The Section on Child Maltreatment Dissertation Award

The Section on Child Maltreatment awards a $400 grant to one successful graduate student applicant to assist with expenses in conducting dissertation research on the topic of child maltreatment. The award includes a one-year membership in the Section on Child Maltreatment.

Applicants should be graduate students who are preparing to conduct their dissertations. Applicants need not be current members of the Section on Child Maltreatment.

Applicants should submit the following:

1. A letter of interest, indicating how the applicant would use the award funds toward the completion of the dissertation research.
2. A 100-word abstract.
3. A proposal of the research to be conducted, not to exceed five double-spaced pages (including tables, references, etc.).

Please submit applications by May 1 to Jennifer Kaminski, past president, Section on Child Maltreatment.

2019

2017

Lindsay Huffhines, University of Kansas, "Childhood Adversity and Systemic Inflammation in Youth Foster Care: The Role of Family Cohesion"

2015

Samantha Brown, University of Denver, "A Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Improve Family Functioning Among Child Welfare-Involved Families with Substance Use"

2014

Helen Milojecich, University of California, Irvine, "The Role of Maltreatment on Adolescents’ Development of Emotional Competence"

2013

Deborah Alley, University of California, Davis, "Priming a Sexual Stereotype: Influences on Adults’ Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse Victims"

2012

Jessica Dym Bartlett, Tufts University, "Young Mothers, Infant Neglect, and Discontinuities in Intergenerational Cycles of Maltreatment"

2011

Angelique Day, Western Michigan University, "An Examination of Post-Secondary Educational Access, Retention, and Success of Foster Care Youth"

2010

Julie Laura Cohen, University of Arizona, "Enhancing Retention of Foster Parents: The Role of Motivational Interviewing"

2008

Tisha Wiley, University of Illinois at Chicago, "The Effects of Child Maltreatment and Environmental Stability on Children’s Trajectories of Aggressive Behavior"

2006

Stephanie Block, University of California, Davis, "Developmental and Individual Differences in DRM Memory”

2004

Shadi Houshyar, Yale University, "Resilience in Maltreated Children"

2003

David Zielinski, Cornell University,"Child Maltreatment and Adult Socioeconomic Outcomes: The Meditational Role of Psychopathology"

2002

Amanda Schweder, Yale University, "Behavior Problems in Maltreated Children Removed from their Homes: Risk and Protective Factors"

2001

Nicole E. Marcus, University of Miami