Div. 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
The Fellows Selection Committee requests nomination of Div. 2 members for Fellow status. Nominees will be evaluated on whether they have made "unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology." Criteria include letters of endorsement from at least three APA Fellows and other documentation in support of some, but not all of the following: outstanding teaching; evaluation by colleagues, students or others as a teacher; development of innovative curricula or courses; teaching methods; research on teaching; development of teaching materials; administrative facilitation of teaching; and outstanding service to Div. 2 and other organizations that foster the teaching of psychology. The application deadline is Dec. 15.
Applications received after the deadline will be considered during the next selection process. For more information, contact Bernardo J. Carducci, Department of Psychology, Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grant Line Rd., New Albany, IN 47150; (812) 941-2591; fax: (812) 941-2591; e-mail: bcarducc@ius.edu.
Div. 2 is also seeking nominations for its year 2001 annual teaching awards program to honor an outstanding teacher of psychology in one of four categories: high school (Moffett Memorial Teaching Award); two-year college; four-year college/university (Robert S. Daniel Award); and graduate school (McKeachie Early Career Award). The deadline for nominations and supporting documentation is Jan. 2.
To nominate yourself or a colleague, request a Teacher Awards call for nominations form from Dana S. Dunn, PhD, Moravian College, 1200 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018, e-mail: dunn@moravian.edu; Web site: http://teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/teachpsych/
div/benefits-awards.html.
Div. 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology)
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) has established the Diversity Fund, a grant program that seeks to increase diversity in personality and social psychology.
Initially, the fund will be used to provide qualified graduate students with $1,000 travel awards to attend the annual SPSP conference. To qualify, students must be enrolled in a psychology graduate program and must come from an underrepresented group in personality and social psychology, such as ethnic or racial minorities, first-generation college students or individuals with physical disabilities. The deadline for graduate students to apply for travel awards is Nov. 15.
In the future, the SPSP Diversity Fund may also be used for other programs that enhance diversity within personality and social psychology.
"Understanding behavior as influenced by social and personality factors is highly dependent on a variety of viewpoints," says SPSP President Abraham Tesser. "Diversity of backgrounds among future scientists cannot help but facilitate this kind of variety."
Fund contributors include McGraw-Hill Higher Education, the David and Carol Myers Foundation, Worth Publishers, Psychology Press and Guilford Publications.
In addition to the Diversity Fund, SPSP has a developed mentorship program, which is a free e-mail-based service in which students from underrepresented groups are able to contact a faculty mentor of their choice for career guidance and assistance. Since the mentorship program began last year, more than 100 faculty mentors have volunteered to participate in the mentorship program.
--D. SMITH AND M. WATERS
