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Developmental Psychologist DIVISION 7 NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2019

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APA Division 7 Summer 2019

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Presidential Column: Suniya S. Luthar.............................................................................................2

Call for your “Research in the News”…………………...........................................................................3

Q & A with Boyd McCandless Award Winner, Lauren L. Emberson………….……………………………..4-5

Division 7 Social Hour at APA 2019 ……………………….…………………………………………………………………..5

Mavis Hetherington Award Winner, Rebekah L. Coley…………………………………………………………….6-7

Mary Ainsworth Award Winner, Elena L. Grigorenko……………………………………………………………...8-9

APA 2019 Division 7 Program Preview………………………………………………………………………………….10-13

Funding Opportunities………………………………………………………………………………...………………….…...…..14

Young Scholars Fund……………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………..15

Become a Division 7 Member……………………………………………………..……………………………………………..16

Thank You, from Division 7 …….……………………………………………………………………………………………...…17

Announcement: 2019-2020 Div. 7 Award Winners………………………………………………………….…...18-19

Upcoming Conferences………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..20

Executive Committee………………………………………………………………………………………………………….........21

See inside for the Division 7

Program for APA 2019!


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Suniya S. Luthar, Arizona State University

Dear Division 7 Members,

I hope you all had a good end of the aca-

demic year and are enjoying the begin-

ning of the summer months!

As we are approaching the 2019 Conven-

tion, I’d like to tell you about several spe-

cial events organized by Division 7, many

in collaboration with other Divisions (and

hope that you will join us).

The first is a session to honor Professor

Edward Zigler, who passed away earlier

this year. Several of his students and col-

leagues will speak at a symposium includ-

ing Jake Burack, Dante Cicchetti, and

myself, along with Kimber Bogard, Senior

Vice President for Strategy and Programs

at the New York Academy of Medicine.

The symposium will be on Friday, August

9th from 10:00 – 10:50 am.

Second, we will have a symposium on two

new reports from the National Academy

of Science, Engineering, and Medicine,

both focused on maximizing the wellbe-

ing of children; one is on early childhood

and the second on adolescence. Discuss-

ing these reports will be members from

each of the panels that crafted them –

Iheoma Iruka and myself for the one on

early childhood, and Nancy Hill and

Leslie Leve for the report on adolescence.

Kimber Bogard will moderate this sympo-

sium.

Apart from these two symposia, we have

several exciting talks, including the schol-

ars who have received the G. Stanley Hall

Award for Distinguished Contribution to

Developmental Psychology and Urie

Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Con-

tributions to Developmental Psychology

in the Service of Science and Society.

Charles Brainerd will be giving the G.

Stanley Hall address and Mary Dozier will

be giving the Bronfenbrenner address.

They will present on Saturday morning,

back to back, at 11 and noon. Lauren Em-

berson, the recipient of the Boyd

McCandless Award for Early Career Con-

tributions will speak on Saturday at 4 pm.

And of course, we have other symposia

and poster sessions plus Division 7 Social

Hour, along with Division 37, on Thurs-

day at 6 pm.

Midcareer awards

As I mentioned in the last edition of our

newsletter, one of my aims as President

was to help introduce some Division 7

awards named after women scientists

(given that we have three major ones

named after men, noted above).

I’m delighted to say that this spring, we

received outstanding nominations for

each of the two new awards we created,

both for mid-career scientists. Details of

the awards along with inaugural winners

are noted below. I encourage you to sub-

mit nominations next year!

The Mavis Hetherington Award for Excellence in Applied

Developmental Science

The Hetherington award recognizes ex-

cellence in scholarship and contributions

to applied developmental science. This is

intended for individuals whose work has

not only advanced the science of develop-

mental psychology, but also has helped to

promote the well-being of children, fami-

lies, and groups or organizations. These

contributions could have been made

through applied research, direct service,

advocacy, influencing public policy or

education, or other activities that have

improved outcomes for children

and families.

The recipient of the 2019 Mavis Hether-

ington Award is Rebekah Coley. Professor

Coley will present her Hetherington Ad-

dress at the 2020 Meetings.

