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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!
Developmental Psychologist DIVISION 7 NEWSLETTER SUMMER 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?”
Saturday 8/10, 4-4:50PM
McCormick Place, Room W178a
Saturday 8/10, 12-12:50PM
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
McCormick Place, Room W181c
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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
McCormick Place, Room W192c
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
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APA Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) is seeking donations for the Young Scholars Research Fund. The Divi-
sion 7 Young Scholars Research Fund supports research projects for graduate students and early career scholars in de-
velopmental psychology. Grants of $500 to $1000 will be awarded to a designated number of deserving scholars each
year. These awards will include a dissertation research grant and a small grant for early career, untenured faculty mem-
bers. Donations to the fund are tax-deductible.
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reimbursement funds to the Young Scholars Fund. If you would also like to donate your Division 7 reimbursement
funds, and receive documentation of your donation for tax purposes, please notify the Division 7 treasurer. You may
then send your travel receipts to the treasurer along with a memo indicating that you would like your reimbursement
funds transferred into the Young Scholar Fund. You will receive a donor letter documenting the donation amount.
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.
https://convention.apa.org/
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
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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