Nominations sought for clinical awards

Div. 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) is seeking nominations for its five 2004 awards, to be presented at APA's 2004 Annual Convention in Honolulu.

The awards are:

* The Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology, which honors a clinical psychologist who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession within 10 years of receiving his or her doctorate.

* The David Shakow Early Career Award, which honors a psychologist who has made outstanding contributions to the science and practice of clinical psychology within seven years of earning his or her doctorate.

* The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, which honors a psychologist who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology.

* The Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions, which honors a psychologist who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances in psychology leading to the understanding or amelioration of important, practical problems.

* The Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology, which honors a psychologist who has made remarkable contributions to the understanding of diversity through research, service delivery, teaching, consultation, mentoring or promoting people of color.

Send nominations to: Diane Willis, PhD, Div. 12 2004 Awards Chair, P.O. Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544-1082. For more information, e-mail Lynn Peterson at div12apa@attbi.com.

SIOP honors I/O stars

APA's Div. 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology-SIOP) presented its top honors on April 11 at its annual conference in Orlando, Fla.

Meet the winners:

* Walter C. Borman, PhD, won a Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award. Borman is CEO of Personnel Decisions Research Institutes Inc. in Tampa and a professor of industrial-organizational psychology at the University of South Florida. An expert on performance measurement, Borman played a key role in developing the selection system for Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers.

* Paul R. Sackett, PhD, also won a Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award. Sackett, a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, was honored for his research on counterproductive behavior and the validity and meaning of integrity.

* George P. Hollenbeck, PhD, of Hollenbeck Associations in Livingston, Texas, won the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award. As a businessman, consultant and teacher, Hollenbeck has affected the selection and development of leadership talent from entry-level employees to CEOs. He was also recognized for his longtime contributions to SIOP.

* David Chan, PhD, of the National University of Singapore, received the Distinguished Early Career Award for his "impressive and significant research during the initial stages of his career."

* Katherine J. Kein, PhD, of the University of Maryland, Amy B. Conn, PhD, of Personnel Decisions International in Minneapolis, and Joann Speer Sorra, PhD, of Westat in Rockville, Md., won the William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award for their article "Implementing computerized technology: An organizational analysis," published in the Journal of Applied Psychology (Vol. 86, No. 5). The award honors the best I/O article in 2002.

* Mark G. Erhart, PhD, of San Diego State University, won the S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award for his dissertation on "Leadership and justice climate as antecedents of unit-level organizational citizenship behavior." Erhart earned his doctorate at the University of Maryland, College Park.

* University of Central Florida graduate students Damon Bryant and Dahlia Forde won the Robert J. Wherry Award for the Best Paper at the IO/OB Conference, an annual meeting for I/O psychology students, for their paper "Detecting differential item functioning in multidimensional tests with interfacing abilities."

* University of Iowa graduate student Amy E. Colbert won the John C. Flanagan Award for Outstanding Student Contribution to the SIOP conference as principal author of the paper "Interactive effects of organizational support and agreeableness on interpersonal deviance."

SIOP also elected 14 of its members as fellows of the division, the society's highest honor. The fellows are:

* Adrienne J. Colella, PhD, associate professor and Mays Faculty Fellow in the management department at Texas A&M University.

* Jeffrey R. Edwards, PhD, the Thomas M. Belk Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

* David A. Harrison, PhD, professor of management at Pennsylvania State University.

* Herbert G. Heneman III, PhD, emeritus professor in business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

* Louise F. Fitzgerald, PhD, professor of psychology and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

* Todd J. Maurer, PhD, professor of psychology at Georgia Tech.

* Cynthia D. McCauley, PhD, vice president for research and innovation at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C.

* Lynn R. Offerman, PhD, professor of industrial-organizational psychology at George Washington University.

* Belle Rose Ragins, PhD, professor of management at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

* Craig J. Russell, PhD, professor of business administration at the University of Oklahoma.

* Jesus F. Salgado, PhD, a professor in the department of social and basic psychology at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

* James W. Smither, PhD, professor of management at LaSalle University.

* Paul E. Spector, PhD, professor of industrial-organizational psychology at the University of South Florida.

* Sandy J. Wayne, PhD, professor of management at the University of Chicago.

