DIVISION SPOTLIGHT

DIVISION SPOTLIGHT

DIVISION NEWS

Div. 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues-SPSSI)

Irene Hanson Frieze, PhD, will assume the editorship of Div. 9's Journal of Social Issues (JSI) from 2001 to 2004.

As editor-elect, Frieze hopes to continue the JSI's mission to produce high quality publications that combine excellent methodological, and theoretically based research with a concern for solving the pressing social problems of our society. In this era of electronic communication, she would like to broaden JSI's focus to include more scholars from other countries.

She plans to talk with colleagues, attend conferences and use the Internet to encourage people to submit ideas for the journal. She hopes to work closely with authors in formulating, developing, and polishing these projects.

Frieze has served twice on SPSSI Council, is the founding coordinator of the SPSSI electronic discussion list, has served as chair of the SPSSI convention and has been SPSSI's liaison to APA's Science Directorate. Besides her activities in SPSSI, Frieze is past president of Div. 35 (Women).

After completing her PhD at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1973, Frieze joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, where she has remained throughout her career as a professor of psychology, business administration and women's studies. She is a fellow of divisions 8 (Personality and Social Psychology), 9, 35 and 52 (International).

She has received several honors during her career, including the Distinguished Career Award by the Association for Women in Psychology and the Carolyn Wood Sherif Memorial Lectureship Award.

She has served as issue editor for three JSI issues including "Sex Roles: Persistence and Change" (Vol. 32, No. 3, 1976), "Reactions to Victimization" (Vol. 39, No. 2, 1983), and "Social Influence and Social Power: Using Theory for Understanding Social Issues" (forthcoming).

Frieze invites suggestions for future JSI issues. Contact her at the Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (412) 624-4336, fax: (412) 624-4428, e-mail: frieze@vms.cis.pitt.edu, web site: www.pitt.edu/~frieze.

Div. 23 (Society for Consumer Psychology)

Div. 23 is co-sponsoring--with divisions 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) and 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues­SPSSI)--the 18th annual advertising and consumer psychology conference, to be held May 20­22 in San Antonio. Conference topics focus on applying psychological theory to advertising.

This year's theme is "Diversity in advertising." Sessions will include such topics as:

* "The transmission of prejudice: What do our marketing strategies really reinforce?"

* "The effect of ethnicity on endorser effectiveness."

* "Ethnic identity and its influence on advertising effectiveness."

* "Viewers' reactions to racial cues and product claims in advertising messages."

* "Effectiveness of using gender stereotypes in humorous advertising."

* "Targeting consumer segments based on sexual orientation."

* "The effectiveness of targeting minorities in advertising."

For the complete conference program and registration information, go to www.cob.
ohio-state.edu/scp, or contact Sabrina Neeley at (806) 747-3385, ext. 260, fax: (806) 747-1085, e-mail: sneeley@ttu.edu.

Div. 35 (Women)

Div. 35 has launched a new continuing-education program called the Academy of Feminist Practice, which provides high quality, leading-edge training in feminist practice for experienced and emerging practitioners alike. The academy offers workshops led by skilled and experienced feminist psychology practitioners two or three times a year at various sites around North America. Laura Brown, PhD, started the project during her term as president of Div. 35.

The academy announces its initial offering, "The essentials of feminist practice," and "Ethics in feminist practice," to be held June 11­13 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The two-day "Essentials of feminist practice" course will cover definitions of feminist practice in psychology and related mental health fields.

Other topics of discussion include feminist practice of assessment, psychodiagnosis, supervision, consultation, teaching and forensic work. The workshop will also talk about strategies for integrating feminist models into your practice through a combination of lectures and challenging experiential work.

Roberta L. Nutt, PhD, past president of Div. 43 (Family), will teach both initial course offerings. Participants in the two-day course will receive 14 hours of Category 1 CE credit, while the half-day specialty course provides 4 hours of Category 1 CE credit.

Div. 35 offers discount rates for people who register before May 15. For more information, contact Div. 35 Academy, 919 W. Marshall Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85013, (602) 246-8244, fax: (602) 246-6577, e-mail: div35apa@aol.com.

