GSAPP Faculty Highlights
- June 2009
- Dr. Eun Young Mun has been awarded a R01 grant with Dr. Helene White, Center of Alcohol Studies for a research project titled, “Persistence and Desistance in Heavy Drinking and Violence,” from National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), 6/1/2009 – 5/31/2011, direct costs $723,722. This study involves analysis of existing longitudinal data to identify trajectories of heavy drinking and violence from childhood into emerging adulthood, their associations with each other, and precursors and correlates of desistance.
- May 2009
- Dr. Dan Fishman was an invited speaker and consultant at the Psychological Institute of the University of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark, from May 25-28. His topics focused on the method, conduct, and write-up of pragmatic case studies in psychotherapy and other areas of applied psychology. His activities included lecturing in and leading a 2-day PhD course sponsored by the inter-institutional Danish Research School of Psychology; giving the annual “Theory-Practice Address” at the University; and teaching a masters-level, clinical psychology class at the University.
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Dr. Brian Chu has been awarded a Klingenstein Third Generation Fellowship, which carries a stipend of $60,000 over two years. The title of the project is: “The Function of Avoidance in Depressed Behavior and a Pilot of Transdiagnostic Behavioral Activation Therapy.” - Dr. Anne Gregory, who will join the faculty in January, 2010, recently served as a lead author on the APA Task Force on Resiliency and Strength in Black Children and Adolescents. The task force reviewed research on resiliency and offered policy recommendations in a report, which can be found at: http://www.apa.org/pi/cyf/resilience.html. Anne is pleased to share that, on May 7th, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings of Florida introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives based on the report. The resolution calls for new research and culturally-relevant interventions, which promote the health and well-being among African American youth.
- April 2009
- Dr. Judith Glassgold has been awarded the American Psychological Association’s 2009-2010 Catherine Acuff Congressional Fellowship. Dr, Glassgold will spend one year working as a special legislative assistant on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee. Activities may involve conducting legislative or oversight work, assisting with congressional hearings and events, and preparing briefs and speeches. The purpose of the fellowship is to provide mid-career psychologists with an invaluable public policy learning experience, to contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge in government, and to broaden awareness about the value of psychology-government interaction among psychologists and within the federal government. The America Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) administers programs sponsored by over two dozen professional societies.
- The GSAPP Committee on Diversity (COD) was selected as one of the Human Dignity Award recipients by The Rutgers Committee to Advance our Purposes (CACP).The COD was given the award because of its extraordinary achievements in developing many annual institutionalized diversity programs. This years co-chairs are Dr. Shalonda Kelly and Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin. The Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes was established in 1987 by the late President Edward J. Bloustein to honor the work of members of the Rutgers community whose work promotes diversity and social justice.
RU-TV has posted a 3-minute excerpt of the Human Dignity Awards on the web, and it includes interviews with Dr. Kelly and Dr. Boyd-Franklin.
You can access it at: http://rutv.rutgers.edu/ir_archive_pkg.shtml Scroll down to Rutgers Annual Human Dignity Awards.
- Dr. Eun Young Mun was invited to the Faculty Traveling Seminar this year. The Faculty Traveling Seminar is a bus journey throughout New Jersey intended to explore New Jersey's culture, economy, geography, government, and history, and to foster collaboration among faculty members and with New Jersey residents. Due to budgetary concerns, however, it was canceled. Instead, Dr. Mun attended a reception at the President’s home on June 2 and met the faculty members and administrators who signed up to attend participate in this year’s tour.
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Dr. Bob Weitz who was the Executive Vice-President and Acting
Dean of the Organizing Council for a College of Professional
Psychology in New Jersey, has just turned 97! If it were not for
Bob and other forward-looking psychologists like him, there
would be no GSAPP. In a letter from Bob that I received recently,
he said other than a balance/walking problem, he is in good
health and able to play table tennis (he was playing outdoor tennis
until recently) and to "hold on to a gal and dance"! He lives
in Boynton Beach, Florida.
- March 2009
- Dr. Jami Young has received the Gerald Klerman Young Investigator Award at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy. The award is given to professionals early in their career who are committed to advancing research on interpersonal psychotherapy. Dr. Young was given the award for her work developing and studying Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Adolescent Skills Training, a group preventive intervention for adolescent depression.
- January 2009
- Dr. Karen Haboush has recieved a Part-Time Lecturer Professional Activities Fund Award from Rutgers University. The award is to offset travel expenses involved in developing practica for GSAPP.
Dr. Judith Glassgold has received a Part-Time Lecturer Professional Activities Fund Award from Rutgers University. The award is to help offset the costs associated with presenting her paper "Transcending conflicts: Intergrating religion and sexual orientation" at the National Multicultural Summit and Conference in Psychology.