For more information on SIOP, contact Clif Boutelle at (419) 353-0032; e-mail: boutelle@siop.bgsu.edu.

Find a leadership mentor

Div. 31 (State Psychological Association Affairs) offers a mentoring program to help state leaders get elected or appointed to APA governance positions. Mentors are available in each state and province. For more information on the program and to sign up, visit Div. 31's Web site at www.apa.org/divisions/div31 and click on "Mentoring Program." For more information on Div. 31 activities or initiatives, visit the Web site or contact Div. 31 President Jeffrey Barnett, PsyD, at drjbarnett1@comcast.net.

Make plans for Div. 33 conference

Div. 33 (Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities) is co-sponsoring a conference with Easter Seals titled "Evidence-based practices in services to young children with disabilities--a research symposium," Jan. 26-28 in Washington, D.C. The conference will cover what is known about outcomes of services to children with disabilities, identify gaps in knowledge and develop a research agenda. For more information, contact Barbara Trader at btrader@opa.easter-seals.org.

Div. 35 to host feminist leadership talk

Organizational leadership and gender expert Joyce Fletcher, PhD, will discuss feminist leadership as the invited speaker for Div. 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) at APA's 2003 Annual Convention in Toronto. Fletcher is professor of management at the Simmons School of Management and author of "Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power and Relational Practice at Work" (MIT Press, 1999). In her book, Fletcher explores the subtle dynamics that affect women's leadership behavior at work.

Fletcher will participate in a feminist leadership discussion following her presentation, to be held in the Quebec Room of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 2-2:50 p.m. For more information, contact Div. 35 President Jean Lau Chin, EdD, at ceoservices@rcn.com.

Divs. 39, 44 convention highlights

Div. 39 (Psychoanalysis) is presenting a joint panel with Div. 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues) at APA's Annual Convention in Toronto, titled "Skeletons out of our closets: psychoanalytic and GBLT explorations," to be held Aug. 7. The program is chaired by Div. 39 President Jaine Darwin, PsyD, and Div. 44 President Judith Glassgold, PsyD. Mark J. Blechner, PhD, of the William Alanson White Institute in New York will speak on "What psychoanalysis can learn from gay and lesbian practitioners." Shara Sand, PsyD, of Yeshiva University will give a talk titled "Daily outings: hide and seek with a twist," and Dennis Debiak, PsyD, of Widener University, and Scott D. Pytluk, PhD, of the Illinois School of Professional Psychology will present the address "State of the art: introducing students to LGBT-affirmative psychoanalysis."

Prior to the panel, Div. 44 is hosting an informal discussion in its hospitality suite about psychoanalysis and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered psychologists.

Psychologist and theology expert Daniel Helminiak, PhD, will also speak on "Homosexuality in world religions and a psychological response" on Thursday, Aug. 7, 3-4 p.m. Helminiak is the author of "What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality" (Alamo Square Press, 2000).

For more information on Div. 39 and 44 convention activities, contact Judith Glassgold at drglassgold@yahoo.com.

Division honors pediatric research

Div. 54 (Society for Pediatric Psychology) congratulates its 2003 Research Award recipients. Meet the winners:

* Kirsten Bradbury, of Virginia Tech, won the $1,000 Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant, which is co-sponsored with the American Psychological Foundation, for her paper "Familial acculturation influences on children's gun-access decisions." Her faculty supervisor is Jack Finney, PhD.

* Jodi Kamps, PhD, of Children's Hospital in New Orleans, won the $750 Student Research Award for her paper "Improving adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in children with asthma." Kamps earned her doctorate at the University of Kansas and her faculty supervisor was Michael Rapoff, PhD.

* Mariella Lane, of Texas A&M University, won the $750 Routh Student Research Grant for her research paper "Evaluation of a theoretical model of symptom perception and self-management behavior in pediatric asthma and diabetes." Her faculty supervisor is Robert Heffer, PhD.

* Eleanor Race, of the University of Miami, won an Honorable Mention Certificate for her research paper "Adolescents' eating and exercise behavior: does peer crowd affiliation play a role?" Her faculty supervisor is Annette LaGreca, PhD.

--J. CHAMBERLIN