2022 APSAC Award Winners
(Work completed in 2021)
Mark Chaffin Research Career Achievement
This award recognizes an APSAC member who has made repeated significant and outstanding contributions to research on child maltreatment over his or her career.
Andrea Sedlak, PhD
Vice President, Westat
Nominator: Theodore Cross, PhD
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes a member for outstanding contributions to the field of child maltreatment and to the advancement of APSAC's goals.
Kathleen Faller, PhD, ACSW
Marion Elizabeth Blue Endowed Professor
Emerita of Children and Families in the School of Social Work
Director, Family Assessment Clinic University of Michigan
Nominator: David L. Corwin, MD
Outstanding Frontline Professional
This award recognizes a front-line professional (e.g. child protection worker, law enforcement personnel, mental health counselor or medical professional) who demonstrates extraordinary dedication and skill in his or her direct care efforts on behalf of children and families.
Angela Essenburg, PhD.
Forensic Interviewer, Voices for Children Advocacy Center
Nominator: Claudnyse D. Holloman, Esq.
APSAC Prevention Award
This Award recognizes a practitioner or researcher, an agency, or an institution that has made outstanding contributions to the field of prevention of child maltreatment and to the advancement of APSAC’s goals.
Melissa Medrrick, PhD
President & CEO, Prevent Child Abuse America
Nominator: Bart Klika, PhD, MSW
Lolita McDavid, MD, MPA
Medical Director, Child Advocacy and Protection, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Nominator: Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd
Child Maltreatment Article of the Year
This award is presented in recognition of the very best article, as selected by the editorial staff, which appears in Child Maltreatment.
Isha Metzger, PhD, LPC; Riana Elyse Anderson, PhD, LPC; Funlola Are, PhD; Tiarney Ritchwood, PhD
The Cumulative Prevalence of Termination of Parental Rights for U.S. Children 2006-2016
Nominator: Child Maltreatment Editorial Board
Outstanding Media Coverage
This award recognizes newsprint, broadcast journalism, or media coverage of child maltreatment issues which shows exceptional knowledge, insight and sensitivity.
Joshua Overbay, MFA & Andi Mortenlander, MFA
Justice Film Collective
Spare the Child - Producer
Nominator: Darrell Armstrong, EdS-MFT, MDiv, DDiv
Outstanding Service in the Advancement of Cultural Competency in Child Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention
This Award recognizes an individual, organization or agency that has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of cultural competency in child maltreatment prevention and intervention.
Corey B. Best
Founder, Mining for Gold
Racial Justice Coach for seven Early Learning Coalitions across Central Florida
Nominator: Morgan Cooley, PhD, LCSW
Joyce Thomas, RN, MPH, PNP, FAAN
Co-Founder & President, Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc. of Washington DC
Nominator: Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd
Outstanding Service to APSAC
This award recognizes a member who has made substantial contributions to APSAC through leadership and service to the Society.
Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd
APSAC President
Co-Founder, The UP Institute
Executive Director, UP for Champions
Nominator: Ernestine C. Briggs-King, PhD & Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, MJ, MSW