The Mary Ainsworth Award for

Excellence in Developmental Science

The Ainsworth award recognizes excel-

lence in scholarship and contributions to

developmental science, including contri-

butions in research, student training, and

other scholarly endeavors. Evaluations are

based on the scientific merit of the indi-

vidual's work, the importance of this work

for opening up new empirical or theoreti-

cal areas of development psychology, and

the importance of the individual's work in

linking developmental psychology with

other disciplines.

The recipient of the 2019 Mary Ainsworth

Award is Elena Grigorenko. Professor

Grigorenko will present her Ainsworth

Address at the 2020 Meetings.

I hope to see many of you at the Conven-

tion in August. In the meantime, I send

all best wishes for a splendid summer.

Suniya.

Suniya S. Luthar

President, Division 7

Presidential Column


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Please share your

‘Research in the News’

with the Division 7 Facebook Page!

Division 7 is working to build a stronger social media image. As part of that effort, we have recently been posting stories on our Facebook page about Developmentalists whose work has been featured in the media. We are now seeking more stories from our members to share on the page.

If your research (or that of your colleagues) has been featured in the media (popular magazines, news outlets, public video), and you would like us to share it on the Facebook page, please send the link to:

Sue Hobbs, Div 7 Webmaster, [email protected] or

Jessica Sutherland, Div 7 Membership Chair, [email protected]

Division 7 members have been responding positively to the posts. We want to hear from you and learn more about what you are doing! And if you are not already a member of the Facebook page, please join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/218878051489647/

Has your research appeared in the popular

media recently?

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On what projects/studies are

you currently working?

In my lab, we investigate how the

infant brain changes with experi-

ence. We have a number of studies

using a technique called functional

near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

to record neural responses in the

infant brain. Using this method, we

are finding that only a few minutes

of experience is necessary to change

how the perceptual regions of the

infant brain respond to stimuli. We

previously found these changes in 6

-month-old infants and are now

investigating these changes in new-

borns in the first day or two of

postnatal life.

In older infants, we are investigating

how sophisticated these experience-

based changes are and whether

infants are modifying their brains

moment-by-moment, as adults do,

and whether they are using large-

scale neural networks (i.e., cooperat-

ing regions around the brain) to

modify their brain based on their ex-

perience.

We’re also working with the Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundation to investi-

gate whether these experience-based

changes in infants’ brains could be

used to identify infants at-risk for

poor developmental outcomes in the

developing world. Finally, in the

United States, we’ve been investigat-

ing how premature birth, which puts

infants at-risk, affects the ability of

the developing brain to use its expe-

riences to develop.

In our first study, we found that at 6

months, infants born premature do

not show the same experience-based

changes in their brains as full-term

infants. We are now investigating

young infants to determine when

these changes occur and how prema-

ture birth might give rise to these

changes in how the brain responds to

experience in infancy.

What advice would you give

someone starting out in an aca-

demic position?

It is important to be dedicated in

your work but, at the end of the day,

your time is finite. So, you need to

figure out how to prioritize the

things that mean the most to you and

deprioritize the things that don’t. If

you are starting out and worried

about hiring or promotion, ask your

mentors/chair what you need to pri-

oritize and look at the records of the

people who you aspire to be, what

have they prioritized? Always make

sure to work on your research even if

that means saying no or spending

less time on other things. And, most

importantly, you are a whole person.

Your health (mind and body) and

your life are hugely important. Both

for your life but also for your re-

search.

What activities do you do in

your spare time?

I love being outdoors and seek out

any opportunity to be outside. In

particular, I trail run with my re-

tired greyhound, Rushmore, and

also love backpacking or canoeing.

I have a toddler, so I also spend lots

of time playing with toys, singing

2019 Boyd McCandless Awardee:

Advice to Students and Early Career Professionals Lauren L. Emberson

Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Dr. Emberson will give her award talk on

Saturday 8/10, 4-4:50PM

McCormick Place, Room W178a


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Join us at APA for a Social Hour

in Conjunction with Division 37

Society for Child and Family Policy

and Practice

Thursday, August 8, 6:00-7:50PM

Marriott Marquis, Grand Horizon

Ballroom E

**Open to All**

songs, reading board books and

generally enjoying life with a little

one!

