Widener University in Chester announces that Linda Knauss, professor emerita in the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, has been chosen to receive the 2024 Lifetime Award for Accomplishments in Ethics Education from the American Psychology Association, or APA. 

The prestigious award is presented annually by the APA’s ethics committee to an APA member whose career accomplishments made an indelible impact on ethics education in psychology in the areas of clinical, organizational, school, and applied science. 

Knauss will be honored at the ethics committee’s year-end virtual meeting in December by Sheila G. Young, the 2024 ethics committee chair.

The award recognizes Knauss’ outstanding and innovative contributions to ethics education during her more than four decades of teaching, mentoring, training, research, and education.

Knauss joined Widener’s clinical psychology faculty in 1998.

Before retiring in 2024, Knauss taught a wide variety of courses including ethics and professional issues, assessment techniques and report writing, family therapy, and transitioning to the professional role. 

Throughout her career, Knauss held various leadership roles within the field’s professional organizations.

She is the past president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, or PPA, the Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation, and the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists.

Additionally, she previously served as chair of the APA’s ethics committee and is the former ethics editor for the Society of Personality Assessment Exchange.

Knauss, who is board-certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology, is a celebrated scholar and educator.

Previous awards include Distinguished Contributions to the Science and Profession of Psychology and Distinguished School Psychologist Award by the PPA and Psychologist of the Year by the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists.

Her contributions to the Widener community were recognized with the Outstanding Service Award by the university’s School of Human Service Professions, now known as the College of Health and Human Services. 

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