Name change for Div. 10

Effective since June 15, the division formerly known as Psychology and Arts has changed its name to the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. Seventy percent of division members who voted approved the change, which was initiated to better reflect the diversity of interests and activities of Div. 10 members, says Div. 10 Past-president Sandra Russ, PhD.

"By including the topic creativity in the name, we are recognizing the burgeoning research and scholarship in both scientific and artistic creativity," she says. "And by including aesthetics, we are including the study of beauty in all forms." She adds that the division would like creativity scholars, research- ers and practitioners to see Div. 10 as "a home for interaction and activity."

Div. 12 to plan disaster psychology curriculum

Div. 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) is bringing together experts in the areas of anxiety, trauma and terrorism this month for an invitation-only planning conference designed to develop a training curriculum on disaster psychology.

"In spite of the widespread interest in disaster [psychology], following Sept. 11, there is no systematic curriculum related to training psychologists in this emerging area," says conference co-organizer Larry Beutler, PhD.

The planning conference will help to fill this training gap, adds Beutler. Participants will examine the disparities between the treatment given to disaster victims and relief workers and what research indicates is effective. Participants will then develop a curriculum for training practitioners. For information on work that comes out of the planning conference, contact Beutler at lbeutler@pgsp.edu.

Check out internship opportunities in emergency services online

Section VII (Clinical Emergencies and Crises) of Div. 12 has compiled a directory of Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC)-approved predoctoral internships that offer training in behavioral emergencies as a resource for internship applicants and program faculty. In the United States, 155 internship sites offer this type of training, which includes the evaluation and management of life-threatening behaviors such as suicidal behavior, potential violence and vulnerability to victimization. The resource directory, sorted by state, offers information on site location, length and scope of the training, contact information for training directors and chief psychologists at the site, and details about supervision. The directory can be accessed on the Section VII Web site at: www.apa.org/divisions/div12/sections /section7 or on the APPIC Web site at www.appic.org/training.

Learn more about consulting psychology from Div. 13's e-newsletter

Div. 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology) features an online e-newsletter available by clicking on "The Consulting Psychologist" at www.apa.org/divisions/div13. Access to this online informational source is free. Issues include information about topics such as consulting with executives, building and growing a consulting practice, vignettes of and interviews with practicing consulting psychologists, e-consulting, and programs at annual and mid-winter conferences. The newsletter is edited by consulting psychologist Steve Gravenkemper, PhD.

Comment on SIOP guidelines

Div. 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology--SIOP) has completed a revision of its "Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures" and is now inviting comments on the guidelines from APA members outside the division. To obtain a copy of the draft revision, contact the SIOP Administrative Office and a copy will be e-mailed to you. Comments should be sent to the SIOP Administrative Office at siop@siop.org. The comment period closes on Dec. 31.

Div. 32 journal observes Sept. 11

Div. 32 (Humanistic) has published a special section on "Making Meaning of 9/11" in the October issue of its journal The Humanistic Psychologist.

"This section was an attempt to articulate a response and to serve as a memorialization of the events of 9/11," says special section editor Lara Honos-Webb, PhD. Contributors include leading experts in humanistic psychology such as Art Bohart, PhD, Kirk Schneider, PhD, Bob Neimeyer, PhD, Kathleen Wall, PhD, Olga Louchakova, MD, and Jon Raskin, PhD.

Requests for copies of the journal can be sent to Larry M. Leitner, PhD, Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056.

Apply for the Carolyn Payton Early Career Award

Div. 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) seeks nominations for the Carolyn Payton Early Career Award, sponsored by the division's Section 1 (Psychology of Black Women). The award and $500 prize recognize the achievement of a black woman in the early stages of her career. Applicants must be no more than five years postdoctorate and the submitted work (article, book chapter or book) must be published. The submission need not focus exclusively on black women, but the concerns of black women must be a focal point. Papers may be theoretical or empirically based. Each submission will be evaluated on its creativity and must distinguish itself as making a major contribution to the understanding of the role of gender in the lives of black women. If there are multiple authors, the applicant must be the first author.

