Community Psychological Services Director and professor of psychology Scott Gustafson, Ph.D., ABPP, has been awarded the 2025 Jean Spruill Award from the Association of Psychology Training Clinics (APTC).
The award, named for a founding member of the association, honors an individual who demonstrates longstanding, active involvement in APTC, commitment to excellence in training, and dedication to innovative and best practices in doctoral training clinics. It was presented in March at the 2026 APTC Conference in Plano, Texas.
Gustafson, an APTC past president, was recognized for his excellence and innovation in training practices and administrative procedures, his integration of research and practitioner training, and his years of outstanding service and leadership to APTC.
“This is a great honor, and I appreciate his efforts in supporting our students and providing high-quality training. Dr. Gustafson’s work illustrates the close connection our faculty at Florida Tech have with our students,” Provost John Z. Kiss said in an email.
Lisa Steelman, professor and interim dean of the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts, said the award is more than merited by Gustafson’s outstanding work.
“This is very well-deserved national recognition for your work and commitment to student training,” she said in an email. “Community CPS is firing on all cylinders – and thus providing exceptional training to our clinical students – due to your hard work.”
The Association of Psychology Training Clinics is a national organization for directors of over 215 clinics in the U.S., Canada and Guatemala. Its members are directors of clinics that are typically associated with pre-doctoral graduate training programs in professional psychology clinical, community, counseling, clinical child and school psychology at regionally accredited universities. The organization’s mission is to support and represent the interests of its member directors and their clinics.
Gustafson has been recognized closer to home, as well.
In 2023, he received the Clinical Faculty of the Year Award from matriculating students of the Psy.D. Clinical Psychology program for his role as an “outstanding professor, advisor and mentor.”
