Student of the Year Award
Honors an undergraduate of graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance, counseling practice, or research pertaining to boys, adolescent males, men, or masculinities.
Eligibility
Nominees should be a student member of SPSMM, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and be involved counseling practice or research pertaining to masculinities. Nomination materials should be accompanied by two letters of recommendation from two professors within the nominee's academic department.
How to Apply
A cover letter detailing the award and the person being nominated
Two letters of support from professors in the student’s academic department
The nominee's vita
A phone number where the nominated person can be reached (can be included in the cover letter)
Past Recipients
Karley Richard
Shana Pryor, M.A.
William Costello
2025 Winner: Callie Elizabeth Mims
Callie is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the University of South Alabama's Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program. Her clinical and research interests focus on how gender roles and perceptions of masculinity/femininity impact individual well-being and experiences of mental illness, particularly issues of body image and disordered eating in men and boys. Currently, Callie is completing her dissertation, which explores how gender role threats impact men's and women's food choices, while working as a clinical fellow at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in treating trans and gender diverse youth as well as adults with opioid use disorder. Callie's strong interest in gender roles has heavily influenced both her clinical work and her research, and has contributed to her continued involvement in Division 51, including serving as Division 51's Digital Content Manager and Chair of Division 51's APA conference programming from 2022-2024. At this year's conference, she is presenting a symposium on men's disordered eating, and has recently begun work to represent the Division in Washington, D.C., through the Eating Disorder Coalition, advocating for policy reforms and increased awareness of men's body image concerns.
