View
222
Download
2
Category
Preview:
Citation preview
VOLUME 12 | ISSUE 2 | SPRING/SUMMER 2014
T he American PsychologicalFoundation (APF) is opening doors
for young psychologists to embark onnew discoveries. As federal supportcontinues to dwindle, APF donors arefilling the gap with contributions thatenable early career psychologists andgraduate students to launch theircareers with their innovativeresearch and projects thatotherwise could go unfunded.Thanks to APF’s donors, the psychologists in thisnewsletter are able toengage in work to improvelives and the fabric of society. n
opening doorsand closing gaps
2 AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION PSYCHOLOGY PHILANTHROPY
apf elizabeth munsterberg koppitz fellows help children flourish
In 2014, eight exceptional graduatestudents in child psychology receivedElizabeth Munsterberg KoppitzFellowships to conduct importantresearch and pave the way for theirfuture careers.
Helping Students Succeed. Recognizing the limited funding forschool reforms, Meghan McCormick, of New York University, isexamining social-emotional learning and academic developmentin children to help educational practitioners identify criticalfactors related to students’ success.
Examining How Children Learn. Caren Walker, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, islooking at how children learn and reason about the causal structureof the world. In particular, she is interested in how learning occursin the absence of new data – a phenomenon called “learning bythinking.” Her research can have important theoretical implicationsfor developmental and cognitive sciences and practical implicationsfor improving education and artificial intelligence.
Understanding Youth Depression. What are the factors that contribute to depression in youth?
Katie Burkhouse, of BinghamtonUniversity, is studying the connectionamong moods, emotions, and reactivityin youth. Ultimately, she hopes toidentify risk factors that can betranslated to effective treatments foryouth depression.
Helping Children Cope. Joy Gabrielli, agraduate student at the University of Kansas,will explore risk and protective factors tounderstand the relationship between a child’sability to cope with adversity and substanceuse. Findings from this study will provide aframework for future work designed to targetfurther areas of need and preventionstrategies for youth in foster care.
Treating Adolescent Depression.
In a first-of-its-kind study, SarahO’Dor of Northwestern Universitywill examine the neurologicaleffects of Cognitive BehavioralTherapy (CBT) on adolescentssuffering from depression.
Helping Children of Parents with PTSD. AlissaJerud, a graduate student at the University ofWashington, will study whether children ofparents with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) have difficulty distinguishing betweenthreat and safety cues, and whether they havetrouble overcoming fear of such cues. Jerudhopes her study will help inform preventiveinterventions for at-risk families in the future.
Linking Signs of Distress and Aggressive Behavior.
Kathleen Crum of Florida International University will examine the complex interaction betweenchild attention to distress cues, physiologicalreactivity to distress cues, anxiety, andaggressive behavior in youth with callous-unemotional (CU) traits. She hopes that thiswork will contribute to a more sophisticatedunderstanding for assessment and treatmentof CU youth.
Understanding Parent-Adolescent Conflict. SarahThomas, of the University of Maryland College Park, isinvestigating a neurobiological marker for behavioraldisinhibition and its effects on the relationship betweenparent-adolescent conflict and adolescents’ risk-takingbehavior related to substance use. She hopes that herstudy will enable the accurate assessment of family-leveland neurobiological factors that influence substance use,which in turn will inform future prevention efforts.
PSYCHOLOGY GIVING SPRING/SUMMER 2014 5
APF Helps Early Career Psychologists Make a Difference
Understanding Suicide Risk in Adolescents Catherine Glenn, PhD, wants to help young adults at risk for suicide. Armedwith a $5,000 Lizette Peterson-Homer Memorial Injury Research Grant,Glenn, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, is examining howadolescent-specific neural patterns relate to suicide risk. She wants tounderstand the processes leading to self-injurious behaviors in hopes ofimproving the ability to predict which youth are at greatest risk so thatinterventions can target at-risk groups. n
Addressing Mental Health Needs in Under-served Communities The mental health needs of Latino communities in rural areas are stillgrossly underserved. Thanks to a $12,000 APF Pearson Early Career Grant,Araceli Gonzalez, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department ofPsychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be able to examine the role of community mental healthworkers (promotora/es) in engaging and assisting in the delivery of ananxiety and depression intervention to low-income Latino families in a rural primary care setting. Dr. Gonzalez hopes to develop a service deliverymodel that can be uniquely responsive to Latinos in rural areas with limitedaccess to health care. n
“ The APF Clarence J. Rosecrans Scholarshipwas undoubtedly a prestigious award that hasimpacted my career. I was honored to be selectedas a recipient. The financial contribution of thisaward assisted in making my dissertation projectfeasible, and thus, allowed me to continue tobuild my translational program of researchexamining neurobiological, genetic, andenvironmental influences on eating disorders.I also believe that being a grantee of the APFaward allowed me to be more competitive forthree other student grants, which providedadditional support for the project.”
