The Awards and Recognition Committee requests nominations for the following Division 17 Awards:
Members of the Division 17 Committee on Awards and Recognition and members of the Executive Board may make nominations. However, if they do so, they must withdraw from the voting process related to any nominee for whom they have written a letter of support. Announcement of all Award winners is made at the annual APA Convention (all Award recipients are notified confidentially prior to the convention). Current members of the Division 17 Executive Board are not eligible for these awards during their term of office.
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The Leona Tyler Award
The Leona Tyler Award is given to stimulate and reward distinguished contributions in research or professional achievement in Counseling Psychology. The Award – the Society’s most prestigious – honors the former President of both the Society and the American Psychological Association.
The John Holland Award
The John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research is given for notable research on career and personality topics. This award is for mid-level professionals who have received their doctorate degrees between 10 and 20 years ago. The award has an associated monetary prize, which was initiated and funded by Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
The John D. Black Award
The John D. Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practice of Counseling Psychology is given to stimulate and reward outstanding achievement in the practice of Counseling Psychology. The monetary prize associated with the award is donated by Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.
The Fritz and Linn Kuder
Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award
Funded by The National Career Assessment Services, Inc., this award was established to honor early career achievements in science and practice. The recipient must have received the doctorate degree within the past ten years (i.e., 1998 or later). The award, which includes a cash presentation, is made for outstanding contributions to the science and practice of counseling psychology.
The Dorothy Booz Black Award
The Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in Counseling Health Psychology is given to encourage and award outstanding research and practice in counseling health psychology. The award has an associated monetary prize, which is funded by Consulting Psychologist Press, Inc. Nominees must have made a primary contribution in research and practice of counseling health psychology focused on health-related processes and outcomes.
The Social Justice Award
The Social Justice Award is given to a living member(s)* of SCP with a degree in Counseling Psychology or demonstrated identity as a Counseling Psychologist, and a sustained commitment to the specialty, to community involvement, to recognizing diversity, and to demonstrating evidence of achieving community or organizational change that supports disenfranchised, disempowered, less privileged, or oppressed groups and has a larger impact on practice, research, and scholarship in the field. The associated monetary prize is funded by the editors of The Handbook of Social Justice in Counseling Psychology. *The award may be given to an individual or to a small group whose collaborative work meets the spirit of the award (in which case the lead nominee must meet all criteria above).
Best Practice & Best Science Award
SCP will once again be sponsoring the "Best Science and Best Practice" invited presentations at the upcoming APA convention. We are seeking presenters who can showcase their accomplishments in each of the following areas: (1) One invited presentation would highlight best practices by one of our SCP members who is engaged in cutting-edge innovation and evidence-based-practice that has significantly contributed to service delivery across diverse populations, and (2) A second invited presentation would showcase some of our best science by one of our SCP members who is engaged in programmatic, cutting-edge, innovative, empirical research that has significantly contributed to scientific knowledge, theory, and practice across diverse populations. Criteria for the Selection of Invited Presenters: (1) Be a member of the SCP , but excluding current members of the Executive Board of the Society, and (2) have long-standing, widely recognized expertise within and outside SCP.
Lifetime Mentoring Award
This award for outstanding achievement in mentoring is given to acknowledge career contributions to Counseling Psychology via excellence in mentoring. This award is for professionals who have provided mentoring throughout their careers. There is no monetary prize associated with this award. There will be three to five awardees per year. Criteria for the Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award: (1) Nominated individuals must have made long-term contributions to counseling psychology via their mentoring activities. These contributions could be in a variety of arenas, for example in science, practice, leadership and administration, teaching and training, and/or recognition of excellence, (2) Nominated individuals should hold a degree in counseling psychology or a closely-related field, and/or have made demonstrable contributions to the field of counseling psychology through mentoring others, (3) Individuals must have provided outstanding mentoring to individuals working in the field of counseling psychology, and (4)While there is no requirement to this award for the number of years an individual has engaged in mentoring activities, given the award’s emphasis on “Lifetime Achievement,” it is expected that nominated individuals will demonstrate a commitment to mentoring activities during an extended length of time (i.e., 15+ years).
The Barbara A. Kirk Award
The Barbara A. Kirk Award is presented in recognition of outstanding student-initiated research (dissertation or other). The award, which includes a cash presentation was established to honor the late Barbara A. Kirk. To be eligible, the research must have been produced by a graduate student conducting independent research while enrolled in a counseling psychology program. The piece of research can be submitted up to one year after graduation. The nominee must be the principal author of the research.
The Donald E. Super Fellowship
The Donald E. Super
Fellowship is awarded to support dissertation research on a topic related to career development and is accompanied by a cash award. Only doctoral students enrolled in a counseling psychology program are eligible. Because the Fellowship is intended to support recipients during their tenure as students, the anticipated completion dated for the dissertation should not fall before the award date (The award is presented at the annual convention of APA .)