Div. 39 (Psychoanalysis)

Spyros D. Orfanos, PhD, president of Div. 39, is trying to increase the public exposure of psychoanalysis through education and a rigorous membership drive.

Orfanos has launched a campaign to educate the 914,000 high school and college students who take introductory psychology courses about the value of contemporary psychoanalysis.

To do so, he devised a set of education initiatives that promote greater interaction between the academic and psychoanalytic communities within organized psychology. As part of this effort, Orfanos hopes to strengthen the division's relationship with APA's Education Directorate and to develop materials such as fact sheets and brochures that address the clinical and scientific evidence for psychoanalysis. Future education initiatives will address graduate education and postdoctoral training.

"Our objective is to educate academic psychologists and the trainers of psychologists in what contemporary clinical and applied psychoanalysis is about," says Orfanos. "We also wish to have an opportunity to contribute to and learn from other domains in psychology such as, cognitive, personality and social psychology."

As his second presidential initiative, Orfanos plans to increase division membership in 1999 through an aggressive recruitment drive and expanding division services.

"There are countless clinical, educational, scholarly and community reasons for psychologists to join our division, and we want to get the word out," he says.

For more information, contact Spyros Orfanos via e-mail at sdorfanos@aol.com, or visit the Div. 39 web site at www.divp
sa.org.

Divisions 53 (Clinical Child Psychology) and 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology-SPP)

APA's Council of Representatives in February approved the establishment of two new divisions: divisions 53 and 54. These new divisions are an outgrowth of two sections of Div. 12 (Clinical): Section 1, clinical child psychology, and section 5, pediatric psychology.

Marilyn Erickson, PhD, past president of Section 1 and Maureen Black, PhD, past president of Section 5 worked together to get the sections recognized as separate divisions.

"Both sections became very viable, independent organizations," says Black. "Both have well-respected and known journals, financially solvent treasuries that are completely independent from Div. 12. Each has a thousand or so members, including a lot of active student members."

Despite the 30 percent overlap between divisions 53 and 54, there are more differences than similarities. For example, clinical child psychologists are more likely to work in departments of psychiatry and tend to be involved with mental health problems, such as autism or schizophrenia. In contrast, pediatric psychologists tend to work in departments of pediatrics and concentrate on physical health problems, including asthma, cancer and pain management.

Members say they sought to create the new divisions because more than half the members of both sections were not members of Div. 12, and as a result they did not receive the perks, services or full attention other division members received, say Black and Erickson.

For example, members who performed scholarly work could not become APA Fellows, members had decreased access to APA boards and committees and they missed opportunities to collaborate with other divisions that wanted to focus on childrens' issues because many APA members see Div. 12 only as a clinical division.

The long-range goals of divisions 53 and 54 will benefit its members as well as APA as a whole, say Black and Erickson. With more hours at APA's Annual Convention, Div. 53 can provide more exposure for its researchers and better address the training doctoral level psychologists and others to deliver services to children. Div. 53 will also continue its interdisciplinary activities in medical schools and educational settings.

"Our major focus is going to be on the scientist and practitioner in child clinical psychology," says Erickson. "We are particularly interested in disseminating research findings that would be useful for practitioners to share with other researchers in the field."

Div. 54 hopes to create new links with other pediatric associations to work on various projects. The division also plans to accept pediatricians as affiliate members and get more involved with international organizations to address international pediatric psychology issues. Div. 54 also hopes to collaborate with divisions 52 (International) and 38 (Health).

The two divisions plan to work on joint division projects, including discussions at APA's midwinter meetings with other divisions, such as 7 (Develop-
mental), 16 (School) and 37 (Child, Youth and Family Services).

For more information on Div. 53, contact Marilyn Erickson, Psychology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2018, e-mail: mericks@saturn.vcu.edu.

To learn more about Div. 54, contact Maureen Black, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 700 W. Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21201, e-mail: mblack@umaryland.edu.

DIVISION AWARDS

Div. 13 (Consulting)

Div. 13 is accepting nominations for the 1998­99 Harry Levinson Award, the 1998­99 RHR International Award and the 1998 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 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 of the significance and impact 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 1996-98, 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, Div. 13--"The Catalyst Division," 16801 Addison Road, Suite 255, Dallas, TX 75248.

--M. Waters



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