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University of Georgia College of Education alumna Sharon G. Horne, now an associate professor in counseling and school psychology at the University of Massachusetts -Boston, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award.

The Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust was established in 2008 under the will of Gail McKnight Beckman to honor her mother, who was an educator, renowned author, and pioneer in the field of psychology. She was one of the first female psychology professors at Columbia University and also taught at the University of Pennsylvania. She authored nine books and textbooks about child and adolescent psychology. She was a champion of gender equality and an advocate for the advancement of women in academia. Wells Fargo Bank serves as the trustee.

The Beckman Award was created to benefit teachers who have inspired their former students to make a difference in their communities. The award is given to current or former academic faculty members who have inspired their former students to “create an organization, concept, or organization which has demonstrably conferred a benefit on the community at large” or “establish on a lasting basis a concept, procedure, or movement of comparable benefit to the community at large.”

Horne (Ph.D.’98, MEd ‘94) was recognized for inspiring her former doctoral student, Mary C. Burke, Ph.D., now director of training for the Counseling Psychology Program at Carlow University, to make a significant difference in the community. Burke collaboratively founded and directs the Project to End Human Trafficking. This United States-based non-profit group works regionally, nationally and internationally to raise awareness about the enslavement and economic exploitation of human beings.

Horne, graduate program director of the Ph.D. program in counseling psychology at UMass-Boston, conducts research on LGBT issues and international psychology concerns.

She was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2008 in International Psychology and in 2011 through the Society of Counseling Psychology. She received the Denmark-Reuder Award for International Gender Research from the American Psychological Association’s Division of International Psychology in 2007 for her work to shed light on cross-cultural factors that affect women and in furthering the condition of women across borders.

Horne earned a doctorate in counseling psychology and a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from UGA. She is the daughter of UGA Distinguished Research Professor and Dean of the College of Education Andy Horne.

Horne will receive the award in an evening ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 at The Carter Center in Atlanta.