What is something you did not

know, but wish you knew when

you started your career?

I wish I knew how important it is to

find your people. Your work will

never resonate with everyone and

it’s very important to decide who

you want your audience to be and

focus on them.

What advice do you have for

how to effectively balance re-

search, teaching, and service?

I’m very fortunate to be in a depart-

ment that protects my time from a

lot of service requirements and to

have relatively light teaching loads.

That being said, I think a lot about

priorities and know that I can’t fit it

all in. Also, even though I love teach-

ing, I make very pragmatic choices

when I’m designing a syllabus to

reduce my stress and workload with-

out reducing what I think is most

important in my teaching. For exam-

ple, I have students give each other

feedback on their papers based on a

rubric rather than reading each draft

myself and giving feedback. Students

are still getting early feedback and

have the opportunity to improve but

I don’t have to spend 20+ hours read-

ing student papers. I also have

groups of friends/colleagues who

keep me accountable to my priori-

ties. This helps me to prioritize the

things that matter to me but that

don’t have a deadline.

Do you have a mentor or friend

who has helped you during your

academic journey? If so, how?

My postdoctoral mentor, Dr. Rich-

ard Aslin, has been hugely influen-

tial in my career in many ways.

One in particular stands out to me.

My research has always been quite

broad: I study learning and percep-

tion, and perception in both audi-

tion and vision. These are all sepa-

rate sub-domains of study in devel-

opmental psychology. Moreover, I

use many different behavioral as

well as neuroimaging methods. Dr.

Aslin was an influential mentor in

that he not only allowed but en-

couraged me to think broadly.

Since he is motivated by the ques-

tions (the bigger the better!), this

came naturally to him but having

someone who both understood and

supported my research style was

very validating at a time that I

really needed it.


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I still recall the experience, in my

undergraduate Developmental Psy-

chology class nearly 30 years ago, of

reading a Mavis Hetherington pa-

per concerning family structure and

adolescent development. I was

struck by the relevance of this work

-for real people’s lives; for parents,

educators, and other professionals

working with adolescents; and for

social and legal policies. Exposure

to Hetherington’s work was a defin-

ing experience in funneling my in-

tellectual interests and career tra-

jectory toward the field of develop-

mental science. As such, being the

inaugural recipient of the Mavis

Hetherington Award for Excellence

in Applied Developmental Science

holds special relevance to me.

Throughout my career, I have inte-

grated an appreciation for the in-

cremental building of basic scien-

tific knowledge with a desire to un-

earth evidence and create insights

that have a direct impact on real

world issues and injustices.

Through both research and policy

engagement, I seek to expand our

field’s impact on children and fami-

lies as well as on the social, politi-

cal, and legal systems that enhance

and constrain their lives.

As an example, I highlight my work

on the housing contexts of children

and families. In this work, I have

built basic empirical understanding

of how a key, and oft-ignored, prox-

imal context of human develop-

ment affects child and family well-

being, and then apply this basic re-

search to policy analysis and

translation.

My initial collaborative work in this

arena, conducted with Tama Le-

venthal, Melissa Kull, and Alicia

Lynch, delineated how housing

quality, stability, and affordability

supports children’s academic and

behavioral success in the face of

family economic disadvantage and

low-resourced neighborhoods.

This research identified significant

connections between poor housing

quality and emotional and behav-

ioral functioning throughout child-

hood (Coley, Leventhal, Lynch &

Kull, 2013), developmental delays

and poor health in early childhood

(Coley, Lynch & Kull, 2015) and

lowered academic achievement in

adolescence (Coley et al., 2013).

These links functioned in part

through parental distress, and often

occurred in the context of broader

contextual stressors associated with

neighborhood poverty and disorder

(Coley et al., 2013; 2015).

In further work in this arena, my

research team found that for low-

income families, directing greater

financial resources toward housing

costs could help them access higher

quality housing and neighborhoods

which supported children’s devel-

opment, but that families with lim-

ited resources faced important

trade-offs (Coley, Leventhal &

Lynch, 2014; Kull & Coley, 2014).

