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  Congratulations to Newly Elected Board Members  Don Grant (President-Elect) Karla Hamlen (Treasurer) Joanne Broder & Kathryn Stamoulis (Members-at-Large) Congratulations to 2020 Award Winners   Mary Alvord received the 2020 Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Media Psychology and Technology Award from the APA Society for Media Psychology and Technology. Pamela Rutledge received the 2020 Distinguished Professional…

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Remembering Fredrick Koenig Lawrence Balter, PhD New York University lb9@nyu.edu  Fred was a good friend who was fun-loving, quirky, really intelligent, and had a wry sense of humor. I always looked forward to hanging out with him. I often had the pleasure of his company when he would stop off in New York en route…

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Helen Friedman, PhD, a clinical psychologist in private practice in St. Louis, MO, is among the first to receive the WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) Certified Provider Certificate. WPATH is an international interdisciplinary, professional organization whose mission is to promote evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy, and respect in transgender health. Congratulations…

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Alan Entin has produced an iMovie, Hasta Siempre Commandante, about Che Guevara based on his two trips to Cuba. Please enjoy it. Click here to see the video. Ilene Serlin, Nancy Goldov, and Erika Hansen. (2017). Dance/Movement Therapy and Breast Cancer Care: A Wellbeing Approach. Chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing Edited by Vassiliki…

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Congratulations to our award winners:  Judy Kuriansky, Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Media Psychology & Technology; Paul Adachi, Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Media Psychology & Technology; Chrysalis Wright, Distinguished Early Career Professional Contributions to Media Psychology & Technology; Kelly Dillon, Student Dissertation in Media Psychology & Technology; and Keith Cooke, Presidential Citation for his outstanding contributions to the…

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Plante, T. G. (2016). Principles of incorporating spirituality into professional clinical practice. Practice Innovations, 1(4), 276-281. Plante, T. G., & Pistoresi, S. (2017). A survey of ethics training in undergraduate psychology programs at Jesuit universities, Pastoral Psychology, 66(1), 1-6. Elaine Rodino, PhD, was quoted several times in a recent book: Collins, Kathleen. “Dr. Joyce Brothers: The…

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Congratulations to Douglas Gentile and Bernie Luskin on their election to APA Fellow status as new Fellows and congratulations to June Ching, current APA Fellow, for her election to Fellow Status in Division 46. Callister, E. S., & Plante, T. G. (2016). Compassion development in undergraduates: A Catholic college example. Pastoral Psychology, 65 (4). Rutledge, P.…

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Balter, L. & Tamis-LeMonda, C.  (Eds.), (2016).  Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues (3rd Edition). Routledge/Psychology Press. Dorothy Singer, PhD, presented the  keynote address on The Power of Imaginative Play at the National Playwork Conference in Eastbourne, England on  March 1,  2016. Irene Deitch, PhD, shared the following media mishap anecdote:  Like all my “MEDIA MARVELS” we enjoy the challenges…

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Joanne Broder Sumerson, PhD joannebrodersumerson@gmail.com Happy Spring! This is a wonderful time of year for cultivating new ideas and implementing change.  Nature is renewed and so are we. This division is growing with new members who are leaders in the field.  Our members are psychologists, practitioners, scholars, journalists, and students who work together to study,…

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Dr. Frank Farley has been honored by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA) with its highest award for public contributors to psychology, the “Psychology in the Media Award.” His contributions as a public intellectual cover all forms of media including television, radio, newspapers, magazines, blogs and Internet sites. Recent contributions, with the average usually over 100…

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Elizabeth Carll, PhD, served  as co-chair of the Press and Media Subcommittee for the planning of the 2014 United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) /NGO Annual Conference.  Over 2,200 participants representing an estimated 700 non-governmental organizations from 100 countries gathered to share their ideas and to develop a common platform to advocate for an…