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 apadivisionone@gmail.com for information on open positions and other ways to support our division.
Presidential Trio
President
Jeffrey Arnett, PhD
August 2023–August 2024
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is a Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is the Founding President and former Executive Director of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (www.ssea.org).
President-Elect
Mindy Erchull
August 2023–August 2024
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.
Past President
Clare M. Mehta, PhD
August 2022–August 2023
Dr. Clare M. Mehta is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Emmanuel College in Boston. She has served on the executive committee of Division 1 since 2016 when she accepted the role of Division 1 program chair. Dr. Mehta’s main area of research is established adulthood, the period of the lifespan between 30-45. She also studies gender and social relationships.
Executive Committee
Officers
Secretary
Laura Dryjanska, PhD (2024–27)
Treasurer
Joseph McFall, PhD (2024-29)
Council Representative
Sarah Friedman, PhD (2024-26)
Members-at-Large
Aurelie Athan, PhD (2024-27)
Xiaowei Zhao, PhD (2024-27)
Sherry Hamby, PhD (2024-27)
Historian
Deborah Johnson, PhD (2021-25)
Early Career Representative
Deeya Mitra, PhD (2023-2026)
Student Representative
Kourtney Kotvas (2023-2026)
Awards Coordinators
Itoro Udoeyop Hill, PsyD (2024-27)
Neha Dhawann (2024-27)
Journal Editor
Richard Lerner, PhD (2025-30)
Newsletter Editor
Lori Jordan-Fountain (2020-23)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Coordinator
TBD
Members (non-voting)
Past President
Clare Mehta, PhD
Past-Past President
Jocelyn Turner-Musa, PhD
Communications Coordinator
Celina Whitmore (2024-26)
APA Program Chair 2024
Stephanie Miodis (2023-25)
Suite Coordinators, 2024
Deeya Mitra
Kourtney Kotvas
Membership Chair
Emily Keener, PhD (2022-2025)
Fellows Chair
Grant Rich, PhD (2021-2023)
Corsini Student Poster Award
TBD
Anastasi Award Chair
TBD
William James Book Award (WJBA) Chair
Mindy Erchull, PhD
George A. Miller Award Chair
Jeff Arnett, PhD
Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award Chair
Clare Mehta, PhD
Citizen Psychologist Award Chair
TBD
Mary Calkins Grant Chair
Charlene Chester, PhD (2021-24)
Publications Committee Chair
TBD
CEMA Liaison
TBD
CWP Liaison
TBD
CIRP Liaison
TBD
Ethics Task Force Liaison
TBD
DEI Audit Task Force Co-Chairs
Alicia Trotman
Tiffany Culver
Committees & Task Forces
Committees
Awards Committee
Coordinator: Kimberly Warren, PhD
Anastasi Award Chair: TBD
William James Book Award (WJBA) Chair: Mindy Erchull, PhD
George A. Miller Award Chair: Jeff Arnett, PhD
Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award Chair: Clare Mehta, PhD
Raymond Corsini Student Poster Award: TBD
Mary Whiton Calkins Grant Chair: Charlene Chester, PhD
Citizen Psychologist Award Chair: TBD
Membership Committee Chair
Emily Keener, PhD
Fellows Committee Chair:
Grant Rich, PhD
Programming Committee/Convention Chair 2024:
Stephanie Miodis (2023-25)
Finance Committee Chair:
David Devonis, PhD
Publications Committee Chair:
TBD
Task Forces
Ethics Task Force Liaison
Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Social Media Task Force
Emily Keener
Clare Mehta
Marrisa Harrison
Past Presidents
(including term of service)
- 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.