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2013. The P&C board encourages participation by members of underrepresented groups in the publication process and would particularly welcome such nominees. Self-nominations are also encouraged. Nominate candidates via APA’s EditorQuest site at http://editorquest. apa.org. On the Home menu on the left, find “Guests.” Next, click on the link “Submit a Nomination,” enter your nominee’s information, and click “Submit.” Prepared statements of one page or less in support of a nominee can also be submitted by email to Sarah Wiederkehr, P&C board search Liaison, at swiederkehr@apa.org. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 10. Apply for international travel and mentoring program grant Want to attend the International Congress of Psychology in Cape Town, South Africa, July 22-27? The APA-USNC International Travel and Mentoring Program will provide travel stipends and registration fees for up to 16 students and early career psychologists and up to 10 more senior psychologists. Awardees will participate in a mentoring program for international networking and exchange. Applicants must be in areas of psychology that fall under the purview of the National Science Foundation programs on Social Cognition and Human Cognition and Action. The grant is sponsored by the APA Office of International Affairs, the U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science and funded by the The goal of this program is to encourage international research networking, collaboration and exchange. Funding for psychology students and early career psychologists is $1,500 (travel and congress registration). Funding for mid-senior psychologists is $1,000 (travel and congress registration). Student and early career awardees will be paired with mid- and senior-level psychologists who have experience in international research, collaborations and conferences. For details and application forms, go to www.apa.org/about/awards/apa-usnc.aspx. The deadline to apply is Dec. 31. n Div. 46 leaders honor two journalists for their psychology reporting: From left to right: Dr. Pauline Wallin, Kelly Kennedy (USA Today), Melissa Healy (The Los Angeles Times) and Dr. elizabeth Carll. health reporter honored with media excellence award APA’s Div. 46 (Media) presented USA Today health-policy reporter Kelly Kennedy with its 10th Annual News Media Recognition Award for excellence in the reporting of psychological information and research. Kennedy served in the Army from 1987 to 1993. She then earned a journalism degree in 2007 and began writing about post-traumatic stress disorder while working as an embedded journalist for the Army Times in Baghdad that same year with Charlie Company’s 26th Infantry Regiment. She detailed her time with that unit, which lost 14 men in Iraq, and recounted how soldiers coped with combat stress in the Army Times series “Blood Brothers.” She expanded the articles into the 2010 book “They Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq.” She continues to write about trauma and health issues at USA Today. “She is a credit to her profession, writing about soldiers’ actual experiences with trauma and PTSD in a way that the average person can understand,” says Pauline Wallin, PhD, Div. 46 president. The award spotlights journalism that broadens the public’s understanding of psychology and its connection to everyday life, says Elizabeth Carll, PhD, founder and chair of the division’s News Media, Public Education and Public Policy Committee, which launched the award in 2002. “It is important to recognize that the news has enormous reach and influence to create change in the public’s perception of psychological information,” says Carll. Carll and Wallin gave Kennedy the award at APA’s 2011 Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. The division also honored 2010 winner Melissa Healy, a science and health writer for The Los Angeles Times who was unable to accept her award during APA’s 2010 Annual Convention in San Diego. —J. ChAMbERliN DeceMber 2011 • Monitor on psychology 83 http://www.apa.org/about/awards/apa-usnc.aspx http://editorquest.apa.org http://editorquest.apa.org http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/IUPsyS/index.htm http://www.apa.org/international/index.aspx http://www.apa.org/international/index.aspx http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/IUPsyS/index.htm http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/IUPsyS/index.htm

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - December 2011

Monitor on Psychology - December 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Willpower Pioneer Wins $100,000 Grawemeyer Prize
Single-Sex Schooling Called Into Question by Prominent Researchers
Maternal Depression Stunts Childhood Growth, Research Suggests
For Boys, Sharing May Seem Like a Waste of Time
Good News for Postdoc Applicants
In Brief
Treatment Guideline Development Now Under Way
Government Relations Update
Psychologist Named Va Mental Health Chief
The Limits of Eyewitness Testimony
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Deconstructing Suicide
Questionnaire
A Focus on Interdisciplinarity
A Time of ‘Enormous Change’
The Science Behind Team Science
Good Science Requires Good Conflict
A New Paradigm of Care
Speaking of Education
Science Directions
New Labels, New Attitudes?
Psychologist Profile
Early Career Psychology
Unintended Consequences
Better Options for Troubled Teens
Saving Lives, One Organ at a Time
New Journal Editors
APA News
Division Spotlight
Guidelines for the Conduct of President-Elect Nominations and Elections
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - December 2011