Back on October 25, 1984 at Fordham University, the very first gathering of the SPSSI New York regional group (SPSSI-NY) heard legendary SPSSI co-founder Otto Klineberg graphically recount how “we formed SPSSI on September 1, 1936, on a warm summer evening during the APA meeting at Dartmouth College.”  Since 1984, SPSSI-NY has continuously hosted at least 10-20 diverse activities each year for its 400 members in the greater New York region. Some of these are described online at www.spssi.org/ny.

In spring of 2025, SPSSI-NY hosted 14 diverse activities, featuring a total of 46 experts relating psychological science to a variety of issues. Five of these focused on career preparation for students, featuring experts in I-O and applied psychology: Ethan L. Chazin, Kevin Moncayo, Joshia Feinberg, Jamilla Perez-Hosein, George D. Stokes, Brittany Perez, Nathalie Fineus, Yashawini Kataria, Anqi Zhang. 

On April 24, SPSSI cosponsored the 18^th Psychology Day at the United Nations, a webinar where at least 722 people in 73 nations heard seven speakers describe their research on global issues. Video: https://youtu.be/mXgtqG9fRoY

On April 25, SPSSI cosponsored a forum on genocide prevention at the United Nations, with six presenters: Ani Kalayjin, Harold Takooshian, Jean Ford, Eugenie Mukeshimana, Stephanie Fagan-Jones, Lee Tombulian.  Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tmXucmPQsA

On May 3, at the 53^rd Hunter College Psychology Convention, many students were drawn to a one-hour SPSSI panel on “How important are mentors in psychology?” This featured 9 noted mentors describing their own mentor: Leonard Davidman, Debbie Joffe Ellis, Laura Egan, Ani Kalayjian, Dinesh Sharma, Carolyn M. Springer, George D. Stokes, Harold Takooshian, Eugen Tarnow.  SPSSI again gifted a large cake to the Hunter Convention, and five student officers of the Hunter College Psychology Collective joined SPSSI after learning of its work.  

On May 14, the psychology faculty at Fordham University gave SPSSI a shout-out, as department Chair Peggy Andover hosted a presentation on 50 years of psychology activities at Fordham.

For fall of 2025, SPSSI-NY continues to cooperate with the SPSSI team at the United Nations, and welcomes suggestions and hosts for its regional activities. Contact Harold at takoosh@aol.com 

On 5/3/2025 at Hunter College, students join 9 mentors at the SPSSI panel on “How important are mentors ion psychology?

On 5/14/2025, Fordham psychology faculty saluted the SPSSI-NY regional group for its 41 years of activities.

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