Div. 14 honors journalists for psychology writing

The Foundation of Div. 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) created a $3,000 award to honor the work of journalists for exemplary reporting on the science and practice of industrial/organizational psychology and its impact upon the workplace.

The Raymond A. Katzell Media Award in I-O Psychology will be announced at SIOP's annual conference in San Francisco in April 10–12, 2008. The award was provided by Mildred E. Katzell to honor her late husband, a longtime SIOP member and to encourage journalists to inform their readers and listeners how I-O psychology contributes to maximizing human potential within organizations.

The Katzell Award is open to all members of the media who have written or aired stories focusing on I-O's contributions to the workplace.

The deadline for nominations is March 1. Nominations should be submitted to the SIOP Administrative Offices at 520 Ordway Ave., Bowling Green, OH 43402. Self-nominations are welcome. For more information, visit www.siop.org.

Div. 17 takes a stand against hate crimes

The leadership of the Society of Counseling Psychology took action after learning about two hate crimes at Columbia's Teachers College, the hanging noose on the office door of Madonna Constantine, PhD, and a swastika painted on the office door of Elizabeth Midlarsky, PhD:

• Div. 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) Council Representative Helen Neville, PhD, wrote an article for the Div. 17 Web site (www.div17.org/).

• Roger Worthington, PhD, and Amy Reynolds, PhD, volunteered to chair a working group on proactive responses to hate crimes at the upcoming 2008 International Counseling Psychology Conference March 6–9 (www.icpc2008.org/).

• Jean Carter, PhD, contacted the American Psychological Foundation to see if donations could be directed to address hate crimes. APF board members, including SCP members Sandy Shullman, PhD, Ron Levant, PhD, Steven James, PhD, and Norm Abeles, PhD, voted to dedicate the 2008 "Violence Prevention and Intervention Grant" to work focused on addressing hate crimes.

The society is committed to greater educational efforts in response to hate crimes and urges psychologists to be more active in shaping the media response to such crimes. The society plans to post a "readiness to respond to hate crimes" template on its Web site to assist members in active engagement when such incidents happen.

Learn how to become an effective advocate

Div. 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice) and its section on Child Maltreatment announces a new tool for learning how to become an effective advocate for children, youth and families. The American Psychological Association Division 37's Guide to Advocacy: Legislative Support for Children, Youth, and Families, with a PowerPoint component, readings and interactive group exercises, is now available on the Div. 37 Web site (www.apa.org/divisions/div37/resources.html).

Div. 48 prints final 2007 issue

Div. 48's (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence) final 2007 issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology reports on the unprecedented meeting of four retired senior military interrogators and seven research psychologists. The articles discuss psychologists' analysis of information provided by the interrogators about the superiority of interrogation techniques that capitalize on the relationships they forged with detainees. The meeting was held at the November 2006 conference sponsored by Psychologists for Social Responsibility.

Div. 49 holds group summit

Div. 49 (Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy) is hosting a summit, Jan. 11–12 at APA headquarters. Participants include the division's presidents, the presidents of the Association for Specialists in Group Work and of the American Group Psychology Association, as well as a representative of APA's Div. 39 (Psychoanalysis).

—D. Schwartz