- Kristen Culbert, PhD
Helping ease anxiety for low-income parentsParental anxiety prevention programs traditionally havebeen challenged by low participation, especially inunderserved communities. In 2011, Nicholas Mian, agraduate student at the University of Massachusetts –Boston, received a $10,000 Elizabeth Munsterberg KoppitzScholarship to conduct a feasibility study of whetherenhanced outreach led to higher levels of participation
The Koppitz Scholarship allowed Mian to devote anentire semester to completing his dissertation project. Hefound that parents were 3.5 times more likely to attend anintervention session focused on alleviating anxietysymptoms with enhanced recruitment efforts.
“Carrying out this project changed my approach topreventive intervention research; rather than focusing onthe design of the intervention itself, it may be morebeneficial to focus on the delivery of the intervention tomaximize dissemination in underserved communities,”Mian says.
Helping Families Cope with Military DeploymentForty-seven percent of active duty members of the militaryhave experienced multiple deployments, spending anaverage of 17 months away from their families. To help thesefamilies cope with the stress of these deployments, AubreyRodriguez, a Clinical Psychology graduate student at theUniversity of Southern California is using her Randy GersonMemorial Grant to better understand the links betweenmilitary service and adolescent problems. She is hoping toidentify potential modes of transmitting mental health riskfrom the civilian parent to the adolescent child Rodriguezexpects that certain characteristics of their communicationswill be associated with adolescent problems such as anxiety,depression, and risky behaviors.
“Identifying modifiable communication processes caninform interventions to prevent military-connectedadolescents’ behavioral health problems and can providetargets for programs for military families with adolescents,”says Rodriguez. “Findings from this investigation may be aspringboard for larger studies of anxiety and depressionutilizing novel modes of service delivery.”
GRANTEE IMPACT:
Campaign Donors!AS OF APRIL 1, 2014
benefactors ($100,000 to $249,000)Dr. Norman B. and Mrs. P. Elizabeth Anderson
Sharon Stephens Brehm, PhD* Bonnie Markham, PhD, PsyD*
Society for Group Psychology and Group PsychotherapyDr. Charles D. and Mrs. Carol Spielberger
Dr. W. Bruce and Mrs. Jane Walsh in memory of Dr. John L. HollandThe Wechsler Family
innovators ($50,000 to $99,999)APA – Society of Consulting Psychology
Dr. Charles L. BrewerDorothy W. Cantor, PsyD*
Dr. Jessica Henderson Daniel* Florence L. Denmark, PhD, and Robert W. Wesner
EBSCODr. Judy Kuriansky Dr. Ronald Levant*
Okura Mental Health Leadership Foundation Pearson
luminaries ($25,000 to $49,999)APA Division 56 – Trauma Psychology
Nancy L. Baker, PhD*Dicandrien, Inc.
Dr. Jerome Kagan*Dr. Terence M. Keane Dr. Douglas Kimmel*
Drs. Rodney L. Lowman and Linda M. Richardson Drs. Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo*
Dr. Richard McCarty PAR, Inc.
