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Division Spotlight

Division spotlight

February 2015, Vol 46, No. 2

Print version: page 76

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American Psychological Association. (2015, February 1). Division spotlight: February 2015. Monitor on Psychology, 46(2). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/02/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. Send nomination to Nancy Baker, PhD.
  • The Ernest R. Hilgard Award is a $1,500 prize for a career contribution to general psychology. Send nomination to Janet Sigal, PhD.
  • The George A. Miller Award is a $1,500 prize for a recent paper that contributes to the division's ideals and mission. Send nomination to Joan Chrisler, PhD.
  • 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. Send nomination to Wade Pickren, PhD.
  • 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. Send nomination to Carrol Perrino, PhD.

For more information on each award, visit Division 1 awardsopens in new window.

Nominations and supporting materials are due Feb. 15. Self-nominations are welcome.

Nominate a colleague for a Div. 7 award

Div. 7 (Developmental) is seeking nominations for the following awards. Send nominations to the chair listed for each award by March 15.

  • The Boyd McCandless Award recognizes young scientists who have made distinguished contributions to developmental psychology. Send to Felix Warneken, PhD.
  • The Early Career Outstanding Paper Award recognizes a graduate student or early career scientist who has published, or has in press, an outstanding paper in the previous year. Send to Gail S. Goodman, PhD.
  • The Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology recognizes an author of a book that has had a profound effect on one or more of the areas represented by Div. 7. Send to Kali Trzesniewski, PhD.
  • The G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology recognizes distinguished contributions to developmental psychology, including contributions in research, student training and other scholarly endeavors. Send to Michael E. Lamb, PhD.
  • The Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology recognizes an outstanding mentor of young scholars. Send to Paul Harris, PhD.
  • Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society recognizes an individual who has contributed to the science of developmental psychology and has also worked to apply developmental psychology to society. Send to Michael E. Lamb, PhD.

Find more information on each at Division 7 awardsopens in new window.

Students: Attend the free Div. 15 Doctoral Student Seminar in Toronto

The Graduate Affairs Committee of Div. 15 (Educational) encourages graduate students to attend the free annual Div. 15 Doctoral Student Seminar, to be held in conjunction with APA's 2015 Annual Convention in Toronto, Aug. 6–9. Attendees will meet distinguished researchers, work with faculty to discuss their dissertation research and professional identity development, and socialize with distinguished faculty, early career faculty and soon-to-be colleagues. Div. 15 provides some meals and a small stipend for attendance. Applications are due April 5. For full details, including an official call and photos from recent seminars, go to the seminar websiteopens in new window. Direct questions to Ellen Usher and Sungok Serena Shim.

Div. 40 congratulates its dissertation and thesis award winners

Div. 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology) presented its $1,000 Dissertation Award to Samantha L. Allison of Washington University, for her paper "Spatial Navigation in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease." The division presented its $500 Thesis Award to Mark D. McCurdy of Drexel University for his paper "Quantifying Neurological Risk Factors in Childhood Brain Tumor Treatment: Practical Scales for Predicting Neuropsychological Outcomes."

For information on applying for next year's awards, contact Brad Roper, PhD.

Div. 42 launches two mentoring programs

Div. 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice) has launched Mentorshoppe, its clearinghouse for clinical psychology mentoring opportunities. Mentorshoppe is accepting applicants for two different types of mentoring programs:

  • The Student/ECP Program is for students and early career psychologists seeking advice from experienced clinicians on such topics as navigating clinical training and how to set up a private practice.
  • The ABPP Clinical Psychology Program is for psychologists who want guidance through the ABPP certification process.

For more information about Mentorshoppe, go to Division 42opens in new window. For more information on Div. 42 membership benefits, go to Division 42opens in new window.

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