- The John Jay College of Criminal Justice awarded Charles Figley, PhD, of Tulane University, an honorary degree for his pioneering work as a traumatologist and his commitment to alleviating human suffering. Figley, a professor in Tulane's School of Social Work, is an expert in disaster mental health whose research has focused on stress and resiliency. He is founder of Florida State University's Traumatology Institute and director of Tulane's Traumatology Institute.
- The Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs presented its Lifetime Contributions to Education and Training in Counseling Psychology Award to Linda Forrest, PhD. A professor emerita of the University of Oregon, Forrest has influenced counseling psychology throughout her career as a researcher, editor, mentor, and leader in education and training.
- Art Graesser, PhD, of the University of Memphis, has been named Distinguished University Professor of Research. Graesser is a professor in the department of psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis and is an honorary research fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. His primary research interests are in cognitive science, discourse processing and the learning sciences.
- The International Society on Infant Studies elected Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, PhD, of Temple University, as its next president. Hirsh-Pasek is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Temple's psychology department and director of the Temple Infant and Child Laboratory. Her research focuses on early language development, literacy and infant cognition.
- International honor society Kappa Delta Pi awarded Seton Hall University psychologist Thomas Massarelli, PhD, its Professional Development Award, honoring an intervention he developed for autistic spectrum disorder students. Massarelli directs the school and community psychology program at the university and is a longtime champion of adolescents with learning disabilities.
- Robert Neimeyer, PhD, has been honored with two Lifetime Achievement Awards this year. Both the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the International Network on Personal Meaning have honored Neimeyer for his work on meaning reconstruction in psychotherapy and bereavement. Neimeyer is a professor of psychology at the University of Memphis and an active clinical practitioner. He has conducted extensive research on death and grieving, publishing 27 books and more than 400 articles and book chapters.
Personalities
American Psychological Association. (2014, October 1). Personalities: October 2014. Monitor on Psychology, 45(9). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/10/personalities