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The Second Annual Division of Student Awards: Leadership, Research, and Service
The Asian American Psychological Association Division of Students (AAPA DoS) is very pleased to announce the second annual Division of Student Awards. These are different from the awards offered through AAPA for travel and dissertations. Similar to last year, three awards (Leadership, Research, and Service) will be given this year at the Toronto conference in the form of $100 along with an Award Certificate.
Eligibility:
· AAPA students can either nominate themselves or be nominated by an AAPA member
· Candidates must be enrolled full time in good standing at an accredited university
· Preference will be given to those who have demonstrated experiences in working with Asian American populations
Application:
· Cover letter addressing the relevance of their experience to the award for which they intend to apply
· 2-page curriculum vitae
· 1 reference letter e-mailed directly to the DoS Awards Committee
· DEADLINE for all applications is May 31st, 2009
· All application materials and supporting documents need to be e-mailed to Michelle Wang (ywang@wi.edu) or Judy Tan (judy.tan@uconn.edu).
Leadership Award: This will be awarded to the student who demonstrates excellent experiences in guiding, coaching, influencing, recruiting, retaining and/or enhancing the training of Asian American students on/off campus, and/or the student who shows excellent experiences in Asian American students' program/organization development and leadership in order to enhance the voice of Asian American students on/off campus
Research Award: This will be awarded to the student who demonstrates outstanding research that will enhance the psychological and social understanding of Asian American issues; who develops a program that improves the psychological service-delivery to Asian American groups; who has developed original concepts/theories relevant to Asian Americans, and/or the student who has developed methodological paradigms that promote effective research and understanding of Asian American communities.
The research award also encourages undergraduate research projects or any type of student initiated research. Graduate thesis or dissertations are excluded for this award. Applicants should also submit their research proposal or completed project along with the application materials described above.
Service Award: This award is for the student who demonstrates extensive experiences and commitment in working with an Asian American community, preferably an underserved population, to promote the mental health and psychological understanding of that group.
Please address questions relating to the DoS Awards to DoS co-chairs Judy Tan (judy.tan@uconn.edu) or Michelle Wang, (ywang@wi.edu).