Div. 1 announces 2004 awards

Div. 1 (Society for General Psychology) congratulates its 2004 award winners, who will be honored at APA's 2004 Annual Convention in Honolulu, July 28-Aug. 1. They are:

* Nora Newcombe, PhD, who won the George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article in General Psychology for "The nativist-empiricist controversy in the context of recent research on spatial and cognitive development," published in Psychological Science. Floyd Rudmin, PhD, was first runner-up for "Critical history of the acculturation psychology of assimilation, separation, integration, and marginalization," published in Review of General Psychology.

* Lewis Lipsitt, PhD, who won the Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Lifetime Career Contributions to General Psychology for his research and teaching in developmental psychology.

* Steven Pinker, PhD, who won the William James Book Award for General Psychology for his book, "The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature" (Viking Penguin, 2002).

The selection process in still in progress for the division's fourth 2004 award, the Arthur W. Staats Lecture Award on Unifying Psychology.

Attend SPSSI conference on desegregation and diversity

Div. 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) will host its fifth biennial conference, "From desegregation to diversity," in Washington, D.C., June 25-27. The conference, which will focus on the implications of progression from desegregation to diversity in the United States, will mark the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision to strike down racial segregation in U.S. public schools. Proposals on any topic relating to social issues research, policy and action are welcome. The submission deadline is Jan. 5. For more information, visit www.spssi.org.

SIOP adds personality to its guide series

The role of personality in the workplace is the topic of the latest installment of the Div. 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Instructor Guide Series--15 learning modules that help introductory psychology teachers design their curricula. The "Personality and work" course covers how personality affects job performance and other work-related outcomes, and how managers use personality assessment as a hiring and developmental tool.

Other course topics include leadership and gender stereotypes, workplace diversity, evaluating work performance, sexual harassment and work teams. Each module offers 40 minutes of lecture material, several 10-minute classroom exercises, and background information and references for each topic. To access the guide series, visit www.siop.org and click on "Publications." For more information, contact Todd Harris, PhD, at (781) 235-8872, ext. 113; e-mail: toddh22@hotmail.com.

Name change, upcoming conference for counseling division

Div. 17 has changed its name from the Counseling Psychology division to the Society of Counseling Psychology. In addition, the division is co-sponsoring the 21st Annual Teachers College Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, Feb. 20-21 in New York City. The conference theme is "Strategies for building cultural competence in psychology and education." To submit a proposal or to register, contact the conference coordinator at (212) 678-4111.

The Div. 17 journal, The Counseling Psychologist, experienced a dramatic rise in its abstracting and indexing rankings in 2002, according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). ISI also ranked the journal second in the "impact factor" of 50 journals in the applied psychology category.

Div. 19 members share their expertise

The media's interest in the military in 2003 has prompted members of Div. 19 (Military) to expand the public's knowledge of military psychology. Those psychologists who have shared their military expertise with the news media include:

* Col. Bob Roland, PhD, a professor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, who appeared on CNN to talk about the psychological recovery of Pfc. Jessica Lynch.

* Janice H. Laurence, PhD, a distinguished research professor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, who appeared on ABC's "World News Now" to discuss the psychological responses to returning from deployment.

* Bruce Bell, PhD, a senior research psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI), who was quoted in a Washington Post article on how the ARI has helped Army families. The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Globe, USA Today and The Los Angeles Times have also interviewed Bell.

Editor post open for History of Psychology

Div. 26 (Society for the History of Psychology) is seeking nominees with broad historical interests and outstanding editorial skills to serve as editor of its journal, History of Psychology. The society welcomes self-nominations and nominations of members of underrepresented groups. The nomination deadline is Dec. 31. Send nominations to James L. Pate, PhD, at jpate@gsu.edu.

Register early for Div. 36 meeting

Div. 36 (Religion) will host its second annual Midwinter Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality with the department of pastoral counseling at Loyola College, March 19-20, at the college's Columbia Graduate Center. The conference theme is "Spirituality and religion as universal aspects of human experience." The early registration fee is $50 for members of Div. 36 and Loyola College affiliates, $60 for nonmembers and $25 for students. The early registration deadline is March 5. To register, send a check payable to Loyola College to: Ralph L. Piedmont, PhD, Department of Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College, 8890 McGaw Road, Suite 380, Columbia, MD 21045. For more information, contact Piedmont at rpiedmont@loyola.edu or visit www.apa.org/divisions/div36/Conference/homepage.html.

