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Division Spotlight

Division spotlight

January 2015, Vol 46, No. 1

Print version: page 79

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American Psychological Association. (2015, January 1). Division spotlight: January 2015. Monitor on Psychology, 46(1). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/01/spotlight

Apply for the Div. 1 awards

Div. 1 (Society for General Psychology) seeks nominations for its 2015 awards.

  • The William James Book Award is a $1,500 prize that honors a recent book that emphasizes the effort to bring together diverse subfields of psychology.
  • The Ernest R. Hilgard Award is a $1,500 prize for a career contribution to general psychology.
  • The George A. Miller Award is a $1,500 prize for a recent paper that contributes to the division's ideals and mission.
  • The Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology is a $1,000 prize that honors noteworthy contributions to assimilating psychology's subfields. The winner presents a talk at the 2016 APA Annual Convention in Denver, Aug. 4–7.
  • The Anne Anastasi General Psychology Graduate Student Awards recognize two outstanding students — one within the first two years of graduate school and one who has completed two years of graduate work. Each receives a $300 prize.

For more information, visit Division 1 Awardsopens in new window. Nominations and supporting materials are due Feb. 15. Self-nominations are welcome.

Re-experience the Div. 15 fall conference

Div. 15 (Educational) has posted summaries on its websiteopens in new window at of the four working group sessions held during its inaugural Advances in Educational Psychology Conference, held Oct. 24–25 in Fairfax, Virginia. The conference sessions focused on "Research into Practice," "Technology in the Classroom," "Principles and Mechanisms of Change," and "Culture and Social Influences in the Classroom." For more information, contact Wade George.

Div. 18 welcomes manuscripts for Psychological Services special section

The Div. 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) journal Psychological Services is seeking submissions for a special issue on "Public Mental Health Innovations: From Theory to Practice," to be edited by Philip Magaletta, PhD, Femina P. Varghese, PhD, and Anne Klee, PhD. The journal is interested in articles that offer a fresh look at continuing problems and challenges in public mental health, and first looks at addressing emerging issues. Papers should focus on organized care settings, such as police departments, jails, schools and community health centers. The journal will give priority to manuscripts with empirical data on process, outcome and effectiveness, but will consider well-developed manuscripts on conceptual and policy issues. The submission deadline is May 31. Follow the "Instructions to Authors" information on the Psychological Services website  and submit manuscripts onlineopens in new window. Direct questions to Philip Magaletta, PhD.

Apply for Div. 29 research grants

Div. 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) seeks applications for two types of grants:

  • The Norine Johnson, PhD, Psychotherapy Research Grant , which provides $10,000 to an early career psychologist for research on factors that can shape a psychotherapist's treatment effectiveness, such as type of training and personal characteristics.
  • The Charles J. Gelso, PhD, Psychotherapy Research Grants program, which offers three $5,000 grants for research on psychotherapy process or outcome. Graduate students, pre-doctoral interns, postdoctoral fellows, and early career and seasoned psychologists are eligible.

The deadline for both awards is April 1. Find more details on each grant onlineopens in new window . Submit all required materials to Tracey A. Martin, Div. 29 Central Office. Applicants will receive electronic confirmation of their submission within 24 hours and are encouraged to resubmit if they don't receive confirmation. Direct questions to Susan Woodhouse, PhD , and Tracey A. Martin .

Explore psychoanalysis as a Div. 39 scholar

APA's Div. 39 (Psychoanalysis) welcomes applications from early career psychologists and graduate students for its Scholars Program, which introduces students and new clinicians to the division. Selected scholars receive a $500 travel grant to attend the division's spring conference, "Life in Psychoanalysis in Life," to be held April 23–26 in San Francisco. Scholars receive the division's newsletter, journal and other publications at no cost and are matched with a mentor to meet with once per month and at the spring conference. Find more information at onlineopens in new window. Direct further questions to Frank Summers, PhD or Kris Yi, PhD.

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