Apply for a Div. 2 teaching excellence award

Div. 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) seeks nominations for its 2005 awards for outstanding psychology teachers. The division awards $750 and a plaque to winners in each of four teaching arenas:

• Four-year colleges or universities (Robert S. Daniel Award).
• Two-year colleges.
• High schools (Moffett Memorial Teaching Award).
• Graduate schools (McKeachie Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award).

The nomination deadline is Jan. 14. Re-nominations and self-nominations are welcome. Send queries, submission materials and requests for nomination criteria to Teaching Awards Committee Chair Elizabeth Yost Hammer, Department of Psychology, Box 194, Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118; e-mail: Elizabeth Yost Hammer.

Apply for a Div. 12 award

Div. 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) seeks nominees for several annual awards presented in 2005. They are:

* The Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology, honoring a psychologist who has made distinguished advances in psychology leading to the understanding of important problems and who has made an outstanding contribution to the general profession of clinical psychology.

* The Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology, honoring a psychologist who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology.

* The Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology, honoring a psychologist who has made remarkable contributions to the understanding of human diversity and whose contributions have significant promise for bettering the human condition, overcoming prejudice and enhancing the quality of life for humankind. Contributions may be broadly conceived as advancing knowledge through research; developing innovative approaches to service delivery, teaching or consultation; or providing mentoring and active promotions of people of color.

* The David Shakow Award for Early Career Contributions, honoring a psychologist who received a doctoral degree no earlier than 1995 and who has made noteworthy contributions to both the science and practice of clinical psychology.

* The Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology, funded by Psychological Assessment Resources and honoring a clinical psychologist who has received a doctorate within the last 10 years and made an outstanding contribution to the profession of clinical psychology.

* The Distinguished Student Research Award, honoring a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made exemplary theoretical or empirical contributions to research in clinical psychology. Clinical research contributions can include quantity, quality or innovations in research.

* The Distinguished Student Practice Award, honoring a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made outstanding clinical practice contributions to the profession. Clinical practice contributions can include breadth or depth of practice activities, innovations in service delivery or other meritorious contributions.

* The Distinguished Student Service Award, honoring a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made outstanding service contributions to the profession and community. Service contributions can include development of creative educational programs or other novel activities in the advancement of service; working to increase funding for agencies; volunteer time; working on legislation regarding mental health; or general mental health advocacy, such as initiating outreach to underserved communities or substantive involvement in efforts to do such outreach.

The Div. 12 Awards Committee selects winners, except for student awards. The Div. 12 Education and Training Committee will select the winners of these. To be eligible for the student awards, recipients must be a doctoral student in clinical psychology--or a predoctoral intern--and a student member of Div. 12. Student recipients will receive a plaque, $200 contributed by Div. 12 and the Journal of Clinical Psychology, a complimentary two-year subscription to that journal and a one-year subscription to the journal Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Applications for all awards are due Oct. 30. Student award nominations should include a curriculum vitae and two letters of support detailing the nominee's contributions to the specific criteria of the award. Other nominations should include the nominee's name, curriculum vitae and a one- to two-page typewritten summary of his or her achievements and contributions. Send student nominations to Beverly Thorn, PhD, c/o Div. 12 Central Office, P.O. Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544-1082; e-mail: Beverly Thorn. Send other award nominations to Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, Chair, 2005 Awards Committee, at the same address; e-mail: Division 12. The awards will be presented at APA's 2005 Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., Aug. 18–21.

Sign up for Div. 13's annual conference

Div. 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology) will host its 13th annual midwinter conference Feb. 10–13, in San Antonio. Titled "Consulting psychology: bridging the past, present and future," the conference focuses on providing psychologists consulting with businesses and organizations the tools, skills and cutting-edge information to assist them in their practices. More than 20 continuing-education credits are available in programs on topics including:

• Executive coaching.
• Consulting with family businesses.
• Executive assessment.
• Change management.
• Transformational leadership.
• A developmental diversity model.

The Div. 13 conference includes content for experienced consultants as well as psychologists transitioning into the field of consulting psychology. Other features include:

• A one-day pre-conference event focusing on practical skills and tools needed to consult in organizational settings.
• Pre- and post-conference workshops emphasizing consultation applications and ethics.
• Five keynote speakers, including Harvard Business Review senior editor Diane Coutu and experts in leadership development.
• Opportunities for peer mentoring, supervision and networking.
• Shared interest groups on specialized populations, settings and types of consultation.

For more information or to register, visit the Div. 13 Web site at www.apa.org/divisions/div13 or contact Lorraine Rieff & Associates, 318 Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60661; (312) 655-1150; e-mail: Division 13.

Div. 44 encourages participation in LGBT awareness programs

Div. 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues) is teaming up with APA's Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns to support the work of the National Coalition for LGBT Health.

The coalition's mission is to improve the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered, or LGBT, individuals through federal advocacy on research, policy, education and training.

Div. 44 is developing strategies to encourage psychologists to participate in coalition-sponsored events, including those associated with National LGBT Health Awareness Week, which takes place annually in March. The division is also planning workshops and symposia to provide psychologists with opportunities to develop policy-relevant skills and knowledge. They will be held at APA's 2005 Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.

For more information about Div. 44's activities at APA's convention and with the coalition, visit www.apa.org/divisions/div44 or www.lgbthealth.net, or contact president Michael R. Stevenson, PhD, at Michael R. Stevenson.

Div. 52 creates multilingual poster

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of APA's Committee on International Relations in Psychology, the officers of Div. 52 (International) designed and printed a poster titled "Psychology in 60 languages." Free copies are now available at the division's Web site, www.internationalpsychology.org.

--M. GREER

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