Positions open in youth and family division

Div. 37 (Child, Youth and Family Services) is seeking nominations for four positions: president, secretary, APA council representative and member-at-large. Self-nominations are welcome. Send nominations to: Div. 37 President Richard Abidin, PhD, Curry School, Department of Human Services, 405 Emmet St. South, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4277; e-mail: rra@virginia.edu.

Nominate new editor for health journal

Div. 38 (Health) has opened nominations for the editorship of its journal, Health Psychology, for 2006 through 2011. Candidates should be members of APA and available to receive manuscripts in early 2005. Div. 38 encourages nominations of members of underrepresented groups in the publication process and self-nominations.

Arthur Stone, PhD, is the journal's current editor and Jerry Suls, PhD, is chairing the new editor search. The nomination deadline is Dec. 15. To nominate a candidate, send a one-page statement of support to: Barbara Keeton, APA Div. 38, P.O. Box 1838, Ashland, VA 23005; e-mail: apadiv38@erols.com.

Div. 46 offers dissertation prize

Div. 46 (Media) offers a Student Dissertation/Research Award for research relating to any form of media, including the Internet. The award includes a $200 stipend and one year of free membership in the division.

Applicants must be graduating from a doctoral program and have completed the dissertation between January 2003 and March 2004. Applicants are not required to be Div. 46 members. The submission deadline is March 1. For application information, contact Elizabeth Carll, PhD, 2004 Awards Committee Chair, at ecarll@optonline.net. Students interested in joining Div. 46 can e-mail June.Wilson@medcenter.stanford.edu.

Sport division hosts community event

Div. 47 (Exercise and Sport) held its first annual "Give sport psychology away-athon" at APA's 2003 Annual Convention in Toronto. Robert Fazio and Andrew Berns, PhD, held a free summer sports camp for local youth athletes that focused on resilience and embracing adversity in sports and life. Div. 47 member Ken Ravizza, PhD, held a free workshop for more than 50 local coaches that covered strategies for working with diverse athletes. Division members are planning a similar event for APA's 2004 Annual Convention in Honolulu, July 28-Aug. 1. The event was held in conjunction with Hold the Door For Others (www.holdthedoor.com), a nonprofit organization.

Check out APA's international division

Div. 52 (International) is actively recruiting new members working in cross-cultural practice, research and teaching. The division has more than 800 members throughout 37 countries. Members receive the division's quarterly newsletter, The International Reporter, edited by Ivan Kos, PhD. Div. 52 offers awards in five categories: achievement, mentoring, women and gender, student research, and dissertation.

The division is seeking poster proposals for APA's 2004 Annual Convention in Honolulu, July 28-Aug. 1 on such topics as assessment, gender, human rights and teaching. For more information on proposals, contact Anie Kalayjian, PhD, at kalayjianAPA@aol.com. For more Div. 52 information, visit the division's Web site at www.tamu-commerce.edu/orgs/div52.

Congratulations to Div. 54 student honorees

Div. 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) announces its four 2003 Student Poster Award winners. They are:

* Janelle Wagner, a graduate student at Oklahoma State University, for "A cognitive diathesis-stress model of depression in juvenile rheumatic disease." Her co-authors are John Chaney, PhD, and Molly White.

* Cara Reeves, of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, for "Attention in pediatric patients with medulloblastoma following risk adapted therapy." Her co-authors are Gray Buchanan, Shawan Palmer, PhD, Amar Gajjar, MD, Wilburn Reddick, PhD, Thomas Merchant, PhD, and Raymond Mulhern, PhD.

* Ahna Hoff, a graduate student at Oklahoma State University, for "An intervention for parents of children newly diagnosed with diabetes." Her co-authors are Larry Mullins, PhD, and Stephen Gillaspy.

For more information on Div. 54 awards, contact Sharon Berry, PhD, at sharon.berry@childrenshc.org.

--J. CHAMBERLIN