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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 12/13/2024 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):

Emily Leskinen (Chair)
Ben Blankenship
Rosemary Hays-Thomas

Minda Rahmat

Danielle Dickens

 

Applied Social Issues Internship (More):

Sadia Malik (Chair)
Lucybel Mendez
MarYam Hamedani

Clara Mayo Grants (More):

Anthony Foster (Chair)
Sadia Malik
Janice Habarth

Sylvia Perry (Starts Spring 2025)
Abby Folberg (Starts Spring 2025)

Crosby-Spendlove Conference Travel Grant:

Abby Stewart (Chair)
Franki Kung
Emily Gonzalez

Distinguished Service to SPSSI:

 
TBD (Chair)
Erika Felix
Margo Monteith
Chris Crandall
Cathy Sasscer
 
 

Gordon Allport Prize (More):

Eric Hehman (Chair)
Andrew Stewart
Joseph Wellman
Jillian Lauer
Theresa Thorkildsen
Adrienne Carter-Sowell

Grants-In-Aids Award (More):

Madison Silverstein (Chair)
Stacey Horn
Chetan Sinha
Jason Cantone
Irene Frieze (Starting Spring 2025)
Mark Manning (Starting Spring 2025)

Innovative Teaching Award
Gabriela Carrasco
Jamie Hughes
Amanda Johnston
 

Kurt Lewin Award (More):

Denise Sekaquaptewa (Chair)
Alyssa Zucker
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):

 

Sohad Murrar (Chair)
Angela Robinson
Gerald Higginbotham
Julian Rucker
Benjamin Blankenship

Otto Klineberg Award (More):

Michelle Kaufman (Chair)
Kara Ayers
Nader Hakim
Patricio Morales
Michele Witting

 

Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award

Amy Hackney
Catherine Cottrell
Marian Kutsoati
Jeanetta Williams
Jessica Cundiff
 

SAGES Grants Program (More)

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

 

SEAS Grants Program

 

Leah Warner (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
 

Teaching Development Grants

 

Eliezer Schwartz
Kristina Howansky
 

Teaching Resources Award

Chetan Sinha (Chair)
Serdar Degirmencioglu
Brandon Jones
Kimberly Lawrence

Two-Year College Teaching & Mentoring
Excellence Award

Emily Leskinen
Jose Hugo Vargas
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 (2023)

Penelope Asay (Co-Chair)
Anthony Foster (Co-Chair)

 

Audit and Finance

Alaina Brenick (Chair)
Ryan Pickering
Delia Saenz
Anila Balkissoon
TBD

 

Communications

TBD (Chair)
Ashley Votruba
Courtney Bonam
Alyssa Zucker
TBD

 

Courtwatch

Cynthia Najdowski
Jennifer Robbennolt
Cynthia Calkins Mercado
Kathy LaFortune
Jon Vallano
 
 

Dalmas A. Taylor Fellowship (More)

2024:
Sam Abbott
Stephanie Reeves
Gina Roussos
Chelsea Crittle

 

 

Diversity

David Caicedo (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)


Sohad Murrar (Co-Chair)
Angela Robinson
Gerald Higginbotham
Julian Rucker
Benjamin Blankenship

 

Fellows Selection Committee (More)

Bonita London (Chair)
Sholpan Kairgali
Shannon Mintze

 

Graduate Students Committe (More)

Leslie Dunnigan (Chair)
Riley Henry (Chair-Elect)
Rosa Bermejo

Katelyn Pitcher

Ebony Gabriel

Samantha Chambers
Max Cartegena
Jay Seibold

 

International Conference (More)

Colette Van Laar

 

 

Internationalization

Darlingtina Esiaka (Co-Chair)
Özge Savas

Radosveta Dimitrova

Lydia Wambugu

Bolglarka Nyul

Felipe Ramírez Cortázar
Priya Rajkumar
Sadia Malik

 

Marshall Scholar Committee (More)

2024:
Anila Balkissoon
Sam Abbott
Eugene Borgida
Devon Ojada


 

 

Membership

Leah Warner (Co-chair)
Lisa Rosenthal(Co-chair)
Catherine Cottrell
Nathan Cheek
Melissa Marcotte
Heidi Putney
 
 

Membership Minute Listserv Moderator

Sam Abbott

 

New York Regional Group: SPSSI NY (More)

Harold Takooshian

 

 

Nominations and Elections

Patrick Grzanka
Sohad Murrar
Leslie Vernon-Dunnigan
Alaina Brenick
David Caicedo
Anila Balkissoon
 

Policy (More)

Jaboa Lake (Co-Chair) Courtney Bonam (Co-Chair)

Sam Abbott
Dionne Stephens
Leo Wilton
Abbey Mann
Roxanne Moadel-Attie
Desdamona Rios
 

Publications (More)

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

SPSSI 2025 Conference Co-Chairs

Tessa Dover
Giselle Laiduc

SPSSI Administrative Handbook

Patrick Grzanka

 

SPSSI History Committee

Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill
Angela Ebreo
 
 
 

 

SPSSI Reviewer to the
American Psychology Foundation
Grant Process

 

Darren Bernal

Teaching & Mentoring Committee (More)

Diane Hall (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

 

Interns:
Annie Vu
Yuanruo Xu
Meroona Gopang


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