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Committees & Task Forces

The Society's affairs are administered in part by a number of standing committees with specialized responsibilities. Committee chairs are appointed by the president acting for the Council, and committee membership varies from year to year. The Council alone may create new  committees and disband those no longer needed.

SPSSI also relies on the contributions of "Task Forces", "Social Issues Committees", and "Ad Hoc Committees" for the advancement of our programs and mission.


Please note: The update below is as of 05/26/2026 with more potential updates pending.


 Go to: Award and Grant Selection Committees / Standing Committees and Positions


Award and Grant Selection Committees

 

Action Teaching Program (More):

Mindith Rahmat (Chair)
Veronica Hamilton
Giselle Laiduc
Shiza Shahid

 

Applied Social Issues Internship (More):

Lucybel Mendez
MarYam Hamedani
Shabano Bano
Meesha Falik
 

Clara Mayo Grants (More):

Janice Habarth (Chair)
Hui Zhang

Sylvia Perry
Adam Beam
Abby Folberg

Crosby-Spendlove Student Travel Award:

Emily Gonzalez (Chair)
Abby Stewart
Ronald Pitney
David Nalbone

Distinguished Service to SPSSI:

 Desiree Ryan (Chair)
Margo Monteith
Erika Felix
Chris Crandall
Cathy Sasscer
Sherill Ren

Gordon Allport Prize (More):

TBD (Chair)
Joseph Wellman
Jillian Lauer
Theresa Thorkildsen
Adrienne Carter-Sowell

Grants-In-Aids Award (More):

Irene Frieze (Chair)
Anthony Foster

Chetan Sinha
Neghin Ghavami
Mark Manning

Innovative Teaching Award
Amanda Johnston
Amy Hackney
Catherine Cottrell
Marian Kutsoati
Godwin Umeobi
 

Kurt Lewin Award (More):
 

Harmony Reppond
Shaun Wiley
John Jost
Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir

Louise Kidder Early Career Award (More):

Maureen Craig (Chair)
Katie Edwards
Karla Henriquez
Zina McGee

Michele Alexander
Early Career Award (More):

 

Fade Eadeh (Co-Chair)
Angela Robinson (Co-Chair)
Gerald Higginbotham
Julian Rucker
Benjamin Blankenship

Otto Klineberg Award (More):

Michelle Kaufman (Chair)
Kara Ayers
Patricio Morales
Michele Witting
Sramana Majumdar
Akshay Sharan

 

Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award

Marian Kutsoati
Melissa Bayne
Erin Ellison
Melanie Maimon
 
 

SAGES Grants Program (More)

Rosemary Hays-Thomas (Chair)
Ella Ben Hagai
Nader Hakim

 

SEAS Grants Program

 

Andrea Miller (Co-chair)
Lisa Rosenthal(Co-chair)
Catherine Cottrell
Nathan Cheek
Melissa Marcotte
Heidi Putney
 

Social Issues Dissertation Award (More) 

Lisa Lockhart
Vanessa Hettinger
Darren Bernal
Michelle Kaufman
Dante Junior Solano Silva
Solange Tumasang
 

Teaching Development Grants

 

 TBD (Chair)
Eliezer Schwartz
Kristina Howansky
 

Teaching Resources Award

Chetan Sinha (Chair)
Serdar Degirmencioglu
Brandon Jones
Kimberly Lawrence

Two-Year College Teaching & Mentoring
Excellence Award

TBD (Chair)
Stacey Cooper
Mona Swallow
 

Weiss Lecturer Selection (2023)

Jamie Franco (Chair)
David Caicedo
Susan Opotow
 
 

 Go to: Award and Grant Selection Committees / Standing Committees and Positions


Standing Committees and Positions      

 

APA Program (2026)

Andrew Stewart (Co-Chair)
Aldo Barrita (Co-Chair)

 

Audit and Finance

Alaina Brenick (Chair)
Mary Kite
Darren Bernal
Delia Saenz
Ryan Pickering
Jordan Brown
Anila Balkissoon

Communications

TBD (Chair)
Kala Melchiori
TBD

 

Courtwatch

Cynthia Najdowski
Jennifer Robbennolt
Cynthia Calkins Mercado
Kathy LaFortune
Jon Vallano
 
 

Dalmas A. Taylor Fellowship (More)

2026:
Sam Abbott
Stephanie Reeves
Mikaela Spruill

 

Diversity

Eva Pietri(Co-Chair)
Ahmar Zaman (Co-Chair)
Veronica Acosta
Jessica Cundiff
Laurence French
 
 

Division 9 Liaison to APA,
Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA)

Ahmar Zaman

 

 

Early Career Scholars (More)

Fade Eadeh (Co-Chair)
Angela Robinson (Co-Chair)
Gerald Higginbotham
Julian Rucker
Benjamin Blankenship

 

Fellows Selection Committee (More)

Bonita London (Chair)
Sholpan Kairgali
Orion Mowbray
Nancy Sidun

Graduate Students Committe (More)

Riley Henry (Chair)
Samantha Chambers (Chair-Elect)
Allison Contreras
Lily Born
Britney Jacobs
Laura Pazos
Jay Seibold

International Conference (More)

Colette Van Laar

 

 

Internationalization

Darlingtina Esiaka (Co-Chair)
Özge Savas (Co-Chair)
Jayantika Chakraborty
Priya Rajkumar

 

Marshall Scholar Committee (More)

2026:
Anila Balkissoon
Sam Abbott
Lindsey Yessick
Aarti Iyer

 

 

Membership

Andrea Miller (Co-chair)
Lisa Rosenthal(Co-chair)
Nathan Cheek
Melissa Marcotte
Heidi Putney
JosephWellman
 
 

Membership Minute Listserv Moderator

Sam Abbott

 

New York Regional Group: SPSSI NY (More)

Harold Takooshian

 

 

Nominations and Elections

Heather Bullock (Chair)
Alaina Brenick
Riley Henry
Fade Eadeh
Ahmar Zaman
Anila Balkissoon

 
 

Policy (More)

Sara McClelland(Co-Chair) Courtney Bonam (Co-Chair)

Sam Abbott
jaboa lake
Abbey Mann
Joe Vitriol
Drexler James
Amanda Fanniff

Publications (More)

Luis Rivera (Co-Chair)
Jessica Salvatore (Co-Chair)
Stacey Williams
Jan Yoder
Nicole Overstreet
 

SPSSI 2026 Conference Co-Chairs

Yara Mekawi
Harmony Reppond

SPSSI Administrative Handbook

Heather Bullock

 

SPSSI History Committee

Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill
Angela Ebreo
 
 
 

 

SPSSI Reviewer to the
American Psychology Foundation
Grant Process

 

Darren Bernal

Teaching & Mentoring Committee (More)

Morgan Jerald (Co-chair)
Emily Fisher (Co-chair)
Carolyn Weisz
Azenett Garza
Michele Schlehofer
Angela Bahns
 
 
 

United Nations (More)

David Livert
Harold Cook
Joseph Demeyer
Sheri Levy
David Livert
Corann Okorodudu
Rachel Quintas
Elizabeth Zick
David Caicedo
Khadija Salim
 

Interns:
Annie Vu
Yuanruo Xu
Meroona Gopang


 


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