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SPSSI-New York Regional Group: 40 years later
Harold Takooshian, Professor, Fordham University
SPSSI history was made on July 11, 1984, when the first SPSSI Regional Group was launched in New York City with a meeting of three local members: psychologist Rob Clark and Professors Jeff Shaw (NYU Business School) and Harold Takooshian (Fordham University). Forty years later, SPSSI-NY still goes strong, hosting about 20 activities each year for local SPSSI members, their guests and students. Thanks to Justin Belsley, many SPSSI-NY activities now appear online at www.spssi.org/ny . Since 1984, SPSSI-NY has arranged over 500 diverse activities—including some memorable conferences, workshops, symposia, and forums with distinguished speakers passing through the Big Apple. These included many past-Presidents of APA (like Philip Zimbardo), SPSSI (like Otto Klineberg), authors (like Robert Jay Lifton), and international leaders (like B.F. Lomov of Russia). For many attendees, SPSSI-NY public activities were an introduction to the purpose of SPSSI--to apply scientific research to timely social issues. From 2000-2019, an estimated 347 people joined SPSSI after attending a local gathering. In the 1990s, SPSSI-NY officers actively supported the new SPSSI team at the United Nations [photo 1]—Hedwin Naimark, Rob Clark, Pete Walker, Corann Okorodudu. In spring of 2024, SPSSI-NY offered 9 diverse activities featuring over 25 presenters. One was a forum for 40 students on “Careers in applied psychology” at Fordham University, now available on video: https://youtu.be/3MXexHuISOw On March 9, a SPSSI-NY forum marked the 60th anniversary of the Kitty Genovese tragedy on New York City streets on March 13, 1964; video: https://tinyurl.com/yu7ucv63 On April 25, SPSSI-NY hosted a local “watch party” for the 17th annual Psychology Day at the United Nations.” On May 4, SPSSI-NY offered a panel at Hunter College on "Psychology in New York City: What’s new?” To join the SPSSI-NY listserv, contact Professor Harold Takooshian at takoosh@aol.com
Back on 11/14/1991, Rob Clark takes a SPSSI-NY group on a tour of the UN building
In March of 2013 at Fordham University, SPSSI-NY members celebrated the 80th birthday of Philip G. Zimbardo (center) with 3 other APA past-Presidents (l to r): Florence L. Denmark, Frank T. Farley, Jerome S. Bruner.
On 5/4/2024, a SPSSI-NY symposium on “Psychology in New York City: What’s new?”
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