In other work we tackled the issue

of residential mobility, highlighting

how housing changes often co-

occur with other types of instability

and stressors (Kull, Coley & Lynch,

2016), and delineating substantial

detriments in emotional, behavior-

al, and cognitive functioning exhib-

ited by children experiencing great-

er residential instability (Coley &

Kull, 2016).

Mavis Hetherington Award for Excellence in

Applied Developmental Science Rebekah Levine Coley

Professor and Chair, School of Education and Human Development, Boston College


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A key goal of our research team was

to reach beyond academic circles to

broader audiences of practitioners,

housing advocates, and policy mak-

ers who could translate this work

into action. Through policy briefs

published by outlets such as Habi-

tat for Humanity International and

the MacArthur Foundation, we

have shared our results with key

constituents.

In my current work, I am collabo-

rating with a new team to translate

these insights into policy analysis

and the development of new hous-

ing practices. We are assessing

whether federal public housing pol-

icies have reached their goals of im-

proving the housing and neighbor-

hood contexts of poor families. We

are also partnering with a local de-

veloper, public housing agency, and

social services network to assess

how a new model of housing rede-

velopment supports economically

disadvantaged children’s develop-

ment and to inform public housing

practices and policies.

Through this work, and through

building collaborations with practi-

tioners and policy makers, I partici-

pate in the burgeoning goal of ap-

plying developmental science to the

world. The very existence of the

Mavis Hetherington Award for Ex-

cellence in Applied Developmental

Science reflects what I see as a criti-

cal endorsement of the importance

of this objective: to conduct quality

developmental science which trans-

lates to direct practice and policy.

Dr. Coley is Professor and Chair of Counseling,

Developmental and Educational Psychology at

Boston College’s Lynch School of Education

and Human Development.

Congratulations to the Inaugural

Mavis Hetherington Awardee!


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I am honored and humbled to re-

ceive an award named after Mary

Ainsworth—a women-scientist

who contributed to shaping devel-

opmental science as we know it

today. These are big shoes to fill,

and all I can do is to keep trying,

both by myself and with members

of my laboratory, who all are co-

recipients of this award.

The main thread of the research

carried out in my laboratory is di-

versity. Diversity is multidimen-

sional. Its first dimension that we

study pertains to geography. As is

well known, today’s scientific liter-

ature on child development is ab-

solutely dominated by research

carried out in high-income coun-

tries of North America and West-

ern Europe. Yet, out of the ~2.2 bil-

lion children on Earth, nearly 2 bil-

lion live in low- and middle-

income countries (LMIC). Since its

inception, my laboratory has been

focused on improving the repre-

sentation of LMIC kids in the sci-

entific literature. We have been

fortunate to work in a number of

countries around the world, in-

cluding Ghana, the Gambia, India,

Kenya, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tan-

zania and Zanzibar, and Zambia.

All of these countries have large

numbers of children who are mini-

mally represented in scientific re-

search in general and scientific lit-

erature in particular, and we have

been trying to change this. We

have engaged children and their

families from these countries in

research, reflected on our findings

in publications, and disseminated

our findings to the communities

where we did our work.

Diversity’s second dimension is

captured by the notion of

“atypical.” Although less biased

than when reflecting geographical

diversity, the literature is dominat-

ed by the typically developing

child. My laboratory has shed light

on the developmental trajectories

of children with language and

learning disabilities, conduct disor-

ders and autism spectrum disor-

ders. We are also interested in the

development of gifted and talented

children, especially children known

as twice exceptional—children

with gifts and talents as well as dis-

abilities.

Yet another dimension of diversity

is linguistic diversity. We have con-

ducted research with children who

speak, think, and live in minority

languages (e.g., Dholuo, Ewe, Gon-

ja, Mandinka, Nyanja, Tonga, Twi,

Wolof). In working with these chil-

dren, we are sensitive to the fact

that they cannot be assessed repre-

sentatively by instruments devel-

oped in majority languages, and

spend time and effort adapting the

relevant existing instruments and

developing new ones.

We are also interested in repre-

senting the children whose devel-

opmental contexts are different

from the contexts in which the ma-

jority of children grow. We have

worked with children growing up

without their biological parents

due to social factors (e.g., loss of

parents or removal of parental

rights), devastating diseases (e.g.,

the HIV/AIDS pandemic), or being

in custody of the juvenile justice

system.

Our work is traditionally multidis-

ciplinary, uniting various perspec-

tives on human development.

Mary Ainsworth Award for

Excellence in Developmental Science

Elena L. Grigorenko

Distinguished Professor, Psychology, University of Houston


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We use a variety of methods,

including traditional, as well as

linguistic, genetic, neuroimaging,

and neurophysiological approach-

es. We blend methodologies

together and cross traditional

boundaries of knowledge, as this is

how we understand developmental

science, as a multidimensional

inquiry into human development.

Clearly, my laboratory studies only

a few dimensions of diversity

among the many to be considered.

Although limited in number, these

dimensions, we believe, enhance

the representation of more children

and of different types of their de-

velopmental trajectories in the sci-

entific literature. And representing

diversity, we believe, makes devel-

opmental science not only fairer,

but also more precise.

Congratulations to the Inaugural Mary Ainsworth Awardee!

GENESIS Lab, led by Dr. Elena Grigorenko

Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology


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Join Us in Chicago!

Preview of the 2019

Division 7 APA Program August 8-11

Special Session

Bringing Developmental Science to Benefit Children and Families:

A Tribute to Edward Zigler

Suniya Luthar, Arizona State University Kimber Bogard, New York Academy of Medicine

Jacob Burack, McGill University Dante Cicchetti, University of Minnesota

Friday 8/9, 1o:00-1o:50AM

McCormick Place/Room W474b


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Award Addresses at APA 2019

Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime

Contribution to Developmental Psychology

Mary Dozier

“Intervening Early: Enhancing Behavioral and

Biological Outcomes of High-Risk Infants”

Boyd McCandless Award

Lauren L. Emberson

“How Does Experience Shape

the Infant Brain?”


McCormick Place, Room W178a


McCormick Place, Room W181c

G. Stanley Hall Award Address

Charles J. Brainerd

“Fuzzy-Trace Theory and Life-

Span Development”

Saturday 8/10, 11-11:50AM



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Symposia/Discussions

Character Development in Early Adulthood: The Sample Case of West Point Cadets Richard Lerner, Tufts University, Chair Diane Ryan, Tufts University Jeremiah Powers, Tufts University Elise Murray, Tufts University Michael Matthews, The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Discussant

Current Trends and Best Practices in Developmental Disabilities Assessment and Treatment Sheryll M. Casuga, John F. Kennedy University, Co-chair Nicole Kirsch, Regional Center of the East Bay, Co-chair

The National Academy of Science Report on Maximizing the Well-Being of Children and Families in Early Childhood Kimber Bogard, New York Academy of Medicine Suniya Luthar, Arizona State University Iheoma Iruka, HighScope Dr. Nancy Hill, Harvard University Dr. Leslie Leve, University of Oregon

Moral Judgments Across the Lifespan: The Role of Theory of Mind Kelly Lynn Mulvey, NC State University, Co-Chair and Presenter Michael Rizzo, New York University, Co-Chair & Presenter Alexander D'Esterre, University of Maryland Janet Geipel, University of Chicago

Thursday 8/8, 9:00-9:50AM

McCormick Place, Room W180

Friday 8/9, 9:00-9:50AM

McCormick Place, Room W185d

Friday 8/9, 12:00-12:50PM


Friday 8/9, 4:00-4:50PM

McCormick Place, Room W187b


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Poster Sessions

Developmental Psychology Poster Session I

Developmental Psychology Poster Session II

Friday 8/9, 9-9:50AM

McCormick Place, Hall F

Thursday 8/8, 9:00-9:50AM

McCormick Place, Hall F

Pretend Play and its Relationship with Developmental Outcomes Across Childhood Sandra Russ, Case Western Reserve University, Chair Ana Marcelo, Clark University Alexis Lee, Case Western Reserve University Karla K Fehr, Southern Illinois University Claire Wallace, Center for Mindfulness & CBT

Saturday 8/10, 8:00-8:50AM

McCormick Place, Room S105a

Symposia/Discussions Continued


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APA Dissertation Research

Awards

Deadline: September 1, 2019

The Science Directorate of the Ameri-

can Psychological Association sponsors

an annual competition for dissertation

research funding. The purpose of the

Dissertation Research Award program

is to assist science-oriented doctoral

students of psychology with research

costs. The current program includes 30

-40 grants of $1,000 each, along with

several larger grants of up to $5,000 to

students whose dissertation research

reflects excellence in scientific psychol-

ogy.

For more details about this award, visit:

http://www.apa.org/about/awards/

scidir-dissertre.aspx

Early Graduate Student Re-

searcher Awards

Deadline: September 14, 2019

The Early Graduate Student Researcher

Awards program recognizes students

for conducting outstanding research

early in their graduate training (i.e.,

research conducted within the first two

years of doctoral study). It focuses on

both the student’s general research

experience and specific completed re-

search projects. The research inde-

pendence of the applicant as well as the

novelty and implications of research

performed as a graduate student will be

used for evaluation purposes. Therefore

preference may be given to students

who have completed their second year

of doctoral studies.

The funds may be used for direct re-

search expenses (e.g., computer time,

animal care, equipment, participant

fees and incentives), software, and/or

conference travel; it may not be used

for tuition, fees, or personal expenses.

Each recipient receives an award of

$1,000.

For more details about this award, visit:

http://www.apa.org/about/awards/

scistucoun-earlyre.aspx

Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz

Child Psychology Graduate Stu-

dent Fellowship

Deadline: November 15, 2019

The Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz

Fellowship program supports graduate

research projects and scholarships in

child psychology. The goals of the pro-

gram are to (1) Nurture excellent young

scholars for careers in areas of psychol-

ogy, such as child-clinical, pediatric,

school, educational, and developmental

psychopathology, and (2) Support

scholarly work contributing to the ad-

vancement of knowledge in these areas

Several fellowships of up to $25,000

each will be awarded. Support is pro-

vided for one year only. Only one appli-

cation accepted from any one institu-

tion in any given year.

For more details about this award, visit

http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/

koppitz.aspx?tab=1

Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury

Prevention Grant Award

Deadline: October 1, 2019

The Lizette Peterson Homer Memorial

Injury Research Grant supports re-

search into psychological and behavior-

al aspects of the prevention of injuries

in children and adolescents as reflected

in the activities and interests within

pediatric psychology of the late Lizette

Peterson-Homer and her commitment

to improving the status of children in

the face of the most significant threats

to their health and development. This

grant is open to students and faculty to

support research related to the preven-

tion of injuries in children and adoles-

cents. Funding is available up to $5,000

and is sponsored jointly by the Ameri-

can Psychological Foundation and APA

Div. 54.

The Lizette Peterson-Homer Memorial

Research Grant is designed to (1) in-

crease understanding of the nature and

etiology of injuries in children , (2)

Support development and evaluation of

intervention techniques in this area,

and (3) Support dissemination and im-

plementation of proven techniques in

this area

For more details about this award, visit

http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/

peterson-homer.aspx

Funding Opportunities

http://www.apa.org/about/awards/scidir-dissertre.aspx

http://www.apa.org/about/awards/scidir-dissertre.aspx

http://www.apa.org/about/awards/scistucoun-earlyre.aspx

http://www.apa.org/about/awards/scistucoun-earlyre.aspx

http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/koppitz.aspx?tab=1

http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/koppitz.aspx?tab=1

http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/peterson-homer.aspx

http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/peterson-homer.aspx


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sion 7 Young Scholars Research Fund supports research projects for graduate students and early career scholars in de-

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APA Division 7 Young Scholars Fund


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Join Division 7: Developmental Psychology

Membership in APA Not Required

Division 7 is the official developmental psychology section of the American Psychological Association (APA). It is comprised of psychological scientists and others from a variety of disciplines who study or work on human development.

