Awards Committee

Dear SERD Members, Liz and I are pleased to introduce the members of the Awards Committee within SERD. This committee's mission is to honor the outstanding accomplishments of SERD members and to serve as a formalized mechanism to encourage, nominate, and support members for awards, appointments, and election to positions of leadership in SERD, the Society, and APA.            The committee includes:              Muninder K. Ahluwalia, Assistant Professor at Montclair State University             Claytie Davis III, a Staff Psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley              Helen Neville, an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois             Matt Miller, Research Scientist, Notre Dame University   Karen Tao, Doctoral Candidate at University of Wisconsin, Madison   Rebecca L. Toporek, Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University             Elizabeth Vera, an Associate Professor at Loyola University, Chicago. Please see the call for the 2007 Awards Nominations below. Sincerely, Liz & Claytie III (Co-Chairs)  Elizabeth M. Vera, Ph.D.                 Claytie Davis III, Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago               University Health Services School of Education                         Counseling & Psychological Services 820 N. Michigan Avenue                  Tang Center, 2222 Bancroft Way Chicago, IL 60611                            Berkeley, CA 94720-4304 (312) 915-6958 phone                     (510) 642-9336 phone (312) 915-6660 fax                           (510) 642-2368 fax evera@luc.edu                                  claytie@uhs.berkeley.edu 2006 SERD AWARD WINNERS Three individuals were honored with SERD Awards at the 2006 APA convention in New Orleans. Ms. Allison Sui Me Lau received the Student Award for her project which examined, among other things, how acculturation impacts Asian women's perceptions of their bodies. Allison is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Oregon. Professor Gargi Roysircar received the Community Service Award for over a decade's worth of work dedicated to improving the lives of individuals in her local community and abroad (e.g., disaster relief project in India). She has also been involved in the relief efforts resulting from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Professor Roysircar is the Director of the Multicultural Center for Research & Practice at Antioch University New England, in Keene, New Hampshire. Dr. Earlise C. Ward received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race and Ethnicity, for her article "Keeping it Real: A Grounded theory study of African American client engaging in counseling at a community mental" published last year in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(4). Dr. Ward is a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Center for Women's Health Research.

2005 SERD Award Winners  Congratulations to Community Service Award - co-winners -                Lydia P. Buki, Ph.D.                                              John E. Queener, Ph.D.          Assistant Professor                                              Associate Professor  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign                          University of Akron   Student Award - Independent research - Miller, M. J. (manuscript in review). The factorial invariance of the SL-ASIA across East Asians and South Asians Matthew J. Miller, M.A.    Doctoral Candidate  Counseling Psychology        Loyola University Chicago   Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race and Ethnicity Award Moradi, B., & Hasan, N. T. (2004). Arab American persons' reported experiences of discrimination and mental health: The mediating role of personal control, Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54(4), 418-428.                                              Bonnie Moradi, Ph.D.                  &                 Nadia Talal Hasan, B.S.   Assistant Professor                                              Doctoral Student                  University of Florida                         The University of Akron

Call for Nominations: Division 17 SERD Awards The deadline for submissions is April 13, 2007. Winners will be notified by June 1, 2007 and acknowledged at APA.  Award 1: SERD Community Service Award Purpose: The SERD Community Service Award will be given annually to a Counseling Psychologist who has made a significant impact in the promotion of mental health with people of color. This award is intended to honor practitioners, faculty members, and/or consultants who have made unique contributions in the area of community-based practice. This contribution may be in recognition of on-going service, training, the creation or application of novel therapy approaches, or advocacy efforts.    Click here for requirements     Award 2: SERD Student Award Purpose: The SERD Student award will honor the scholarly contributions of a student in Counseling Psychology.  The student may submit products based on degree-related work (e.g., dissertations) or other projects.  Click here for requirements Award 3: SERD Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race and Ethnicity Award Purpose: This award is designed to honor a scholarly contribution that advances the field’s knowledge of people of color, race and ethnicity, or racism.  The award will be given to the author(s) of the scholarly contribution. Scholars at any level are eligible (students, junior, mid-level, and senior-level professionals). Eligible articles include any article published in a peer-reviewed outlet in the previous calendar year that advances Counseling Psychology's understanding of race and ethnicity, or the field's understanding of a particular racial or ethnic group (e.g., the 2006 award would go to an article published in 2005). Click here for requirements