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2008-2009 Academic Year Achievements
The following faculty received promotions during the 2008-2009 academic year:
- Sharon Lovell, promoted to Professor.
- Natalie Lawrence, promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure.
- Bryan Saville, promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure.
- Sherry Serdikoff, promoted to Professor.
- Tracy Zinn, promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure.
JMU Psychology wins “Culture of Service” award. The American Psychological Association Board of Scientific Affairs announced that the Department of Psychology at JMU was one of two winners of their 2008 Departmental Award for Culture of Service in the Psychological Sciences! This award is given to departments that “show a pattern of support for service from faculty, demonstrating that service to the profession is an integral part of training, mentoring, and service to the discipline.” This award was presented to the department at a meeting of the leadership of the American Psychological Association in Tempe, Arizona on October 4, 2008. At the ceremony our department was commended for the leadership and service of our faculty in professional organizations, at our university, and to our community. We were also commended for the quality and volume of the community service completed by JMU Psychology Majors. The award comes with a $5000 monetary award. Our faculty have agreed to use the award for three purposes: We donated $2000 to the Peer Advising Scholarship fund. We donated $1500 to the James O. Benedict Scholarship Fund, and we donated $1500 to support participation by High School teachers of psychology in the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology (ETOP), a regional conference sponsored by our department. For more information see http://www.apa.org/science/psa/nov08-service.html.
Kevin Apple received the 2009 College of Integrated Science and Technology Distinguished Teacher Award. He also received the National Academic Advising Association’s Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit, as part of their 2009 Annual Awards Program for Academic Advising.
Kenneth Barron was one of winners of the All Together One award by Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society for college students. The All Together One awards are presented annually to “celebrate the special spirit that binds the JMU community to create an environment characterized by a feeling of caring, a commitment to working together and a dedication to learning.”
David Daniel was quoted in an article in The Northern Virginia Daily entitled “Hard Times: Family Struggle” on July 3, 2009. David was also interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education for their article “3 Paths to Better Teaching, and When to Stray From Them” on August 10, 2009.
Joann Hess Grayson was selected by the Library of Virginia to be one of their 2009 honorees for “Virginia Women in History.” As additional information is available at http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwedo/k12/vw/2009/honoree.asp?bio=7
Michael Hall has become President Elect of the Psi Chi National Council. His term begins at the conclusion of the APA/National Council meeting in Toronto in August. Michael’s background (focusing on experience in Psi Chi) and vision for Psi Chi appears at http://www.psichi.org/news/article_407.aspx.
Jessica Irons was recognized at the 2009 JMU Faculty Women’s Caucus’ Spotlight on Scholarship event. This event is designed to recognized exceptional scholarly work by women and stimulate cross disciplinary research in the JMU community.
Ulas Kaplan was a Madison Teaching Fellow for 2008-2009 in a program that focused on General Education.
Bryan Saville was elected to Fellow status in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2 of the American Psychological Association).
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