Dr. Aurelio and Mrs. Loretta Prifitera The John and Polly Sparks Foundation
mentors ($10,000 to $24,999)APA Division 35 – Society for the Psychology of Women
APA Division 39 - Psychoanalysis APA Division 45 – Society for the Psychological Study
of Culture, Ethnicity and RaceDr. Barry S. Anton
Drs. Camilla P. Benbow and David Lubinski Dr. Jean Lau Chin
Dr. Louise A. Douce Drs. Kurt Geisinger and Janet F. Carlson
Dr. Stanley R. Graham Dr. Suzanne Bennett Johnson
Dr. Gerald P. Koocher Dr. Philip G. Levendusky
Liberty Mutual, Inc Minnesota Psychological Association Drs. Richard J. and Yvonne P. Morris
Peter E. Nathan, PhDDr. Pamela T. Reid
Dr. Annette U. Rickel Dr. Beth Rom-Rymer
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Shiva Sandra L. Shullman, PhD
Dr. Steven Ungerleider
* Includes a Documented Planned Gift
PSYCHOLOGY GIVING SPRING/SUMMER 2014 3
APF’s Campaign to Transform the Future aims to ensure that urgent research and projects get launched. Currently, thanks to the generosity of our donors, APF provides more than 70 grants to students and psychologists working oninnovative research and projects; however, this is a mere 10% of the applications we receive. APF is striving to open more doors for talented psychologists by closing the funding gap.We hope you will continue to support APF as we strive to reach our goal of raising $6.5 million.
philanthropists ($250,000 and above)American Psychological Association
Dr. David H. and Mrs. Beverly A. Barlow*Linda Forrest, PhD*
Dr. Lee Gurel*
Transform the Futurein full swing
$6.5 MILLION$6.0
$5.5
$5.0
$4.5
$4.0
$3.5
$3.0
$2.5
$2.0
$1.5
$1.0
$4.3 MILLION
Lynn Bailey • In memory of William A. BaileyAlfiee M. Breland-Noble • In memory of Mattie
Breland, Flora McLeod, Alice MacSawin, RenaFairley
Arthur Bushel • In loving memory of William H.Berkowitz
Mathilda B. Canter • In memory of William H.Berkowitz • In memory of Dr. Aaron H. Canter
Dorothy W. Cantor • In memory of Lisa Straus'beloved mother. • In memory of Maggie, Gregand Grant Thomson's beloved husband and father, Peter Thomson • In memory of Lindaand Sam Fox's wonderful husband and fatherAlan Fox
Armand R. Cerbone • In memory of MichaelGallup
Helen L. Coons • In memory of Dr. Sandra Shull-man's aunt, Joan Dorothy Neal • In memory ofDr. Sandra Shullman and Dr. Peg RichardsMosher's fried, Betty Jo Hudson • In memoryof Dr. Lynn Bufka's mother in law • In memoryof Lula A. Beatty, PhD's mother
Christine A. Courtois • In memory of Dr. Jane McGoldrick
Jaine Darwin • In memory of Gerald Stechler,PhD
Patrick H. DeLeon • In memory of Mark MaysFlorence L. Denmark • In memory of Dr. Jeffrey
Shaw's mother, Dorothy PereiraNorma D. Feshbach • In memory of Jonathan
Bloom-FeshbachLinda M. Forrest In memory of Joan NealFaith B. Friedman • In memory of William H.
BerkowitzKatharine Gordon • In memory of Dr. Leonard
GordonAlbert E. Goss • In memory of Richard L. LoteLisa Grossman • In memory of Lisa Straus'
mother • In memory of Dr. Angela Herzog'sbeloved brother, Thomas Whitley O'Briant
Robert D. Hendricks • In memory of Bryan L.Hendricks, PhD
Virginia Holt • In memory of William C. HowellLinda K. Knauss • In memory of Patricia BricklinGerald P. Koocher • In memory of Verne Span-
genberg
William A. MacGillivray • In memory of GerryStechler • In memory of Martin Bergmann
Richard C. McCarty • In memory of WilliamHowell
Peter F. Merenda • In memory of Chris ArgyrisIn memory of Dr. Harold R. Musiker
Gene K. Nebel • In memory of Shirley T. Jenks,PhD
Herbert C. Quay • In memory of Charles D. Spielberger, PhD
Henry L. Roediger • In memory of Ruth TulvingEdythe Rosenthal • In memory of Dr. Mitchell
RosenthalLarry Shapiro • In memory of William H.
BerkowitzDonald Shellenberger • In memory of Dr. Randy
GersonElisabeth R. Straus • In memory of Alan Fox •
In memory of Sandy Shullman's auntPAR Inc. • In memory of Dr. John L. Holland
HONOR • THANK • REMEMBERJANUARY 1, 2014 TO JUNE 1, 2014
The following people have made a gift to APF to pay tribute to colleagues, mentors, and loved ones who have made a difference in their lives.
Asuncion M. Austria • In honor of Diane J. Willis• In honor of Carole A. Rayburn • In memoryof the father of Dr. Lillian Comas-Diaz
Ellen K. Baker • In honor of Dr. Rick O'LearyG. A. Benjamin • In honor of Cynthia D. Belar,
PhDSharon Berry • In honor of Cynthia D. Belar, PhDAlfiee M. Breland-Noble • In honor of Mattie M.
BrelandPatricia A. Bresky • In honor of my mentors,
Dr. Martha Stark and Ava Bry PenmanAndrae L. Brown • In honor of Rev. James T.
BrownCynthia Bryant-Baril • In honor of Bryant-Baril
Billing Service • In honor of Nadine Kaslow,APA President • In honor of Elena Eisman forher service on the APA Board of Directors
Jean A. Carter • In honor of Barry Anton, PhD,APA President-elect
Dana L. Castellano • In honor of SidneyThurschwell • In honor of Cynthia Belar, PhD
Mitzi J. Dearborn • In honor of Suzanne BennettJohnson, PhD
Sharon S. Ellis • In honor of Shana Shallenberg •
In honor of Dr. Beth Rom Rymer's new grand-son • In honor of Dr. Bonnie Markham, hopingfor a speedy recovery • In honor of Dr. SteveWalfish: the best co-editor I have ever had thepleasure to work with
Lisa Grossman • In honor of Dr. Barry Anton for his election to APA President-Elect
Gretchen L. Haas • In honor of Drs. Ellen Frankand David Kupfer
Tammy L. Hughes • In honor of Cynthia D. Belar,PhD • In honor of Susan McDaniel • In honorof Helen Coons • In honor of Carol Goodheart• In honor of Melba Vasquez • In honor ofCheryl Grills • In honor of Merry Bullock •
In honor of Nathalie Gilfoyle • In honor ofCynthia Belar
Suzanne B. Johnson • In honor of Sandra Shullman
Seymour Lang • In honor of Miriam Levinson'sbirthday • In honor of Joe Martinez
Peter R. Macleish • In honor of James Townsel Dolores O. Morris • In honor of Joseph Reppen,
PhD • In honor of Charles Brewer's distin-guished academic career • In honor of Dr. Cynthia Belar's outstanding leadership of the APA Education Directorate
Paul D. Nelson • In honor of Judy HallJohn C. Norcross • In honor of Cynthia D. Belar,
PhDJulie A. Penley • In honor of Cynthia D. Belar,
PhDCarole A. Rayburn • In honor of Anita O.
Solomon on her February birthdayMary E. Reuder • In honor of Dr. Carole Rayburn
on her birthday
Kimberly P. Rowsome • In memory of JohnRichard Tesone - a man who brightened everylife he touched
Sylvia Shellenberger • In honor of NadineKaslow's Presidency
Sandra L. Shullman • In honor of The LIWP Faculty and Program
R J. Slavin • In honor of Jeffrey W. Erickson, PhDAnita I. Solomon • In honor of Dr. Carole
Rayburn's BirthdayMorty Sosland • In honor of Rose NelsonMyron B. Stern • In honor of Dr. Donald
FreedheimElisabeth R. Straus • In honor of Idalia Ramos,
Kim Rowsome, Claire Meaney, Samantha Edington, and Erin Carney -- Wonderful collegial staff who make work a pleasure
Jodie B. Ullman • In honor of Cynthia Belar's retirement
Steven Ungerleider • In honor of Joe MatarazzoMelba J. Vasquez • In Honor of Ofelia Vasquez
Philo • In Honor of Jim Miller, LCSWKurt Weissling • In honor of Dr. Raymond WeissSusan K. Whitbourne • In honor of Cynthia D.
