title: Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Faye Z. Belgrave.
abstract: The APA Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. The 2016 recipient of the Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest is Faye Z. Belgrave. She was selected for her "extensive service contributions to her profession, her university, and the community," evidenced in her "focused research agenda that informs and shapes her teaching, her mentoring, and the community programs, workshops, and trainings she has designed." Dr. Belgrave's award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here. (PsycINFO Database Record
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