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Call for Committee Members: APA Division 16 Women in Psychology Committee

Nov 16, 2023 | All

The Committee on Women in School Psychology seeks to facilitate awareness of issues relevant to women and school psychology. A major purpose of the Committee is to facilitate a process of enrichment by mainstreaming research and theory from the psychology of women with school psychology and, further by developing a literature to gender and the profession and practice of School Psychology. In addition, the Committee will provide a means of increasing awareness and raising issues relevant to sex, gender, and School Psychology. Members are encouraged to serve as liaisons with other divisions or collaborate related to related initiatives. Some current examples include reproductive rights and gender-affirming care.

The goals of the Committee include:

  1. Continue to pursue and organize special topical issues for professional journals on women in School Psychology.
  2. Liaison with APA’s Committee on Women in Psychology.
  3. Utilize the Division’s Newsletter, The School Psychologist, to promote the interest of women in school psychology and to increase their active participation in School Psychology.

The Committee has a chairperson and five additional members. The Chairperson is appointed by the Vice President for Social and Ethical Responsibility and Ethnic Minority Affairs for a three-year-term. The committee should include 5 additional individuals who will serve for a three-year term. An individual may serve no more than 2 consecutive terms. When a committee member resigns or rotates off of the committee, the chairperson, in collaboration with the VP-SEREMA, will identify a new committee member. The committee welcomes student and members from different work or practice settings. The time commitment varies and is associated with the number of committee initiatives, time for deliberation on matters related to the committee and consensus development on projects or new initiatives. Early career faculty highly are encouraged to apply.

The Committee shares common concerns and maintains liaison with the Committee on Women in Psychology within the APA.

If you are interested, please email Jorge E. Gonzalez, Division 16 Vice President for Social and Ethical Responsibilities and Ethnic Minority Affairs (SEREMA) at jegonz24@central.uh.edu The deadline for application is December 8, 2023.