• *Always free for undergraduate and graduate student affiliates

• $12 for members for the first year

• $24 per year for members after the first year

Benefits:

• Receive the Division 7 newsletter, Developmental Psychologist, which is distributed twice a year, and other periodic notices and announcements

• Nominate others, and receive, a variety of awards and fellowships recognizing important work in the area of developmental psychology

• Influence psychological science, grant priorities, and social policy at the national level

• Network with other developmental psychologists and individuals interested in development

• Eligibility for dissertation and early career grants to fund your research

• Serve on important Division 7 committees, including the Executive Committee

• Membership in APA is encouraged but not required. If you join APA or are already a member, there are ad-ditional advantages and opportunities, but you can now join Division 7 either way!

Not a Member of Division 7 Yet?

For all membership enquiries,

please contact the Division 7 Membership Chair,

Jessica Sutherland at [email protected]

Division 7 membership

is always free for

undergraduate and

graduate students!



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Early Career Paper Award Committee Chuck Nelson Laura Elenbaas Tyler Colasante Lee Raby Ashely Groh Michael Lamb, Chair

G. Stanley Hall Award Committee Charles Brainerd Michael Lamb Suniya Luthar Deborah Vandell, Chair

Dissertation Research Grant Committee Ming-Te Wang Laura Elenbaas Lucas Butler David Yeager Larisa Heiphetz Kathleen Corriveau, Chair

Eleanor Maccoby Book Award Committee Martin Ruck Stacey Horn Daniel Keating, Chair

Mentor Award Committee Paul Harris Nathan Fox Henry Wellman Mark Cummings, Chair

Boyd McCandless Award Committee David Yeager Adriana Galvan Marjorie Rhodes Bob McMurray Suniya Luthar Lauren L. Emberson, Chair

Urie Bronfenbrenner Award Committee Michael Lamb Suniya Luthar Mary Dozier Ross Thompson Margaret Spencer Deborah Vandell, Chair

Dissertation Award Committee Aprile Benner Laura Elenbaas Tyler Colasante Ashely Groh Lee Raby Michael Lamb, Chair

Early Career Research Grant Committee David Yeager Lucas Butler Sophia Choukas-Bradley Cecilia Cheung Kathleen Corriveau, Chair

Mavis Hetherington and Mary Ainsworth Award Committee Michael Lamb Bob Siegler Deborah Vandell Suniya Luthar, Chair

Thank you to all who served on Division 7 Award

Committees this year!


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G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribu-tion to Developmental

Psychology

Andrew N. Meltzhoff

University of Washington

Urie Bronfenbrenner

Award for Lifetime Contribution to Develop-mental Psychology in the

Service of Science & Society

Cynthia Garcia Coll

Albizu University

Eva Telzer

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Deborah Rivas-Drake

Haley Vlach

University of Wisconsin- Madison

Announcing the 2019-2020 Division 7 Award Winners

Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology

Boyd McCandless Award

University of Michigan

Adriana Umaña-Taylor

Harvard


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Mark Wade

Harvard Medical School

Announcing the 2019-2020 Division 7 Award Winners

Early Career Research

Grant in Developmental Psychology

Dissertation Research Grant in Developmental Psychology

Dissertation Award in Developmental

Psychology

Yang Hou

University of Texas at

Austin

Kathy T. Vu

University of Maryland

Baltimore County

Early Career Outstanding Paper Award

Lindsay Taraban

University of

Pittsburgh

Erica H. Wojcik

Skidmore College

Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology

Peter A. Ornstein UNC Chapel Hill

Richard Aslin Haskins Laboratories


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American Psychological

Association Annual Convention

Aug 8-11, 2019

Chicago, IL

https://convention.apa.org/

European Early Childhood

Education Research Association

Annual Conference

Aug 21-23, 2019

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki, Greece

http://www.eecera.org/conferences/

The Flux Congress

Aug 30—Sept 1, 2019

New York City, USA

https://fluxsociety.org/2019-new-york/

Penn State’s 27th Annual

Symposium on Family Issues:

