Div. 2 publishes e-book

The latest e-book published by Div. 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) is now available on its Web site (www.teachpsych.org). "The STP Guide to Graduate Training in the Teaching of Psychology," 2007, edited by Christopher Howard, William Buskist, PhD, and Jeffrey Stowell, PhD, describes almost 50 graduate programs in 25 states that train graduate students in the teaching of psychology, or in teaching at the college or university level.

Div. 14 holds third annual consortium, creates new journal

Innovation is the theme of Div. 14's (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology—SIOP) third annual Leading Edge Consortium, Oct. 26–27 in Kansas City, Mo.

The conference, "Enabling Innovation in Organizations: The Leading Edge," is limited to 300 participants and will examine organizational structures, leadership styles, management practices, cultures, processes and individual characteristics that help innovation flourish.

Each presentation takes place in a general session, allowing for dialogue among colleagues. The consortium also features ample opportunity for attendees to network with presenters and other leaders in the I/O field.

To register or for further information, go to www.siop.org and click on the Leading Edge Consortium box on the left side of the home page.

In other division news, SIOP has launched "Industrial and Organizational Psychology: An Exchange of Perspectives on Science and Practice," a quarterly journal that focuses on interactive exchanges between scientists and practitioners in the field. Paul Sackett, PhD, of the University of Minnesota, is the journal's editor.

The journal will take a focal article, peer commentary, response format. The focal article will be a position paper on an important issue for the field and will be followed by a series of peer commentaries that challenge or critique the original article, expand on issues not addressed in the focal article or draw out implications. Commentaries will be followed by a response from the focal paper's author. The journal will seek to include commentaries from science, practice and international perspectives. The journal will be sent to all SIOP members and will be available in both print and electronic versions. E-mail the editor.

Happy anniversary, Div. 22!

Div. 22 (Rehabilitation) is marking its 50th anniversary at its 2008 meeting in Tucson, Ariz., April 4–6 and at APA's 2008 Annual Convention in Boston, Aug. 14–17.

Rehabilitation psychology clinical practice applies psychological knowledge and skills on behalf of individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions to maximize their health and welfare, independence and choice, functional abilities and social participation. The broad field of rehabilitation psychology also includes advocacy for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions, rehabilitation program development and administration, research, public education and the development of policies to prevent injury prevention and promote health promotion.

Visit the division's Web site at www.div22.org for more information.

In other division news, several Div. 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) founders and members, including Nancy Russo, PhD, Florence Denmark, PhD, Martha Mednick, PhD, and Nancy Henley, PhD, were featured in a recently published encyclopedia of influential U.S. feminists, "Feminists Who Have Changed America" (University of Illinois Press, 2006).

NIAAA awards grant to Div. 50 officers

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has awarded an R13 grant to Div. 50 (Addictions) Treasurer Jennifer F. Buckman, PhD, President-elect Nancy A. Piotrowski, PhD, and Past-president Marsha E. Bates, PhD, for their research on "A Legacy of Learning in Alcohol Research."

This grant helped to support several addictions-related activities at APA's 2007 Annual Convention.

The grant supports early-career investigators in psychology interested in research on alcoholism and related problems through a grant-writing workshop, early-career travel awards, senior NIAAA-awardee symposium travel awards, and a poster session and social hour that enabled newer researchers to interact with senior investigators. This award complemented the National Institute on Drug Abuse's generous support of Div. 50's addiction-related conference activities.

Promote international psychology on campus

Div. 52's (International) Students and Early CareerProfessionals committees has established a Campus Representative Program that invites students or early-career psychologists to take leadership roles in the division.

Campus representatives are able to learn more about the field, network with others who also have international interests, disseminate information about the division's student and early-career professionals committees and other opportunities within Div. 52, and promote awareness about international psychology. For more information, visit www.division52secc.org/campusreps.html.

Div. 52 is also co-sponsoring a new Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc. book series on global and cross-cultural psychology. Division members Uwe P. Gielen, PhD, and Harold Takooshian, PhD, are the series editors. The series will include volumes that address psychology from global, international, cross-cultural, cultural and multidisciplinary perspectives. The first volume, "Toward a Global Psychology: Theory, Research, Intervention, and Pedagogy," edited by Gielen and Michael J. Stevens, was published in 2007.

Div. 53 recognizes excellence in child and adolescent psychology

The Board of Div. 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology) announces the 2007 winners of its annual grants and awards programs:

• Distinguished Research Contributions Award: Philip C. Kendall, Temple University.

• Career Faculty Research Award: Eric Wilcutt, PhD, University of Colorado.

• Postdoctoral Research Training Grant: Greta Winograd, Columbia University.

• Graduate Student Research Training Grants: Abigail Judge, University of North Carolina, and Mary Keeley, University of Florida.

• Junior Faculty Mentoring Award: Steve Smith, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.

• Outstanding Training Program Award: Virginia Commonwealth University's Clinical Child/Adolescent Track.

Nominations for Div. 53's 2008 awards are due March 1. For more information, visit the division's Web site: www.clinicalchildpsychology.org.

Congratulations to Div. 54's award winners

Div. 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) presented the following awards during APA's 2007 Annual Convention:

• The Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award, sponsored by Div. 54 and the Levin Foundation to honor faculty in pediatric psychology who mentor students in an exemplary way, was given to Sharon Berry, PhD, director of training at Children's Hospital and Clinics in Minneapolis. Berry initiated Div. 54's Mentorship Project, which matches trainees and mentors nationally.

• The Routh Early Career Award in Pediatric Psychology, recognizing contrbutions to the field in research, clinical training or service in the year after training, went to Melissa Alderfer, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and an attending psychologist in the oncology division of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Alderfer established a research program that focused on the siblings of children with cancer. She is supported in her work by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute.

• The Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award, recognizing excellence and significant contributions in establishing the scientific base of pediatric psychology, was given to Barbara Morrongiello, PhD, a professor in the psychology department at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Morrongiello is known for her work on determinants of child injury, parental attitudes toward injury prevention and children's knowledge about safety.

• The Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award, recognizing service to the field of pediatric psychology, was given to Donald Wertlieb, PhD, professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study at Tufts University, where he worked for nearly 30 years. Wertlieb's work bridges developmental, clinical, and community psychology, and is devoted to applying clinically significant research for practice and advocacy on behalf of children and families.

—D. Schwartz

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