives and APA divisions were subsequently notified. A 60-day comment period ended on Nov. 22, and the new name is now in effect.
Div. 38 (Health)
Div. 38 will host a conference, "The future of health psychology," March 17-19 in Pittsburgh. The conference will identify:
Key developments in health psychology, medicine and allied health care that will affect the future of health psychology as a research and applied discipline.
The implications of such developments with respect to education and training, research, practice, public policy, cultural diversity and ethics.
The Planning Committee has formed teams of participants based on major themes, including evolution on the biopsychosocial model; effect of advances in medicine and medical technology; changes in population demographics; health-care economics and the health psychology marketplace; and needs and advances in primary prevention.
While the conference will encompass several interdisciplinary themes, the intended audience will be largely health psychology researchers, practitioners and students. Details about the findings of the team-participants will be available shortly after the conference. For additional information, contact Barbara Keeton, Div. 38 administrative officer, at apadiv38@erols.com.
--M. WATERS
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