The division leadership comprises the executive committee plus other specialized committees and task forces. The executive committee of Division 1 is a team of volunteers that keeps the Division moving forward. We are passionate about the Divisions mission — to unify the different subspecialties of psychology and to encourage interdisciplinary work both within psychology and between psychology and other scientific disciplines and the humanities. Current EC members and positions are listed below.
Interested in getting involved? We’d love to have you! Email adminofficer@apadiv1.org for information on open positions and other ways to support our division.
Presidential Trio
President
Jeffery S. Mio, PhD
August 2025–August 2026
Dr. Jeffery S. Mio is an emeritus professor from the Psychology Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His primary area of interest is in the teaching of multicultural psychology and how metaphors are used in political persuasion. He has served as president of the Western Psychological Association and of Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race. Previous to being elected president of Division 1, he served on various awards committees and as the division’s liaison to APA’s Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs.
President-Elect
Emily Keener, PhD
August 2025–August 2026
Dr. Emily Keener is a professor of psychology at Slippery Rock University, where they teach undergraduate courses in psychology, gender, and gender studies. Dr. Keener’s scholarship focuses on the psychology of gender, integrating developmental, social, and feminist perspectives. Research contributions include an award-winning two-volume special issue on masculinity and femininity for Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. Dr. Keener is also the author of Embracing the Complexity of Gender: An Inclusive, Feminist, and Developmental Exploration
Past President
Mindy Erchull, PhD
August 2025–August 2026
Mindy Erchull (she/her), a professor of psychological science and member of the interdisciplinary women’s, gender, and sexuality studies program at the University of Mary Washington, is a social psychologist. Her research has focused on myriad topics including feminist identity, the objectification and sexualization of women, division of labor and parenting, and menstruation and other reproductive health issues.
Executive Committee
Officers
Secretary
Laura Dryjanska, PhD (2024–2027)
Treasurer
Joseph McFall, PhD (2024-2026)
Council Representative
Sarah Friedman, PhD (2024-2026)
Members-at-Large
Aurelie Athan, PhD (2025-2028)
Xiaowei Zhao, PhD (2024-2026)
Sherry Hamby, PhD (2024-2027)
Historian
Harold Takooshian, PhD (2025-2028)
Early Career Representative
Deeya Mitra, PhD (2023-2026)
Student Representative
Nayeon (Cece) Kim (2025-2027)
Awards Coordinators
Itoro Udoeyop Hill, PsyD (2024-2026)
Neha Dhawann (2024-2026)
Journal Editor
Richard Lerner, PhD (2024-2029)
Newsletter Editor
TBD
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Coordinator
Alicia Trotman (2024-2027)
Members (non-voting)
Past-Past President
Jeffrey Arnett, PhD (2025-2026)
Communications Coordinator
Celina Whitmore (2024-2026)
APA Program Chairs 2026
Gina Belton (2025-2027)
Rui Fu (2025-2027)
Suite Coordinators
Deeya Mitra (2023-2026)
Kourtney Kotvas (2023-2026)
Membership Chair
TBD
Fellows Chair
Stephen Chew, PhD (2025-2028)
Corsini Student Poster Award
TBD
Anastasi Award Chair
Xiaowei Zhao (2024-2026)
William James Book Award (WJBA) Chair
