The nonprofit organization Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities has presented its Community Service Award to child psychologist Christopher M. Bogart, PhD, for his volunteer work with local schools and talks to the community. Bogart is founder and director of the Southfield Center for Development in Darien, Connecticut, a multidisciplinary group practice that offers therapy, testing and other services for children, adolescents and families.
The Society for Community Research and Action (Div. 27) has presented its Special Contributions to Public Policy Award to Clinton Anderson, PhD. He is acting executive director of APA's Public Interest Directorate and has worked at the association for 30 years. The award recognizes his long-standing efforts to champion lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and concerns and ensure that the association actively pursues social justice for LGBT people within the profession of psychology and in society.
The National Academies of Practice in Psychology has named six new distinguished fellows: Lauren Behrman, PhD, a clinician in White Plains, New York; Catherine Grus, PhD, APA's deputy executive director for education; Colleen M. Hacker, PhD, a professor of kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran University; Larry C. James, PhD, president of Wright Behavioral Health Group and a professor of psychology at Wright State University; Michelle Sun Smith, PhD, division director at Loyola Clinical Centers at Loyola University Maryland; and Anne L. Stewart, PhD, a professor of graduate psychology at James Madison University. Fellows are chosen by their peers for their significant contributions to psychology and their commitment to inter-professional practice and affordable health care.
Northern Illinois University has given Associate Professor of Psychology Amanda Durik, PhD, its Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for her dedication to teaching and mentoring. Durik conducts research on achievement, motivation and how people develop interest.
The North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented has presented the James J. Gallagher Advocacy Award to Lyn Aubrecht, PhD, a professor of psychology at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Aubrecht is a longtime advocate for appropriate educational opportunities for gifted and talented students in the state. He conducts research on how intelligence evolved and is a former APA Congressional Fellow.
The International Association for the Psychology of Religion has presented its Godin Prize for the Scientific Study of Religion to Wade C. Rowatt, PhD, a professor of psychology at Baylor University. Rowatt's research focuses on the connections between religion, pro-sociality and prejudice.
Air Force Director of Psychological Health Col. Tracy Neal-Walden, PhD, finishes her 24-year military career this month. She is one of only three female active-duty Air Force psychologists in the rank of colonel and is an advisor to the Air Force Surgeon General. Neal-Walden joined the Air Force in 1993 as a clinical psychology intern in San Antonio, Texas. Since then, she has served on the faculty of the psychology internship at Andrews Air Force Base, as an assistant professor at the Air Force Academy and as mental health clinic director at both Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Osan Air Base in South Korea, a U.S. base south of Seoul.