Welcome to the Division 19 Student Affairs Committee website! 
Our organization strives to uphold Division 19 mission and values, as well as promote student awareness, competence, scholarship, and community engagement in military psychology.
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​​New Announcements 

Interested in military psychology? The Society for Military Psychology (APA Division 19) is opening up their "Discussion" listserv to anyone interested. If you have questions about best practices in clinical care, military-related research, leadership development, education, or just about anything else to do with military service members or veterans, then sign up here: http://lists.apa.org/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=DIV19DISC. No obligation, membership, or fees required!

Upcoming Opportunities

15 MAR: Moral Injury with Dr. Shira Maguen
​Division 19 Webinar Series 
1900 - 2000 EST

Dissertation Karma  

Processing Grief study - Frank Carr
My name is Francis Carr and I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Counseling Psychology at Ball State University. I am writing to invite you to participate in my research study about how military service members and veterans process grief. You're eligible to be in this study if you are an active duty member, National Guard, Reservist or veteran of the United States Military and you know someone who has died within the past two years.  If you decide to participate in this study, you will answer a series of questionnaires assessing demographic information, attitudes, preferences, and grief understanding. Answering these questions should take approximately 20 minutes of your time.  For participating you could win one of eight $25 Visa gift cards.  This study has received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval through Ball State University (IRB #1219661-2). If you would like to participate in this voluntary study, please click https://bsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6VbNO9J3V5TFMvH.

Sincerely,
Frank Carr
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Counseling Psychology
Ball State University


Help Seeking in military personnel study - Samantha Daruwala
My name is Samantha Daruwala and I am a second year graduate student at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). I am principal investigator for my thesis study recruiting active duty military personnel to voluntarily take part in my thesis study, titled “Help Seeking in Military Personnel” (faculty advisor: Dr. Mike Anestis). The main purpose of the study is to examine how various experiences and factors influence help seeking for suicidal thoughts and emotional or personal problems in military personnel. The study was IRB-approved on January 7th, 2019 by USM’s School of Psychology in Hattiesburg, MS (irb@usm.edu; (601) 266-5997).
Participants are asked to take a 30-60 minute online anonymous survey about their beliefs, experiences, prior suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and willingness to seek help from a variety of military-specific sources. No identifying information will be collected to ensure participants’ confidentiality. All data will be stored on a secure, password-protected computer.
 
Inclusion Criteria: All participants must be at least 18 years of age, able to speak and read English, and currently be Active Duty U.S. military personnel. Given that we will be recruiting on a volunteer basis, we aim to recruit up to 500 individuals (250 male, 250 female). Although this study asks about suicidal ideation, participants do not need to have suicide-related experiences to participate.
 
Risks: This study asks about past suicidal ideation and behavior. Although research has consistently indicated that such questions do not induce risk, the possibility of minor and transient increases in negative emotions remains. To minimize risk, all participants will be provided with a list of mental health resources available to active duty military personnel
With your help, we hope to help develop a clearer picture about how we can better promote help seeking and prevent suicide in service members and their loved ones. The survey can be found at: https://usmep.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cCsg7r9SONqcPSR. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns atSamantha.daruwala@usm.edu.
 
Samantha Daruwala, M.P.S.
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student
University of Southern Mississippi

Women's Military Experience study - Sierra Kelsey Dimberg
My name is Sierra Dimberg and I am a doctoral candidate at Arizona State University. I am conducting this study for my dissertation under the direction of Dr. Lisa Spanierman.  We are interested in learning more about women’s experiences in the U.S. military across various branches. Specifically, we are interested in your experiences, attitudes, and feelings as a woman in a branch of the military. We value and appreciate your service to our country and hope that you will be willing to spend a few minutes to share your perspectives in this study. You will be entered to win 1/36 $25 Amazon gift cards and a chance to vote on which women’s veterans organization will get a donation of $100!!

We are contacting you to help us with the survey. The online survey should take no more than 20 minutes to complete. 

Your identity will remain anonymous and findings cannot be linked to any particular person or demographic location.  Although we will ask for general information (e.g., years in service, branch of service, and deployment status), we will not link your data to any particular command.

This study has been approved by the ASU IRB (STUDY00009377).We truly appreciate your consideration of this request.  If you are willing to send this to other active duty military women, you need only to forward this email; the link to the survey is provided below.