Nominating a Member
Members of the Division 17 Committee on Awards
and Recognition and members of the Executive Board may make
nominations. However, if they do so, they must withdraw from the
voting process related to any nominee for whom they have written a
letter of support. Current members of the
Division 17 Executive Board are not eligible for these awards during
their term of office.
Nomination Requirements
Send Materials Electronically to: Loreto Prieto.
Please collate all nomination materials and send them in one email. No faxes or mailed submissions will be accepted. If you do not have access to email, please collaborate with a colleague who does have access.
- Nomination letter which discusses the
significance of the nominee's contributions and achievements
- No more than three (3) supporting letters from
other psychologists
- Copy of the nominee’s vita
Deadline for Nominations:
(a) November 15: For Tyler, Holland, Black, Kuder, Booz Black, Social Justice, Best Practice & Best Science, Lifetime Mentoring Awards
(b) February 15: For Kirk and Super Awards
Social Justice Award Requirements Only
Nominations are made in the form of a letter that describes the significance of the nominee’s contributions relevant to the award criteria. No more than three supporting letters of endorsement should be sent from stakeholders connected to the social justice work of the individual(s) being nominated.
- Current vita
- Documentation from other sources (e.g., newspaper articles, workshop brochures) that indicate widespread awareness or recognition of the nominee’s contributions should accompany the electronic letter of nomination, and
- 3 to 5 page essay summarizing their work for social justice and how it meets the criteria for the Social Justice Award.
- Note: Members of the Awards and Recognition Committee may also collect relevant information regarding the nominees.
- All materials
from nominators and candidates must be submitted electronically to Loreto Prieto, Chair, Awards Committee.
Barbara A. Kirk Award Requirements Only
1. Nomination letter which discusses the significance of the nominee’s
contributions to Counseling Psychology. Please include the names,
phone numbers, program and institutional affiliations, and APA
divisional membership of the endorser and of the nominee.
2. Full length APA style article (as one would submit for publication)
or a 1,800 word summary (identical to APA convention
proposals).
Donald E. Super Fellowship Award Requirements Only
Nominations should include and be limited to the following
1. Nomination letter discussing the significance of the nominee’s
contributions to Counseling Psychology. Please include the names,
phone numbers, program and institutional affiliations, and APA
divisional membership of the endorser and of the nominee.
2. Dissertation proposal or proposal abstract neither to exceed 30
pages of text.
3. Signed approval of the proposal by the dissertation committee
members.
The Fellowship will be awarded based on the quality of the dissertation proposal and its potential for advancing knowledge in the area of career development.
Winner Announcements
Announcement of all award winners is made at the annual APA Convention. All Award recipients are notified confidentially
prior to the convention.
Division 17 and APF Support Counseling Psychology Programs
Division 17 and the American Psychological Foundation support the science and practice of counseling psychology through grants for innovative programs and models. In 2007, Division 17 and APF provided $5,500 in support for:
· The development and evaluation of the Multicultural Sensitive Mental Health Checklist, an intake checklist for ethnic-minority students to address psychological symptoms such as race-related stress. Ruth Chao, Ph.D., of Tennessee State University, is the project’s primary investigator.
· Future in Iowa, a project to develop, implement, and evaluate a pilot career intervention program for 300 ninth-grade students who attend rural high schools. The program aims to boost students’ confidence, expand their career interests, and teach about the requirements associated with their career goals. Saba Rasheed Ali, Ph.D., is the principal investigator.
· The Maryland Psychotherapy Research Center, a clinic run by the University of Maryland department of psychology. The grant will help the center provide low-cost therapy services to the community and give doctoral students the chance to see community clients under supervision. The center will also collect data for two major studies. Clara E. Hill, Ph.D., and Charles J. Gelso, Ph.D., are the primary investigators.
· A partnership between the University of Minnesota’s Vocational Assessment Clinic and the Neighborhood Involvement Program to investigate career-counseling processes for those who cannot afford to pay for services. Jo Ida Hansen, Ph.D., and Amy L. Conlon, Ph.D., are the primary investigators.
In 2008 (as of August 1) Division 17 and APF provided $2,500 in support for:
· A project to create a model curriculum for internationalizing counseling psychology and to share this curriculum via a website, an extensive bibliography, and a scholarly paper. Fred Leong, Ph.D., Michigan State University, Mark Leach, Ph.D., Michigan State University, and Mark Savickas, Ph.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities, are the primary investigators.
· The Work Volition Scale, a project to construct a valid and reliable instrument to measure work volition, with the idea of gaining a more thorough understanding of the work lives of the less privileged. Ryan Duffy, M.A., University of Maryland, Matthew Diemer, Ph.D., Michigan State University, and Justin Perry, Ph.D., Cleveland State University, are the primary investigators.
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