Belar, PhDErica H. Wise • In honor of Cynthia D. Belar, PhDDicandrien Inc. • In honor of Dr. Theodore
Millon, PhD, DScEBSCO Industries, Inc • In recognition of the
APA journals and database program
in honor of
in memory of
4 AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION PSYCHOLOGY PHILANTHROPY
2013 APF TRUSTEES AND STAFF
board of trusteesDorothy W. Cantor, PsyD, President
Charles L. Brewer, PhD, Secretary/Vice PresidentGerald P. Koocher, PhD, Treasurer
Elisabeth R. Straus, Executive Vice President/Executive DirectorNorman B. Anderson, PhD
David H. Barlow, PhDCamilla P. Benbow, EdD
Connie Chan, PhDAnthony Jackson, PhDTerence M. Keane, PhDRonald F. Levant, EdDRichard McCarty, PhDAurelio Prifitera, PhD
Sandra L. Shullman, PhDArchie L. Turner
Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhDLouise Douce, PhD, APA Board of Directors Liaison
honorary trusteesMathilda Canter, PhD
Nancy Cantor, PhDFlorence Denmark, PhDCarol Goodheart, PhD
James Jones, PhDJoseph Matarazzo, PhD
David Myers, PhDShelley E. Taylor, PhDDerald Wing Sue, PhDW. Bruce Walsh, PhD
Gail E. Wyatt, PhDPhilip G. Zimbardo, PhD
staffElisabeth R. Straus, Executive Vice President/Executive Director
Idalia Ramos, Deputy DirectorSamantha Edington, Program Officer
Claire Meaney, Senior Development CoordinatorErin K. Carney, Program Coordinator
APF VISIONARY CIRCLE
visionary leaders
The Estate of Charlotte Altman, PhDAmerican Psychological Association (APA)Dr. David H. and Mrs. Beverly A. Barlow
Dr. Charles L. and Mrs. Marjorie Suhs BrewerCB Richard Ellis, Inc.
The Estate of Dr. Noble H. KelleyDr. Harry and Mrs. Miriam Levinson
Drs. Ruth G. and Joseph D. MatarazzoF. Joseph McGuigan, PhD
Dr. M. Brewster and Mrs. Deborah SmithDr. Charles D. and Mrs. Carol Spielberger
Dr. W. Bruce and Mrs. Jane Walsh
visionary partners
Florence L. Denmark, PhD and Robert WesnerEBSCO Industries
Dr. Raymond and Mrs. Sandra FowlerDr. Barbara Evans Golden
The Estate of Mr. William C. HerbertDr. Louis P. James
Dr. Judy KurianskyDr. Theodore and Mrs. Renee Millon
Dr. Asher PachtDr. and Mrs. Andrew Shiva
Mr. Robert Zoellner and Mrs. Victoria Eckhert-Zoellner
Amer
ican
Psyc
holo
gica
l Fou
ndati
on75
0 Firs
t Stre
et, N
EW
ashi
ngto
n, D
C 20
002
ww
w.a
mer
ican
psyc
holo
gica
lfoun
dati
on.o
rg
: fou
ndati
on@a
pa.or
g
Edito
r: I.
Ram
os
no
nP
ro
Fi
Tu
.s.
Po
sT
Ag
e
PAID
wA
sh
ing
Ton
, d
cP
er
miT
# 6
34
8
The
Amer
ican
Psy
chol
ogic
al F
ound
atio
n (A
PF) pr
ovid
es fi
nanc
ial s
uppo
rt
for
inno
vativ
e re
sear
ch a
nd p
rogr
ams
that
enh
ance
the
pow
er o
f ps
ycho
logy
to e
leva
te t
he h
uman
con
ditio
n an
d ad
vanc
e hu
man
pot
entia
l
both
now
and
in g
ener
atio
ns t
o co
me.
75
0 F
irst
Str
eet,
NE
|
Was
hing
ton,
DC
20
00
2
| w
ww
.apa
.org
/ap
f |
fo
unda
tion
@ap
a.or
g
Recommended