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| | From Our Editor Sarah Herrmann, Associate Professor,
Weber State University This column is bittersweet for me as my last issue as editor of The Forward, concluding my three-year term before I hand the reins to the next editor. It has been a pleasure to have a front seat to the phenomenal work being done by SPSSI’s leadership, committees, members, conference presenters, and award winners. As a faculty member at a teaching-focused university, I take special pride in the increasing efforts of this newsletter to highlight teaching and mentoring award winners and to hear about their strategies for infusing social justice into our curriculum. I know that I will be a reader going forward and I look forward to continued involvement in the organization in different capacities.
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| | From Our President: Patrick R. Grzanka, SPSSI President, Divisional Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Psychology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Even though it’s still dangerously hot across much of the U.S. and the world, fall is upon us in the Global North and brings with it the excitement and promise of a new year for those of us in academic settings. This past summer was a season full of dramatic social and political news, including the unstoppable phenomenon of “Barbenheimer”; massive, organized labor strikes; and the fourth criminal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump. The judicial and legislative landscape was dizzying, as well, with many courts blocking enforcement of various anti-trans laws only to see some key decisions reversed. Abortion rights are in constant flux, as most notably evidenced by the recent decision in South Carolina and the ballot referendum initiative in Ohio. The horrific fires in Maui and suffocating heatwaves globally signaled a potentially new phase in the planet’s reckoning with global climate change. And mass shootings and violence continue to affect far too many people, especially in the U.S. Indeed, as I write this, the nation is grieving over yet another weekend of mass violence from coast to coast, including a racially motivated mass shooting that killed three Black people in Jacksonville, Florida.
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 | | From Our Immediate Past President: The Heart and Soul of SPSSI Abigail J. Stewart, Immediate Past President of SPSSI and Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan As this busy year as SPSSI President came to an end, it was mostly satisfying, and a little sobering, to reflect on the past year. As usual, the annual conference—this time in Denver—was a high point for learning about the important work SPSSI members are doing, for seeing old friends and meeting new people, and for spending time together talking about the issues that preoccupy us most. Other high points for me were working with many talented, dedicated, committed people—SPSSI staff, other elected leaders, and many members—on projects to decide on the publisher and editors of our journals, to support our committees in doing their work, and to make SPSSI a more inclusive and welcoming organization for everyone. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity.
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