Saturday, April 10, 2010

AWARDS: Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging

REMINDER:  Announcement of New Award and Call for Nominations: Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging

Sponsored by Division 35 of the American Psychological Association, Society for the Psychology of Women

The Society for the Psychology of Women announces a new award initiated by Division 35’s Committee on Women and Aging, in honor of Dr. Florence L. Denmark for her tireless work over many years on both gender and aging issues. The new award is the Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging, and its purpose is to recognize scholarly or public policy accomplishments, or both, in the area of women and aging.

Award and Nomination Details

The awardee will receive a plaque and be recognized at Division 35’s Awards Ceremony during the 2010 APA convention in San Diego, CA.

Nominations should include:

       a letter of nomination,

       a 500-word statement describing the nominee’s contributions to scholarship or public policy, or both, on women and aging, and

       the nominee’s current CV.

The nomination may also include letters of support. Self-nominations are acceptable.

The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2010. Please submit nominations/self-nominations and materials via e-mail as Word or PDF attachments to: Jamila Bookwala, Ph.D., Chair, Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging, <bookwalj@lafayette.edu>

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Jamila Bookwala, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
305 Oechsle Hall
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 18042

610-330-5285 (voice)
610-330-5349 (fax)
bookwalj@lafayette.edu (electronic)
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~bookwalj (webpage)