Student Poster Award Winners
Grace Jhe, for her poster, "The Protective Effect of Kinship Support on the Adjustment of Youth in Foster Care" (Co-authors: Scott Leon & Anne Fuller), Loyola University Chicago
Section on Child Maltreatment:
Mara Gustafson, MA, for her poster, “Predictors of Caregiver Engagement in Family Preservation Services over Time” (Co-authors Zoran Martinovich, PhD, and Neil Jordan, PhD), Mental Health Services and Policy Program, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Early Career Psychologist Research Grant
Cynthia Najdowski, PhD, for her project, “Superpredators or Wayward Youths? Effects of Race and Gender on Stereotypes for Juvenile Offenders,” assistant professor, School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany
Early Career Psychologist Service Award
Maggie Stevenson, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Evansville
Honorable Mention
Sangeeta Parikshak, PhD, SRCD Executive Branch Fellow, Administration for Children and Families
Diane J. Willis Early Career Award
Jonathan S. Comer, PhD, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry; director, Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) program, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University
Presentation: “Using Technology to Expand the Quality, Scope and Reach of Children's Mental Health Care”
Nicholas Hobbs Award
Sandra Graham-Bermann, PhD, professor of clinical psychology and women's studies, University of Michigan
Presentation: “Group Intervention With Children Exposed to Family Violence: Using Hobbs' Twelve Principles”
Child Advocacy Award
Donald J. Hernandez, PhD, professor of sociology , Hunter College
Presentation: “Child Well-Being Disparities in 21st Century America”
Special Thanks
The executive committee wishes to acknowledge Cynthia Najdowski, PhD, and her students in the course, “Children, Psychology and the Law” at the State University of New York at Albany for their class grant fund donation to the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice.