Expert On Single-Child Families Wins Lifetime Achievement Award - August 21, 2007
Dr. Toni Falbo
Dr. Toni Falbo, a professor of educational psychology in The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education, has been honored with the Newman-Proshansky Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Population Psychology. The award was presented on Aug. 19 in San Francisco at the annual American Psychological Association (APA) convention.
The Newman-Proshansky Prize was created by the Population and Environmental Psychology Division of the APA and is awarded to a scholar who has made exceptional, long-term contributions in population psychology and/or environmental psychology. Population psychology addresses the psychological effects of population on the individual, addressing specific concerns such as family size, HIV/AIDS, the impact of rapid population growth and teen pregnancy.
Falbo is only the second recipient of the Newman-Proshansky Prize.
Known internationally for her research on single-child families, Falbo has received worldwide media coverage and citations for her expertise in this area. Expanding on this theme, she currently is engaged in a research project on sibling effects, looking at social and academic outcomes such as self-esteem, academic achievement and the decision to attend college.
Falbo also has produced scholarship on the role of schools and families on education and lifespan transitions, Latino graduation rates and school reform in the U.S., with a focus on the relationship between parent satisfaction and school choice. In conducting many of her studies, she has gathered and analyzed population data from China, Guatemala and Korea, as well as the U.S.
Falbo has been president of the Population and Environmental Psychology Division of the APA, president of the Southwestern Psychological Association and a Fellow of three divisions of the APA. In addition to the College of Education, Falbo also is a faculty member in The University of Texas at Austin’s Population Research Center.
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