Families and Food

Oct 21-22, 2019

State College, PA

http://www.pop.psu.edu/national-

symposium-family-issues

The Annual Boston University

Conference on Language

Development

Nov 7-10, 2019

Boston, MA

https://www.bu.edu/bucld/

Annual Conference of the

Association for Moral Education

Nov 7-9, 2019

Seattle, Washington

https://www.amenetwork.org/2019/

The Annual International

Conference on Stigma

Nov 22, 2019

Washington, D.C.

http://www.whocanyoutell.org/

Budapest CEU Conference on

Cognitive Development

Jan 9-11, 2020

Budapest, Hungary

http://www.bcccd.org/

Annual International Conference

on Cognitive and Behavioral

Psychology

Feb 18-19, 2019

Singapore

http://cognitive-behavior.org/

Society for Research in Child

Development

April 8-10, 2021

https://www.srcd.org/meetings/

biennial-meeting

American Psychological

Association Annual Convention

Aug 6-9, 2020

Washington, D.C.


Meeting of the European Society

for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP)

Sep 25-28 2019

Tenerife, Spain

https://escop2019.webs.ull.es/

Society for the Study of Emerging

Adulthood: 9th Biennial Conference

Oct 9-13, 2019

Toronto, ON, Canada

http://ssea.org/index.htm

The Cognitive Development

Society’s Biennial Meeting

Oct 17-19, 2019

Louisville, KY

https://cogdevsoc.org/

Society for Research on

Adolescence

March 19-21, 2020

San Diego, CA

https://s-r-a.org/biennial-meeting/

Upcoming Conferences


http://www.eecera.org/conferences/

https://fluxsociety.org/2019-new-york/

http://www.pop.psu.edu/national-symposium-family-issues

http://www.pop.psu.edu/national-symposium-family-issues

https://www.bu.edu/bucld/

https://www.amenetwork.org/2019/

http://www.whocanyoutell.org/

http://www.bcccd.org/

http://cognitive-behavior.org/

https://www.srcd.org/meetings/biennial-meeting

https://www.srcd.org/meetings/biennial-meeting


https://escop2019.webs.ull.es/

http://ssea.org/index.htm

https://cogdevsoc.org/

https://s-r-a.org/biennial-meeting/


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President (1-year term): .......................................................... Suniya S. Luthar (2019)

Past President (1-year term): ................................................... Michael E. Lamb (2019)

President-Elect (1-year term): ................................................. Deborah Vandell (2019)

Secretary (3-year term): .......................................................... Catherine A. Haden (2017 – 2019)

Treasurer (3-year term): .......................................................... Kristen W. Alexander (2017 – 2019)

Members-at-Large (3-year term): ............................................ Martha Ann Bell (2018 – 2020)

……………………………………….…………………………………………………….Mary Gauvain (2017 – 2019)

................................................................................................. .Lori Camparo (2017 – 2019)

Representatives to APA Council (3-year term): ....................... .Sarah Friedman (2019 – 2021)

……………………………………………………………………………………………...Simona Ghetti (2017 – 2019)

Newsletter Editor (3-year term): ............................................. ..Kyndra C. Cleveland (2019 – 2020)

Fellows Committee Chair (1-year term): ................................. ..Megan Gunnar (2019)

Program Committee Chair (1-year term): ................................ ..Kate Ellis-Davies (2019)

Program Committee Co-Chair (1-year term): ......................... ..Kelly L. Mulvey (2019)

Membership Chair (3-year term): ............................................ ..Jessica Sutherland (2019 – 2021)

Historian (3-year term): ........................................................... ..Kali Trzesniewski (2017 – 2019)

Web Master (3-year term): ...................................................... ..Sue Hobbs (2017 – 2019)

Early Career Member Representative (2-yr): .......................... ..Kelly L. Mulvey (2018 – 2019)

Graduate Student Representative (2-year term):………………......TBA (2019 – 2020)

Listserv Administrator .............................................................. ...Adam Winsler

Addresses and e-mails are listed on the Division 7 website: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-7/leadership/executive-committee/index

Executive Committee

NEWSLETTER EDITOR:

Kyndra C. Cleveland

[email protected]

https://www.apadivisions.org/division-7/leadership/executive-committee/index

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