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
Emily Keener, PhD
August 2026–August 2027
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.
President-Elect
Joseph McFall, PhD
August 2026–August 2027
Dr. Joseph McFall joins the Trio after serving as Treasurer and Member-at-Large. A lifespan developmentalist, former psychology department chair, and current nonprofit leader, he leads research-practice partnerships to improve P-12 education and socioemotional outcomes through supporting teachers, families, and school support systems. He is particularly interested in strengthening connections among psychologists working across academia, applied research, practice, nonprofit organizations, and other settings, with the goal of helping Division 1 serve as a home for the broad range of ways psychologists build careers and contribute to the field.
Past President
Jeffery S. Mio, PhD
August 2026–August 2027
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.
Executive Committee
Officers
Secretary
Laura Dryjanska, PhD (2026–2029)
Treasurer
Joseph McFall, PhD (2024-2026)
Council Representative
Sarah Friedman, PhD (2027-2029)
Members-at-Large
Aurelie Athan, PhD (2025-2028)
Xiaowei Zhao, PhD (2026-2029)
Sherry Hamby, PhD (2024-2027)
Historian
Harold Takooshian, PhD (2025-2028)
Early Career Representative
Mia Radevski, PhD (2026-2029)
Student Representative
Nayeon (Cece) Kim (2025-2027)
Awards Coordinator
Beatrice Hayes (2026 - 2029)
Journal Editor
Richard Lerner, PhD (2024-2029)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Coordinator
Alicia Trotman (2024-2027)
Members (non-voting)
Past-Past President
Mindy Erchull, PhD (2026-2027)
Communications Coordinator
Anita Azeem (2026-2029)
APA Program Chairs 2027
Clare Mehta, PhD (2027-2029)
Jeffrey Arnett, PhD (2027-2029)
Informal Programming Coordinator
Cece Kim (2025-2027)
Membership Chair
W. David Stahlman, PhD (2025-2028)
Fellows Chair
Stephen Chew, PhD (2025-2028)
Corsini Student Poster Award
TBD
Anastasi Award Chair
Xiaowei Zhao, PhD (2026-2028)
William James Book Award (WJBA) Chair
Joseph McFall, PhD
George A. Miller Award Chair
Emily Keener, PhD
Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award Chair
Jeffery Mio, PhD
Citizen Psychologist Award Chair
TBD
Mary Calkins Grant Chair
TBD
CEMA Liaison
Sukanya Ray (2026-2029)
CWP Liaison
TBD
Committee for Global Psychology Liaison
TBD
DEI Audit Task Force Co-Chairs
Alicia Trotman, PhD
Tiffany Culver, PhD
Committees & Task Forces
Committees
Awards Committee
Coordinator: Anita Azeem, PhD
Anastasi Award Chair: Xiaowei Zhao, PhD
William James Book Award (WJBA) Chair: Joseph McFall, PhD
George A. Miller Award Chair: Emily Keener, PhD
Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award Chair: Jeffery Mio, PhD
Raymond Corsini Student Poster Award: TBD
Mary Whiton Calkins Grant Chair: TBD
Citizen Psychologist Award Chair: TBD
Membership Committee Chair
W. David Stahlman, PhD
Fellows Committee Chair
Stephen Chew, PhD
Programming Committee/Convention Chairs 2027
Clare Mehta, PhD (2027-2029)
Jeffrey Arnett, PhD (2027-2029)
Past Presidents
(including term of service)
- 2025-26: Jeffery Mio, PhD
- 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.