Caskie Research Award
The Polly Caskie Memorial Research Fund was established in 2001 by the Florida Family Research Network to honor Dr. Caskie and her contributions to the development of Bowen theory and its applications.
Polly was a founding member and president of the Florida Network from 1995 to 2001. Her colleagues made an initial investment to begin the fund to recognize her achievements and to provide the opportunity for others to further the legacy of her inquiring mind and hard work.
An annual award of $1,000 to support an important research effort in Bowen theory is made each year. The Florida Family Research Network has asked the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family to administer the fund.
The Bowen Center is pleased to have the opportunity to honor Polly in this way. The Caskie Research Fund serves as a tribute to Polly and as an investment in the future of Bowen theory. The awards are funded by donations from those interested in contributing to research that will develop and extend Bowen theory and its applications.
To contribute to the fund, please contact The Bowen Center.
Award Recipients
2024
Development of a Family Diagram Application which Facilitates the Study of a Family's Emotional Process
Patrick Stinson, PsyD
Anchorage, Alaska
The Origins of Family Systems Theory: Murray Bowen’s Early Work at the Menninger Clinic
Catherine M. Rakow, MSW, ACSW
Pittsuburgh, PA
2022
Development of the Project Hope Manual for Parents Struggling to Effectively Manage Themselves with a Symptomatic Child or Adolescent
Jenny Brown, PhD
Sydney, Australia
2020
No award given
2019
Family Emotional Process and Chronic Illness
Eileen Gottlieb, MEd, LMFT
Delray, FL
2018
Thirty Five Years of Leadership in Research Thinking at the Bowen Center
Daniel V. Papero, PhD, MSSW
Hedgesville, WV
2017
A Study of Weight Loss as a Model for Clinical Research Based on Bowen Theory
Laura Havstad, PhD
Sebastopol, CA
2016
Factors Contributing to Variation in Nuclear Family Functioning
Phillip G. Klever, MSW
Kansas City, MO
2015
Observations of Change Project: Evaluating Changes While Working on Differentiation of Self
Victoria Harrison, MA
Houston, Texas
2014
Alzheimer’s Disease and the Family Emotional Process
Mignonette N. Keller, PhD
Columbia, Maryland
2013
The Neurobiology of Family Relationship Processes
Margaret Donley, MSW
Prairie Village, Kansas
2012
Forty Years of Scientific Inquiry
Michael E. Kerr, MD
Islesboro, Maine
2011
The Use of Language in Bowen Theory
Randall T. Frost, MDiv
Vancouver, British Columbia
2010
Bowen’s NIMH Project and the Beginning of Family Psychotherapy
John F. Butler, PhD
Wichita Falls, Texas
2009
The Study of the Adoptive Family as an Emotional Unit
Laura Brooks, MSW
Columbia, Maryland
2008
Research on Variation in Adaptiveness of Harvester Ant Colony Behavior Through Multiple Generations
LeAnn Howard, MSW, MA
Fairway, Kansas
2007
Growing Apart: Emotional Separation of Chimpanzee Mothers and Infants and Its Impact on Adult Functioning
Kathleen B. Kerr, MSN, MA
Washington, DC
2006
Variation in the Effects of Childhood Adversity on Later Development with a Special Interest in the Contribution of Relationships
Cynthia Larkby, PhD
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2005
How Reactivity in Family Relationships Influences Health and Reproduction
Victoria Harrison, MA
Houston, Texas
2004
The Bowen Archives: Cataloguing the Records of the NIMH Research Project to Learn How Bowen Theory Developed
Catherine M. Rakow, MSW
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2003
Family Variables Influencing Individual Differences in Stress Reactivity in Children
Robert J. Noone, PhD
Chicago, Illinois
2002
Family History Database Project: Collecting Multigenerational Family Histories to Clarify How Emotional Process Influences Functioning
The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family
Washington, DC