The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has elected Duke University psychologist Terrie Moffitt, PhD, as a member. Academy membership reflects the height of professional achievement and commitment to service. Moffitt is best known for her research on the development of antisocial behavior, which has influenced the clinical diagnosis of childhood conduct disorders and the development of early age interventions and been cited in two Supreme Court decisions. NAM elects no more than 75 regular members and 10 international members each year.
Frances R. Brown, PsyD, is the new president of the Michigan School of Psychology. Brown had served as the school’s program director and director of clinical training and played a key role in helping the institution earn APA accreditation.
The United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame has elected sport psychologist Colleen Hacker, PhD, to its membership. She and Aliceann Wilber are making history this year as the first two women ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Hacker served as the women’s soccer head coach at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, from 1981 to 1995 and led the team to three national championships—marking the first time in U.S. history that a female head coach won a national championship. Hacker was also on the coaching staff of the U.S. women’s national team for three Olympic Games and three World Cup tournaments. She is a professor in the department of kinesiology, sport and exercise psychology at Pacific Lutheran.
SAGE Publishing and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) have presented the 2018 SAGE-CASBS Award to Carol Dweck, PhD, the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. The award recognizes Dweck’s influential research on growth mindset, the idea that intelligence and talent can grow and develop in a nurturing educational environment.
The Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy has named APA’s CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, as the first recipient of the Beck Excellence Award, which recognizes individuals or organizations that “improve lives worldwide through excellence in cognitive behavior therapy.” The award recognizes Evans’s efforts to advance and expand access to mental health care for at-risk populations as APA chief executive officer and during his 12 years as commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services.
The Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust has presented $25,000 Beckman Trust Awards to David L. Blustein, PhD, of Boston College, and Patricia H.A. Perez, PhD, of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. The awards recognize faculty who motivate students to make a difference in their communities. Blustein was honored for collaborating with his psychology students to develop a career development intervention for Boston public high school students. Perez was recognized for guiding her students in advocacy work with marginalized groups in Brazil, Honduras, Texas and California.
The NAACP has presented its Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award to clinical psychologist Eddy Regnier, PhD, of Sarasota, Florida. The award recognizes Regnier’s exceptional leadership of the Florida Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, a group established by the Florida Legislature in 2006 to develop evidence-based programs and services to improve the lives of black men and boys in the state.