Emily Keener, PhD
George A. Miller Award Chair
Jeffery Mio, PhD
Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award Chair
Mindy Erchull, PhD
Citizen Psychologist Award Chair
TBD
Mary Calkins Grant Chair
Charlene Chester, PhD (2021-2026)
CEMA Liaison
TBD
CWP Liaison
TBD
Committee for Global Psychology Liaison
TBD
DEI Audit Task Force Co-Chairs
Alicia Trotman
Tiffany Culver
Committees & Task Forces
Committees
Awards Committee
Coordinators: Itoro Udoeyop Hill & Neha Dhawann
Anastasi Award Chair: Xiaowei Zhao
William James Book Award (WJBA) Chair: Emily Keener, PhD
George A. Miller Award Chair: Jeffery Mio, PhD
Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award Chair: Mindy Erchull, PhD
Raymond Corsini Student Poster Award: TBD
Mary Whiton Calkins Grant Chair: Charlene Chester, PhD
Citizen Psychologist Award Chair: TBD
Membership Committee Chair
TBD
Fellows Committee Chair
Stephen Chew
Programming Committee/Convention Chairs 2026
Gina Belton (2025-2027)
Rui Fu (2025-2027)
Task Forces
Social Media Task Force
Marrisa Harrison – X account
Celina Whitmore – Instagram and Facebook
Past Presidents
(including term of service)
- 2024-25: Mindy Erchull, PhD
- 2023-24: Jeffrey Arnett, PhD
- 2022-23: Clare M. Mehta, PhD
- 2021-22: Jocelyn Turner-Musa
- 2020-21: Sarah Friedman
- 2019-20: Lisa Osbeck
- 2018-19: Alexandra Rutherford
- 2017-18: Deborah Johnson
- 2016-17: Irene Frieze
- 2015-16: Nancy Baker
- 2014-15: Joan Chrisler
- 2013-14: Janet Sigal
- 2012-13: Wade Pickren
- 2011-12: Dean Keith Simonton
- 2010-11: Nancy Felipe Russo
- 2009-10: John Hogan
- 2008-09: Donald Dewsbury
- 2007-08: Thomas Jr. Bouchard
- 2006-07: Harold Takooshian
- 2005-06: George W. Albee
- 2004-05: Bonnie Strickland
- 2003-04: Peter Salovey
- 2002-03: J. B. Overmier
- 2001-02: Linda Bartoshuk
- 2000-01: Lyle E. Bourne Jr.
- 1999-00: Lewis Lipsitt
- 1998-99: Kurt Salzinger
- 1997-98: Frank Farley
- 1996-97: Stephen J. Ceci
- 1995-96: Diane F Halpern
- 1994-95: Neal F. Johnson
- 1993-94: Robert J. Sternberg
- 1992-93: Charles L. Brewer
- 1991-92: Charles L. Brewer*
- 1991-92: Virginia Sexton*
- 1990-91: Henry Gleitman
- 1989-90: Florence L. Denmark
- 1988-89: Barbara C. Ross
- 1987-88: Mary E. Reuder
- 1986-87: Alan C. Boneau
- 1985-86: Salvatore Maddi
- 1984-85: Kenneth B. Little
- 1983-84: Robert B. Zajonc
- 1982-83: George Mandler
- 1981-82: Gregory A. Kimble
- 1980-81: Edwin P. Hollander
- 1979-80: William Bevan
- 1978-79: Sigmund Koch
- 1977-78: Delos D. Wickens
- 1976-77: James E. Deese
- 1975-76: Michael Wertheimer
- 1974-75: Leo J. Postman
- 1973-74: Daniel E. Berlyne
- 1972–73: Wilbert J. McKeachie
- 1971–72: Robert W. Leeper
- 1970–71: Gardner Lindzey
- 1969–70: Benton J.Underwood
- 1968–69: Roger W. Russell
- 1967–68: Howard H. Kendler
- 1966–67: Daniel Katz
- 1965–66: Max Meenes
- 1964–65: Gregory Razran
- 1963–64: John C. Flanagan
- 1962–63: Richard L. Solomon
- 1961–62: Elizabeth Duffy
- 1960–61: Frank W. Finger
- 1959–60: W. C. H. Prentice
- 1958–59: Harry Helson
- 1957–58: Robert W. Leeper
- 1956–57: Anne Anastasi
- 1955–56: Delos D. Wickens
- 1954–55: Wayne Dennis
- 1953–54: Carl I. Hovland
- 1952–53: Edward C. Tolman
- 1951–52: Samuel W. Fernberger
- 1950–51: Karl M. Dallenbach
- 1949–50: Edna Heidbreder
- 1948–49: Robert R. Seashore
- 1947–48: Edward C. Tolman
- 1946–47: Norman L. Munn
- 1945–46: John F. Dashiell
* Virgina Sexton was elected for 1992; however, due to her illness, Charles Brewer assumed her duties that year.