- Dr. Shalonda Kelly served as a panelist on "Fresh Outlook", a weekly, one-hour talk-show which analyzes some of the key issues affecting the welfare of Americans. Topics are tackled by a distinguished panel of experts who come from diverse backgrounds and professional experience. The topic of this show was: Race Relations In America. Read more
- November 2008
- Dr. Susan Forman is a member of the National Task Force on Evidence-Based Interventions in School Psychology, and Chair of the Committee on Evidence-Based Practice in School Psychology. She has worked to identify how evidence-based interventions can be successfully implemented in schools. Putting school research into action, The APA Monitor, November 2008
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Dr. Terry Wilson received the "Outstanding Mentor Award" from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. This was organized by Dr. Wilson's prominent former students without his knowledge. They outlined his extensive mentoring activities in both the research and clinical domains. They pointed out that he is also remarkable at identifying his students' strengths and then encouraging them to pursue their own unique career paths. He fosters students' independence, creativity, and productivity, while always being available for guidance. As Terry has himself expressed it, his goal in mentoring is, ultimately, to create "colleagues." He has clearly achieved this goal. The award was presented in November, 2008 at the annual ABCT convention. (pictured Terry Wilson and some of his students at ABCT) - October 2008
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Dean Stanley Messer gave an invited Keynote Address and served as a research consultant at the meetings of the Latin American Branch of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research on October 21, 2008. The meetings were held in Campinas, Brazil, which is near Såo Paulo. The topic of the address was the Pragmatic Case Study Method, which he illustrated with dissertations conducted by GSAPP students Tania Miller, Amelia Kaplan Romanowsky and David Lane. -
Dr. Nancy McWilliams is the President of the American Psychological Association's Division 39(Psychoanalysis), an organization of over 4000 members with interests in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. This past June she gave workshops on personality structure and disorders in Italy (Milan, Rome, and Bassano del Grappa) and in July she went to South Africa to speak in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town. Nancy was an invited speaker and workshop leader at the Fifth World Psychotherapy Congress, held in Beijing October 12-15. Pictured with GSAPP Alums Ping Yao (2005 Clinical) and Lauren Siegler Mulheim(1996 Clinical). This coming spring Nancy will be teaching in Norway (Oslo and Trondheim) and in Poland (Warsaw). - September 2008
- Dr. Judith Glassgold recently published the following:
Glassgold, J. M. (2008). Bridging the Divide: Integrating Lesbian Identity and Orthodox Judaism. Women & Therapy, 31(1), 59-72.
Glassgold, J. M. & Knapp, S (2008). Ethical issues in screening clergy or candidates for religious professions for denominations that exclude homosexual clergy. Professional Psychology, 39(3), 346-352. - May 2008
- Dr. Terry Wilson received the "Leadership in Research" award from the Academy of Eating Disorders on Saturday, May 17th in Seattle. The Academy for Eating Disorders is a U.S.-based international and interdisciplinary (mainly psychiatry and clinical psychology) association. It is the major world association for the study and treatment of eating disorders. The award has been given only to the most outstanding leaders in the field.
- Dr. Linda Reddy has been awarded a $1.44 million grant from the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Dept of Education, section on Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning, entitled, "Development and Validation of a Teaching Program Monitoring Scale for Elementary School Teachers". The grant will be a collaboration with SUNY Buffalo, with Dr. Reddy as Principal Investigator.
- Dr. Susan Forman has been elected to membership in the Society for the Study of School Psychology. The membership of this organization is limited, and election to membership is an honor. Potential new members are considered through a multi-level vetting process. Criteria for membership include scientific contributions to the field and potential to contribute to the organization.
- April 2008
- Dr. Brenna Bry was appointed to the Psychology Alumni Board of Leaders for the Department of Psychological Sciences at University of Missouri-Columbia, where she attended her first meeting in April, 2008. Dr. Bry is a graduate of the University of Missouri.
- Dr. Jamie Walkup recently published the following:
Walkup, J., Blank, M., Gonzalez, J., et al. (2008). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Factors Impacting on HIV Prevention and Treatment. Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (suppl), 47, 15-19.
Walkup J. Wei, W., Sambamoorthi U., & Crystal S. (2008). Antidepressant Treatment and Adherence to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy among Patients with AIDS and Diagnosed Depression. Psychiatric Quarterly, 79 (1), 43-53.
Walkup, J. & Crystal S. (2008) "Health Services and Policy Issues in AIDS Psychiatry". In M.A. Cohen & J.M. Gorman (Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry, (pp. 585-594). Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Dr. Judith Glassgold was elected to the Presidency of the New Jersey Psychological Association for the 2008 calendar year. This is a 3-year responsibility with positions of President-Elect and Past-President preceding and following the Presidential term. NJPA is a non-profit professional association with over 2000 members. The mission of the New Jersey Psychological Association is the advancement of psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting health and human welfare in an atmosphere that supports the diversity of its members and society at large.