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Division SPOTLIGHT The deadline for the 2012 Early Career Research Awards is June 1. For more information, visit www.apadiv15.org/awards. Send applications electronically to Paul Schutz, PhD, at the University of Texas San Antonio, at paul.schutz@utsa.edu. Apply for Div. 19 research funding Div. 19 (Society for Military Psychology) welcomes applications for its Research Grant Program, which offers awards of up to $5,000 for studies that advance the science of military psychology. Any member of the division is eligible. Applications are due May 30. Send applications to Kelly Ervin, PhD, at Kelly.s.ervin. civ@mail.mil with your name and award name in the subject line of the email. The division will notify winners by June 30. For more information, visit www. apa.org/divisions/div19. Join a Div. 31 task force Div. 31 (State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs) seeks members for two task forces: The Early Career Psychology Task Force promotes leadership and advocacy skills among new psychologists. Among other projects, the task force is publishing blogs about issues that affect early career psychologists. To join the task force or post on the blog, contact task force chair Shannon Kellogg, PsyD, at Shannon.k.psyd@gmail.com. 90 Div. 29 award honors Johnson Div. 29 (Psychotherapy) has presented Charles Gelso, PhD, and Clara Hill, PhD, of the University of Maryland, with the first $20,000 Norine Johnson Psychotherapy Research Grant. The two will use the grant to study how training, attachment styles and countertransference foster the development of effective psychotherapists. The division established the annual award in memory of APA Past-President Norine Johnson, PhD. See www.divisionofpsychotherapy.org for more information. The Health Care Reform Task Force is tackling healthcare reform issues that affect psychologists at the state and federal levels. Its goal is to share information on how to sustain roles for psychologists in health care and publicize successful leadership and advocacy efforts. To join, contact task force chair Cynthia Sturm, PhD, at csturmphd@me.com. For more information on Div. 31 task forces, visit www. apadivisions.org/division-31/ leadership/taskforces. Div. 32 to spotlight DSM-5 protest Div. 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology) is sponsoring three events on the controversy surrounding the proposed revisions to the DSM-5 at APA’s 2012 Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 2–5. The division will host a symposium and a conversation hour on the topic, as well as an interdivisional event featuring short talks by several APA division presidents on why they support Div. 32’s petition against the proposed DSM5 changes. APA Past-president Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD, will provide opening remarks at the interdivisional event. Div. 32 will announce the time and date for these events on its website in early May at www.apadivisions. org/division-32. Read the Div. 32 petition at www.ipetitions.com/ petition/dsm5. Volunteer for a Div. 37 task force Div. 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice) has two task forces under way: The Task Force on Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents and their Families, chaired by Ric Steele, PhD, of the University of Kansas, is reviewing the pediatric, public health and psychological literature on health promotion and barriers to identify M O N I T O R O N P S Y C H O L O G Y • M AY 2 0 1 2 http://www.apadiv15.org/awards http://www.divisionofpsychotherapy.org http://www.apa.org/divisions/div19 http://www.apadivisions.org/division-32 http://www.apadivisions.org/division-32 http://www.apadivisions.org/division-31/leadership/taskforces/index.aspx http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dsm5 http://www.apadivisions.org/division-31/leadership/taskforces/index.aspx http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dsm5 http://www.apadivisions.org/division-31/leadership/taskforces/index.aspx

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - May 2012

Monitor on Psychology - May 2012
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Math + science + motherhood = a tough combination
The rights of indigenous people take center stage at AAAS meeting
Interdisciplinary programs that are leading the way
Good Governance Project moves into its next phase
APA publishes third edition of seminal ADHD book for kids
Government Relations Update
In Brief
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Psychology’s first forays into film
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Presidential programming
Obesity researchers receive lifetime achievement awards
Top speakers for psychology’s top meeting
Science Watch
Homing in on sickle cell disease
Psychologist Profile
Alone in the ‘hole’
Public Interest
State Leadership Conference ‘12
Perspective on Practice
Education tops council’s agenda
Meet the candidates for APA’s 2014 president
Presidential election guidelines
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Support for sexual miniorities
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - May 2012