The submission deadline is Feb. 1. The winner will be announced at the Div. 35 social hour at APA's 2003 Annual Convention in Toronto. To apply, send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three copies of your scholarly work and two self-addressed stamped envelopes to Ruth L. Hall, PhD, Department of Psychology, The College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628- 0718.

Join the dialogue on feminist leadership

Div. 35 invites feminist psychologists and Div. 35 members to participate in online discussion boards that will eventually become material for an online publication and a traditional book on feminist leadership.

Fifteen online discussion boards are available at www. feministleadership.com for dialogue on questions such as:

* What is feminist leadership?

* What are the diverse and different ways in which women lead and are managers?

* What can we do to promote feminist leadership in policy and collaboration, and among diverse groups?

The project is part of the presidential initiative on feminist leadership of Div. 35 President-elect Jean Lau Chin, EdD.

"Rather than looking at how women can get an equal seat at the table, my initiative will look at how women lead," says Chin. "It is my hope that this dialogue will enable Div. 35 to review and revisit our strategic agenda to promote diversity and feminist leadership."

All the discussion forums are public and available to all Div. 35 members. Chin also encourages Div. 35 members to offer feedback and discussion on feminist issues and Div. 35 activities through the Web site. "This is an opportunity to dialogue with me and get your voices heard," she says.

Nominate a candidate for Div. 47 top honor

Div. 47 (Exercise and Sport) invites nominations for its 2003 Distinguished Scientific/Research Contribution Award, which honors a psychologist who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in sport and exercise psychology.

Nominators should include a nomination letter that outlines the following:

* The general themes of the nominee's major line(s) of research.

* The important research findings usually attributed to the nominee.

* The extent to which the nominee's theoretical contributions have generated research in the field.

* The historical contribution the nominee's research has made to the field.

* A comparison of the nominee with others in the field.

* The influence the nominee has had on students and colleagues (where possible, identify the nominee's students by name).

The deadline for nominations is Dec. 31. Send the nomination letter with a current curriculum vitae, a recent complete bibliography, up to five representative reprints, and the names, addresses, e-mails and phone numbers of three scientists familiar with the nominee's work to Award Committee Chair Diane Gill, PhD, at diane_gill@uncg.edu.

Join Div. 48's peacemaking efforts

The officers and members of Div. 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence) invite APA members to join in the division's peacemaking and peacebuilding activities, which include research in conflict resolution, developing educational programs on peacekeeping and peacemaking, publishing articles and books about peace, initiating programs in reconciliation and forgiveness, and developing post-terrorism strategies for coping. For more information on the division's activities and goals, contact Div. 48 Membership Chair Steven E. Handwerker, PhD, at peacewk@peacewk.org.

International division marks five years

Div. 52 (International) celebrated its fifth anniversary at the 2002 APA Annual Convention in Chicago. Anniversary activities included programming with content ranging from the crosscultural adaptation of psychological tests, to psychology's response to global health problems, to positive psychology. The division presented two Awards for Lifetime Distinguished Contributions to International Psychology to Susan Pick, PhD, and Harry Triandis, PhD. Division historian John Hogan, PhD, presented a detailed history of the division, and videotaped a discussion of its origins and evolution with five charter members who continue to serve on the division board. For more information on the anniversary activities, contact Charles D. Spielberger, PhD, at spielber@chuma1.cas.usf.edu.

Div. 54 members train physicians in child development

Five members of Div. 54 (The Society of Pediatric Psychology) served on the faculty of a five-day intensive review course for physicians on developmental and behavioral pediatrics. The course, which was attended by more than 400 physicians, was sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics in August in Providence, R.I.

Div. 54 members educated physicians on topics including adolescent mood disorders, obesity, self-injurious behaviors and infant assessment. The Div. 54 instructors were Glen Aylward, PhD, of Southern Illinois University, Terry Stancin, PhD, of Case Western Reserve University (also a member of the course planning committee), Doug Tynan, PhD, of A.I. Dupont Hospital in Wilmington, Del., and Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson, PhD, and Anthony Spirito, PhD, of Brown Medical School.

- J. CHAMBERLIN