If you are an active duty female service member willing to participate in this survey, please click on the following link (you can also copy and paste the link to your web browser):   https://asu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9AcC99Hew0ptyvj

Respectfully requested, 
Sierra Kelsey Dimberg, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate, Counseling & Counseling Psychology

Lisa Spanierman, PhD
Faculty Head & Professor, Counseling & Counseling Psychology
Arizona State University


Mothers' Reintegration study - Lindsey Sweitzer
My name is Lindsey Sweitzer and I am a doctoral candidate at William James College and a U.S. Army Reserve Officer in the Medical Service Corps. I am currently working on my doctoral research project which seeks to examine factors that influence military mothers’ experience of reintegration with their families following a deployment. There is limited information on female or mothers’ experiences of reintegration, which is critical for identifying interventions and resources for supporting these women in the process of reunion with their families. 
 
Interested participants should meet the following enrollment criteria:
 - Be currently serving, or have previously served in, the United States Army Reserve (USAR) or Army National Guard (ARNG) 
 - Have had at least one deployment between the years of 2001 and 2018 
 - Have been the mother of a child or children under the age of 18 during one or more maternal military deployments 
 - Have been at home with her family for a minimum of 6 months upon return from deployment 
 
Participants who complete the survey will be compensated a $20 Amazon Egift Card.
 
If you, or anyone you know, are interested in participating in this research study and meet the above criteria, please go to the following link: https://williamjames.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6JZgaY4SlXG9r0x  
or visit “Family Reintegration Study” page on Facebook. Participants will be asked to fill out a confidential, brief, online questionnaire. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the researcher at lindsey_sweitzer@williamjames.edu. Thank you for your time and consideration.
 
Respectfully,
Lindsey Sweitzer, M.A.
Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology, William James College
1LT, MSC, U.S. Army Reserve 


Interested in having your research study posted here? Email us at div19studentrep@gmail.com to have your study circulated on our email blasts and posted to our website!

Past Announcements
08 FEB: Hypnosis with Veterans and Military Personnel with Dr. David Spiegel

29 JAN: 2019 CDP Summer Institute Application Deadline

​15 JAN: Blueprints for Suicide Treatment in the Military
1200 - 1330 EST

​23 OCT - 24 OCT - 3rd Annual San Antonio Combat Conference

23 MAY - A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Management of Pain and Opioid Misuse Prevention

17 MAY - Mindfulness in the Military

16 MAY - Facilitating a Multidisciplinary, Culturally-Informed Response to Interpersonal Violence and Anger

09 MAY - Trauma Informed Care: Empowering Warriors to Promote Recovery

02 MAY - Moral Injury: Healing the Spiritual Wounds of War

9 APR - 14 MAY - Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Acute Management, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation

25 APR  - Sleep Disorder Care in the Military

21 MAR - MTBI in Adults - Pathophysiology, Clinical Recovery, and Intervention with 'Complex Cases'

8 MAR - Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center: A Quarter Century of Advancements in Clinical Practice

6 FEB - NYC PE Training

13 FEB - Military and Veteran Couples: Elements of the Assessment Process

20 FEB - Military and Veteran Couples: Evidenced-Based Approaches to Treatment

22 FEB - Promoting Meaningful Reflections about Race, Inclusion and Equity in Learning Environments

27 FEB - An Intervention Model for Working with Military Couples Who Have Experienced Infidelity

13 JAN - Applications due for Military Suicide Research Consortium Pre-Conference Research Day

22 JAN - Applications due for the 2018 CDP Military Psychology Summer Institute

22 JAN- 2018 Military Psychology Summer Institute  

28 JAN -Waco VA Medical Center Postdoctoral Fellowship

​​​Stay Division 19!​
You can renew your membership online now for 2018. Memberships are from January to December. Student Affiliates dues are just $10. If you are a Student Affiliate that graduated this year, you can now renew membership as a Full Member, Associate, or Professional Affiliate.

​​Frequently Asked Questions


How do I represent Division 19 on my campus?
Are there any funding opportunities for research or to cover travel expenses to the next APA Convention?
I need help finding military-related research and training opportunities, where should I go?
Can you help with recruiting participants for my study?
Can I use your listserv to recruit research participants?
Are there any jobs or internships dealing with the military that are available to me?
Looking for a job or an internship? Please send your CV and a general cover letter stating your desired position to div19studentrep@gmail.com in order for us to post it on our Student CVs page for potential employers to view!

To help Military Researchers in their recruitment for participants, please visit our Research Recruitment page.

For more upcoming training opportunities, visit our Training Resources page.

​2019 Student Affairs Committee

Jourdin Watkins Navarro, Chair
Doctoral Student
Behavioral Sciences Department
 Midwestern University 
19555 N 59th Ave
Glendale, AZ 85308

Ethan Bannar, Chair-Select
​Doctoral Student
University of Denver
2540 South Vine Street
Denver, CO 80210

Kelsi Rugo, Past Chair
Doctoral Student
Department of Psychology
The University of Utah
201 President's Circle
Salt Lake City, UT, 84112

Contact Us: div19studentrep@gmail.com