Arunya Tuicomepee, assistant professor of Psychology at Chulalongkorn YUniversity, Bangkok, and John Romano, professor in Educational Psychology, were co-recipients of the American Counseling Association 2009 Research Award. The award, which was presented at the Association's annual convention, was given in recognition of the paper, ""Thai Adolescent Survivors 1 year after the 2004 Tsunami: A Mixed Methods Study"" which appeared in the July 2008, Journal of Counseling Psychology. This paper was based on Dr. Tuicomepee's doctoral dissertation under the direction of Romano.The University, CEHD, and Educational Psychology all have institutional partnerships with Chulalongkorn University.