Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice
Am Psychol. 2023 Dec;78(9):1121. doi: 10.1037/h0101927.ABSTRACTThis award is intended to recognize outstanding practitioners in psychology. Nominations are considered for psychologists working in a wide variety of institutional practice settings (e.g., schools, military, state hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs). Services provided to diverse client groups or patient populations, including but not limited to children/ adolescents/adults/older adults, urban/rural/ frontier populations, minority populations, and persons with serious mental illness, are considered. Contributions are judged distinguished by virtue of peer...
Source: The American Psychologist - January 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology: Judith L. Gibbons
Am Psychol. 2023 Dec;78(9):1142-1144. doi: 10.1037/amp0001262.ABSTRACT"APA's Committee for Global Psychology is pleased to present this award to Judith L. Gibbons. Dr. Gibbons is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Saint Louis University and throughout her career has exemplified the best of international scholarship, mentorship, editorships, professional leadership, and humanitarian service. Her scholarship focuses on international and cross-cultural studies of adolescent development, intercountry adoption, psychology of women and gender, and human-equine interaction. Dr. Gibbons has made extraordinary contributions to the ...
Source: The American Psychologist - January 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

International Humanitarian Award: Garth Neufeld
Am Psychol. 2023 Dec;78(9):1146-1148. doi: 10.1037/amp0001273.ABSTRACTThis award recognizes extraordinary humanitarian service and activism by a psychologist or a team of psychologists, including professional and/or volunteer work conducted primarily in the field with underserved populations. "As president of Shared Space for All (SSFA), a nonprofit organization that educates and mentors impoverished youth in a village in the province of Isaan, Thailand, Mr. Garth Neufeld has successfully and strategically led the organization. SSFA promotes safer futures for youth in a context where poverty limits education and promotes m...
Source: The American Psychologist - January 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Robin J. Hailstorks (1954-2023)
Am Psychol. 2023 Dec 25. doi: 10.1037/amp0001297. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMemorializes Robin J. Hailstorks (1954-2023). Robin taught at Howard University and the University of Tennessee Knoxville before coming to Prince George's Community College (PGCC) in Largo, Maryland. At the time of her death, Robin had been a professor of psychology for over 30 years. For many of those years, she served as department chair where she mentored countless part-time and full-time faculty. Robin was involved in making community college psychology education a national concern. She served as associate executive director and director of...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Diane L Finley Source Type: research

Charles Silverstein (1935-2023)
Am Psychol. 2023 Dec 25. doi: 10.1037/amp0001292. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMemorializes Charles Silverstein (1935-2023). One of Charles's most important contributions to the field of psychology and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in particular was his testimony in 1973 opposing the classification of homosexuality as a mental illness. His testimony, along with that of several others, led to the removal of homosexuality in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He was also the founding editor of the Journal of Homosexuality, which began publication in 1976. Charles maintained a private...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barbara Kapetanakes Source Type: research